, 1876-11-09
PRESIDENT GRANT.
Wf.nt Uc Says About Ills Action as to Sot
In nrt,lfrha

What uc says About Ills Acs,on a. n s,,,t
Carolina.
co,rt,pondsnct ytc Tors s<ra,t
,..,s s, ,a.,S.., 49,. ..o'. - lea,ae!'e .'sant has
again laFofeu your correspondent With IN ill.,
tcrvtoW, solicited this titnc With tho purpose Of
getting bis opinions regarding the criticisms an1
structures which have been passcd unon h. If.
aet!on N III sena,ag Troops 70 south cafollna.
Mr. PRESIDENT" l asked, llaYe you any
objection to expressing yourself upon the
subject of your orccrtnr tronns tn Sout}, caro
Inn IN connnl,ance vii, M rot,,,oet =, cas
ts,'a - sep.,aatu WIZ tua ssiass, @ VI uo'
chahapcfla'h' LOT daty connected Will coming
clcctionsl No doubt you are we'll aware
many politicians and Journals have found fault
with you ,or so i7orct. onf1 tto co,mnn,s ,s,oJ
,,,,s,,, 49,. ,st. ,s.,,a 49,. *,
strlcted, II not always unfrlcndly. OF coursa
you lad strong roasoMs for your executive Of
uers To tug premises" .........
Yes II any one carcs to know the iacte and
t!lc trio state OF alla!rs which warranted theu',
they cnn be readily satisfied with the gropHetY
Of my otncial act!on III tho premises. These s'c
on tllc In the Departments of Justice an! War.
Tlluy wcro not acted upon llastily. Frpm tEMe
to time they were accnalnlatlng, and finally
tc eyideneo Of state q Affairs lslaandas ts,; NJ
to take notice Of thom ] could l'e held rcsponsl.
bis lit my official lotit1un. NJ other roarss
was left lnc, and was Obliged according to
my 0ath OF office. and as duty required "
tho Constitution, to pursue thu course d,l.
Dcsiles, l had the regular law officer q tic
Government, tho Attorncy.Genetnl, who ID ~,
pointed to give inc such light, information, aad
counsel upon the law rs would properly
show what action ! must take 10 cotn?s
with MY ontll OF otllcc. Ihcn, aES,o,
Department from officers OF The regular army
who do not tako sides In political contests, VIII
have no interest in them whatever, but ars per.
fcetly impartial and conscientious, Us wel as
They & s9w stats q nasIascs aa1s
tlle o!ttcial actlon llayo taken. They were esut
to Investigate matters, ad their reports Inakrit
apparent tlat there existed number Of tao,'
oigll1y well armed al1 organized unawlul boo,
es drilled ana WILL tne =; sysselp 'yss a. agr
bcfs aul marched il, columns Of fDurs tn pot!,,
cal meetings. where ttry dictated What s9aa H.
saii, insIsllng upon division ot tins aud, ast tst
the division of tln,o was agreed to- directing aua, u
sucas, After thcy lad spoken, and "'lcn tle
Nonublca,ls woult alldrcss the meeting, We lla.1
crklrnco ti,at frcnucnt interruptions %o''l!
occur, ultimately ending in violence u IT,
R'oodshetl. Intimidation general t,l,s SnM Via ia
Sgrsaa, MMs ,,iin", Gso III IN tssrorjstn wleh
,yns ront,nsy to tl,u snirtt OF our laws III el1',
antecing 1fco speech and tho c!ercisG; q ,r,s ,,o
elective franchise to thy clszrns Of so, t,s 11 liz
nas @ nd ds sa s ssafs I'D se ssp 81 @ :. est
cr,,,nent asaIlred by tho Constitution Yas hos
TII sm'nv.I hr tbo,n. Tbo Stats authorities wets
nnwarjess to meet thu emergency, au the i"g' NY
ernor u III to State, Win il gentleman St s
turc, rcnemcnt, ald hersioiofs ,ra %ss auoc tlr
Mos!ty ,,,a nau sSi,,. nnysn lin most bitterly
no,y pn,,peats to t!,r (iuycrlmcnt ot the lnltfHa
81 ;sSs ss ss: s $ $s:% !; III
1tted, anl fssher sasr'eo all Il tho s!ao au'
Ss Ss's NJ sass 9s ssa'ss si s sj
fsua H. ny yase taa ts sssl o1 troops ss
| eli ncccssaryt .. ,,hvsral In.