Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-06-06
Malignant FalSehoOds,

Some pcrlidious and contemplate fell
low, inspired with the anilntls of the vi
lest of the human kind, and an evident
desire to pander to the senseless jarson
and loud-mouthcd malice OF certain
prominent colored Radicals, with the,
hope of securing their vote in the, fall.
election, and not with the view of COR
rccting an error, writing from this place
to the Columbia Union, over the sigma;
turc of Republican," furnishes that.
paper with what he chooses to term a.
true copy of the evidence taken at the in
quest in the case of Jake Lindsay, who
was killed in this town last week. This
writer says:
"AIy object in getting acopy Of the
evidence taken III. the case, is TO Show Up
in its true light that beautiful editorial /
in the ldceEii$c1' OF this week, wherein]
he attempts to palliate the killing of one
,of the most industrious and inotiensive
'colored men of this county"
In this paragraph the writer charges us
witt an attempt to "palliate,' tho mur-s 4
der OF Jake Lindsay, and in so doing, \
makes wilfully false and malicious as
sertion. And we are certain that no man
of unbiased mind--free from "Repub
lican's" iaundiced spleen and bitter ram
cor towards the white race generally
after reading ur.aceount Of this untor-
tlsnatc affair, as published in our last is.
sue, and mals ing due examination into'
the &c paste evidence of the three colored'
witnesses as staken at the inquest, would
for moment charge us with IN attempt
to "palliate' iii this case.
Our account is correct, and when the
case is brought to trial, and ali lie eri-
dence is adduced, the Jury, by their ver-
Dict. will sustain our statement of the
.afair. Mark our prediction.
d, The next paragraph Of this infarno:s
scfsbbiePs letter t6 the onion, reads as
follows:
'.I believe tits the custom when homi-
eide is committed, Tor the press to for. !
bear TO make comments, but such is not
the custom with the press in this county;
for in more than one instance, when a
colorcd man has been killed, the 4 deer
tiser pronounced the killing justWd6te.
Now the assertion that it is not COM
mon for fhe public press to comment on
murder cases, is simply absurd, and
Republican knew better when he
made the ridiculous statement. This Is
u privilege never yet denied the press.
but doubtless you'd be the'ease, so far as
the Democratic press are concerned, were
men Of Republican calibreand views
inrested with power to establish law to
that effect. Let the ditlicultybe between
4. white and colored man, and the white
man Kill the negro, and forthwith SOME,
OF these wh;te-iaced Republican pimps
blazon it forth to the World as all unmiti-
: .ssaiaa ka tAlux. Outrage. and the ,Scott-
Ping osgaa eoWRents day after day up.
&l ID ns,rdsroA intenE ska heinous
AagSctcr Sf tie &cd-apd Republicans
and s's1SaSs saa M aSrp'oiY props
CT 'ii"' t4i@}e S'ioui" pe iiiuue PupiiV.
) But spoaI4 gomc Democratic paper see.
G;Nse togivcg CORRECT version of the at
Gtia, t,cti these P5idrA saints throw up,
their hands in holy horror, and e&dlaim
that "itis TIE custom when homicide.
has been committed FOR the press t6 for,
,baar to make eeonlments." we ycaahnot
see 1t i'll that light. And we would here
say to Republican" and I'll who COIN
eide with him, that whenever we>think
proper to comment on homicide cases,
that we will do so, regardless of; his or
their distorted views
And then Republican" goes on to
say that we haye in more, than one in
stance, when murder had been COM
mittod, pronounced the killing justifia-
ble.y" OF. course we hayo; and i'll every
instance when we ehaye so pronounced,
we have the satisfaction of knowing that
when the parties implicated dwere brought
TO t-ial, the sworn Jurors of our Courts
Of law and justice, composed of both
white and colored men, have invariably
brought in vcldlcts of acquittal.