Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-06-20
the outrages that have 'bs,ernl committed

IL, South Carolina, as you are aware, j; il;
nine counties the right Of habcas corpus
has been suspended-a little over one
fourth ofathe State. The suspension en-
braced those counties where it was.inssted
that the State government was unable-it
is unnecessary for me to, discuss why--it
was unable to- give protection, ito men
there whose. only ofense was their politi7
/ cal sentiments.
They were color, d men and white men,
and when they. went to sleep at night
they had no guarantee that they woulL
,not'be taken out of their beds at the deau
hoa- of nighe; taken out and scourged, ,-o;
else balls put through their bodies. iGP Pres
iident Grant did not act in that manner
until the Legislature Of soith Carolina
passed resolutions ealing upon him u
send. the forces Of tAei;E EnIted Statssi Gov,
iernrheht .thereroto. give them protection.
With refeneuoeto this KuKlu1 law Pres.
ident Grant has, to execute the law, 1t
was in, the statute-beok, and he was cali
ed upon to execute it by that. 'tribunal
which had the right to caIl.upon him. He
didn't pass the law. ~ = ''.e'
How Gdit come to be passed ? Was
1T not The thunders OF the New York. Iri-
6atse, day afrer'day and week after week,
ruDg into the ears of Congress, demanding
thai they should pass some suoh law 70
give protection to them? Apd now VIXEN
the law is passed and has been. executed
in, mercy and. frmness,. how stands my olu
friend Greeley? He has turned round
now and denounces Grant and the ku
Klux law for its enormities Judge Bond,
who has discharged his duties with great
fideiity there, has administered this law
firmly and mercifully, and although you
hear SO much clamor of people beng cast
into prison for their not being able to pro-
cure bail, what ls the result Of the trials
that have taken place. There have been
about seven trials only at the two courts
one an acquittal, one a mis7trial, anu five
convictions. Those are the results, and
yet to snow the eStent of it, and how
conclusive the proof was, this was no:
made up of Manufactured 'tectimony, :.ys-
timo1y Of subor:,cd witnesses: Nhore
than sixty. Of these. unfortunate .pco,:,
who have been indicted have voluntary
come forward and pleaded guilty to tic
charges preferred ae-inst them. Now.
when the facts como to, be understood, i
should suppose that. so far from being ou
element Of weakness against the P,esl-
dent. it would be an element Of strength.
l thank you for the attention you have
given me- shall not detain YOU any
farther l trust that the proceedings ri
this body will be harmonious. l nave no
doubt that they will, but / hope that
when we adjourn, and go forth to our res
pcctive homes, we vii cave tu!s place
determined to fight goou fight ani VIZ
;i.c batt.e ln less than thirty days -
.housAnd voices VII be raised oi. every
hill and'in every valley upon tie broad
.yp,rse Of this great country in favor of
the nominees Of lhis convention, and in
November, when the votes are counted,
nave No doubt whatever that Gen. Grant
Ind his associate will be reelected, and
that the Republican party aud principles
will be established for the nrxt iout vars.
God grant it may i,e 50. I. 'irlause.] !
ELECTION RErs IN CAllr6aSIA -Thr
.,factice OF betting on elections has grown
= l. proportions oi late years in Cali
= .sbatit has beeteussereGG9gpizsa by-the
sons who may be disposed to back their
opinions" on approaching political con-
tests, are reminded by the press of that
State that the law declares that every per-
soil who makes, offers or accepts any bet |
or wager upon the result of any election,
Or upon the success or failure OF any per-
son or candidate, or upon the number of
votes to be cast either in the aggregate,
" for any particular candidate, OF upon
he vote to be cast by any person, is gull
v Of misdemeanor And this misde-
neanor may be punished by fine of not
xceetling 5000, or Imprisonment for
ERIN not exceeding five years. At that
rice election bets will hardly be profta-
lie.