The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-04-12

Second Letter ftom Es-0oy. PER-,
| q 60 !. TO Governor Scott, s'ss :
.. GREEsvILLE, March 2s, 1871. !
To hss Eacszenoy Governor Seoss
sln-Yopr Excellency will par. d, !.
don the ,libertysI take in addrsss.
ing q second letter to ,you.r i was
in hopes, from yonr message n
the Legislature and you're recenl
consultat with Your political
opponents, that you were sincere
ly OF opinion come change in the
politics Of the State was absolute
~ necessary to preserve the peace
and qniet the excitement in SoutlI
Carolina. But yoi,r. application
to the President for a military
force to be sent here TO. crush ont
all opposition to the odious legisla.
tion which disgraces tile State,
has induced me to doubt your sin.
cerity. Eet ire assure you tha,
this is a stcp in the wrong direc.
fion, it you are sincerely desirous
OF preserving the peace and pro.
noting tho prosterity and welfare
OF the country. II your object is
to establish a despotism in. the
State, and force tie wealth and in.
teiligence OF the people to- submits.
sion, under tile rule of ignorance.
oppression and rascality, then
yonr course may seem safe and
jndicious one. 1t will not prove
such, however.
The President las been induced
by yonr application to issue an
absurd and most ridiculous p,oo.
South Carolina to dispense and re.
tuin to their homes ! This procla.
nation is intended for the North,
and not for the south. We ali
know in Sohth Carolina that there
is no embodiment of force here.
except your negro militia, and has
not been since the war ended. Not
an i'll ,tance has occurred, in all of
our recent troubles, of any resis.
tance to the law or TO public Off
GERS. The gentlemen arrested at
Laurens- and oil,or places, charged
with riotous conduct and murder,
made no resistance, but submitted
themselves quietly to the laws of
tbeir country, and will ever do
so. -. sNft
Waen your Federal troops ar.
rive here they will find the coi,n.
try in profound peace--no uniaw.
full assemblies to disperse, but every
one engaged at home in his daily
avocations. These Federal troops
cannot keep a watch throughout the
State, over every midnight incen-
diary or assassin. 1t is impossi.
hle for them to guard every barn
and Clubhouse, or prevent secret
retaliation, where they have been
destroyed. TIese.offenccs cannot
be prevented by an army, howev
er numerous. They must be sup.
pressed by the vigilance and vir.
tue OF the citizens, the civil law
and courts e justice. And here
permit me to say to your Excel.
!ency, that the good people of
South Carolina have been greatly
outraged, after prosecuting and
convicting notorious felons, t. see
them pardoned as soon rs they
reach the penitentiary, and turned
loose on society once more, in or
der TO save, as you say, their civ.
il rights, the right Of voting, Civ.
ing testimony in courts OF Justice
and sitting OH juries /! When
guilt goes unpublished, retaliation
will follow. and society lapses into
a savage state.
The condition Of South Carolina
is indeed, a most dcplorable one,
and calls loudly for the sympathy
of the good and virtuous every
where. The government OF the
State is in the hands of our for.
ncr slaves, and vile adventures,
who have come here from the
North 10 prey on the vilals Of the
country, dishoner the State and re-
turn laden with stolen wealth.
The intelligence and wealth OF the
State are poweriess, incapable Of
holding office, and crushed into
the dust by ignorance, paupcrisnl
aud rascality. Taxes are levied
on them by those who pay no
taxes aud own no property. All
the offices Of tic State are filled
with negroes, scalawags and car.
pet baggers. Is it to be expected
that a'high.toncd, brave aud hon
orable people would be quiet un-
der tho circumstances, aud see
their property destroyed by 70.
guisl and ignorant legislation2
Several OF our most important
railroads have fallen into the
hands of Northern adycnt,,rers.---