The New York herald., 1876-10-14

iary eonviot who escapes his guards In Georgia brssks
for the Caroina line anc becomes hero In the
swampa Georgia contractor - working several
hundred Georgia convcts on the line lust across Irou
Carolns his camp was visited p,s haa yessos ~
10 believe, vas attempting 10 inclts the convicts 70
rise against the guards ard break over 10 Carolina
body. He cautioned this fragrant missionary against
perssting In mis- work, aud forbade his ever again vis
ting his camp Some alter this order he caught
the little fellow skuiking around thc stockade de
quietly caught him by the ear marched him inside
the stockads. stripped oG hrs gaudy clothes, habited
him 10 the prison stripes and put him 10 work sor
turned him loose gave him his clothes and told him
10 get" The little fellow flew 10 his boat aud The
Georgia penisentiary is now free from Carolina inter
JUDGE 7. J. MAcKRY, OF THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. on
GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN AND THE RE-
PUBLICAN cAxvAss-How THE MICRO n
USED BY RADICALS TO FIRE THE NORTH
YRS HEARr-THE PEACEFUL CONDITION Oh
THE STATE.
COLUMBIA, Oct. Q, 1874
Judge T. J. Macksy. Presiding Judge Of the
SIKH Circuit which embraces the counties
which IawIessness existed in ls70. arrived in
this city to-day, and l interviewed him on the
situation Ho has been connected with the
republican party since 1865 ID vice president OF the
Grand Council Of the Union League Of this state and
vice president the National Association War vsterana
II was his instance that Confederate soldiers Of Ian
caster county exhumed the bodies OF deceased federa
soldiers IN February, 1874, receiving therefor the
thanks OF General sherman and Governor Noyes, Of
Ohio
cHANBKRLAISs PROCLAMATION
He says tho proclamation OF Governor Chamberlain,
of tho 9th insL, which virtually declares the
whs population Of this state in armed insurrscsion
against the laws CHALLENGES the Indignation OF every
citizen South Carolina who Is aware OF tho real facts
and has any regard for truth and justice There have
becn doubt. OF violence resulting in loss OF
hie in Aiken and Barnwe, which demand that The
penalties of the law should be enforced against
guilty parties
WORK OF REPUBLICAN, MANAGERS NHMA
But those acts not Justly attributable TO any de-
termined plan the part OF whites but the
result OF armed collisions, which, in my judgment.
have been premedlated by the present republican
managers OF Governor Chamberlain's canvass At
least this the to the extent that the passions Of
the blacks have becn dssgnedy aroused against The
whites in those sections 20 the extent OF melting them
to assa white citizens refuse obedience to pro-
OF the whore the complainant 10 white and
the offender colored. The scheme has borne bloody
fruits and doubtless acts OF personal vengeance were
inflicted by whites blacks after an actual conflict
had ceased IN retaatOn or osses suueleu ourin2 INC
collision.
Four days before the riots referred to In the Cover
nor's proclamation commenced l was led to believe,
from information received and from my knowledge Of
the character of tho men engaged in the management
OF Governor Chamberain's canvass. that II formed
pars or their
GENERAL POLITICAL PLOT
that armed collisions with the blacks should be forced
the whites, thus supplying raw material
out OF which they would manufacture the
bloody shirt TO wave before the eyes of tho
country true emblem OF the South Carolina de-
mocracy with the influence the result Of the
elections pending In Ohio ana Indiana, and thereby
the election Of Hayes ami wheoor, tho candidates
which have supported ghout my canvass IN thh
State. To avert the execution OF this sanguinary
scheme called upon the chairman Of the Democratic
State Executive Comnitee at Columbia aud, IN pres
cnce oil Colonel James A. Hoyt and Judge + H Cook~
urged The Withdrawal OF the Tildcn aud Hendricks
electors TO prevent the negro from being sacrificed
what thought the republican leaders deemed the
supreme political necessity Of hiring tho Northern
heart in tho interests Of Hayes and Wheeler thcn
and there stated the programme which appears since
have boon executed, and which has eliminated III
the proclamation ol the Governor which have
erred. The negro appears by some fatality, 10 DO the
MAKrYR AMERICAN sYsrEx
and the balance OF humanity certainty appears, 50 far
he is concernsd 10 bc OF the SIDE Of those whites
with whom he has been associated from early life,
and no disposed 10 view him, even IN his herccst
mood. mo in sorrow than in anger
A distinguished writer upon tho game OF whist has
stated, 'When IN douos pay trump" The carpet
baggers code Is III the Northern interest in the cam
paIgn flags have negro killed" And thus the ardent
and pushing blacks are thrown perpetually by their
leaders, like living cannon balls. against the SOLID col
OF Tho whites aud the negro Is invariably broken
by tho impact Indeed, tho war itself furnished an
illustration OF the difference between the views OF
southern aud NorthsrE men IN utilizing the negro
The Southern white advanced far the front to
the negro, while tho North sometimes sent the
negro far to the front 10 the white man. Cover
nor Chamberlain Is thoroughly familiar with the best
derstapds how 10 serve him up us lrst class horror
THE REPUBLICAN PROCESSION
One Of the most remarkable instances OF the men,
dacy OF the age is contained in tho statement OF the
Republican Stale Executive Committes, who charge.
States, that the democracy In Columbia and its
vicinity arc SO malevolent that the repubit
national candidates by q torchiight procession
with safety 10 their persona The fact Is that The
night appointed by the republicans for their HAYES Aue
Wheeler demonstration III this town made the visit
to the chairman OF the Democratic State Executive
Committee aUove stated. and while engaged in
saton with him he arose and went to the window. be-
meath which his horse sadded and brdled for the
purpose as that gentleman xt the time informed me-
OF yinq the procession should the
and permit 1t move according TO the programme ad
vertised and that he intended TO give whatever aid
might be required TO preserve order along its limo
march and to assist the police in maintaining tho pub
lie peace against any who might seek 10 violate IT.
This precauiion deemed necessary, as statements
were current In tho community thar the blacks who
were to compose the procession had threatened vlo
lence against white citizens, WHILE the contrary,
some o the colored people had expressed an apprehen
SION that tho procession might be disturbed It's
march by some among tho ruder class OF whites The
procession, account Of heavy ranstorni, did not
move, ard those who had assembled engage In IL
dispersed undisturbed al about ten r. N.
cHAMDsRLAiS's CHARACTERIZATION
Governor Chamberlain 10 intellectual giant but 10
afflicted with paralysis OF his moral side. He Is .
compound OF mendacity and imbccility He belongs
TO the perIpatetlc school OF governors fitting between
Washington and Columbia necessarily, and s always
in The wrong place at hs wrong time In mis- reply to
Colonel HASKELL chairman OF tho Democratic Exocu-
lAy ehota aho
dsy OF the state prepared aid In the due
cuton OF the laws, whensoover and by whvms,cver
resisted he sgmazcs the entire white popuation ot
South Carolina each aud all OF the democratic iaith
unworthy OF boug intrusted with the execution OF
public duty Five Governors OF South Carolina, 10
colonial times, and under the shelter OF the British
Grown, mad been driven from the State for
OF oppression far less In magnitude than those that
Governor Chamberlain now threatens 10 perform
ut Ia ~ Ito Of In iu.u