The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-10-26
TIE PRESIDENTS i>Ra0oOOLaMaA7Tii00SNi A7i00Si


We publish in another column the
Proclamation of President Grant, declar
ing that '..insurrections and domestic
violence in several Counties of South
Carolina, and that certain combinations
Of men against Law exist in many coun.
ties of said State, known as Rifle Clubs,
who ride up and down, BY day and night,
in arms, numbering some peaceable citi.
zens and intinidatinS others, which com.
binations, though forbiddep by the laws
of the State. cannot be controlled or
suppressed by. the ordinary course OF
justice.' And upon this the whole
available army Of the United States ia
ordered into South 4 Carolina. Every
citizen of the State knaws that every
allegation contained in the proclamation
is Untrue, !. Grant knows, from tho testi-
mony of every Judge in tho State. that
his statements are untrue, and that they
rest upon the false representations OF
Chamberlain and Patterson. A portion
of the army has arrived, and they find
no insurrection, against the government,
no resistance to civil process, and the
whuio country ia puucr,, uIUoptt wfheso
the colored MALTA, armed with Stste
guns, are assaulting and killing the
whites. The army finds no foes, but all
friends, and not a gun has been fred OF
an enemy sesh OF heard or by the army.
And still Grant continues to send more
troops. Was there ever anch e FARGO en-.
acted before i'm any civilized country9
It would, Indeed, be ludicrous If che
lives and property of, the people were
not placed in jeopardy, and the eonstitu,
tional rights of citizens and Sta5es tram.
pied upon III Iidisfegard OF the facts of che
case and the laws OF the land, M
Grant did not send his army here tc
suppress' insurfectioag for there 10 none tc
suppress, nor to disperse disoricrly armed
bodies, for there is not one in the State
the people afe 1T homo attending TO theil
daily av0cations. He did not send ii
here TO elect Hayes, sot he knows thai
his pauSpations aFe go fagrant and sC
destructive so 6 the rights Of citizens thai
its tendency IA The North WIN be to de-
feat Hayes. Il becomes, then, question
of the gsaatess Importance to the peopl,
of the whole Gonntry to5inqnire Why th,
army is sent Into 'tis State. II may b,
to defeat Hayes and make himself mill
tary dictator. by sending troops Int,
this State, and taking military possaeaiSl
of it in time Of profound peace, he ha
set at naught the constitution and iaM
of the land, d,Sand placed himself at th,
.i5:.s. .. :.. .:,;s - ~ . s:.
Coup d'stdt. The House Of Repressn
tatives is largely Democratic and th,
Senate Republican, and she concurrcnc,
of theasitWo bodies Is required to eoun
the electoral vote Of each Stats. A dis
agreement in connting the vote betweei
thetwo HOUSES may open the way 70
Grantisna, (which has already ,.surpe,
military conig6g or dhe State, to seize th
whSles and aS i military dsspot goveri
the whole, - he sssks to goveEn Soutl
Carolins. The ifst act In the drama o
military domination is being played, an,
the subsequent ones win follow, unles
as:,==zr as:,==zr.,5;i 81 Oh the'7th day Of next II OVEN
Der by tho psople Of the ballot box.
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