The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-02-03
mhe Whole Truth,

much attention and occa3iondd so |
mnch concern throughout the State,
seem at last to have been traced to
their true source. The Charleston
News and Courier, with characteristic
enterprise, sent to the scene Of tur-
moil a y ecial reporter, witha view to
obtain the whole truth, and to pre-.
sent to the public an Impartial
statement 0. tho facts. The conclu,
sions dcduced arc as follows "l. That
| Gen. Buffers house was set fire to
by a negro, who was hired by Ned
reunent for that purpose. 2. That
il w,rrant for the arrest Of II nnent,
on charge Of arson. was duly isucd
aud that he would not submit to ar.
rost. 8. That, subsequently, Ten-
neut and his men Fl ed upon the con.
stabl cs aud posse who eudeavored to
arrest them, and, at night, fired at
two physici,ns who had been in at
Tendance npon the two colored men
who we're wounded in the fray.
T. That the county has bee" Ter
fectly tranquil since Teunent sur.
rendered Liu,self tu the autLori.
ties"
The f.cts set f,ith in the fore
going statement mu the accepted MS
Causes entirely sufficient ty produce
the state Of affairs for some months
exiting in Eigetield county. All the
evideuce reooutly brought out only
I goes to confirm tho already general
+ belief thut the negro TcuMcut> is =.
bad man, q useless citiz ~ aud con
slant fomentor Of disvord between,
the races in his sectiun. That h.
enmity to the whites is deep-stated, ,
md that he would resort to the most
iiabolicul means to i..jlrc the ob.
:cts Of his hatred, both his. words
and deeds prove beyond the mcrcs
shadow Of doubt. The negro who
set fire to Gen. Ru'lci's Nous state,
positively tElt lie w.s 81 IL .,ly tn
hiIeling Of Teuncut.. Bat the cause.
of trouble, as FURNISHED in his con
, duct, are ouIy special and immedi
ate : there arc others. general and
seemingly reMotc, that have bcel
far more potent in =: bringing .abou
disturbance. The chief OF. those j.
the corrupt county government q
Eigcfcld. For "a description. Of th'
| county officials, We need Como fur
ther thar Judge Mackey's staten IN
OH the subject. liz pronounc,s tn.
f rutire system Of government in j. lge
hold "n huge grand larceny" D
J. the sheriff he Says : lie. is an hon
est and Trustworthy mali, but has ;
disag"eeable labit~ of appropria,int
thefanas Of Judgment credito.s I,
his own use, on thr. ground that, tb,
oouuiy has'hot paid him, for dieting
pri>ouers.";; Use ,er-onor he com
plimepts in th;s .stylo =: "Thc only
Gelvicc he could lcNdcS TT. the. quuu.
ty would be tc mako himself the
subject Of coroner's inquest" His
opinion Of the way jnrics are mani.
P"l"tcd is very suggestive: "Any
1
citizen who has had wrong done to
person or property, even the most
violent and ultra Dem 'cr.t, can oh.
tain jnsti3e provided hs first make,
satisfactory financial artsng IN ;nts
with the fury commi sioner." "ln
Short" said Judge Mackey to the
reporter, "you may say that l assert
that the rovcrnm ent in Edgefeld
county is cas-: 81 tenn Of h~ceny."
We have hero an admission from one
who has long held Off ial position
underthc r ideals, who is every
where recognized as a bitter partis-
an, and has more than once appeared
as tho adv socute of men like Il. j.
Moses, Jr. When his eyes are open.
cd. and when he SO bluntly admits
the truth Of the charges made by the
Conservatives with reference to pub
lie aff4irs, alike 10 Edgefeld and all |
over South Carolina, We think 1t
quite needless to search further for
causes of trouble. The easo is plain
enough, and to the causes stated by
the News and Courier must be added
those embodied in Judge Mackcy's
remarks.