New-York tribune., 1876-10-16
THE FACTS AsoUr soUrH cARoLIYA.

THE FACTS ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA.
We nave received the following letter from
one of The TRIBUNE's old friends:
IN me EdftOr OF Thf TFtOune.
SIR: Four years ago Horace Greeley was spend
ing the as efforts Of his great life IN the endeavor
20 restore peace harmony and good VIII To our distracted
country To-day THE TRIBUNE, founded by Horace
Greley" is lending its influence to undo his Work, re-
vyc the memories Of the cugender class nate oe
tween the North and South md between Oh" wiuesahu
negroes in the South. cannot tank TIE TRIBUNE be-
leves the mancsty exaggerated statements IN the "r
Gle in todays issue, styled Southern Camp ana
am sure very ic, of the readers Of THE TRIBUNE VIII
accent them ~ true. The note Of the busle; bOom
ing OF the cd-iiece cavalry ana ar'lhcr9 perform
thrir cvouons" :" one il on the streets WITHOUT
repeater or rifle" &c, read more iika ua'csy tnhl
ike an account of the actual condition of affairs III 5"utn
Carolina II this were picture % would not DC re-
served for a white native who IS not Republican TO
be be first 10 call the attention Of the country to IT. inc
whole thing is The ,haOwest KIND Oi an exhibition "I the
bloody shirt" quite par with the "Soulherh out
RACES" OF the campagu Of 1872 whch were cooAca uP
by Spencer and his gang and winch y'l 50 strongly u
notnced and 50 thoroughly exposed at that time 1t s
ptablc 10 find TIE TRIBUNE row cnca-ed III this plSF
ncs. ana as an old reader admrcr OF the paper
and ia founder wish to protest against IT, II IL Is
ne,cssar, that such work should be dor" n poitica
canvass for TIE sake the memory oi Horace Nr''iey
let some else do II. w.
Neic- York. oct Ii, 1876.
We do not question the sincerity OF TINS
friendly critic He merely oyclloOkS the man
function of newspaper. lHE tribune lN
not anxious to raise the bloody shirt and to
widen the breach between North and South,
between black and white. But it Is It's pialh
duty to print the news wherever ana Wh'h-
ever il finds il. The author of these letters on
South Carolina is white native and resident
of the State. He is rot Rcpubl'dn, has no
acuuaintancc with the leaders of that party
ba, never held Office, has no political a-plla-
tions. and classes himself with the lndepcnd-
ents. His affiliations and prciudices are with
the whites, but he has observed what Is going
on around him, has drawn his own conclu-
sions. and now has the courage 10 express
them. We have iull faith in his honesty "nd
sincerity we believe that he has cndcavored
10 tell the truth. He gives us IN inside view
of the social and political anarchy oi las state
We have 10 apologies To offer for furnishing
the public with what it wants-the news. we
did that in 1872 and we are doing 1t noW'
When the State was pundered by carpet
baggc1s and negroes and the whites
needed protection, The TRIBUNE printed the
news and called for fair play. Now that the
whites in their eageuess 10 supply the united
South with brains are raising heaven ana
earth and that which underneath them Is, to
oycrwhcm the Republican majority and carry
the state tor the Democrats, TIE TRIBUNE
again prints the news and calls for lalr play
Despite the protest of our worthy critic, we
confidently bcspcal for the second mslailment
Of our correspondents story, which we publish
to-day, fair aYI impartial hearing Ills pen
is a sword that cuts both ways. lie shows
that the negroes have rcs0rtcd to the same
poiicv OF intimidation by which Wade llamp-
ton hopes to throttle the Republican vote. lie
goes further in his account of the Charleston
riot he Jaints with bold hand the horrors oi
pcgro violence and terrorism. That awful
night WAS Il solemn warning to the whites that
those who SOW the wind may be doomed to
rrap the whirwind-that those who take the
sword may one day perish by the sword. 1t
il not strange that these Southern planters are
in opcn revolt against those who have plum
dcrcd them. II is no. strangc that they ycarn
to recover their prestige III the councils OF the
Democratic party and of the nation. But
when they attempt to starve the negroes INTO
submission hy refusing to employ Republicans,
when they adopt with flourish Of trumpcts
Observation-Disclosures policy of intimidation, the
North may as well know the facts. That Is all.