The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-12-11

:. that the highest private liberty here
'Fis consonant with the greatest ptiblic
stgood.. Onr people l;lre 'happy III The
f{possessioflttof a bountIfiIl soil and a
gcniala climate. Here Tue varied pro.
ducts of.the temperate and tfopi
i zones grow side by side, while ou'
| Streams are flashing in The sdh.light
Of; a perpetual sprli,g The imperial
\ plant, whose fetcy fibres tcntcreidtc
!. the raiment Of civilized man through
out the globe aud whose production
presses heavily upon the very balance
4 wheels Of the commercial exchanges
Eof tile world, has here its nftive
home and most lixariant growth: Yet
the facc Of the Immigrant is turned
away from our. State, and capital
which sets labor in motion, aud creates
! the manufactures which contribute To
:. ttIc2 comtijrt1and tile elcvation'of man.
} shrinlis ,bacl1'fronl US, as IT the seals
Of pcstilerce wcro broken, and lis
vials empged out, upon,this beautiful
land of ours =; lIence,rfeurty- three:
:. fourlhs ofeu' vast.tcrritoriaT area,
! embracing not less than 36,oO3.square
miles, Ile fal.ow to-day This disas-
trous resnlttris. largely due to the fell
spirit Of political Intolerance which
has been manifested during the past
Five years BY the former governing
, c'ass in South Carolina: who still, in
great part, represent the educated
Iintelligencei.an landed property of
the State, That, intolerance, which
was at first successfully, directed to
destroy the J financial cfsdit Of Tie
! ESt;nei Goycrnment, both at;homc and
uDrouiE also proscribsd every native
and, adopted citizen who openly de;
] clayea limsc.f in . ACCORD with the
fpjoIiticnl sentiments Which were en-
lcrtained by the vast majority of the
! ncopfe 6fsthe UI!itrd State ,frwho
ihhave bythe result .oG7thearcentafa-
tional ,campsigp. gfarnishedit.". most
melnorsb!e proof Of. their firm deter
4 Hmiha,liionn. That only those who are
PknoWh to reflect and 'maintain"ti osc
poliliAlIscntiments shall rule III this
1 I'riepublicsfqus: !, Individual prescrip-
ton and hatitual l;denunciation Of the
.Glepernmeps, both the State and Fed;
qra Iwgs ssoop p,tfiaa49 fiaa4lowHesd VS. by armed Y9l
\ orr gunizations In VARIOUS sections ct
tliS State, Which, ,ilM ~ bolP,bad. aid
\ Ndesi sHi,,g smeh,b b96vcrawcdi 7by shcia'
! number .Cnnd dahins~th6' law-abiding
A majoEity.s apl ssqurgcd aand. s.sw
many Of their fr!ow;G w;Gti!2cps, befe;aInsse e; aus
4 or sthcir political opinions phd party
lTfllhltions. aITlrcse| BarbHfousV alts 81
a1n,ineiitytof ahelmihorae party tltte
State :eonlinued, ,smithnyulying ,dpteH-
silx tiur > ng!and dark peeriqddi ,of
more than three years. The Govern
! incht dfithc' Sta,ct having made ia
effuctuafaErumptsto TO chccli!thorD both
by, ,earncstIappe;,tsi tn'thet reason and
humanity Of these who were resarded
.fs the political leaders aud eXponents
of the DESPERATE men engaged III them,
and by its av;iifa6lc constabalary
force, ,maHyappraledto International
authority for;protcction to Amsr'ean
citizens tom law.css .ylolancs within
IIRc' lim'itss;,of Tic State. That appeal
1-af'cr ;rlong decay incident 10 pro.
curinstI,c noccssiii:y iegisl:tti on'bythe'
Congress .ofithdt Uiljtcd, js,ates--mas
effectively responded, to, through. .Gtlle
Federal courts, sustained hysthc mil;
G;ltr%y;' G.;lry; arm Of tho Government. As
tic result of that intervention: for
which our most: profound gratitude is
due to the Government OF the United
States many hundreds Of; the persons: plss:
fenraccd in those l;,wlcss undertakings
$50 abhorrcnt to oar free institutions
land TO the civilization of.tiieh age
Fhave been arrested land imprisoned
under, sentence, While many more:
charged with having been engaged in.
Them have, through sense OF their
guilt, fed beyond The borders of our
State. rE.. .-s ,.. y fa' :.fSJ,.. Z,
Turning away from the rccollcction
of those SCENES, which were SO utterly
revolving to all true lovers of liberty,
! am happy to announcc that pcarc
arid good order now prevail every
who're, within the State, which seem
to .,bo accompanied by returning
sense of justice, and W broader
S;ppirit Of lolrration in the hitherto
.FtnIfns cIa.ssscs, w;Iich fnrnish 4 better
fcuarlntec for their COZ tnuance than
ilhe mere temporary presence ct the
Sword or bayonct can ever give among
H. free people. The grand jnrjcs OF
several counties in tho upper part OF
,!thc Slate, witch were the chief scenes
of. the armed violence aimed ut tho
vested ri shts Of American c't'zens'
Ehave recently expressed II becoming
fcon,ril;on, and, apparently sincere
r!cngtir;rt !nti;it and sorrow, lhat this violence
! !tshou!d have been pcrni;tlcd to ma''l-
4rrsl itself. unci,crked7-by the local all.
rhoritfeS in their several counties, and
soIewuiy pledge those ,citizens.. who
have heretofore been presumed ''l'I TO
ihayc given acqncScent ;Sanctlon 70
.ILec<c atrocities, that licncclorth they
! wiIlj uttircly exert thcmscitcs1 10
, prai udai,,lI;ty and order and will pro-
, lstts, l,v,. force pf i'll MS, if ner%Sary,
fHany; citizen, " hose political riShlrs 9l
personal privirg's may bc ass;'lie;IL l';'
nE' AS G6ycrndr Of this State, ara as
f.,he political aIIl~ahd personal friend
. off,n,tnvu Of. those who 1ehaEe been
stricken dpwn lX this armcdNIppIenee,
:. Leurt Of fk;@ fk;v@;.rlss, I Welcome This pledge
:, ij1 iWvIiich + Nave referred, and carr
, icapiy trhstthatnit wi'4'He speedily and
:, mnsstanalH nalil6bd .hy !thc cond'lrt OF
i thosc in whose behalf il ~ has has, been en
The grand juries = have accompanied
n,,ou>sprapccs by 1.-The