The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-11-11
Grant and South Carolina.


enter into an extended discussion of the
enormity of Grants proclamation sus-
pending the writ of habeas corpus in nine
counties in South Carolina. It was an
exercise of imperial power, 30 sudden and
so alarming, as TO arrest the deep atten>
tion of the whole country. That it WAS
cruel, unnecessary and uncalIed for was
asserted at the time by Governor Scott,
the Executive of the State. 1t has de-
veloped some facts, however, which are
peculiarly disgraceful to the administers
ton, and show the utter recklessness and
malicious purpoEe with which it was is
sued. Marion WAS one of the prescribed
districts enumerated in his proclamation.
That county is the residence of Ii. 4,
Hayne, a c0lOrsd man and a member of
the State Senate. 1t will be seen from
the following letter, written by him on
the very day on which Grant, who was
then at Bangor, in Maine, issued his sec
ond proclamation, that he omphatically
denies that any "Ku Klux outrages have
ever been committed in that county," and
that he believed that the insertion of Ma
rion county as one of the districts handed
over to the tender mercies of the bayonet
was "a typogr aphical error:
OFFICE OF LAND CoMMIssIoNBR, !
COLUMBIA. S. G October II, 1871.
Hon. d. T. Corbin United States District
Attorney, South Carolina.
DEAR SIR: My attention has been called
to the proclamation of the President calling
on the ku-Klux in certain counties to sur
render, &c, and among them the county OF
Marion appears. This may be typograph
ical error if not. desire that you have this
changed if possible, MS it Is but just and fair
to the people Of Marion, as no Ku- -Klux
outrages have ever bsen committed in the
county.
Hoping that you will give the matter your
earnest and prompt attention. am, respect
fully, &C., Ii. E. HAYNE.
Senator from Marion County.
That it was a wicked, objectionable
blunder, showing the true antniuS Of Grant,
is now distinctly proven by that sorry Of
fetal himself. He has issued another
proclamation. dated November 81, in
which he admits that Marion county was
wrongfully included in his manifesto of
October 18th, and substitutes in its place
Union county, in different and remote
part of the State. To thus trfie with and
make sport of the dearest rights and lib,
critics of the people of these two counties
is unparalleled and a shameless wrong.
Who knows but that in less than twenty
days the pains and penalties now threats
ened against Union county may not for
the same reason be withdrawn and hurled
at some other county. Chester is another
of the doomed districts. The Grand Jury
of that county, composed of six whites
and six negroes, have made a presentment
embodying the result of their investigation
Of alleged Ku-Klux outragss in that To-
cslity, and conclude as follows:
W-e. The Grand Jurors. upon Our odhs.
are compelled to say from the testimony r0hich
ace hdye taken and from our kn0wledge of
the different parts Of The county, THAT THE
ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED IN THE PROCLAMA-
TIoN OF THE President OF THE UNITED
STATES ARE WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
AND MUST BE THE RESULT OF FALSEHCOD
CoHMUNICATED TO HIM BY PERSONS EQUAL
LY REGARDLESS OF GOOD ORDER
AND THE PEACE OF SOCIETY.
This, if anything could, ought to make
Grant hang bis head in shame. 1t is
testimony plain and conclusive, coming
from tho very class of men Qhe colored
people, who are falsely said to be the VIC
Tins of cruelty and outrage. Grants
reckless and vindictive conduct towards
the South is enongh 10 cause another re-
bellion. 1t is only the beginning of the
end, and when in his career of usurpation
he applies the thumb screws to the people
of the North, it will be seen with what
patience and humility they will submit to
it.