Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-11-07

given up in five minutesw He was given up.
In the present year another unfortunate vic:
tim of oppression-J. Houard-who claimed
American citizenship by virtue of the natural
ization OF his father, although ne himself was
born and reared in the island OF Cuba, was, oy
the assertion of this supreme obligation IN the
Government, rescued from Spanish dungeon.
But few years ago two subjects OF Great
Britain were brutally put to death, without
Just cause, by the King Of Abysinnia, and
three others were held in chains by his orders.
The Government of England instantly resolv-
ed to avenge the wrong, and to rescue the i'm
prsoned Englshmen from the hands Of the
African monarch, although they were more
than three thousand miles away. The bar
barous king first learned of the coming OF the
forces of Great Britain by the flames of his
burning villages and temples, and was slaugh-
tered himself at the head of his army, which
was almost utterly destroyed. The English
prisoners were thus saved, and protection to
British subjects asserted at cost Of many
lives and forty millions Of dollars. :.
Who, then, shall question the right OF this
nation to protect American citizens on Amer
lean soil2 And who that surveys events IN
South Carolina during the past four years,
will be bold enough to deny that such protec-
tion was needed here? .l-
If, however, the grand juries and the courts
do their duty faithfully and fearlessly, there
will never again arise necessity for the as.
sertion of this protection, by the exhibition of
military force on the part of the United
States. The State of South Carolina has
never abdicated, for an instant, her sovereign
Jurisdiction over all offenders against her laws
on her own domain. The government Of the
United States has never demanded that she
should abdicate that Jurisdiction but, on
the contrary, demands that the. State shall ef
fectually assert it. .. .a.-i
You will, therefore, make most rigid in
QUESTION into the organized system Of crime
in question, and present for indictment. and
speedy trial, all persons who may be shown, by
the testimony before you, to have been con.
cerned therein, whether such persons stand in-
dicted in the United States court for violating
the enforcement act Of Congress or not.
EX-GOVERNOR PERRY's LETTER. ~ {
The Court desires, further, gentlemen fthe
grand jury, to bring to your attention, anoth-
er matter, not entirely irrelevant to the ope
Just considered. The newspapers are giving
currency to letter purporting to have been
written and signed by resident of this State,
of high authority upon legal questions, which
letter is not only seditious libel upon it's
face, but is calculated to seduce many we'll
meaning citizens into agrave infraction of the
laws. 1.'
The writer of the letter complains therein.
of two classes of persons, in connexion with
the recent Congressional election in this Dis.
trict; the one whom he terms the white yo-
ters," and the other "negro voters." He
charges that the first class generally RETAINED
from voting, and that the second class uniyer-
sally voted, but voted against the writer.
The letter is not entirely explicit, as TO wheth-
er it is designed to subject the first class
named, to any "psins: and penalties" for 80
refraining from voting; but its purpose in re-
gard to the second class is Enthusiastically get
forth in the following paragraph g;,.Il.
II know that the negroes are banded together,
and infamous scalawags, who would az quickly
sell their God for thirty pieces of silver g they
| have betrayed their race and country for once
promotion and the hope Of stealing, swindhngand
laundering! But, notwithstanding this antago.
nism to the white people, know that an influ-
ence might be broughtto to bear on them which they
could not resist If the property holders OF the
State were 80 disposed Let every 1and.hotder re.
agree, NTH proper sttpuiattons 70 vote Nth he
| landlord or employer. This may be done without
incurring any of the penalties of the Act Of Con-
gress against intimidating voters" -.
The Court would state that if the exaction
of such stipulation from laborers and tenants
does not violate any existing Act of Congress,
it is "devoutly to be wished" that there will
soon be an Act of Congress that would be
thereby violated. Any attempt, however, to
enforce such stipulation, would be an In
fraction of the election laws Of this State, ,as
manifest intimidation of voters" and if
the voter consented and fulfilled the "stipula-
tion," it would render him liable to the pen.
alties of the law. A voter cannot legally
make bis ballot the subject of such stipqla-
ton. He holds it as high and sacred trust
for the country of which he is q citizen, and
the law prohibits him from using it for pecu-
mary gain, or making profit for himself in
casting it. ~ l3@ rr@,H -: al %I:s,j
| The writer further says:!. !.. !,y'i.r> a.!s
"In this way, and in this way only, cap ne roqt
the carpet. .bagger and seaiawag and get SonsfGi q,
general, as have well tested, though there are
exceptions, and he can only be influenced by bis
wants and necessities. therefore urge upon the
white people, all over the State, to determine 4nGn-
the Radicals, white or black, IN renting thsif
lands or employing their laborers, without they
will agree, In writing, under penalty, to vote
with them in all future elections" II 800 .El''
To determine unanimously" upon suoh .
matter, implies consultation. and 'eoufedeI
racy to attain the end proposed: Such deter
mination, so reached, will subject the parties
engaged therein to indictment for conspiracy.
1t will be the duty of this court, with your
aid, gentlemen of the grand jury, to check,
BY prompt and decisive action, in obedience
to the laws, every such proposed system Of
debauchery, aimed at the free electors Of the
State. ...... ..--...: ..,..,: .;l
On Monday and Tuesday, the grand jury
returned true bills in the following cases :: J
The State ys. Isom Buchanan, for assault
and battery on Brittsr McKeown. The case
was ordered to be continued until the next
term. WI. ...,,,...4,va
The State vs. Samuel B. Hall, for assault
and battery on George Withespoon. Con
tinued until the next term. ~ ,:.a'a .','
The State ps. Randolph Sutton and Alfred
Faris, for burglary and larceny on the prem
ises of John A. Thomasson, near Thorn's
Ferry. Sutton pleaded guilty upon arraiggn-
ment, but has not yet been sentenced. II Fsris
was tried and acquitted. F" -" ..' ...'i
The State Us. w. D. Parks, for assault with
intent to murder Lawson B. Davis. The
case was continued, and a new bond required