The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-10-12
Showing their Hands.

Showing their Hands.
Within the past four or five DAYS
there have been some startling events
in this State. Early last week, Col.
a. G. Haskell, on behalf of the the
; State Democratic Executive Com
mittcc, addressed letter to Cham
bcrlnin, inviting him to meet Gcner
al Hampton on tho stump. The
letter set fort, the condition OF things
in this State in II general way, an,
directed tho Governors special attcn
tion to the fact that he himself had
been charged l',y the Northern press
with acts highly calculated to breed
disorder i'll tho State, and that it was
due alike to the pooplo and t., himself
that the truth should be known. COL
Haskell nlro I"maudcd, in the namt
OF the people rf South Carolina, that
III case OF disturbance, citi
zcns OF tho St.itc, the ritle-cluEs and
others, sholll bo callol upon to
l'n"prcrs i. WAn letter concluded
".va II request that the Gove,no,
would mcc5 Hampton on tlc stump.
and the assurance that ho would in
such case DO treated with pei foe.
courtesy. Cl'Ganbcrlain replied in u
letter filing nearly fifteen columns
i'll hi" organ, tho Colnmbie Vniou-
Uc1W/H lie takes occasion TO re-
view tho cntiro political situation in
South Csrolinl md is both unius.
and abusive towards the Democrat
party, charging them with violence,
intimidation and other offences. lie
concludes by Expressing his willing
ness to meet the Democratic nomi-
nccs in joint discussion. The letter
is partisan in tone, sophistical in
argument, and utterly mt,uthful
III spirit. The Governors next stcp
was the issuance, Oh Saturday last,
Or proclamation declaring that 9
condition Of lawlcssnoss exists in
Barnwcll and Aiken, nnl orderinr
the po'plc to ">lisoarso anl
retire peaccably to their
homes" within three days. 1t also
orders The Riilo Clubs to disband.
IT threatens tho suspension of the
h",'co$ ro'Y"s, and mrarti,d law. TO
this the State Democratic Executive
Committee have replied in letter
completely overwhelming in it's foe,
Of argument 1t abounls in facts
telling against Chamberlain and his
crew. The COMMITTEES have also
communicated with several leading
Republicans, and these all bear tcs-
tlmony to the prevalence Of peace il
the State. Chief Justice Moses,
Associate Justice Willard, Judges
Shaw, Mnckey, Cooke, Northrop.
WigSin, Governor Scott and othe,s
"ll testify to the quiet prevailing
over the State. Judge Wiggin says
that the only resistance to law he
knows in his circnit has been by
negroes REFUSING to be arrested.
1t is currently reported that gem
crnl arrests arc to be made in Aiken
Barnwcll and Elgefeld. Deputy
marshals have already gone there,
and s said that the brute Merrill
has received orders to repair thithcr
Mt oncc. Hampton and the Exccu-
two Committed have advised the
people to exercise constant forbesr-
ancc and caution, and to submit
quietly to marital law, should it be
anywhere declared.
Tho whole Gclion Of Chamberlain
shows degree o desperation that is
the natural result Of the certainty Of
Hampton's election. Chamberlain
hns shown himself TO be no better
than Ames, Kellogg, Holden and
other politicians who have lied upon
the Southern people, and caused ill.,
feeling He is now tho greatest foe
of honesty and good government in
this State that has ever been in DOW
or here. Hc has shown himself an