The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-08-09
THE LATEST.


The statement published in the
Star is pronounced untrue in many
essential particulars, and facts perver-
ted in others, with the view of pro-
ducing false and partisan impression.
The testimony shows that there are
four counties, viz: Laureus, Chester,
York and Spartanburg where acts of
violence have been committed on both
sides.
The whites and blacks are nearly
equally divided in population, and the
carpet-bag rule by which the negro is
forcibly put over the white man, has
produced bad, and even a dangerous
state of feeling.
The poor whites are mostly .ag-
grieved by an oppression which is in
tended to make them the inferior of
recent slaves stepped in ignorance and
vice. Everything has been done to
aggravate the laboring whites, and to
outrage the social condition of their
families.
1t is in proof that the negroes dis
euised as Ku-Klux committed many
outrages.
The testimony given by negroes was
of the lowest kind and utterly unwor-
thy of belief.
Many were attracted by the per
diem of 50
The statement concludes: ssThere is
no political feeling of any kind in the
unfortunate disturbances which have
occurred in. these few counties of
South Carolina; they result from NAL
administration, corruption, robbery,
carpet-bagism, and especially among
the poor laboring white men from
wicked purpose on the part of the au-
thorities and the Legislature to assert
black supremacy and degrade them
with negro rule. That is with them
perhaps the real and most serious
difficulty. 1t is question of race,
which as South Carolina is now adj
ministered and sustained by Federal
power, threaten the gravest conse-
quences.
The white mechanic and laborer
when he finds the worst crime protect
ed and pardoued, the law an engine of
persecution, and political power abused
in order to Cypress him with negro
domination, to- outrage his wife and
children, will resist, be the sacrifice
what it may. He may be uueducated
and plain, but he is still an American
and proud of his race"
LONDON, Aug. SIN the House of
Commons this evening, Viscount En-
field, oil the Foreign Department, de-
MED that negotiations were pending
with the United States for the aboli-
ton of privateeiing.
Bartlett expressed his approval of
the grant to Prince Arthur, but de-
plored the continued seclusiOn of the
Queen.
Gladstone denied that Her Majesty
was unpopular. He expressed regret
at her seclusion, but declared that the
Queen was anxious to resume her pub
lie duties as rapidly as her health per-
mittted.
The Count and Countess de Paris
dined last night with Duke de .Broglfe,
French Ambassador.
A caucus of the Left Centre voted
100 agaiest 2, to make NJ. Theirs Presi-
dent for two years, and to allow him
to choose Vice President and Presi-
dent of Councils; the Ministers to be
responsible, but Theirs not.
WILMINGTON, N. c., Aug. 3.-The
election passed off quietly. In the Sc
cond ward Of this city the Conserva-
tive gain is rs. Magnolia, Duplin
county, gives Conservative gain of IL.
Later-The whole vote of the city
in majority against convention is
974, which is Conservative gain Of
q on the last election.
In Halifax county a very large vote
was polled, but very little change on
the vote of last year.
CHARLESTON s: c., Aug. 3.-The
count of the votes cast in yesterdays
election is not yet concluded, but tho
election of General Wagner, as Mayor
and the whole of the citizens ticket ia
now conceded by their opponents
The majority at the lowest estimate
is 500 votes. There is great rejoicing
among the citizens.
CHARLESTON, Aug. 4.-The official
count shows that the municipal cleo
ton of Wednesday resulted in the
choice of the citizens candidate, Gen.
eral John A. Wagner, by a majority
of M votes over Gilbert Pillsburg, the
present Npublican Mayor.
The entire citizens ticket is elected
by about the same majority.
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