New-York tribune., 1874-04-25
SOUTH CAROLINA TROUBLES.

A NORTHERN MANS sTArEMENr-BALLoT-Box srUF-
FERs REWARDED WITH oFFICE-IGNoRANCE OF
TEACHERS AND JURoRs-PENITENTIARY DELIy-
HRY BY THE GoyERNoR-oRDINARY METHODS
OF RELIEF INEFFECTIVE.
To theEdttor OF The Tribune.
SIR People of the North cannot appreciate
the difference between our political condition and theirs
reason why the minority here should
hope of relief by the potent to them They
tell go to work earnestly with the negro and edu-
cate him in his political duties They expose cOrrup-
ZIONIST and he is damaged or killed politically. We do
the same, and strengthen him. case in point.
Two wears or more ago. three election commissioners
stuffed the ballotbox in Beaufort in order 10 defeat
candidate for Congress Women and boys were allowed
TO put In tickets for DE Large the cOlored candidate
and Bowen tickets taken out and changed Under
our these things are easy The Commissioners are
allowed to keep the returns ten days before declaring
the vote These returns kept IN the house OF the
chairman.
The fraud was investigated in the United States Court
by fearless and upright Distrct-Atorney d. Corbin'
He succeeded in convicting two OF the commissioners
Zone escaped by echnicaty) and several subordinate
managers The proof was overwhelming. NO man OF ln-
eigence doubted their guilt even among their parsans'
They were sentenced the Penitentlry but after sery-
pg some time President Grant pardoned them all out
What effect did this have upon their political prospects
One OF them, r. II. Gleaves was elected at the next
election Lieutenant Governor of the state H. D. Lang
lev was appointed Auditor OF this county; Alired
williams Mayor Of Beaufort and Trial Justice OF the
county All looked upon as martyrs 70 pe rewarded
for their fidelity 10 the negro.
Take the delegation who visited the President TO
whom he was so polite, and whose defense OF themselves
was so convincing. Whtemore was expelled for selling
cadetship. He again TO fill bis own vacancy ana
was reelected by 6OOO majority He was again refused
a seat. He at once elected Senator from MS own
county, and was unanimously made chairman Oh inc
Executive Committee Of the Republican party X H.
Geaves one OF the aforesaid election COMMISSIONERS
was another OF the convincing" gentlemen. EluOtt
the Congressman Is thoroughly corrupt that Wheh nc
was making his reform speech to the Legislature some
time ago. the hearers we're on q broad grin, as deVs
might be to see Satan join praying band one OF the
members exclaimed " How desc Congressmans tell we
to unload when dey de fust ones TO load we up There
was not one on the delegation who had not been made
the subject Of some report speech from his own
brethren charging practices which would damn MIN
politically in any other community.
What Governor could hope to better his chances for
reelection by the act just recorded In The Onon herdd'
a Radical paper, the official organ OF the party III
Columbia:
On Sunday las. the Governor yrei Penen and extended
Iss GaSs q .,o. de- leave the
get meal o. veuis They went 70 BOY BOY 70 ,ns @ Rr,
for % Ian relied su ,oaS GaG Of en eDrp RsS been .u
cons Penenary rather thn be e' a
FEEL very unecmbc when they consider the de'uon and on'e
quent temptation commit BY these men turned loose ufh
them.
This undoubtedly done to save the expense OF Keep
ing them, # II had not beeni discovered the names
would have been kept the prison rolls unui thelr
expired. the State paying the warden % cents
There are 81 county treasurers in the state Twenty
OF these are In default to the aggregac 1aa y, ~
embezzlement and sentenced 10 nue ahw
he was pardoned the Governor before ne the
prIsou dlunf "A
exists and is admitted and defended. When we ask
that the money which we pay ana wnlcn Gu ,ey pTe Oh
pended; when we insist that teachers snail at least
know how to read and write Win some approaoh 10 cor
rectness told that we want 10 prevent eoioreu
people being employed as teachers know OF three
cases iu this county-there are probably thlrty-Dut
these personally know, where schools are taught by
who cannot write, or al tne utIost eau serawl q
they only perpetuate ignorance The county schOOi
Commissioner Is colored man OF very limited ednca-
tion. County Commissioner SorresPohsin@g @ 70 vn
superyisOrs cannot read or write; SIX OF our seven
members OF Legislature are coored men Oh sea'ee''
Ar the lsst court In this county "a grand Jurors were
drawn from the and 80 petit jurors or the whole
number ona was white, and he the only one VINO couu
req or write II frequent occurrence 10 see the
dce order the clerk write the verdcts. In one OF
the courts lately foreman came in and reported no
bill" instead OF not guilty. The )aIy commissl1hel,
u ho puts the names In tho box leaves out the whte
tax PAYERS and puts in the negroes VINO glahy coe 10
idic and doze two weeks in court for 81 80 day aud
mIleaRe The vocabulary OF these negroes IN so small
that fully third the words used by Judge lawyers
ofcers ana white witnesses are unintelglbe 10 the
,urors The negro never for moment doubts his own
ness for any office, do his constituents doaOt IL or
eOnsler these Deficiencies Of any moment.
The truth that there s no moral sense 10 whch We
can appeaI There Ia no sense OF shame the wrong
doer ana feeling OF reprcDallon III the constituents
RfauG,rt A. o.. Aurii 10. lo7i. CARPET hAG"ER