Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-12-13

unable 10 procure The census return
of tho number Of voters in those coun
ties. Do not think, however, tha
there was any intimidation there
Here are the figures -
Vote in 1868. Vote iu 1870
.r Rep. Dem. Rep. Dtm
Chcsterhei....,. 720 900 9lj 10y
LancasteL".,...,.- Sl2 gl3 1857 90
Ncwbcrry-.........1.ls2 gi9 2,9l5 l,64
Republican vote In
Republican vote in ,gi
Increase Of republican nvote........."...."".2,2O ,2O
NO INTIMIDATION.
Tho fact is here evident that neither
the Ku Klux nor anybody else intinli
dated the Radical voters in these "in
surrcclionury" counties. 1t was wei
known 10 the whites ths. any attempt
at intimidation would be utterly futile
Had the Democrats any part in the
counting Of the votes there would BE-
some sense in trying to frighter
voters But they are as nobody ia
the State All the Election Commits
sioners are appointed by the Governor
and every mothers son of them was Il
Radical. The returns show that gross
frauds were perpctrated by the Radi
calls. In Spartanburg county (Which
you will perceive was carried by the
Democracy an attempt was made tc
pnt the Democratic candidates for the
few offices still elective in the minori.
", by throwing out sufficient mum.
Der OF precincts heavily Democratic
The rogucs were caught and THEN
rascally attempt defeated. w. ii.
Fleming, the Trial Justice, of whose
exploits | have written you, was one
OF the Election Commissioners When
rebuked for his rascality he replied
that he had been instructed by the
State canvassers at Columbia TO return
the Radical candidates at all hazards
do not mean to insinunte that tho
frauds 10 Chester, Fairfield and Lau.
rcns counties were perpetratcd 10y the
Commissioners, for there was not the
slightest necessity for porpetrating
them. White males, in South Carolina,
must be twenty one years Of age be.
fore they are allowed to vote, but
male negroes, from fifteen years up.
wards, enjoy the privilege Of voting,
and il in the cxuberance uf their pa.
triotism some of them vote two or
three times each, why, then, repeat.
ing only helps to make rebels behave
themselves" | trust that your read.
ers are now thoroughly satisfied us Ia
tho extent of the intimidation of lsadi-
cal voters in this section Of South
Carolina. The wlful lie uttered
against the whites in this regard is
nailed aud clinched by the official
figures given by the Radicals Visit
these counties, not as political ad
vcnturer, not as federal Office holder
visit them in your private capacity.
imbued with just and impartial
spirit, and il will be as easy for you
to see how wilfully lied about they
have been in other regards as it has
been for me to take the figures and
prove, beyond contradiction, that the
negro voters have not been intimalcd
WHAT GAvET KU KLUK ITS STRENGTH.
In none of my letters have | ven.
tured to even question tho existence
Of Ku KIux organization That
there is or has been such II thing is
"as plain as II pikestaif." That this
organizatoin, or men supposed to be-
long to it, have pcrpetrated some
wanton and diaholical Ontrages; that
some negroes have been brulally
treated for no other apparent reason
than the fact Of their being Rudi cals--
are unQueslionably true. only as.
scrt that evidence hus been laid before
me, since my arrival here, which
proves that where one man was beaten
because of his politics six were pun
ished because of their crimes. in this
connection it is interesting to know
what was the original cause of the
sudden increase in the strength Of the
Ku klux in these counties. Some
fifteen or eighteen months ago two
trial Justices OF Spartanburg county
one the man Fleming | have referred
to before, the other man named
Walker, II notorious character, who
has twice been before the courts for
stealing cOtton-went 10 the farm of
man named Mccartney q think
that is the name), living some fifteen
miles from the town of Spartanburg,
,,I 81 nI la nf lrtt al
charge. Mccartney was u man nged
ab0nt fifty years, and in bad health,
having consumption. flo is probably
dead now, Ms he was dying when |
lett Sparlnnburg this morning Flem.
ing and Walker, on horseback, con
ductcd their unfortunate prisoner,
who was on foot, towards the town
for n short distance, when they turned
him over to mob of about thirty
drunken negroes, all armed with in.
mntry rifles. aud ordered them TO
take him to Spartanburg. No sooner
was Mccartney in their possession
than tho wrctches began 10 torture
him. They first cufled him about and
they then ordered him, on pain ct
death il he refused, to "double quick"
it into town. Knowing that his life
depended upon his obcying them the
illfulcd consumptive ran until the
breath left him aud he fell fainting ON
the road. On reviying he found that
the torturers were still obdurate The
ptless brutcs forced him to rise and
resume the trot, aud, amid the yellil {
and laughter of the drunken mob, he
ran on until rescued by some deter.
mined white men When he reached
Spariunbnrg he told his story. Flem.
ing and Walker knew who the negroes
were, but they moved not hand to
punish them, aud not one of the
wrciches was even arrested. A cry OF
indignation rang through the county.
Mccartney was an inoilcnsive man,
ph, sicaIly incapable Of i'juring any
Jnp. From that day Ku Klux out
RACES became numerous and the 'dcns'
increased in number. Fancy u gang
of negroes treating a white man in