The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-08-16

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ing in column Of four, and hsee tho
gentlemen had abundancs1of room
to pass. In that lettoEscontalned,
at the very best, a1nif~truth--al~
ways tho worst I'D @ Of folsohoood.
Ono other poiptehown il the sa11l
davits made ssefore Judge Maher is
that you,s Morriwether was shot
beforeAfsingle shot had been fired
by nehe whites. This makes Doc
1dams and his mob clearly the ag-
lgressors in the disturbance that oc-
CURED. General Butler s sworn stato-
r-ont-t(lo entire Truth Of which no
respectable man dare dispute shows
that tho evidence t,kLn, or PRETEND
ell to DO taken, before the coroners
inquest is in numbcrlcss particulars
false, and only awaits the tests
applicable i'll q court house to be
almost entirely overthrown. The
actual killing of tho prisoners did
not come up on the examina,ion-
except as II simple matter of fact,
several of the defendants proving IN
ttiibi. This killing seems yet to
have been wrong und unneccs-
snry, though the prime responsibility
for it rests upon the men, of both
races, but, as is usual in such cases
chiefly white, who, directly and
Indirectly, brought on the first dis
turbance. In the matter of bail
there was some difference of opinion
between the new-lledged Attorney
General and the learned and upright
Judge Muher. The former, with u
view to add as much sensation as
possible to tho already exaggerated
features of this most unfortunate
affair, demanded that each Of the
accused be bound over in Il sum not
less than five thousand dollars, the
aggregate amount of bail thus being
about five hundred thousand dollars! /!
"A more mtnstrous proposition was
scarcely ever submitted to u court,
and III making it Mr.. Stone was
guilty either OF most arrant folly or
Of malicious knavcry. If he really
believed that such M amount of bail
could be given he was guilty of tho
former and if his proposition was
onlyn trick to secure the incarccra-
ton of tho accused, he WAS guilty
Of the lattcr. Fortunately the pre-
siding Judge gave neither ear nor
countcnancc to such petty resorts,
and the accused were promptly
discharged on reasonable bail
IT must bc n relief to all right
minded people in the State that
something like IL fair Investigation Of
the ''IamEurg Massacre" is already
begun, and that tho truth will at last
como ont in tho courthouse We
have always been anxious that II full
investigation be made and the actu~,
al facts, IN all thcirbearings, be elicit
ell ina tangible and trusrwol ill.,, r,,,,,.
When such an investigation shall
have been made, it will then be time
to show who were the instigntors
and aggressors in the disturbance,
and al else that the people desire to
know. Such an inquiry is demand
cd alike by tho accused parties, who
have have all at stake in the issue, by
the people of the State, who have been
malgned throughout this broad land
on account of the affair, and by the
people Of the nation, who, some with
good and some with bad motives.
have shown the deepest interest in
it. Let the civil law be enforced,
let its majesty be asserted, and then
! there will be no need for the
governor OF South Carolina to hast
cn stcalthily to the war department
and whininSly beg for Federal
baynncts to aid him in the enforce
mcnt Of the law, when he has made
not even the scmblanco Of an honest
effort to use the civil authority.
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