The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-14
SOrrH CAROLINA.
The Way the Canvass Was Con.
duefcd In that State.


.H.V.Rin thr Cinhup1,l Commercial
Crossing over into Augusta, | found
.;nsd white men in the streets. Upon
he stree, that leads to Hamburg l saw =
Ilsn men mounted, most Of them with
red shirts, and all Of them with large
pistol. buckled upon the outside OF their
clothing Evidently they had designs
lpor the "nigger meeting" Indeed, l
as informed by one man, who evidently
ii! not know who ! was, that the meeting
sn TO be broken up $50 that The niggers
.saA not organize Tor tomorrow" telec.
iaa day.
4 little later, while eating dinner, !
-sAsd cheering in the streets, and soon
~ tie cause Of it. \ company Of
assnIel white men, armed with pistols
I'D Shot.guns, and many Of them 10 red
,AirtJ, gllloped through the streets to-
EEd Hamburg. The cheering indicated
sAs.e the popular heart was. Presently
mother SQUAD Of the same sort galloped
:S.ougb, and chsered and cheering, like
kI rest.
Law through the whole thing Instant
y. These men were going over to the
Meeting, aud by : display Of force un-
ss've ihs blacks-Pethaps stampede
aea-under pretenSe Of "di@c1lty,'
sod thu. largely reduce the Republican
io:s TODAY. They went over, drew up
ear tie meeting, and commenced opera
asaI BY diiputing Palmer's assertions
Eho vas speakingl, and calling him
4V, &c. There we're three ur four hun.
lied blacks, men, women and children,
%! probably = hundred armed white
as1 Where they came from ! do not
tOOs, bot their appearance from differ.
sst directions, all armed and mounted,
slowed plainly enough that It was an
1rTaniSed design.
Deputy United States Marshals were
present, but they were all negroes and
utterly unable TO srrest man or resist
he menace to the meeting. An attempt
70 have arrested one Of these white men
ayth negroes, no matter II hall 4 hun
iret Of them had been Deputy Marshals,
Sould have led 70 ! fight and Wholesale
daughter Of the blacks. One OF the Dep
MY AasshllG sent in haste to Lieutenant
Galley, commanding the Federal detach.
nent about half or three.fourths Of
mile distant that white men we're trying
10 break up the meeting; that they were
present. 10 large numbers, armed, and
hat some Of them had drawn pistols on
he deputies.
Lhe threatening appearances OF things
'A1Peded the women and children, and
SIoy OF the black men sought safety in
light, while others stood their ground.
A'patk, the report Of \ single pistol, the
Iisenpt Of = Deputy Marshal TO arrest
Iail nan would have led TO $50
tN!sd 6gbt,' in which ten or fifteen me-
I'oea would have been killed to one
SHE nIa.
Lieutenant Galley came With his men
.Soai thirty, on the double-quick. He
approached A. r. Butler, who appeared
% 's ia command Of the whites,an want.
81 . know the meaning Of this armed
'PPeit.ncs st peaceable meeting. But
"a aid tn. the negroes had arms con.
sted and we're threatening to fight
Hu looking. however, When Butler in
Aased where the concealed arms were.
Ne! touod Just two pieces rife and
t'''sTef The colored man who owned
'Ssa said he had put them there since
-' !ntuFbInoS began. aud siuce the
Ian and children had stampeded
1lN vac all the arms there were con
EAed. Yet the whites themselves we're
" armed, and did not even pretend to
e contrary, a. their pistols and shot
gus Tete in plain view. For every gun
pistol that the negroes had either CON
i''lea Of not concealed, the whites had 4
'slsa; 10 tact the blacks had not come
E1oed At al, u they expected no ditfi'
'sny, soouga soldiers being at hand, As
-! 'aought, 70 protect them in the IN,
sHa?ted enjoyment Of their meeting
~ he result shows Us that even the
SSIa'y are inadequate to support the
'.lSt' IN their rights as citizens: Tor What
.Sla The soldiers do? They could only
= tatir best eudeGvors to keep The
a and this they did. And they could
i've 'apPOrted the Deputy Aasshals in
Slpt 10 arrest any Of these white
LAD such attempt been resisted
~ ~ ne Deputy MItlhals we're ali black,
d. = attempt At arreIt might and prob.
:! SoOld, have led 70 The most Seriou,
oeaeei. So there was, very wisely
Tempt II arrest. -.
=. =. meeting vas broken mp, and Pal
~ Ssssd 70 the railroad depot, follow.
~ e ARMED whites, Who CURED lin
- d !aelr eosksd.ptstols In 81, f.ee
srs,sseIt gadOub;sdIy have killed H.,
"''' ne sntsFposIsouot A. P. Butlsf