The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-12-14

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ffehzy !sThcy threatencd, tlsegc uaeh and
all others with death andsldestrdction.
iniianlmatory speeches were madc 10y
their leaders, incendiary pieces were
read nom newspapers, ana they were
urged OH in their hellish hatred by the
leaders 70 make All attack, there being
only about sixty-flvc or seventy Demo-
Gratis in the Hall, and probably Two hun
dred aud fifty Republicans, nearly all Of
whom were negroes, the white scolndyels
having left when they thought they had
things under way The whites were well
armed, and clustered around Hamilton
and Myers to protect them, and ut the
same time let the RAIDS. know that they
would fight to the ti,.4r e.id, be the CON
sequence what it might. The pluck and
determination Of the Democrats soon
quieted the RAIDS down, and order was
restored in the House
Then comes the darke,t part of the
whole history of this affair. 1t is claimed
to be thoroughly authenticated, aud we
believe it beyond question. In the
first place, two wagon loads Of State
rifles were sent to the Pcnitentiary from
the State armory, together With ammuui-
ton, we presume and hear to arm the
convicts, who were to Be turned loose
upon the people of Columbia. Then
they quietly admitted about ono hundred
roughs, who were, at the appointed time,
to attack the Democratic members in the
hours Of darkness and massacre them all.
God, in his providence, protected us, and
the plot was discovered to Governor
Hampton, who notified us. and took
measures Mt once to prevent this horrible
outrage on humanity and civilization.
Can you conceive Of II more helish plot
had it been concocted in the lower re-
gions? The representatives Of the pco-
pie Of South Carolina, to br massacred
by set of savagcs and bloodhounds to
place this government in the hands Of
that infamous wretch, D. H. Chamber
lain This deed alone will consign him,
not to oblivion, but to that detc.ted in
fanny which has immortalizcd such fiends
rs Nero, Caligues or kobcspiere.
The session which commenced Saturday
at twelve, Iasted through Sunday until
Monday at twelve o'clock, thus making IL
legislative day Of forty-eight continuous
hours, most of which time passed Of in
comparative quiet.
During these scenes of hardship and
danger, the Executive Committee of the
State, and especially Gen. A. c. Haskell
and Capt. james a. Hoyt, stood by US
nobly; also, two gentlemen from our
County, Messrs. ID. s. Mccullough and
X. l.. Moorhead, who will always be re.
membercd with gratitude by the Ander-
son delegation of 1857, for having
voluntarily stood by us in our hours of
trouble, from the commencement to the
close of this trying ordeal
On Monlay Gen. Wallace received
official information that over one hun
dred Of the State Constabulary would be
sent into the Hall to put the Democratic
members out, and would be supported by
the United States bayonets. So the
House decided to leave before the peace
was broken and II riot .inaugurated, in
conformity to the policy of Gov. Hump
ton through the entire campaign, though
the Speaker entered the solemn protest
of the House Of Representatives against
being driven from the Capitol of the
people by Federal bayvnets. Subsequent
events have established beyond ques-
ton the wisdom and propriety of this
move, and If such prudence and firmness
but characterize the policy of the Demo
Gratis here speedy success is inevitable.
In the meantime, large concourse of
citizens from all parts of the State had
assembled in Columbia, and rs the Dem
ocratic members = each carrying his
blanket under his arm-filed out of the
state House, they were met by these
frenzied and almost uncomfortable men.
IL was sight long to be remembered,
for every one present felt that in the sight
presented he witnessed the downfall of
American freedom, and the destruction
OF purity and honesty in government, and
realized from this on the ascendancy of
trickery and scheming in their stead
Slowly and sadly we wendell our way
back to Carolina Hall, from which place
we had Issued four days before in Auci,
high spirits but, though dispirited, there
was stamped Gil every tired and sleepy
face a determination which was encoir
aging at least; and in that tnmemornble
walk was born resolutions in the hearts
of every one which will in the future,
long be remembered by tyrants and
usurpers. Our action was surprise to
all outsiders, and Justly 50, f6rthey had
been excluded from the House, and be.
sides were not Informed as to the military
status inside ofjthe Capitol. MANY
thoughtless, persons reprobated our ac-
ten, and nnapy kilograms were sent all
over the State that we -hA1 withdrawn
from the State House against the earnest
protest of Governor Hnmptofi' and his
advisers. This and such like statements
are without the shadowof truth, for eyery
step we have so for taken has been in en-.
tire accord with the plans arranged by
Coy, Hampton, who is more than ever
our trusted leader. Besides this, we were
assured by direct Information, received
before we left the State House, that Pres
ident Grant did not Intend to recognize
either House until it had constitutional
quorum of sixty three members, holding