The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-10-14

Dispatches from Columbia, s. c., dated
October 0, state that among those who are
in the secret, great interest centres in Akin
county, as it has leaked out that u mum.
Der Of the citizens Of that county are to
be arrested at once. Mounted deputy
marshals, supported by soldiers, are to raid
in concert upon the homes and residences
of the parties accused Of intimidation, and
United States commissioners are to be
stationed at convenient points, before
whom the prisoners are to be arraigned
for preliminary examination. Rumor
places the number in Aiken to be arrested
at one hundred.
Only few of the rifle clubs have con-
sdercd the Governors proclamation re-
curing them to disband, aud none If them
have taken any decided action upon il
except one at Ahbevile. From that club
the Governor on Monday received the
following telegram:
"0ur club was organized May &c, 1876,
and you are an honorary member, Do we
come under the requirements of your
proclamation =? and if so consider it's dis.
banded. "W. S. BRANCH, Captain"
He also received by express arms, con.
sisting of a bent musket, brass pistol,
piece Of broken cannon and palmetto
fan, on which was written "keep COOL
Several other consignments of similar
sort are reported on their way.
Gen. Wade Hampton has tclegraphed
to leading Democrats in all of the counties
claimed to be disaiFccted by Governor
Chamberlain counseling obedience to all
due process of law, and urging that no
resistance whatever be offered TO any legal
officer, whether of the State or United
States
The Democratic State executive com
mttec have issued another address, to
which they append letters from the Chief
Justice of the Stato and iive-eighths of
the circuit judges, all Republicans, and
all Of whom declare they know of no
instances of resistance to the law, and
declaring that the law is maintained and
administered without difficulty.
Hon. 7. j. Mackey, Republican judge
Of the sixth judicial circuit of South Car
olina, has written letter, in which he
says
al solemnly protest against the procla
nation Of Governor Chamberlain as absO-
lutely false in so far as it imputcs to the
inhabitants within the limits Of this circuit
any purpose to obstruct the ordinary
course Of judicial proceeding, or to resist
in any manner the due execution Of the
laws for the protect ion of life, property or
the rights of citizenship, and | have good
and sufficient reasons to believe, and do
believe, that the said proclamation is
equally false in imputing such insurrec-
tiOnary purpose to the white population in
the other circuits Of this State.
81 regard the proclamation as symbolic
ing fifty formidable conspiracy against
the rights Of the people, having for its
object the carrying of this State for Cham
berlain aud his candidates The conspir-
ucy is further typiied by a board of State
canyassers OF election and returning
board, the majority of whose members are
candidates on Chamberlain's ticket and
by ninety-six commissioners of election in
the several counties, seventy of whom are
Chamberlain's declared partisans, and of
which last number some forty are county
treasurers and auditors or trial justices,
holding lucrative offices by his appoint
ment and removable from Office at his
pleasure, or are known to him as declared
candidates for Office, indorsing his ticket,
who unseat themselves if they make dec
laration of the election which seats the
candidates opposed to Chamberlain and his
ticket"