The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-10-28
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Report of U. s. Marshal Wallace on the
the Cainh0y Riot.

The following official report of X. Nj.
Wallace. United State Marsbel for Soutb
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lat, was among other papers on the con-
dition of the South, read at the Cabinet
meeting.
CHARLESTON, 5. e., Oct. Is, 1876.
Hon. A, TAFT, dttornev General. Wash
fnoton, d. C.,-Sir:-I have DELAYED Civ.
ing YOU report of the recent unfortunate
Nautical riot at n nlace near ,be town of
Cainhoy. in this comfy. notil 7 conld oet
n correct statement of the facts 1t is one of
the legitimate results of the intimidation
policv or Mississinoi pIan adonted nv tho
Democratic party in openinu their cam.
paipn. for the nurnose of hreaking down
the Republican mainritv in this state
The first mee,inS in This county 1T z,biob
the Democrats nut their shot oun ne,icv in
practice took Mace over month 400 on
Cooper river. some ten or twelve milas
from the scene of the late riot. The Re.
publicans had called a MEETING. and the
Democrats in the citv chartered a steam.
boat and took about i5O we'll armed mon
tn the meeting. Tbay formed ,be;r MON
in line near t5a stand and de,n.ndad ,hat
thew should have half The time for then
Ia
this kind of "peaceful noliticaI discns-
sion, " but the request was backed nm bv
$50 Winchester repeating rifles in the
hands of men who knew how to use them
and thew consented to a ..div;sion of time ;,
Other meetings followed this. with a similar
DISPLAY of arms. and in order to avoid 2
collision, which was imminent at each
meeting the executive committee of each
party arranged to have a series of Joint
discussions and agreed that their people
should not come armed to the meetings.
The discussions in the county had been
going on with more or less of bitterness
and animosity, mainly growing out of the
fact that the Democrats carried a large
force of men from the citv to every meet.
ing. who irrltated the Republicans NV the
violent demonstrations of their leaders and
their party. The meeting at Brick Church,
near Cainhoy, was called by the Republi-
cans and was largely attended by the men
who were present at the first meeting at
which tho Democrats had enf,roed 1bo;r |
demand to speak. but had not attended
apy of the Joint discussions. and many of
them. being suspicious of the Democrats
carried such guns as each man had at his
home. consisting of old muskets. shot Guns
and fowlinp pieces. but no miltiamen
went there with State arms and ammuni.
tion as the Democrats claim and tbe hest |
evidence of that fact is that oil tho dead
were shot with buck shot. and not with
rifle halls When these colored Renubli |
cans arrival at the place of meetipg their |
leading men told them that thew we've vio- |
lating an agreement by coming armed, and |
that they must deposit their arms at some |
place away from the grounds. The colored |
men complied with the request, and some |
guns. saw IL. were placed in an old dilani. |
dated building, some fifty wards from the
stand, and Others were placed across a ra.
vine in the woods. About $50 Democrats
accompanied their speakers from the CITY |
on steamboat and soon appeared at the |
meeting The first speaker was Demo. |
crat, candidate for prosecuting attorney |
of the circuit. He was heard through very- |
patiently. He was followed by w. ]. |
Mckinley, coored, who was a delegate to |
the Cincinnati Convention from this State. |
Soon after Mckinley commenced speaking |
commotion was observed in the crowd on |
the side next to the dilapidated building |
and Mckinley Jumped up and said: "Those |
white men in that house have Guns and are |
going to shoot" The colored men raised |
A shout. 1.-THE Democrats have seized |
our GUNS. - and made a rnsh for the other
guns The white men. who had secretly |
slipped into the house and seized the pnns |
then fired, and the first shot killed an old |
colored man of about seventy wears who |
was standing leaning on a stick. and this
is the only colored man who is known to |
have been killed. The colored men returned |
with tbeir onns varv soon and ott.cLad tho
Marty at the old bonse and ,bsn con,n,sncad |
q General fire an the DemorraIs who ,rere
Generally armed with nistols but had tn
retire rapidly towards the boat under |
heavy fire.
The colored men became furious when
they saw that some of their arms had been
seized and one of their old men killad
sheriff Rown whom thew recoon,zad as
their rersopaI and nolitical friend rnsbed |
among them and tried to ston tbe fr;nr
Int tbev did not cease mill al FL. ,rh;ss
men were driven awav from the cbnrch
Six white man ware L;llad ar b,va d;aJ