The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-10-26
,nrcAL RANGERs IN SOUTH
No. CAROLINA.
..a STATES MarshaI's Account Of
u"' ,na Riot Rt CainhOy.

c,. r,llowing official report Of r. NJ |
M u' United States Marshal for
Na,' CAROLINA, addressed TO Attorney
Ho"'" rafl. was among other papers
.1i,.'s,rdition Of the South, received |
u" ,nn Cabinet meeting on the 10Th
urutnLfsJoN, Y. G., October II, 1875.
raft. Attorney General, Washing
ion, d. G.
"Sm have delayed giving you
..,.r.or the recent unfortunate politi-
rol at place near the town of
Ca,bo,. near this city unta could |
..'rrrr, statement of the facts. I'll
,.. og the legitimate results of the |
'rimi,htiou policy on the Mississippi |
i,n 'odoptad by the Democratic parry |
In opening their campaign for the pur-
bro.Aing down the Republican
.f,rin I'm this State. The first meet,
"rn This county, at which the Demo.
,,gt. nut their shotgun policy in
..,riaa. took place over a month ago
a., r,oppr river some ten or twelve
,.n.s from the scene OF the late riot
Tnc R.unbIimus had calleda meeting
and Democrats ina the city chatereda
.,.ambaat and took about one hundred
,jfInwcIlarmcd men to the meet.
IN, They formed their men in line
nn.r the stand and demanded that they
should have half the time for their
.n.,kcrs. The Republicans did
mo-. relish this kind Of peaceful
roliticaI discussion but the request
,l. blrl,rl up 10y $50 Winchester re.
ns,.nelllos in The hands Of men who
knew how to use Them and they con-
,antcd lou division of time. Other
meeting, followed this with similar
display Of arms, and in order to avoid
collision which was imminent at each
meeting. the Executive Committees of
each PARTY arranged to have Il series of {
Joint d,cu, ,ions, and agreed that their
peoplp should not come armed to meet
ines The discussions in the county J
had been going ON with more or less
Of bitterness and luminosity, mainly
growing out Of the fact that the Demo.
crats carried u largo force of men from
'c.,y to every meeting who i"ritated t
leans by their violent denim. @
heir leaders and their party.
ug at the brick church near Z
us called by the Republicans
ygeIy attended by men who
pit The first meeting at Il
Dom rs had enforced
md to speak, but had not at, c
Of the joint discussions and
.em, being suspicious of the p
Democrats. carried such guns rs each -,
man had at his house. muskets and
iow.jn@pioccs bat no militiamen went -,
there with State arms and ammunition
rs Democrats claim and the best eyi- .
dynce OF that fact is that all the dead i
were shot with buckshot, and not with
ride balls When these c0lored Rcpub. II
Leans arrived at the place of meeting Y
their oldjug men told them that they l.
were violating an agreement by coming hi
armed and that they must deposit their L
arms ~, some place away from the
grounds. The colorcd men complied +
with the request and some guns, say ca
say tltrn, We're placed in an ia
oil djHpjjatod building some fifty ,
NW" i''m the stand, amt others di
were placed across Il Wyine in the $,
weeds, About one hundred and fifty -,
Democrats accompanied their speakers d,
nom the c'Ji ON steamboat and soon e.
appeared at the meeting, The first n
speaker Was Democrat, a candidate
or prosecuting attorney Of the circuit. "
ne "ts heard through very patiently. st
he was followed 10y W. j, Mckinley
r".o',dl who was Il delegate to the =
.hc'h'Htl Convention from this state. 81
'oon after MI MCKINNEY commenced
prlang Il commouoh was observed in
nc crowd ON the slde next to the dllap- 9,
aed building ANA Mex lmiey jumped III
Il VIE stand ana san" nose white W
ZEN in that house have guns, ana are err
'lng to shoot ne colofeu men
used the SnouE me democrats nave M
Aaed our guns amo m0ae '"Sl LOT
Dr. oiher guns ne "Iii'' men VINO ~
AL secretly AIlPp'" Inlo VI" mouse ana III
'Ecd lhc guns tlth iI"", allu Tue NrSV Vi
not NII''" an oi4 co,oreu hl'l' "UouV
,|rntE years oiu VINO was Sta''o'nS
.NNHE on SUCK, an" Il''S Is tlo oh'F 81
o!orgd man "4oI' SHOWN 70 nave orr,' We
'"''"' Inc 'oio''" hl'', '''"' ne" ~" BIT
be" guns very soon ana a''HcNe" '''e o'
@rN az tine olo mouse an" t'l'ii CON 8,
n'H'e' g'Hefal ure ON 'l' DeliiG- al
l"'s, VINO were Sehotally Ufi,'cu "'''i
PISTOLS, out hao TO f'life IHP'"'E w, ,o""r'
ne BOAT on"ef hC''E "re, nc yo', 81