The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-12-09

PAID IN AID VANCE
Obituary Notioes ahd Tributes ST .OC
per quare.
Infamous Persecution OF en- Episcop al
Minister.
1t seems that the November olec-
tions have taught neither modcra.
tion nor wisdom to the subordinat te
officers Of the Federal Court in this
State. There have been many prose.
cutioaS in Spnth Carolina unde: the
enforcement act, but the or .sade in
Ehgeiield county affords the mcst
outrageous and baictaccd Instance Of
oppression that has ever been Wit
messed in the State. TO provo this,
we need but cite the arrest of the
R,v. e. T. Walker, the rector of
Trinity Episcopal Church at Edge
field Court House, an aged and re.
spected Minister Of the Gospel, who
has spent forty years in the service
Of God. This venerable gentleman
has been dragged from his home by
the Federal officers upon charge
which would be ridiculous but for
the consequences ontailed upon the
unfortunate prisoner. The aflidavits
upon which the warrant was issued
tell their own tale. 1t is only ne
cess ry to print them, to show how
the authority Of the Uniten States
Government is misused and abused
in order to serve the partisan pur,
pose of those who arc entrusted with
it's administration. The following is
the affid .vit upon which United
States Commissioner Eaton issued the
warrant Of arrest
U. S. A., DIsTRIcr OF So Ca.
Personally appeared before me,
KObt. Young, who, upon oath says
that in the county Of E1gc6eld, and
district aforesaid, on or about the
first day of October, Edward T..
Walker, the defendant, said to depo-
nent, elf you don't vote my ticket |
will see you in hell aud dumnation
before you shall stay on my planta-
t:ou ono hour" Deponent, with his
family, has since been driven away,
aud hus had all property taken fro,D
him.
his
RoBEnTH You've.
mark.
Sworn to before me thi, 24th N o.
vember, 1874. F.. II, EATON,
United States Commi. soner.
Attached to this is the affidavit Of
John Mobley, who swcars that he
heard the defendant say that if Robt .
Young "voted the Republican tick t
he would see him in hell before lie
would allow him to stay on his
place." and that "we intend to kill
off all the leading men, and then we
can manage the women and children" !"
Upon these affidavits the model Com.
missioner issued a warrant of arrest, =,
upo, which Mr.. Walker was arrested
aud dragged to Columbia, to answer
to an indictment for violation of the
Enforcement act.
Gen. NJ. W. Gary, who is the coun>
sci for the defendant, has the ufiia-
Wits of Gen. r. NJ. G. Dunnovant,
MIR. Bennett Holland, G. J.. Penn
and B. G. Bryan, all respectable
citizens of Edgc6cld county, v ho
swear that the prosecutor, Young,
has bad reputation, is not to be
believed upon oath. The prisoner
himself, under oath, says that the
statements contained in the atfidavits,
upon which the warrant for his arrest
was issued, are untrue. lie denies
having uttered the words imputed to
him, or any words Of similar import.
He also denies that Robert Young
and his family have been driven
away, and swears that they still re.
side upon his plantation, in the
house which they have occupied for
several years. He also swears that
he offered to allow Young, the prose.
eutor to build a house upon his plan.
tation, aud to furnish him with fifty
acres Of land to cultivate, for the
next two years, FREQ of rent, provi.
ded the prosecutor would do tho @.
quisite foDoing. Mr.. Edwards also
swears that Young's crop was levied
upon and seized by merchants who
had furnished him with provisions,
anc that he (Mr. Edwards) has never
received any rent this year from
Young. And, finally, that ho has
never mixed in politics or taken on
active part in any political campaign.
To sustain these allegations, the re-
cords of the case show az affidavit
from J. w. D. Raincy, tho Clerk of
tho Court for EdgeGeld, certifying
the existence of a lien, amounting 20
one hundred dollars, given by tho
prosecutor to Clisby & Lynch. mer'
chants Of Edgetield, for provisions,
and stating further that the said lien
was foreolosed and execution duly
issued thereon.
These are the facts upon which the
warrant was based, and thia tho evi'
dence upon which gray.haired min
lister of the gospel has been dragged