Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-11-02

clubs are ordered by the Governor
! and the President to dishand and dis
J D, yse. the colored militia OF the State
are allowed to remain in organization
and in possession Of their arms, and
attend political meetings in military
order with riffs and other arms. The
object of this Discrimination is as
obvious as is the comparatively
defenseless condition ia wHfch it
places the white population We.
simply ask what would the people OF
New York or Massachusetts thin< or
do upon like application of tho
bayonet policy to them under such
circumstances.
Fellow ountrymen: We have
sought to place before you briefly and
in their true colors the condition. OF
South Carolina, the wrongs of her
people, their patient forbearance, and
their new born hopes. Not long ago
Gov. Chamherlain in a transport of
truthful and genuine enthusiasm pro-
claimed to the people of the country
the startling fact that the civilization
of the puritan and the cavalier. OF the
Roundhead and Hugnenots, fs II, peril
in South Carolina. He spoke these
words under the inspiration Of his
better angel, for truer words he never
spoke,| and they are as true now AS
then. The peril is greater now than
then, for when the worst aud most
degraded element of society eDier
into our control government is there
not much reason to apprehend some
catastrophe which We hardly dare to
contemplate
Signed by S. Y. Topper. president
Charleston Chamber of Commerce;
w. M. Wightman, bishop of Metlo-
dist Episcopal Church South; B. w.
Howe, d. D, bishop of diocese of
South Carolina; P. N. Lynch, d. d.,
bishop of Charleston; John Forrest,
D. D., pastor First Presbyterian
Church; G. r. Bracket, pastor
Second Presbyterian Church; ] l.
Gelardian, D. D., professor Theologi-
cal Seminary; J. A. Chambliss, pastor
Citadel Square Baptist Church; l..
Muller, D. D., pastor St. Matthew
Lutheran Church; w. S. Bowman,
pastor Wentworth Lutheran Church;
P. F. Stevens, presbyter Reformed
Episcopal Church; w. B. Yates,
chaplain to seamen; David Levi,
minister Congregation Beihelohim;
c O, White, president Peoples Ma
tional Bank. A. S. Johnston, presi-
den: Bank of Charleston; L. d. Now
cry; Jacob Small, presiden. Germania
Savings Bank; E. H. Frost, president
South Carolina Loan and Trust Com
pany; Albert Lenguish, president
PEOPLES Bank of South Carolina, and
t. r. Robertson, vice president of
Carolina Savings Bank.
Campaign Against Nothing Democrats
to be Arrested on the Eve of the Eiee-
ton.
The Columbia Is. G correspon-
dent of the New York Herald, who
seems to be thoroughly posted on the
progress of events in that State, tele-
graphs under date of October oath as
follows:
An informal canvass of the troops,
officers as well as soldiers, that have
recently arrived here, made TO ascer-
tain the political situation from their
standpoint, ELECTS the information that
first, they regard their position as
excessively ludicrous; second, that
they find peace and the utmost good
order, unendangered by the prevail
ing excitement, and third, that the.
effect of their presence here will hard-
ly result in defeating Hampton.
though it may in some degree hold
the republican negro vote together.
FEELING AMONG THE TROOPS
The troops in the main coneur In
the general popular scntinaeSt that
State government which Is anabfe
to enforce the law and protect life and
property from violence is no governs
ment at all, and their opinion is that
such a governments shossfa be over
thrown by the untrammeled verdict
of the people expressed at the ballots
box. AS an instance of the good
feeling entertained by the whites to>
wards the soldiers they are usually
furnished here with letters of intro-
duction to the leading citizens in the
localities TO which they are assigned,
| are generally met at the depots by
| crowds and are cheered and welcomed
with great enthusiasm. To day,
| while a Hampton meeting was being
held at BranchvIlle, on the South
Carolina railroad. two arriving CONS
panies of United States soldiers res
ceiyed three hearty cheers from the
immense assemblage, after which the
soldiers and citizens mixed together
and general handshaking and con-
fab took place. The soldiers are TAX.
en- BY surprise by these demonstra-
lions. and find that instead Of foes
| they encounter warm friends at every
point.
TIE PROGRAMME OF ARRESTS.
It has TRANSFERRED that the sweeping
process of arrests, which has been
suspended for the past few DAYS is to
be suddenly resumed at a time when
it v i'll eliminate in great disaster to
the democrats. The programme now
ia that at the moment when the
exigencies of the campaign require
the services of every leader and vot er
to inaugurate general system OF
arrest throughout the State, to have
the parties bailed to appear before the
United States District Court in this
CITY on the 4th of November, so as to
fatally en,barrass their return to vote
or to use their influence at the cleo
ton in their counties. This pros
yramme is further borne out by The
| fact that United States Marshal
| yU.ll.ca whose fathrr IS Il. candidate