The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-10-12

has now endorsed and re-nomnated me"
He next revicws the struggle Of the Con.
servatives and Straight.0uts for the con.
troll of the Democratic Convention. and
declares that the stscceas of the STRAIGHT.
outs was the success of the EdgeficJd or
Mississippi plan, and warrants him in
declaring that the present struggle by the
democratic party is 10 gain the political
control OF the State for the sake Of politi-
cal power and advantage. He then de-
MES the peaceful character claimed for
the conduct Of Democrats at public meet.
ings, and gives long account Of his ex-
pcricnce at Edgefield, Ncwbcrry, Able
vile, Midway and Lancaster At Edge
field. he says, he was compelled to divide
time in order to avoid bloodshed. The
whites were nearly all openly armed, and
some carried pistols in their hands. At
Abbeviltc, when he attempted to speak
concerning Hamburg, pistols were cooked
by white men who crowded towards him
OH the stand. The accounts given of the
meetings at all the above named places is
very dark indeed, and represents the
white people as :iolcnt in the extreme,
and as having perpctrated every kind of
insult, barely short Of actual physica!
violence: He next takes up the Demo
cratic plan Of prescription, quoting at
great length from the editorials and cor
respondence of the various State papers,
the resolutions of the ward clubs, &c, to
show that the Dcmociatic party has
/ adopted and Is carrying out systematic
plan of social and positicat prescription
with the set and avowcd purpose of fore
ing men to vote contrary to their convic-
.:ons and wishes, and gives several Sec
tlohs OF the revised statutes TO prove that
it violates the law Of the State. He
refers to the existing sabre and rifle clubs
as the basis OF n political organization,
and prominent agency in the canvass,
a'd quotes the revised statutes again to
show that they are forbidden Nv law.
lie then proceeds to instances VI actual
violence by these clubs, and reviews the
Hamburg case ~ a wanton bntchcry of
unreslsting prisoners. lie believes that
the chief responsibility for the Charleston
riot rests with the Republicans; it was
lnexcusible end disgracciul, but it was
su6dued by TIE Republican authorities
lt has fastened Il bloody blot on the party
that caused it," The origin and cause of
the Ellcnton riot is not definitely known,
but IT has been clearly proved that nearly
"ii thc CoioIcu men were killed., not
while resisting the execution of tile law,
or any legal process, or while violating
the peace, or threatening or attempting
violence, but were shot down in the fields,
woods and cabins, and wherever found.
He is informed that forty or fifty were
killed, and is led to believe that the kill
ing has not yet ceased, three instances of
later date being given. He attributes
all the violence to white Democratic
agencies, and declines to call upon the
Democrats to suppress these disorders
solely because the Democratic party are
the authors Of the disturbances. It
would be like setting wolves TO guard
sheep, and he will never yield to such a
demand. Ho cannot call upon colored
Republicans to suppress them, as this
would precipitate conflict. "In such
an emergency" he says, "my only rcli-
ancc must be Upon United States troops"
He concludes as follows: "The Executive
OF the United States will do his duty and
| VIII do mine, and it shall be seen by
the, world whether the right to free
ballot can be trampled under foot by any
combination or party Of men in this
State"