The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-12-28
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
The White Democrats are
the Kind and Long
Suffering Friends Of
the Rascally Mig
gers.
But still Sambo is so De-
praved as to Hesitate
about Trusting
EN-.
A View or South CarOIinu GsOIl.
ltcS from y south CarOlima
Democratic Ssand.pOiAs.
GRFENvII.I.l., =. C.,
Nov. Sth. 1876.

GREENvTLI.E, =. C.,
Nov. sth, 1876.
Editor .Adr.,tisfr:-In your issue of
Nov. 30th, just 70 hand, you are
pleased to make comments upon pa
per signed by northern men in this
city, just previous to election, stating
that no violence had been done in
South Carolina from political motives
You mention my name a. one of the
signers to said paper, and you use this
language White we freely admit
THAT Mr.. Hammond would sign
:. ..netlsia4-slsiels-lAs-Ald-ss4.t-Ihe Ald- -ss4.t IhelssSs-sss
!. be true, the abundant evidence from
" Hamburg and Cainhoy forward is
/" such that We are forced to the con-
/" clusion either that he believes moth
ling which he has not seen, or else
that he has adopted the southern
. idea about making the - nigger
keep his place" etc. This appears
to demand some notice from me.
When first come south in the fall
Of 1869 my mind was filled with the
idea, from reading such papers as
yours, that the southern people, and
especially the people of South Caro-
lima, were n set of blood-thirsty cut
throats whose minds and hearts were
full to overlooking with hatred to the
government of the United States and
Of the northern people generally. But
something over seven years residence
among them and intermingling with
every class Of the southern whites
have disabused my mind of such ideas,
and find them to-day as loyal to the
flag and the L. :. rs the people Of
Iowa or any northern State that
they surrender in good faith, that all
the ante-war issues are dead and
buried, and that since the war they
have been devoting their lives, ener-
gies and efforts to build up their coun-
try laid waste by the results OF the
war. have seen them suffer with
degree Of patience unsurpassed in the
annals of history, under the wrongs
and expressions of the worst state
which ever bore the
name, and three several times have
they united with the conservative
wing OF the Republican party to bring
about retrenchment, reform, economy
and honesty in their State govern
ment, but their efforts were unavail-
ing. A. a last resort in August last
they determined to cut loose from the
Republicans and nominate straight
out ticket with Gen. Hampton at its
head for Governor, and to appeal to all
classes of the citizens - unite with
them to purge the State from the
rogue-, ali public robbers
who had been preying upon the sub
stance OF the people for eight long
years.
To this end Gen. Hampton COM
menced his canvass, and upon the first
meeting he laid it down as n rule and
advice to keep the peace at all hazards,
that the only way was to try and con-
vince the colored people it was to their
interest to unite with the whites for
and home rule. His speeches
full of wisdom and cOnciiiation to the
colored people began to tell upon
them, and the Republicans led on by
the most unscrupulous members Of
that party, seeing that they would be
defeated unless they could get up
row and have the State filled with
troops, commenced at Hamburg, con-
tinued Mt Aiken and Ellenton and
ended at Cainhoy, bloody riots for
which they, and they alone, are re-
sponsible. There was not single,
in the whole State COM
menced by the Democrats, and this
the officers and soldiers Of the U. 8.
army will corroborate. The State was
filled with troops, but instead of their
presence intimidating any one it only
served to secure to every one the right
to vote a. he pleased, and gave the
eolored men who wanted to vote for
Gen. Hampton the privilege to do SO
and the white people Of the state to-
day owe the election of Gen. Hampton
to the presence of the troops, because
there were thousands Of colored men
who did vote for him who would not
have been allowed to do 50 by their
own color.
am satisfied that could you, or any
honest Republican, (of which | will
venture to say that we hav'nt five
in South Carolina) from lows
live here six months you would