The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-02
Political Notes.


che Usmpation at ColuD,bid.-To the Bal
timore Gazette The outrage on South
Carolina is consummated. Her Supreme
Court has been strangled by federal
Judge, backed by breech-loaders. Hel
Legislature has been manacled by military
force; her true and lawful governor will
be excluded and an usurper pinned in his
place by bayonets. All this has been
done in the presence of the American
people, who have been called upon to
witness the infamous and shameful spec
tacle. Il has been done in execution Of a
conspiracy concocted and ripened at Wash
ington to count in Republican Presi-
dent by force and fraud With one gi-
gantic stride it moves from New Orleans
to Columbia it is only one step from here
to Washington The scenes here--a cap
itol packed with troops, arms stacked
around the statue Of Washington, civil
law beneath the military power, the citi-
zen subject to the soldier-will be repeated
in Washington unless the patriotic Repub-
licans of the North forbid it. The South
is powerless, the nothern democracy is
utterly without ability to prevent it. The
patriotic, honest Republicans of the North
alone can avert it by their protest, their
Indignation and the force Of their opinion.
BRADLEY 7. JOHNSON.
Columbia, s. G. Nov. 2S, 1876.
JUDGE STALLo ON THE SITUATION
Judge j. b. Stallo says that after care
full survey of the field, after most patient
research, he was ready to declare that not
only was Louisiana carried by the Demo
Gratis, by majority Of at least S, 900 in al
election that was entirely fair, so far as
their conduct was concerned, but, also,
that if there was to be tomorrow, in that
State, an election entirely fair on both
sides, the Democratic majority would far
exceed that number-would, in fact, be
overwhelming; and he was now entirely
convinced that if there was any intimida.
tion of voters in that State, it was prac-
ticed on negroes who wanted to vote the
Democratic ticket, by Republican negroes.
Judge Stallo believed himself to be a
rather patient man, but he did not believe
he had the patience to endure the wrongs
that had been heaped upon the practically
DISTINGUISHED whites of that State by the
white carpet-bagging thieves and the low
ignorant negroes. He saw there, one day
large body of the 1000 Deputy United
States Marshals who had been sworn in
at IS per day each, for service on election
day. There was not a white man in the
lot, and they were nearly all of the lowest
grade of negroes
THE HERALD ADVOCATES GRANT S
IMPEACHMENT.-The N. Y. Herald edi
torally congratulates the country that there
was no breach of peace at Columbia, S. c..
and says this was due to good judgment
of Wade Hampton. 1t says the use Of
Federal troops in the State House wa
clearly without constitutional warrant
They assumed to operate against the judg
ment Of the Supreme Court, and to decide
what members were entitled to seats il
the State Legislature. 1t refers to the
case of Louisiana and to President Grant,
disclaimer of any Federal right to inter
fere with the Legislature of State, and
holds him responsible for the military in
reference in the South Carolina Legisla
ture Tuesday, and liable to impeachment
The impeaching power is now in thu
hands of his enemies, and there is nj
reason why they should not exercise it
1t presumes the first business Of thu
House OF Representatives, when 1t assem-
bles next week, VIII be to vote ms I'm
parchment and appoint committee t.
draw up the articles
A REPUBLICAN CoNFEssIoN.-Tht
West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter, Rep,
says:-That Tilden is elected there ap
pears no doubt, and the same result seems
to fall to Gen. Nichols. A few of oul
Republican friends still cling to the hope
that the three States, Florida, South Car
olina, and Louisiana, will be counted out
and thus elect Hayes. We confess thai
We cannot see with their eyes, nor enter
tain their sanguine expectations. If the
three States mentioned have gone Demo
cratic, it were worse than revolution t
attempt to overthrow the will Of the PEG
pie of those commonwealth. The righ
of ballot would become farce-the viii
of the people controlled by the bayonet
and the form Of government become thu
creature OF political power whose diets
would be enforced BY the strong arm o
might That is not hepublicanism.
HAYES TO WITHDRAw,-The Balti
more Suns special Washington dispatch
of Tuesday, has the following, which, how
ever, We put little faith in :-"There is
more in the story of Gov Hayes's con
templated withdrawal from the disgrace
full contest now kept up to foist him int
the presidency than may be imagined. Il
is known that Gov. Hayes has for some
time had considerable misgivings as to the
propriety of even a tacit acquiescence on
his part in the questionable methods by
which it is hoped to give him nominal
tremendous pressure has been brought to