New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-10-09
ApMEn POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS.

DESPERATE MEANS USED BY TIE DEMochAIs TO
CARRY SCUM CAEuuNA-MENACES PROM TbE
RlFIE CIUEs-THurArENiNG 1HD NFCE'Es WIN
srAIvAIIoN-yGoLENT LANGUAGE USED BY 4
CHARLESTON MERCHANT
I'm an interview on Saturday with a Charles
ton merchant named j. Magi, TLDuNE reporter found
SINGULAR aud -tron4 confirmation ol tho reports oi tue
dingiou- condition OF South Caiolua nud o' tie de-
TO- rate effort. making by the whites 10 carry tlc election
I'm t,t aiatc ty force II necessary Mr. N1gli hats been
IA the city for several DAYS and is reported To have
bouclt LARGELY Of ammunition part cul1ry OF pistol cart
RIDGES in conversation with one gentleman from whom
h, had ordered goods MI Ilg Is r.prc'cntrd TO ha?e
declared in very bitter tones that 1--WE mc1uins Tie
wit,J will coax tie u -rpc, 10 vote Wan ~ lI we can :
II ISL, cannot We will reuse to l'o them worh aud
s,r,c them into submission. and. if that docs not sue
c.rd we mean 20 kin them" Tho language ufeI was o.
surh extrnordluary character that reporter OF tn
TrtsU wac directed to- learn precisely what statements
had been mad by Mr. Ma-ilL
The gentleman WAS found At Crooks Hotel IN this city
IIc ia of the htm Of Erwin MasiI, dry GOODS mrr
chants Of Charleston. lIo BIS an EngiShuah 10y bflh
and although he ha, resided IN Charleston for II years
he has never taken out his naturalization papers prefer
ring TO remain BRITISH subject lie says that the stu"
tiun IA South Carolina is desperate IN the extreme I'm
pcdatcy after tAc war tue whites withdrew from poll
tic- allowing tlo "Higgers' and the kepnDllo"
carpet bag,ers" rs they call them, in scope lh'y
even occasionally helped 10 elect "nlgscis ANA car
pct.blggcrs" hoping that having been elected th'S
oud be satisfied AMI try to administer the government
for the general good. such has not been the result
boyeyer altuougI a ticket Of nigscra" ana Republic
cam. has bccn successful three times. Now the whites
MI MtciIl SAYS, are fully determined to RUE since
the last riot In Charleston, the NhicS H'''
greatly perfected their organizations known d.
Ride Clubs. In Charleston they hhho'F I'"oo
men having full equipments OF arms. These arms
I..TI4 and -
men from each club repair to their headquarters ana Ie
main on Guard all night 81 was ON guard sald MI
Macu "Est Thursday night week ago atp'' - lhiS
IA done that we may be ready for any emergency any
outbreak on the part OF the ringers "nd N "r"er To pro
tccl the arms from being stolen FOR the place VI ''
storage is known 10 would be Impossible 10 Keep ''S
information nom tie ni- gers, for tney ara always
around-thcre are many OF them The cliy is ul'i'
int, tyo seciioua one division Is under the command
Of Gen Conner, fine little man. who served VIII" JUS
tincuon ana lost lex IN the Confederate s'l''o' W.
Pickens has charge Of the other section lhc uo'"' " ~
organization are perfect. COutels are III aie"u"'' AT
the Generals heaiannrers TO carry orders to clubs III
any part Of the city that needs attention. We n'o o
in Charleston battery Of -four guns that Wonu 40 e'ou
service two twclve-poundcrs and two sX-pouhdeis'
Same of the United states soldiers belong to THESE rh'
clubs Four OF them In the artillery OF "n'n nav
spoken there should be an onibre"h t'y 81, tneS
would throw OF their caps ana go H. i''o"H" ''S
they would be Cuirt -udItlaltu II 'ii91 W.
out Why. they have drilled Us Ia mil'ilF "'''''
one soldier drilled the company to when D'ouB j."
MONTH We don't object to the soldiers except "heh
they are under the command OF United states haiSn'
Soldier, don't remain hong the south before 'leS DC
come good Democrats.
"Afer The last riot Conner told the Mayor OF ChaflfS
ton and Others In authority that another ouiDrvah %
Cured the whites would protect themselves ana tnt
would not only be the of ignorant nlSSe' tha
would suffer that it would be the ringeaders lmehh@
the Mayor himself and others IN auihoHtS) naI "ou"
suffer most After the last outbreak ABOUT luoo inc
ringeaders took refuge in the glardhouse "heh tey
found that the whites had gained control oil the city, We
told them the guard-house would not pioVeo. theh
another time. We hope TO carry TINS eomlh5 eieo'ion
and think we can influence enough nggers TO Vote win
us TO SECURE the necessary majority Al the i"s'
election we reduced the Republican MAJORITY Hon
700 to 10000; and II We can get looOo
more negro votes, less even, we can carry the
day for Wade Hampton The ringers are not 10 We
reached with arguments They don't know enough 10 a
preciae their force They will take advice from thelr
Old masters on any other subject; but when comes 10
poltics they think they must vote with the kepuDcds'
Well we are going tell them that II they don't vote as
we want them to they won't get any more WORK To DO
and then they'll staryc. Will not employ any man
white or black that will not vote Us want hin TO- wen