The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-01-24
A Shabby SANDER Mailed,

n - SAI'''jDS AoiiLltiCi iHtl!Cti'
WHAT M-S5:;$. SwANEE;:RT .tNp
JOHNSON SAY OF THEIR EErEr-
TON AND TREATMENT. SOCIAL
AND OTHERWISE, IL SOUTH CARO-
LIMA.
The Cincinnati Gazette publish,
cs The >uhstaucc OF aM Interview
It's reporter had with Hon. Henry
Stanbcrry, concerning certain
damaging statements contsiueI
in the newspapers: in regard to
his experience during the Ku-Alux
trials in South Carolina, aud cs-
pcciai!y witn rctrreuce 10 the al
legged i!scoNrlesy shown him and
lis associalc couusel, Hon. nvvcr-
dy Johnson, by leading r;lizcHS OF
CoiEmbia. and the report Int they
E:t& retired in disgust from III" He-
fence Of these cases.
Mr. SIanbcrry, who had heard
Gi these statements. but had not
read them, on being shown them.
AT once pronounced them wholly
without foundation. IL $a;i Mr.
Johnson and ho received in CO.
Iumbia warm welcome from the
citizens, who repeatedly express
cl their grateful! Sense Of and a?
prtciation OF their rro:rS*iH';;I
services in these caHcs. =! wish
WAS expressed by the ritizenS that
they would accept u public enter
t&lnl2cut. !,ut this WAS disc0nr-
aged by Mr. Johuson and !o, who
! found themselves too fully occu
pied with their professional du-
ties, and bcsi,!vs. undcr tho cir.
! cumsIances. they deemed it incx-
! pcdirut. Ir. S;antcrry showed
! The reporter letter from General
! Hampton. Gated Columbia, De
cembrr %. written ou the evening
Of tic cx-attorney. generals de-
| purlurc, in which Gcu2rat Eamp-
ton says: Allow me, - clairulan
OF tie owmit'ce inviting you
here, 10 express the scuse OF the
obligation lr!t by or people to
; YOU ior tAe zeal you have shown,
and The great a!ii;'y you have
raHiiusicI in the great QUestiou
now 1t Stake." Ar. S;anberry
said chrir reception socially WAS
! all ,hat couId te desired, though
they were dcbarrci to some ex-
tent from mo:iug in society by
The clyr0ssiMg nature Of their 'ia
ties. NJ. StanJrrrv said their
purpose in visiting Co!uuLia Was
70 argue legal questions that grew
! out Of the ku-hIux prosecution,
! touching the jurisdiction Of the
! courts OF the Cmi!oI States over
the offence aud the constitutions
aiity Of the acts OF Congress, call
, Cd the enforcement ACTS OF 1871.
with 4 vie~ Ct bringing these
! questions before the Supreme
! CDurt OF tl!e iI.l;!rd States, ana
that they had sarcccdrd upon q
! division ci' "r:::;"n between the
circuit and district inl - in hSv-
! inE two important gnvStions GER
; tilted to the Supreme Eou:; Of the
! United States. These questions
! Nessrs. Johnson and Stxnberry
expected to argue in few weeks.
! Upon pressing request Of local
council they did not assist in the
trisI by jury Of one case, and
whatever disgust they experienced
while st Coiumhia vas in tic
r:tvr hopc!cSsuesr oi' defending.
! against q ch&rgt which. in their
! Judgment. wa~ not m2ln out. be
fore such /! jury IS ~ in tic case.
! lie said that persons 10 srrve a>
urors in the United States Court
in South Carolina are selected by
the collectors O.: | 'ujied States it,
tcrnal rvrcnur. and that the jury
which sat IL the case @hovc re-
itrreI 10 " .S cpUHGscI Of ten IH-
-roeS u"d two whites. Jn view
ni' li:is anJ kindred Facts AR. STAN
hCrry said that some idea might