The New York herald., 1871-10-31

county; others that they came nom Edsoasid. H
fore single federal ociS Ec ESeq s9a SS
soldier was I'm the county at the time.
nsv. An ARREsr FOR Ky ELUxIsM.
condemnation. / also Condemn The whippiHr Of
, negroes rncn mas been reported TO- me; and yss
ouages Nothing more ~ tnan sa .nsse Eng
c5nas f5sm aa wan,Sa cannot na any political hatred ~
and msshos u nothing oat an mpoS
law whom the State authorities Gould l'1 not or
msSs' Ssve Written nps Panlsn' to HoT true an
fact that but man has thus far Seea .rres,e c 70
NewbsTy county charged with being q K1 KIux.
of martial law !, apbears, from the sworn stste.
ment OF negro who had just returned from serv.
night OF August % his house was sSrronn DE- Sed y,
disguised men tho shot him, then hanged him and
down his pulse examined ana ne WAS pronoSscs wSs cas
dead. Ia his affidavit lie swore that " nen two os
was dead ne recognized their laces II his eyeS S
were open ana the night was bright enough 10
Ss u fa ax e mot nSs Ss SSs
ings In his evidence IN Columbia he swOre some.
thing different. instead Of seeing tner faces 10
Ing the name OF the other the result
was; however .nat ~. o; Mr; butler one
,county, Woodworking, industrious man OF irre-
proachable character ny, was arres.ea and taken to
shal, VINO came up with the warrant for arrest,
made known his mission. The other man said 70
ut home, although he had been made acquainted
with the fact tina; the officers were aiter him.
WHAT A RADICAL SAYS.
Perhaps some OF your readers may urge that am
merely repeating the statements OF rebels" Let
us see what "oyaln men say. To-day had snort
interview with Mr.. Montgomery, the radical County
Auditor. ANY disturbances in the country, strs"
"A great many; things are very ;, nad nere WIN y,
with themsn "Polltlcs have neap 10 do with
them" "Ah, wen, Mr.: Montgomery, win you s 20
can sS cs % mind sns
70 to- my wv w,ie Tor for one @ hour, anu she'll con,
dow. mistaken for me-" "But, Mr.. Montgomery, yov
surely can name some specific outrage - Mr. Mont
opposition the part OF the people in the enforce
ment OF the State or United States laws ~ put the
~ SSss0a eaS ana sesy s a s ny sn
position to their enforcement that he knows Of Ii
there ts none does he believe that the condition Ol
law MI. Montgomery declines 10 answer the queS-
ton. by thus Tune nave arrived At his residence.
In vain do search for bullet holes. Not mark Is
to DO secn--not scar to bear evidence oil the muir.
derous attacks ~, MI Mont Mo,ngoa'ers s radical ONCE
martial law, or ne might lose his place.
WHAT A FEDERAL otFiCER SAYS.
leave Mr.. Montgomery dissatisfied. Surely theru
must lie some fire under the smoke. Wen. waylay
Captain Stewart, tho military conmandant, a blum,
hearty. Michigan soldier, who does not bother WITH
ern people. The Captain mas been here since iasE
November; surely he ougat to know something
ing ana perceive at once that he is preludiced.
"Captan, since yOu have been here mas any case
came to your knSwedge oi 0ppSon in on the gars
HAS there been any instance where United States
Marshal mas been resisted ~ Not that he is aware
county since your arrivals' Yes;'' and he repeats
the story OF the negro ANY others" "Yes-no-the
1l BEEN Silica lille - Yes; but he was Killed 6y anSsSer
GONE ns is 30 getting nn No sss
and spn vet % Ne NewbeTry berry County % is under % martial i
law" have o long and pleasant chat with the Cap
tain lie believes ,nas there are men II n the county
OF any organization in Newberry inimic9i to the
United States?" He doesn't know OF any; the people
soldiers been shot atf' Neyer,,i and the Captain
perambulates the town at all hours OF the night He
has never even been treated with dlsrespect. True
enough one or his officers failed 10 get board at .
minister's because the congregation objected; true
enough an intoxicated Young man inauiged ,u e. @ 10
hotel, for which, think. he ought TO have been
ashamed OF himself These are the only instances
prejudices and biackguardsm do not constitute
treason bring the Captain back 20 the point. sHas
the thers sutSor,es as Sone, but the Capan IS ia
favor Of martial law. Whyi He cannot explain, but
MARTIAL LAw--AND FOR WHAT
have exaggerated nothing, concealed nothing,
don't Know, the white citizens don't know, the
negroes don't know and don't care. ] have
searched Tor the insarrscnon ,, and Is not mere;
change the State officials. and better state Of
feeling at once became apparent To-day the laws
are executed with greater mpartiallty than before,
and justice gets Ier prey more frequently. whites
and blacks are living together harmonlously rathes
than otherwise. The outrages have recorded be.
long TO months ago; they have no existence tfs
evening. Now, IN the name OF God. OF peace and
Of civil liberty, why was Newbcrry county placeo
under martial laws
A GREAT MISTAKE
Are there, then. no Ku Kluxf Yes plenty Of them,
fear. But ] am fully satisfied tnat their object Is
not political They are foolish hair-pralned fellows
perhaps; but marital law Will not suppress them, j
am drmly convinced that the moment the laws OF
the State are fearessly and properly enforced they
Will disappear. But midnight arrests. breaking
open houses and sending men to prison without
permitting their relatives or lawyers TO sec them
Will not remedy the evil. To-day the people Of
Newberry are stupeled: tomorrow they may be
worse. In Union, Spartanhurg anu YORK
counties the feeling Is intensely bitter. Men are
fleeing from their homes because they are not safe
irom arrest. ANY negro can have dozen white meD
arrested and they dare not ask the reason. Let
an unprejudiced person come to this section oil
South Carolina and sec for himself whether un-
pnncIpled scoundres have not msrepre5cnted
the people TO the President. Let him traverse
the nine counties and point ont single tnsur.
rectionary band or single individual who has
resisted the officers OF the law. and will take back
all nave written and justify tue proclamation OF
week know nor. How far the relatives OF those
men who have been dragged from their homes and
put into prison NAV go no one eau tell. only
know that to-day politics are at the bottom oil this
whole business, and that II looks as II designing
men had, by means oi the most damnabe lies,
Induced President Grant to aid them IN deVillsh
design to provoke the South into another attempt at
revolution.
WHAT ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT SAYS.