The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-11
arrest These persons are those who
have remained at home, many of
whom nnrhana Srom their ACE and a

have remained at nome, many OF
whom perhaps from their age and a
consciousness of their, innocence felt them
selves exempt from the terrorism which is
rloting over the military district of the State.
But the fury of Grants renominating army is
leyelled against the best and oldest citizens
men unable, If they were willing, to commit
outrages. We know nothing Of the charges
against these men, but 1t looks like sweep
ing. wholesale arrest OF all the people In that
section OF the county. II our whole county Is
to undergo this treatment, It will depopulate
il Completely. and the crops In the fields will
be lett 10 rot, or to be stolen by the thieves
who feel that they can plunder with impunitY.
The result of this terrorism Will prove most
destructive to every branch of Industry In the
county. and especially to the farming Interest,
both for this and the next year. Merchants
and business Of all classes are suffering from
its effects. No one ls making any calculations
for the future.
The Erect or tho Ku-KIux Law on
The Baltimore Gazette prints the following
temperate letter from responsible Chester
merchant:
The chief cause of business being 80 dull is
that nearly one-thrd Of the males have left
the county to keep from being thrown in jail;
every one Is excited; nothing talked about but
going to Jail, and leaving their families with
out any protection from the negroes and
drunken soldiers, and many are afraid their
families will suffer for the neeessaries of life
while they are In prison. We OF this place
have not been molested, but may, before this
reaches you, be In prison for being Ku-Klux,
though we never belonged 10 the order, nor
ever have seen one: but they are taking up the
innocent as well as the guilty. We expect the
officers here this week, and are prepared to
pers from this State you can rely on as true.
mean the Democratic papers, for we have
one or two Radical papers that are the main
cause of all this trouble. You ask US to send
you an order for goods. We would not be
doing ourselves nor you justice by doing 80,
to nav for them. Should times improve we
will send you an order. The above is but q
poor description Of the times here.
List for South Carolina.
The same paper prints letter from Balti-
morean, who very suggestively remarks that
there are some other places In this country
besides Chicago, where want and suffering
not brought about by the hand of God-mske
desolate homes. 1t says:
Whilst using our utmost endeavors to allevi-
ate the suferlngss of the people OF tne North
west, let US not forget the excruclatlng agony
of our brethren of the South, who are this day
suffering under the iron heel of military des-
potism.
Martial law, without the shadow OF 1ustihca,
ton, prevails this day In large portion oi
South Carolina; fathers, husbands, brothers
and SONS, who would not be slaves, are COM
PEELED to flee before the edicts Of tyrant
their families are left without their natural
nrotactors IN meet the tarrible foes of famine
and oppression. and 1t well behooves the gen.
erous and charitable Of all lands to aid them
| In this their hour of undeserved afllction.
Though there Is no collection started fol
their aid, send you the enclosed, In hopes
that it may be the small acorn from which
large oaks may grow, and that the people o
our whole country may at least testify, BY
their care of the defenceless, their detestatior
of the spoliation ofall that American citizens
hold most dear. enclose you my check fO
the benefit Of the South Carolina sufferers
| twenty dollars.