The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-07-20
THE HAMBURG HORROR.
Newspaper opinions on the Event ana
its consequences.

its Consequences.
[Charleston Journal of Commerce.
The course Of the Ne,Us and Courier
on the Hamburg horror appears to pave
the way for the following strategy
which we are not surprised to find In
the New York Sun. Law In South Caro-
lima Is for Radical plunderers. Peace
for the protection of assassins, incendi-
aries and rutfians. United States troops
to enforce these:
WASHINGTON, July ia private let
ter from prominent South Carolina
Republican says, that Gov. Chamber
lain will, at an early day, make a con.
stitutional demand upon the President
for troops in South Carolina, to suppress
such embryo riots as the Hamburg and
Edgefield disturbances. IL he makes
such call 1t will be with view to re-
gain the influence that he has lost over
the Radical masses, whose support he
will endeavor to secure.
| Chamberlain is certainly playing a
desperate game, and the poor South
Carolinians need not be surprised II he
Is nominated and elected by the Radi-
Gals, and afterwards sent to the United
States Senate, the colored Lieutenant
Governor succeeding him as Governor
OF the PROSTATE State. He is making
almost daily appeals to Patterson and
the South Carolina delegation in Con-
gress to forget the past and support him
for reelection.
New York Heraldl
It is not yet known here what Gov
ernor Chamberlain means to do. The
Democrats would like to see him call
| for United States troops, believing that
unpopular. The sensible Republicans
would like to see him march a colored
| militia regiment into Hamburg, pro-
claim martial law and catch and hang
the rioters in the most summary man
ner. They think that if he would in
this manner vindicate justice and assert
| the supremacy of law by State forces he
would do more to restore peace and
crush lawlessness in the State and raise
up respectable public opinion than he
could with a dozen Federal regiments,
| but 1t must be added that large num-
ber Of Republicans are ready to use the
Hamburg affair as political capital, and
are confident that il they can get it un-
der discussion in the House there will
be good deal Of Democratic rant ana
folly TO help them.
[Boston Journal
The affair is not without its political
phases. The Democrats are already be-
ginning to proclaim their expectation of
jority in South Carolina so as to carry
the State for Tilden. Such occurrences
as this at Hamburg are designed to
spread such terrorism among the ne
groes that they will not dare to exercise
their right Of citizenship. It is likely
that the South will see other massacres
like this before the desperate campaign
which the Democrats are making is
over. And then, supposing the State
governments and Legislatures to be
emocratic--supposing a Democratic
majority to exist in both Houses of Con
gress, and a Democratic Executive to
occupy the Presidential chair ~ the
Gen" NJ G. Butler stamp of ruffians
would have the negroes exactly where
they want them, powerless to resist and
hopeless Of assistance. These are facts
worth contemplating.
News and Courierl
As might have been expected, the ras-
cally Radical leaders are bent on using
the unfortunate Hamburg affair as a
means of fomenting discord between the
blacks and the whites. and Of strangling
the newborn confidence reposed in the
whites by the better class Of colored
people. Elliott, the most daring and
able colored Radical in the State, has
invited number of Representative
on Thurday to consider the gross and
unprovoked outrages" upon the colored
people, and an Indignation meeting is to
be held in Charleston tonight, when Ell
liott, Whipper and Cainare expected to
speak. Such meetings are, in our opin-
ion, unwise, unnecessary and dangerous.
The Hamburg riot Is condemned by
the masses of the white citizens of the
State, and the interior newspapers de-
nounce it as sharply as the Ne,cs and
Courier has done. A thorough judicial
investigation OF the affair will be had,
and the colored people will be able to
Judge for themselves whether Justice is
not done and the law faithfully eX-
ecuted in mercy" This is everything
that white or blacks, who have the WELL
being OF the State at heart can desire
Nothing is to be gained by Indignation
meetings on ''the color line," and very
much may be lost.
tCourer-Journall
The assault upon the armory was made
at the request Of the negro magistrate,
who, knowing the desperate character
Of the so-called negro militia, armed, as
they were, with the best breech- leaders,
and having perpetrated numerous muir
ders and other outrages in Edgetield
county; saw no other way ondisarming
CQem. lueTe Is no uOuDI JuaI Inc MILL
tia were organized according to law, but
1t is a well-known fact that in South
Carolina these negro companies have
been used entirely for political pur-
poses, and have made it their business
to overawe the whites at the polls, |
thus bringing about a condition Of
insecurity which has been felt severely
by the people. As a measure Of public
security such militia should be dis |
armed, as they have perverted the uses
of militia organization. The State of
South Carolina is entirely in the hands |
of the Radicals. They have every |
facility for preventing mob law, but
they have not attempted to do so. The
there have it in their power,
and they would be aided by the people |
in the endeavor to bring to justice at
once the men who shot the four negroes
after they had surrendered. Instead of
doing SO, Governor Chamberlain pro
poses to use the affair at Hamburg for
l.