The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-11-02

ut peace that the republican leader
have MS yet found no pretext 70
sending troops there. And til
change has been satisfactory to tn
honest republicans, black as we'll q
white, OF those States.
4. Tho process we havc above
doscrib Il is now going on in Soutl
Carolina and also in Louisiana. I,
tho first namcl Stlte three parties
appeal for negro votes. Hlmptol
heads the democratic ticket, and i,
many of the counties where eolorc<
men predominatc in numbers tht
democrats have put negroes on thei
ticket. Chamberlain heads the ''rc
gular' republican ticket, and on til,
ticket with him anl among his sup
porters are the most notorious cor
ruptionists Of the State, with whom
when he failed to get the demo
cratic nomination, for which he was
intriguing 50 late us July, he made
his bargain. Such men are Elliott
Moses, Whipper-mcn whom last
year Chamberlain denounced, but
who this year arc his allies. 1t must
be remembered that the Judge
Moses who NOW opposes Chamber
lnin is not the corIuptionist of that
namc. Whipper IL few days age
made vehement Chamberlain
speech ut Columbia. Elliott is on
the ticket with him. Last comes q
considerable number of very inllu
ontial republicans, who support
Hampton ond oppose Chamberlain
Among these are most of the Judges
of the Supreme Court, many North.
ern merchants and planters, all men
of Intelligence and property and
therefore of influence. These use
their utmost efforts to carry with
them part of the colored vote for
Hampton.
s. This being the situation. is it
unreasonable III the democrats to
hope to carry South Carolina and to
defeat Chamberlain md the cor,
ruptionists who are his supporters
and allies Ought they not, on the
contrary, to have the good wishes of
every honest Northern republican ?
Can they not hope to carry their
ticket without intimidation, when
they have the support of the most
Intelligent and honest republicans
They have been SO sure of it that
their whole plan f3r the canvass
avoids and necessarily excludes in
timidation. They seek to get the
negro vote by persuasion and by all
tho political arts which are prac-
tised and tolerated wherever in the
North ignorant voters are to be in
tluenccd.
6. But into the midst of his can
vass tho President chooses to inject
the army. In II Northern communi-
ty the army, even though it came at
the request Of a Governor, would
have no political effect. But in the
South, III South Carolina. it has Il
prodigious and well known effect.
Tho negroes see that ut Chamber
lain call the Prcsidentsends troops
That ccrIitics to them that Cham
borlain is General Grants man,
AID turns tie mess Of then, against
Ill argument, to Chamberlain. That
is why troops We're called to South
Carolina, and that is why this fede-
raj interference in favor of reDubli-
can corrrptionists is SO iniquituous
and 80 mischicvous. When last
year tho honest republicans of
mississippi broke away from Cover
nor Amcs he called at once for
troops. When troops were refused
him tho negroes turnc against him.
They no longer believed Inn to
possess General Grants favor. md
did not scrllplo to vote against
him or to stay ut home. Amcs
knew very wcll that if the troops
had been sent him no could have
carried the State, not by their use,
but by the conviction, their presence
on his demand would inspire in the
blacks that Amcs was General
Grants man." This is the secret of
the use of troops in South Carolina
just now.
But this misuse of power is made
by the Northern republican leadars
to support notoriously corrupt set
of men in South Carolin. and secure
their continued predominnncc. Tho
honest people, republicans ae well
as democrats, of TINT State, arc uni
ted in IN effort to secure reform and
honest government. The managers
OF the national republican p,rty use
not merely their influence, but or
tremo md dangerous measures of
interference, to prevent this
reform. and to reinstato in power
the mon who have plunlored the
State That is the situation, and it
is that which Northern voters arc
to consider. ~ y. Ueraid.
The United States Supreme Court
has rendered M important decision
affecting several New York life in
aurance Offices. The Court decides
that policies in which residents in
the South have an interest, but in
which payments have failed to be
made, snch failure being caused by n
public war, thew are entitled To re-