The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-05-08
d HOWL FROM CAIN.
A Warning to the Radicals who are
Making Money Out Of the Negroes. :

The missionary Record" Parson Gains
paper. does not like the course Of things, al
developed during the past few months before
the United States commissioner IN this city
In an article in the last copy of the Record
entitled 'sThe Crimes Against Liberty In the
Name of Justice" he is very severe dgains
the administrators of public Justice, speaking
of them as Ignorant. irresponsible persons,
oppressiug poor inoffsnsve colored people
who have been engaged in the last elections
in this congressional district"
ut appears" he says, ''that there are five
different classes engaged In this work ol
making money ont Of The arrests, prosecutions,
convictions and imprisonments, OF these poor
people: First, the informers, who receive pay
iur working up the cases and finding those
who are willing TO make few dollars oy oe-
traying their fellows. Second, the runners,
who are employed by the higher officers, who
are anxious to- have something to do in their
offices to make money. Third, the deputy
marshals, who must have something to do In
their offices Fourth, the lawyers and COM
missioners, who get so much for every case
brought before them. Fifth, the jury, VINO
make money either way, whether they con-
yict ur cleur-which ever side gives the most
to secure their success. Now, we make these
statements OH good authority, and we
in these prosecutions and publish them
to the world, that 1t may be known
to the public what kind Of material we
have to work with In our courts We
are informed of certain transactions In
the conviction oil the Beaufort commits
sloners which will show the damnabe cor
ruptions practiced by certain officers TO secure
their conviction, and OF certain Jurors "hG
have been placed on every case, and have sold
o1t ON several occasions. We give these men
warning, and we assure them that there are
detectives on their trlil who will hunt them
to their lair. 1t is time that this vlDany was
stopped, and that the liberties of the people
be protected. We witnessed on Monday q
scene which beggars description. AT the cor.
OF Meeting and Broad streets, on ootn SIDES OF
Meeting, stretching down from the corner to
the Clubhouse. now the United States court
house. was q line Of colOred men, OF all ages
and varied conditions, in rags, barefoot, half
naked, In oil shapes OF garments, VINO were
dragged from every section OF the district as
yiolulors of the election laws. These came lor
trial. Some have been in Jail for two months,
some longer some less; some have been arrest
ed lately on charges made by some intormer.
Over one hundred men, we should Judge, were
in this plight All these waited lor Tie llife ol
the opening Of the court, and when they saw
the United Slatcs attorney going to the Court
house they all fell In line and marched two
and two into the yard and up stairs, like SO
many sheep 10 the slaughter. Some OF these
are accused of voting under aye, yet they are
men OF families OF three and -four children, and
do not know their aye. This is one OF the
most singular cases upon record. Never were
men taken up on SO tlimsy pretences in any
county but this. No other people would suffer
their liberties 10 be taken from them so tamely
as these poor inotIenslve sufferers Their inno
cence is lie shield to the unprincipled met
who drag them from their homes. But there
Is u day Of reckoning coming, when the vile
unscrupuous demagogues will meet their JUS
retribu-tion."