The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-12-23
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COLUMBIA, s. c., Dec. 90
MR.. EDIToR-Before the Iitelligerice7,
is issued most Of you will have heard Of
the infamous action of the Republicans
of the Legislature in"the last Judicial
election but propose to! give you a
more detailed description, as an, eye Wit
ness. The. Senate passed arresotmtion
about the. 18th inst,,t go into joint as
sembfy on the 10TH to elect Judges; iWh en-
iticame to the House the resolution was
laid ION the table byia, largesvote, it being
yery desirable that. the ieleotions should
not come off until after the recess, in,or-
der that tho members mightgo home and
get the sentiment Of the people, But she
day before the election; they moved TO
take it from the table, but failed to dp So
This looked favorable TO the interest or
the people, ,rbutait was the signal for bhe
to go to work and,that night
there was o largo caucus called! In the in
terest of IWMpper and r. ~. Moses,l ,!r;,
who had Joined forces. The caucus was
attended by nearly. every negro IN the
two HOUSES, and most Of tho white Re
publicans. The most bitter and partisah
speeches ever, made. in the Republican
party were made there: Chi0f Justice
Moses made a.stroHg appeal IN favor OF
his son. F. j. Moses, ,jr,, rose equal TO
the occasion a terrible appeal TO
their color, recounted his sufferings ind
service for the Republican party, spoke
of. his ostracism,' aid wept like. child.
He said he may hare erred, but If he Lad,
it was for the good OF Republicans; and
if they, threw him of, starvation stared
him in the face-there was no man in the
State, white or co1ored, that desired more
warmly, and had striven more zealollsly
Tor the promotion and supremacy of the
colored people in the State. 'Knowitori,
Of Orangeburg, who ran for the 7th Cir
cult, among other things, said that he
did not believe that any man born and
reared in this State under the influence
of slavery, was fit to sit on the Bench |!
Others made equally Infamous speeches,
which j will not rapport. .5:J ,a..'5f 81
The next morning by niueo' clock sye-
rything was red hot. Clusters were Been
here and there about the, State House,
discussing in the most excited manner
the, judicial election. The caucus had
done its work, and it was, evidens the
Republicans meant something from their
violent manner. AT, IL o'clock about
thirty members, headed by Leslie, went
into the hall of the Legislature yelling
and cursing, moro like a mob of wild
negroes than body of legislators! AT
IL O'clock on the 10th, the Senate came
into the hall Of thu House and prepared
to'vote. ...,..,, -; i.r.,,' ~; ..;
Humbert, of Darlington, nominated
for re election j. l. Wright, colored, for
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Sam: j. Lee, colored, and NJ. B. Allon,
colored, were nominated. Wright was
elected by large majority, ~. "a
~ Nominations for the First Circuitwere
in order. / Davis, of Charleston,. nomi-
mated w. J. .Whipperr colored., He said
he called upon every colored man il! the
House to vote for Whipper; they had a
large majority in thetwo Houses, and q
still larger one in the State, and 1T was