The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-01
THE CITY ELECTIONS.
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The events of yesterday prove that there
must be change in the conduct OF the citizens
Of Charleston II they desire to elect the Wagene
ticket. Asnumber of raiders from the islands
were registered, and the boards OF managers
nearly without exception, overrnled the plainest
objections made by the Conservative members o.
their body. They were encouraged Ia this BY
the fact that only few white men were at many
llof the precincts. This allowed the mob to do as
they pleased In Wards and2. One at least o.
the precincts Of Ward4 was l the same plight.
In Ward the bulk Of the citizens paid no heed t
the work going on. They seemed dead-we
grieve to say Ito the magnitude Of the contest
| and the handful OF public-splrted men who die
their duty at the polls became lisheartened and
disguised at the lIstlessness OF their fellow. .clti
zens. No ward In the city has done half as badly
as War66csThe president has exhausted him.
self in appeals, but, so far, without effect.
No irreparable harm as yet has been done
Let the citizens turn out to-day and tomorrow,
especially in Ward s. and they may check the
black tide which threatens to overWhelm them.
But, II they behave to-day as they did on yester-
day, no exertions to morrow can make up for It.
These are plain words, uttered for the public.
good.
TROUBLE IN WARD 4.
at the third precinct In this ward there was
nearly serious row. number Of drunken
negroes, coming from Ward !, ran up against a
colored Conservative, and told him that ''they
meant to Kill every colorsd man whom they
found with white man, or who voted the Wage
ner tIcket.' A member or the Conservative
working committee came to the rescue, and with
the assistance Of colored preacher, queled the
disturbance. Had there been working commit.
tee OF fifty, instead Of three or four, this precinct
would have had no trouble.
SPIRITS IN WARDS.
A drunken Radical attempted to get up fight
in this ward, but was put down before he had
time to do much mischief.
AT THE COURTHOUSE
This precinct was decidedly the most disorderfy
of all, and during the day things wore threat
enlng aspect. About O'Clock colored man
went in to register, and while doing 80 was asked
for whom he intended to vote. He replied for
General WAGNER, and was Immediately insultsa
and cursed by some colored men, This drew up
the crowd, which became each moment more
noisy. The voter borne out OF the Court.
house door by the crowd, snd,his friends hurried
him into the archway next to General Gurney's
house on Meeting street. The rabble here gath
cred, and for few moments nothing could be
heard but jabbering aud curslng. The police here
forced their way in and arrested the man, who
was promptly released as soon as he was ont OF
the reach OF the crowd. Among the registrators
in this ward Is q colored man named
HENRY DRAIHE,
who took no pains to conceal his prepossesslons
in favor of the Citizens candidate. he Was
marked by the Radical mob, and q few minutes
after O'Clock was attac ked In earnest. The
unfortunate man was c1fred on all sides. His
head was badly cut, and his other injuries are
said to besevere. We are informed that he was
brutally clubbed by the police. This, we hope, Is
not 90. Sheriff Mackey, we learn, did all he
could to pacify the ravenlng crowd. Draine was
dragged into the Guardhouse, and, shortly after
Six O'Clock, came out This led to
7s:s THE SECOND ATTACK.
Draine had hardly passed the Courthouse cor.
ner when he was again assalled. Several white
citizens, who saw what was going on, ran to pro-
tect DraIne. They, in turn, were attacked, and
three Of their number were Knocked down before
Draine again escapes Abodysof fifty whites at
this point would have overawed the crowd and
kept things quiet. s,>s>.., 3 ~ EE
mo MILITIA PARADEs fss S,s--
: MrsF. JsfIoses, ,Jr. adjutsntgeneral, and Mr.
@. L. anderson, acting adjutant inspector gene
ral OF South Carolina, are outin q double bar
relied especial order No. 1sn puhlished in another
column, forbidding an military drills, parades
and manulvres from this day toTnursdly next
So far, so good. Bat II the city is to be given
over to the control OF an infurlare mob, as was
the case iastsnlght,, we do not see that much is
gained by Genral Moses's orseeneral Andsrson's
special orders. -
CLOSE UP YOUR SHOPS,
and close up the ranks. a good example Is Set
by some OF orr shipping merchants which we
hope will be followed by ALL Mr.. q. @. Robertson,
in another column, gives notice that no business
viii be transacted tomorrow on aAtlantic'
wharves. ,All business should be suspended, as
far as possible, to-day, and to. morrow every store
and counting house should be closed.
rHs RADICALS GETTING rP srEAXl
The party Of stgreat moral ideas" are bent on
exciting the co.ored people, and are SO infuria-
ting them that they will be. ready for any dirty
work which may be given them to do. Contrast,
for moment. the proceedings OF the opposing
forces The Citizens party remain quietly In their
halls do their work in silence, aud interfere In no
earthly way with the peace or security of:the
city. The Radicals, on the other side, encourage
tEeir poor tools to assail every foreigner and
every colored man who ventures to hint at voting
for the Wagner ticket. This is not enough. The
Radicals, two days before tie elections, turn out
their forces and parade them, bowling like Wild
beasts, through the public streets. Their "big
guns,n Cardozo, Rausler, Moses and the rest, are
hurried to the scene that they may intame the
passions Of the colored people, by swearing or
suggesting that all who oppose Radlcaltsm are
sc~ lndrels and liars. Already the colored Radi'
Gals are at fever heat. Another procession and
few more speeches will make It impossible to re.
strain them. Is this what the Pillsbury Ring
desire9 :sr =
A PAuPER ALDERMAN.
We have in our possession written order, ad-
dressed to Mr.. Getty, the master OF the Aims.
house, calling for .'sonae grtst and some mo-
iasses.'' This orderis dated March ls. 1871, and
Is signed by Aldermen Robt. Howard, who Is,
also, one Of the commissioners Of the Almshouse.
It is not Alderman Wall, 1--WE tAke all that back,)
who gets his grist from the city mills-mins