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

opu Vh ny ooSus sapVo VI kuotE, PattSJ
I they returned to SER holiios on Su.
ljay7 last openly and unhf6feSted:
isimpraoticable9 for me at present t,
presents fuit exhibit of the. facts. |,
| regard to tho ,spnditipn Of EdBsiel,
County, which facts are Of the. gra
Vest SohoSF y 10 The State, and sGouf,
be made kho#a ID your 'cxUellency
They will be set. forth in "a fatur.
report whan the peudiog examination
..hal have, .terpinated.,. Suffice ii
now to say, 10 my Deliberate judg
nent, no sdoh iGfquity as TIE count,
governments Of Edgefisld has been in
flietad upon rsuy portion Of the
Engiish-speskins race since the
Saxon, wore the iron. collar of the
NORMAN. Ia that case, however, the
barsh dominat ion GaS that Of d su.
pefior civilization, III hidh elevated
wh,le it ohsssepsd. In this ii To- the
reverse, j,Ths oopditionj Of Edgefeld
presents a .probit IN that qemendu
an instant solution ID tho in.
ssrest ofi,t6e public peace and the
preservation Of life and property.
To this end, L, earnestly reoom mend
that; your Exoellency, will forthwith
issue aud enfo roe an o,det With
drawing tie State arn.s from the
eight OF ten militia" companies now
organized and equipped, and sup.
lied with AMMUNITION, in tho County
Of Edge6eld, with the view to have
the sail artiis Deposited in tho State
'armory at The capital. During the
past year. the officers. oomhlaudih9
several Of those companies, to wit
Captains Edward Tqnnent, Bullock
snd others; have ordered the assem.
bly, to Beat, aid have called their
com panios to arms to sedress the
real or fanoied ,grfeSantes of an in.
dividual member Of a. company in
personal quarrel with "a white mun.
in the vicinity Of the Pine House, ut
q point about sixty miles f,om UJ-
lumbia, in Edge6old County; Capt,
ia located with some f;rty
armed mon Of his company aud their
on a tract Of laud leased by
i. Cain, Of that county, cm
braoing only about sixty acres, aud
l ah informed by a gentleman living
in y tie vlbiuity that, on last Friday
aud Saturday nights, that compuny.
olhrmed the noighborhood by beat
Of drum, and the rapid and long
continued discharge of their fire.
arms. 70 oall out the militia is all
act Of sovereignty which the Consti-
tuition Of the State vests alone in
the Govornot, who by that grave
act exercises the embodied powers Of
all the departments of the Common.
wealth, aud substitutes Of necessity
physical forne for tho pacific
agencies of the law, For q subor.
dinate officer unauthorized, and for all
unlawful purpose, to call out the mill
ia, as has been done in hdgefeld, is an
aot of war upt Il society, aud tho Off
Ger and every ihan b. assembled is
liable to indictment under our laws.
Thore are also several white rifle
clubs in Edgeield County which
have oeen ara. ed and equipped by
their individual members as counter
organizations to tho militia. thero-
fore recommend that your Exoslleu-
cy will assume the attitude to 70 =.
quire them also to disband. | fur.
ther recommend that your B&collen-
cy will take the rcquisite course 10
have two com panies Of United States
troops stationed in EIgofelj County,
one Of which shall he posted in Nor.
riwcther and Wasi ington Township,.
This should DO done es moashro of
repose to that important and greatly
disturbed seGtioii Of the State. The
presence Of United States troops in
Edgefield County, com mii,anded as the y
are by brave and courteous gentlemen
and distinguished soldiers who com.
pose the officers Of our army, will at
onoe iufuso a sen-e Of security among
all clssses IF godd cilizons in this
continuity, who will see, in their
uniforms and flag; the honorable sym.
bols of our great and benefcent 70.
public whose military forces move
not az the dgeht Of any one OF the
oontonding factions ~ but stand
prepared to guard tho equal rights
Of the American citizens who com pos.
them both: In conclusion I forward
herewith tho afidavits Of hstles
Whitlow, a.. Tkomas, Geo. Ryan,
Anderson l,usvy and Con. NJ: G.
Butler, Marked respectively, BIC D
l. and Il. The Witiess; Anderson
Busy, is tho person on whose state
meut Gen. Butler made Ills affidavit
charging Edward Tenhant aud
others with having oomu,i'tcd tic
crime of arson III bdrIlitg II burning
Con. Butlar's resid6ude: The armed
collision resulted as stated front NJ at.
tempt 10 execute tho. wprratit OF az
rest based on that affidavit. Ahdur.
son Bussy ho% sweatb that Gen
Blu tier, and othefs; coibpelldd him
with pistols lsselled at hia head, and
By making Uut the figure Of u grave
at his feet, to make that statetnont
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