Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-04
SOUTH CAROLINA,s WRONGS VINDI-
GATED BY AN HONEST
REPUBLICAN.

Party lines are being pretty well efaced in the
the Palmetto state, the people realizing that 1t is
not a question of democratic or republican,, but
a question of reformer or robber. This fact is
apt!y Illustrated in the case of Mr.. Mackey, the
republican Chief Justice of the state, elected by
a republican Legislature. He is indignant at the
means by which Grant intends to carry the state
for Chamberlain, and at the October term of the
court of common pleas AMI general sessions for
York county, delivered q very forcible, impair
tiaI, fair and manly charge to the grand jury.
His honor stated that he had heard. but had no
facts warrantIng the imputation, that armed or
ganizations existed in the county, having for
their object the intimidation OF voters for the
purpose of controlling the approaching election.
While nothing of this kind had occurred in York
county for the past five years, and while the
citizens were never more peaceabiy Inclined 1t
is the duty of the court to instruct the grand jury
to inquire if such organizations do exist anil If
they find they do, to report the same to the
court, while If they lind they DO not exist Ike
wise TO report the fact. The court announced
its readiness to move at all times to secure an
inviolable ballot, and to maintain the law SUI
preme, without the guidance oil an executive
oiicer at Washln9toh. his nonor then sa'teu
that mis- attention mad been called TO the recent
order Of Attorney General Iait' which lie CHAR
acterlzea us Inc most iormidaole anu audhciGns
act 81 political intimidatlon at present within
the knowledge oil the court, ana SAID that tie
Judge OF Il court VINO would permit Inc pfoVis-
Ions Oh that oroer 10 pe enforced In MS circuit
would be false to his duty. He SAID IL Is Inc
'iuty oil the courts and of every Citizen OF the
stale TO :id The Cnlteu STATES civil ana military
authorllies' wnen such ala Is required Out the
ID" likes i li'hit 10 the a"'hority . IN executive
oncer' anu "hen ne trahscehos that i'"iti lie
hinlseii becomes amenaple. Inc circular OIL
At'ofney-'1eneral Iait, continued MS honor, In
enecl eSPunges uhe Ia" anu is ouiy constituted
Tribunals ana substitutes the Will oil a subordl-
nate United States oheer therefor. The law Is
ampie 10 check intimidation oil voters anu I"
punish those guilty OF intimidation, and the
rights oil no voter snail be trampled upon. no
matter what his political or race or
color may be- United States marshals and dep
nty marshais, said his honor, Will not be per-
mitted, on this Judicial circuit, to carry out the
provisions Of the order of the Attorney-Genersl
TO the extent of disregarding the duly issued
process oil the state courts and Should they
oher resistance 10 judicial authority, adequate
force would be invoked to maintain that author
isv, and the court would assume the RESPONSE
piiity. de who acts upon the provisions of that
circular will do SO at his peril if be violates the
constitutional or legal rights of the humblest
citizen- The circular Of the Attorney. General,
In hlrectins United States marshals to disregard
The state officers In the execution OF their in
structions, virtually proposes that every mar
shat and deputy marshal shall be constituted 4
supreme tribunal, whose acts, however fla
GRAVITY %violatlve of the constitution and laws of
the state, shall not be subject to review BY the
courts of the state. The President OF the United
States even cannot suspend the writ of habeas
corpus for a single hour in the time of peace,
unless specially authorized thereto by the con-
gress of the United States. Yet the Attorney
General assumes to empower Il deputy marshal
not only to suspend this great safeguard of per-
sonal liberty at will, but to annul, for the time
being. the whole body of criminal statutes of
the state, enacted pursuant to the constitution
and laws of the United States for the due pro-
citizen HIS honor ,,so ;rs,-,o,oa ~. -.
iury that it constitutes Intimidation for on .m-
Mover tn tbraaten IN discb,rn. his
nnI.ss ,bey 1ots a oar,.;, No. 80.
uLaw;se Intimidation g ,,hor.u -.c.-N'
,,or, ,n,asy
No,hin.aou - way
~ -. = Nv" S'eAiis
well as in every other section of the Union,
Here is the highest Judicial officer of the state,
normally q member of the same party to whose
very rOttenness the name of Chamberlain is an
insult. but really an honest, fearless, patriotic
this infamous Executive seeks to secure his own