, 1876-10-16
. -, the Democrats Hope to Overcome
h'T ths @ Republican Majority in
South Carolina.
e,o,e Government Power
'"' less to Protect the
Colored Men.
,.,nh,lean Merchants and Laporers
rroscrlbel.''Is This n Free
Countryf

IN, 1900 votes. lha 'ast .,","s. - =.
~ onc o In the State. The most violent Dem.
sssy ~. w. t,ade,s do not dispute IL. In spite ot
q. S' majority, however, tho Dctnocsats' WIN
W. Wrao Hampton at their head, have de-
6sh INV "hy The e,crnat God ~ uso the Gcn-
uu.u ~ ~ vor1s-lhat they will elect their
~ .nh corry tho Stats for Tildcn ind Hen
nAss ~, ~ Novenher next. They make no secret
irsss .,s IT, @detcrniuation to DO this; indeed. they
la'" !, lo,,illy and upon every possible occn-
e'4'er Tnrec doys ago Gen. Gary. one of their
soo. .d.s,,ve orators, and gentleman Of high
pos. .,s s and influence, said, III public speech,
posl'.1, Carolina Is white mans State, and In
suass NV niqrcr maiorit!cs the Democrats aro
spAs', ~ t1,jc IL, This VIC swear to YOU BY
sp.S s,n ~ and in the face Of Gud." Kcuding
M4 IT,, ,aw.abldtng citizens Of the North
"t' tr.,t may ask in su.prlsc, But how
am Ss,tsv roine to rule IL II tho Republicans
W ~! ~ uodoubtcd majority Of At least
=, a.,s ooo,n Gen. Carr, the Same Democratic ora
49,, rhon, I have referred above, answered
w w. ~ ,op at a Hampton ratification meeting
s,1a il Aiken few days sIlcc. nc said: "!hc
FAIRFIELD polIcy,-tbat Is, the shotgun policy,
Heon IN tic State Convention, nna Will win in
~ orrtent campaign. That policy is to plainly
,,il The negroes that the whites arc again In
'omman] 'e oi the State. We Democrats elo not
s s,u, their votes, but they will votc against us
'. ther pe,J], We must warn tho leaders that
,,se ,a peoples will full t'rst.' I, for ono,
..o,n shoot first Chamberlain, Elliot, Patter-
nm md sucl caspct-baggcrs; sccohd. the mis-
.r,nIc white uatiYc aeallawags; aud, laasly, tie
s,,es lcadrf. rencra.ly.m In another part of
KIT hs socccl, t;cu. Gary sa!: "do armed 70 tho
ia,]ot.hp1, md meet forcc with force. II any
one tries to prevent you from carrying the state
kr Tl]tIcn and ilnlnuto1, tho person Or persons
uho n try must be removed out ol TUG way by
ths no of sufficient force; and II 1t becomes
sts,.ssry ts to shoot them III order, to remove
hen, iSsn,' ihen We must b. prepared tu, SHOOT
tatnel t'la4 ;HI ~ r r,1o u
slase lFoni hau!.;., n.;,'..T. t"... oprv opnroe
IAs pkMoeHA!n Sn,,t'a pns r,rni;aa oro mt
The Democrats oi foutM SaIul'aa afc nGt
a.hatnet Of these words, rs every true Amerl-
ran should be. They do not claim to De Amer
lans however; they proudly boaaS that they
ne South caEo|iniaus, md they are ln,ly pre-
parsd 70 follow Gen. tiary,s terrible instrlic'
lido not e1aCEcrate-l tell INC simple untar-
nIhed trath..wllcn say ihat thcS hfe asaln
animated br the same spirit o. dtsors!er antl re-
belliop Which brought Un Tic Gnu Nnr HHteeh
years aso They arc better orca,llzea tnGS they
TtTe then, and they arc hctser arn'cn. All tlclr
kAiFA+-H HAHl'a Dt"A 'tH@Et ''a't.''~A " N@I~'A
o'tSrcbes, aud they, arc every one OF them
eommaaicd anti drilled bY officers tcarlnE mill
t.ry titles, and respected aud ohcycd as military
leaders. 1hase NJ doubt hut these stntemcnts
NAY tscm almost like fables to mntly Mortimer!
reidefst and get they nrc true, every one 81
proof Perhaps no better evidence q their ac-
carscy need be advanced than ths following par
agEaPh eut from M nc.ount Of a Democratic
meellng 1t darlington, ,whiTll appeared N tsc
Columbia Rtgt+ftf, Wade liampton's organ In
tue apres part Of tic state:
o slight disturbance N the v!llacc. " f9s
0shshl TIC mo,tnted clubs strong ma 1Mly
lttta-serc ~ llir: ehe!: tieaay. aliu 4n'ct. to,.
r5n ~ ~ ~ r"s rs'I,s
SIaas Nu,eI IN tli,sy mi; n,innses. frhc ladies be-.
lived apjeniidly, ihsrc beiny M panlc Or confu.
,neTo By = whltc INN II self. defense. The negro
~ .aas In the afn b9t the wound is not serious.
iae White man raSc ball.
So iar as this account relates to the GOODNESS
ina good or.cr VI tho armed, drilled, and
mounted rifle rubs. Il Il elt " accurate: Tho
ansc, however,, is not correct. Au impartial
eyewitness gives lue the following account OF
tue aff.dr: wllitu man, member Of Demo-
cratic campaign dub, was riding through tho
.!rects nf Darlington, Shouting for ,Tillen md
Aanpto,i. A negro, crossing the street; wls
tlaehcI lin, Rrross tic face with his heavy
si1ius-wAiq ut The same time crylnc N0ct 0,it
ot the way, you - --K Radical uiErcr!'f The
llark man, wild with pain, was thnuglltlesa
enough to asscrt hls manhood ,-,t,al enough to
thsGn4.e hsS she r,glt Of m American citizen lie
tura the tow llc had received, when a ristol.
bullet pissed through his nrfn. and il fell,
hrokcn and ncsyclcss. by his sitc. Tbcn thc
Mi;isc man put Ills pistol In Ills pocket, rave