The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-09-06
"INTIMIDAT TON"
Extract from o Speech Delivered by
Con. Chalmers, at Friar's Point, Mis-
sissippi.

EXGrGCC from Speech Del1Vereo D
Con. Chalmers, ut Friar's Point, Mis-
sissippi.
When the broad term intimidation
is used, it becomes necessary to in
quirc what is meant by it, and whotl
er thercare times and circumstance
in which it may become not onl
lawful, but cmincntly proper an
essentially necessary for the protec
ton of public or private rights
When the thief is restrained by fea
of punishment from the commlsaio,
OF crimo, when vice stands abasiel
in che presence of virtue, it mly b.
said that these are the result OF in
timidatlon when the midnight rob
Der flies from the wrath of tho
awakened household. il is because ht
IS intimidated when dastardl,
mob is arrested by some brave man,
who plants himself in their front
and threatens to kill the first lut
rauders who advance. they pause
because they are intimldatel whon
1t pack of cowardly hounds fly howl
ing in terror and yciping in pain,
from some noble mastitr, whom they
have assailed, and who, in self
defense, has turnel upon them, it is
because they are intimidated. And
Scotlanus sweetest bard has said:
! 1.-THE ftnr o lcll's hungman's whip.
! To hnud the wretch in order"
And, yet, who will say that such
intimidation is eithor improper OF
rcprohcnsible ?
THE TRUE STORY OF THE LATE ELECTION
But we omphatically deny that
any illegal intimidation or that any
fraudulent voting was practiced in
tho late election and VIC insist that
the true theory of the result is to
Ire found in tho bold front, de-
termincd efforts, and in tho grand
spectacular display and domonstra-
tion made by tho Democratic party.
The dcgro is fond of demonstration
and display, and, being trained to
obo''icncc i'll the days of slavery, he
give an undue weight to the cxni.
blt'on OF power, and naturally i'll
clincs to that side which seems to be
the strongest. In 1865, even after
the odious Legislature of 1865, Of
which so much capital has since
been made, we had but little trouble
in carrying the election in the State
Of mississippi, because we then had
confluence i'll our own strength, and
tho negro voted with us because we
impressed him with our confidence
and infused into him belief in our
power. But when our victory was
! taken from us, when our election
WAS declared void, and our officers
refused admission to the seats
which they had been elected to, We
lost confidence in oul selves and open
l.y acknowledged that we woro pow
erlcss in the hands of the Fe lcral
government. Thcnegro was quick to
perceive our weakness, and with the
instinct OF his nature abandoned Us.
and seeking the strong side, allied
himself with the Radical party. Our
depression amounted almost to
despair, and in the hour of our
greatest adversely we appealed to
the negro to relieve us from the
heel of oppression. But our appeal
fell on cold and callous cars. The
mass Of the negroes had passed
under the complete control OF car
pot~ba3 leaders and negro poliii-
clana, and these not only turned IL
deaf ear to onr entire. ties, bnt gioat-
cl -yer our fallen condition. They
in;u.tod our weakness and rictcd n
! their own confidence and strength,
and because we wolc p"tiunt and
long suffering, they misconstrucd
tho character OF our submission ard
pressed us beyond endurance. When
the people Of Mississinni, thus
goaded by oppression, aM oke to Il
sense of their true condition and
began to look around them, they
realized the extent Of thoir dosula-
ton.
When they turned to the treasury
they found it surrounded by vam
pires ready to suck up each dollar
as it droppcl in the till. When
they eXamin ed the resources of the
people they found them dried NJ
and withcrcd like the flowers in
August, upon which no friendly
shower had fallen for many days,
and yet in the midst Of all this sui
fcring they saw the Governor pre-.
pairing, illegally. to appoint tAx col,
lcctors, who, under straw bonds,
could ring from the pooplo tho last
remnants Of tLc;rpropcl ty, and with
impnnity fly away with Their stolen
millions to join the band OF tho R.di
Cal martyrs who had fled the State
and proclaim that they, too, had
been driven off by the intimidation
of unrcpentant rebels. And more
than this, they saw that Governor
preparing to surround himself with
an armed militia. II band Of Janis
sarics who would ont out the sub
stance Of the land while they
protected him and his official plum
flprnra in tbnir I'm In llo,voJ ,v,rk al