The Portland daily press., 1876-10-11
POLITICAL.
Conversational Nomination.


CHESTER, Mass, Oct. 10.-Hon. Chester w.
Chaplin of Springfield was to-day unanimously
renominated for Congress by the Democrats in
the eleventh district
Governor Chambcrlain's Address 10 the
People of the United States.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Oct. 8, 1876.
To the People Of the United States:
An effort having been made by the official
representatives of the Democratic party of this
state to deny the facts and condition of affairs
which wele set forth in my recent letter toIthe
chairman of the Democratic State Executive
Committee, and upon which my proclamation
of the 18th rests, deem it my duty to say upon
m full official responsibility, that am at this
moment in possession of authentic legal evil
deDce to substantiate every statement made by
me in the document above referred to; and
further assert, upon my full official and per-
sonal responsibility, that the lawlessness, ter
rorism, and violence, to which l have referred
far exceeds in extent and atrocity any state
ment yet made public. This latter statement
rests upon the evidence in my hands, of persons
who have officially investigated the facts at the
places where they occurred and upon afidavits
of United States army officers, who were pres
ent at the scenes of violence and murder. The
Hon. d. I. Corbin, United States District
Attorney for this state. who has personally
made separate and independent investigation
of the Ellentown riot, furnishes me statemen t
of the results reached by him. more than ver-
| flying my statements and indicating my action
OF the four judges whose statements are pre-
| sented by the official representatives of the
Democratic party, as impeaChing my state
ments, not one processes to have any knowledge
respecting the facts stated by me, and of the
| two Republican judges, Judge Moses disclaims
any such knowledge, and Judge Willard states
| that he has been absent from the state for the
| last three months. All the evidence in my
| hands aid in the hands of the United States
| District Attorney will be made public as soon
as the interests of public justice will permit. l
| pledge myself tOIthe country to prove a condi-
| ton of affairs in this state produced BY the
| Democratic party more disgraceful than appears
by any statement yet made by me- and l shall
| not stay my hand until punishment overtakes
| its guilty authors. My only offence is too
| great caution in iobtaning evidence and too
| great delay in exercising my utmost powers to
| protect our citizens.
DANIEL G. CHAMBERLAIN,
| Governor of South Carolina.
| District Attorney Corbin's Description OF
the Reign Of Terror.
The statement of United States Attorney
Corbin to Governor Chamberlain is that the
rifle clubs exist as regular military organiza
| tions throughout Aiken county. They are
| mostly armed with rifles aud sx-shooters, and
| they meet and drill at regular intervals. and
| are subject to the call of their commanding
officers. These clubs have created and are
| causing perfect reign of terror. The colored
| men are, many Oh them, Tying out OF doors and
| away from their houses at night. Many have
| been killed, and many taken from their beds
at night and merciessly whipped. Others
| have been hunted with threats of murder and
whipping, and thus.far tby constant watchful-
ness and activity, have escaped. Members OF
these clubs are riding day and night, and
| colored men are informed that their only safety
from death or whipping is in signing an agree
ment to vote the Democratic ticket in the COM
ing election. The District Attorney says GER
tainly thirteen colored men have been killed in
that county in three weeks, and 1.-THE number is
probably twenty-five or thirty. The civil arm
| of the government is powerless, Sheriffs dare
not arrest the perpetrators of these crimes In
Mr. Corbins Judgment Governor Chamberlain
owes it to the people of the state to exercise al
once all the power vested in him to put an end
| to this depor state of affairs.