The New York herald., 1874-08-22
The Wars OF Bowley and Jones.

The extreme mockery OF republicanism is
found in South Carolina to-day under negro
rule. The vivid account Of the riots in
Georgetown which our correspondent gives
to-day is not exaggerated, for no writer could
adequately describe the fearful condition of
that society The white men who have led the
negroes into these excesses remind US of those
pirates who become chiefs of African tribes
and in order to maintain their authority are
compelled to be more brutal than the savages
they command. The negroes themselves re-
semble gorillas who have been elected to the
Legislature more than ordinary human
beings. The story of this horrible orgie
which has been held in county cut off from
communication with the rest Of the State is
grotesque even in its terrors. The rivalry
between the negro Senator Jones and the
negro Senator Bowley burlesques the conflict
between Brooks and Baxter. So monkeys
which have seen barber shop, butcher each
other in the vain attempt to shave. Senator
Jones calls out the militia and Bowley organ
ICES an army. Bowley bombards Jones house
all night with sixteen-shooters. Jones barri-
cades himself with Legislative reports, made
bullet proof by negro speeches. The militia
drive the troops Of Bowley out Of town, and
then Jones besieges Bowley. Bowley
takes refuge (where he ought to
be now in Jail. Jones threatens
to burn the town in order to make conAa-
grafton Of Bowley's house, like the Chinese,
who, when they wanted roast pig, set fire
to the sty. Thus the hideous work goes on
night and day, men, women and children en-
gagged in bloody war and the result would
have been still more terrible had not United
States revenue cutter from Charleston steamed
up to the town one fine day, and, with three
cannon and thirty men, frightened the con-
tending armies into the swamps and woods.
This conflict was entirely confined to the
blacks. It could hardly be otherwise in q
county in which there are 1888 negroes
and only 2,733 whites, and in which
the former have absolute rule White
emigration from Georgetown would soon
make the population OF one color,
if the whites had any place to emigrate to or
any money to go with. But one part of South
Carolina is likely to be almost as bad as
the others. The negroes govern the whole
State, and some of these days, unless such
great statesmen as Bowley and Jones lose their
influence, there may be carnival of blood
which will make the rest OF the Union
shudder
There is no desire in the North to undo the
work of emancipation nor to suppress the
political equality which the logic OF freedom
compels But there is growing determine
ton that such scenes as those in Georgetown
shall be made impossible for the sake Of
humanity and the honor OF the nation. Jones
and Bowley, by their monkey-like imita-
tions of the ''great wars which make am
bition virtue" are degrading American
civilization and outraging the moral sense of
the nation, and they must be suppressed.
The intelligent colored man looks upon them
with disgust, and it is for his sake, as we'll as
for that of the whites, that Congress will take
South Carolina in hand. 1t is very hard to
find a remedy for these evils but one thing
is certain, that the American people will not
consent to see sovereign State abandoned to
massacre, plunder and all manner OF crime.
The negro population OF South Carolina is
like o mutinous crew, who have fred the
richly-freighted bark they wish to plunder,
and who are perishing in flames they are un-
able to extinguish.
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