The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-12-07


dexelopmept. Of all the industrial interests Of
the State.
| As an evidence of the bAnefent policy of
the new State Government, T cite the facts that
moss of lthe Gipcuits eiected BY the, Gen
cal aeeord 1ilS de nSjSrity & ls members,
and none Of them weMsReAtieal partissnst7ht
More than half of all the officers appointed BY
the Executive @eres of !tEs9 9ppQbioa end the
6ld Magistrates, Who had held their places for
years. were generally re-appointed, rsThasthisl
tration was not das. .td sspkacsty &atelaDn
It's own party, is shown by the fact that this pol
icy was pursued even in Charleston, where
there were numerous Republicans capable and
Wiliiek h fill slf the 9fhces id that vicinity
AiItEs oldA Mag iisefateS in that city we're re-
appointed, and the best spositipn,in ,in the County
of Charleston, the County Treasurership, was
bestowed by met upon a citizen. known ato he
politically hostile to the State Administration
,,5sss assssr tSiasss Ss ss s!9Sa
has successfully bid sd6mFs, vi thesciwk auN
thorities, cannot find vindication in the plea,
which so juAS n6n& n&AhN Aself eoAae AmefI
can mind, that it 8ds the result of reaction
againAS ASppreSioh +aG aapeaEto f5tse t3ffeeiis t3feis
edy wrongs for which there was no other RENE
dy a.ri's7ii - hH3- -rsl.;ioi,:ag -il;i hrr -.
Indeed, this system O, organized murder be-
gan in 1865, Immediately after the cessation of
hostilities in the open field. inaugnrating q con-
aition 0f, affairs. that has continued with vary
Inc intensity up to tie period Of its recent cul-
hinaton, a1dlwiifch differed limits destructive:
ss ssss sss from as sisel yss sas Sbll serj III I'll
In evidence o.. this I refer to the well known
facty that my immediate predecessor, one Of the
tdust wUrssfs ana eminent CITIZENS u the State,
Governor JamasISsES[ yns BcthYublicly va and d
and enforce t6e laws against the criminals,
The f4ass 6 men who asailed him for the
faithful and4eahess dischafge 6f his duty ore
the same who openly defend the Ku Klux and
secretly moved the springs that put and kept
'S a better t ssspet seemed Prevail a@ons this
class in the early part of 1868. This, however,
was rapidly changed under the written teach
ingsand public speechesof the opposition press;
and leaders. Blythe notorious .Broadhead lets
ter of General Frank P.sBlair and kindred ut
terances, announcing the speedy advent of a ma
tion4l administration that would "trample un-7
der foot" the whole system of reconstruction,
the dormant disloyalty of the opposition lead
ep in this State was galvanized into actibH as
Is q palsied limb Of the human body by the
thrill of the electric spark.
These leaders at,0nce1 evinced q recalcitrant
spirit. They assumed the air and speech of
defiant conqueror, and where they did not vim
Hictively assail the principes'of the National
Government. of whose rare magnanimity they
were living proofs, they would declare, as the
farthest limit of their loyalty, that they 'accept
tba o;t;,.f;o,, oyy,roassnp which haa nOU
become stereotyped, and which, on the lips of
such men, conveys both falsehood and an in
suit, in the sense in which they use it, as it i'm
plies reserved right to oIrefuse obedience to the
laws of their country, whose authority they
ceased to assaif only when they were deprived
of the power to resist it. u, -
They mistook the magnanimity Of the Gov
eminent for weakness, and presuming upon its
forbearance, bore themselves as if they had
been the victos in the late struggle. These
old party leaders soon famed into flames the
expiring passions of their followers in the re-
bellion, doubtless fearing that the new politi-'
Esisa ssa4 s Hessssksa ss5h assis s Sad &C.
long +tss bound then them Ynds5 @ the ancient @ rulers of
| They denounced the State GOyepmept cleo.
ted BY aamajofity i0f forty three th0sisand of
the voters of the people, as "a tyrannical usur-
pation," and 'ea negro oligarchy," designed to
crush out white men; and they stigmatized its
loyal supporters a, thieves and robbers" and
passed general sentence of outlaFry upon ey;;
ef9 RePubHcahs without regard 70 character:
Ths seed thus jscsftered1 broadcast from the
restrum, the pulpit and the press, soon pro-
duced terrible harvest That Republicans
were the victims of frequent murders, both
bpen- 1ndsecsGc6Hld ndebaac0onHtedifof on
hny fhSWnS SA6ry' of mere condolences 1t
boon became evident that there was method"
i'm this Madness and that large mass of the
whites, obeying the "bloody instructions" of
their political leaders, were engaged in con-
certed effort to suppress Republicanism in the
State, by numbering Republicans, white and
colored, solely because Of their political opin-
ions. / endeaYored to check this system of vio-,
lence and terrorism by an energetic use Of the
State Constabulary, and other civil agencies at
my dsppsaiy In this Il msasurably succeeded
for time, although the alleged criminals were
invariably baiied, or escaped punishment
through jurors in accord With them in political
/ Just previous to the general State election Of
October last, there was a comparative lull in
these outrages. The opposition party, in
that election, was again defeated by animmense
majority. Ihat defeat aroused the nercest nate
in the breasts of their leading men against ev-
cry loyal man in the State, and through their
efforts, the most perfect cohesion was given to
disloyal elements in the upper Counties, where
there was an approach to a numerical equality
between the two parties. -
/ In November following the election, prom
inent ctizerofs tbs State, an aetise anffecog-
nized leader Of the Opposite party, used the fol-
lowing language, in an address delivered in this
city to the Confederate Survivors Association
sDefeated On the battle. field; defrauded atthe
ballot-box, we have but one. remedy The dag
ger, that was made illustrious in the hands of
Bfitus, must, in the daylight and IN the durk,
cut its way to the hearts'of the miscreants who
now misrule our native State"
That this language was used on that occa-
sion by the person referred to. have the tcsti
mony of gentlemen of the highest respectable
ty, who heard it. Scarcely less incendiary was
II Al.