The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-07

al hate BY spelling Sumter with u pr
luE ELECTION FRAUDS, &C.
The election for this County, which
took place on last Tuesday. so fur us
order nnd quiet was concerned, pissed
off to the entire satisfaction uf nil
lovers Of peace. but as to fairness aud
honesty on the part of at least one
polling precinct out OF the four ut this
place, there were perpetrateu the most
giaring fraude. at precinct No. l, at
which Ellis Thompson was Chairman
Of tho Board of Managers, tue election
law was set utterly ut defiance; first by
said precinct being opened u full hour
before the time designated by law.
The law says the polls shall be opeucl
at o'clock A. nj. The polls were
opened at said box, and voting com
menced ut o'clock. The law was set
at defiance, or utterly ignore'. in the
second place, by said Thompson,
in his refusal to have his box pub
licly inspected before opening the
polls. He was requested, by quiet,
orderly citizens, III u calm and cour-
teous manner, to let his box be opened
for inspection, but ho refused, and
persistently refused-Me Doc ,cas not
inspected at alt.
But this model manager" and it
tool for any dirty political work, pro-
ceeded, even before the first streak of
dawn-and. as above stated. an hour
before the time designated by law-to
take in the votes of the "newly en-
franchised," and by half-past 6 o'clock
there we're pulled at this magicul box,
'No. l." the astounding number Of
400 votes. Only 533 votes IN ali during
the whole day were polled ut this box,
400 Of which were taken in the short
space of one hour and half-all Ea-
dical. AS soon as the evidences Of
fraud were made so manifest ut this
precious box, "No. l." no Conserva-
tive would deposit his ballot in it; aud
even the decent colored voters-a part
Of whose religion it is to vote the Ra-
die Il ticket-who knew of the alleged
fraud, shuuned it AS human nature is
wont to shun a vile and poisonous rep.
tile, and went to other boxes hard by.
LaMenSrWe H:r0!a.
WHAT THE NORTHERN ELECTIONS
SAID TO THE CuArTANooGERs 10 the
political hurlots and unpunished rob.
bers and murderers of States who
were in conclave at Chnttanooga, it
said: "Back to your dens of infamy
and lairs of uncleanness, ye hypocrltes,
plunderers and deceivers; crawl into
your holes. ye political vipers.
whose slimy trails have marked and
blighted the fairest lands Heavens ) sun
ever shone upon; hide your guilty
heads, ye defamers of the American
name, ye fomenters of civil discord,
blood aud rapine; sneak from the pub
lie gaze, ye political publicnns and
pharlsees, ye miserable prostitutes
whose harlotry has turned to q by
word and reproach the very nume Of
republican government, and whose
dam mnable crimes have retarded the
growth of the nation half century.
and heaped q thousand millions ol
taxes upon burdened people!" These
wero the thunder tones that came from
5000, 900 of freemen on Tuesday last,
as Interpreted by their votes, and they
have only warned the Radical leaders
before they smite them with hand
oncased in iron mail. PMSbMy Post
- 60
The NATIoN's Loss In ono of 3.
r. Buffers late invocations TO his con
stituents for renonination to the
House OF Representatives., lie rccountcd
the imaginary outrages of the white
lcaguers in New Orleans, aud asked,
"What will the South do if you re.
fuse to return mo to Congress?'' Tha,
interesting question must now bo nh.
swered. The terrible emergency sng
gcsted by Mr.. Butler has occurred,
aud it remains to be soon whether the
South can be kept in the Union with
out The aid of Butler. 1t is u pity ia
lose man who lends 80 much grace,
dignity and honor to tho councils o
the nation. but according TO the old
saws, what's done can't be helped, anG
whnt can't be cured must be endured,
and republics are proverbiaIly migrate
full.