The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-26

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the still more recent assassination OF q white
| citizen in Edgefeld, has beentwonderfuI.
| j, The truth Is that tile leaders Of the color
ed people, fearing that the end OF their
power is drawing to close, have excited
| their ignorant dupes; have supplied them
with arms have aroused their fears for tie
loss OF their liberties; and have encouraged
them to commit deeds Of violence. = -.
We may also affirm some things which are
true: It is true that there is in the State q
most active, earnest, md excited canvass to
overthrow corrupt rule and reestablish
honest State government. al This is legiti-
mate and lawful object, which should COM
mand' the sympathy and support Of every
lover OF his country. 1t is not treason to
defeat Chamberlain, nor is it insurrection or
domestic violence to elect Hampton. -
It is true that. while the white rife-clubs
are ordered BY the Governor and the Presi-
dent to disband and dispense, the colored
militia OF the State are allowed to remain
| in organization and In possession of their
arms, and to attend political meetings in
military order, with rifles and other arms.
The object of this discrimination is as OBJ
vious as in the comparatively defenceless
condition in which it places the white popu-
lation. We simply ask, What would the
people Of New York or Massachusetts, think
or do upon like application of the bayonet
policy to them under such circumstances .
w-countrymen, we have sought to
place before you briefly and in true colors
the condition of South Carolina, the wrongs
OF her people, their patient forbearance, and
their newborn hopes. Not long ago Gov
ernor Chamberlain, in transport Of truth
fulness and genuine enthusiasm, pro-
claimed to the people of the country
the startling fact that the civilization
Of the Puritan and the cavalier OF
the Roundhead and Huguenots is in peril
in, South Carolina. He spoke these words
under the inspiration OF his better angel;
for, truer words he never spoke, and they
are: as true now as then. The peril is
greater now than then, for when the worst
into or control q Government Is there not
much reason to apprehend some catastrophe
| which we hardly dare to contemplate? ~:
Charleston Chamber OF Commerce; W. NJ.
Wightman, !, bishop Methodist Episcopal
Church South; W. B. W. Howe, D.. D.,
bishop of the Diocese (Episcopal) of South
Carolina; P. N Lynch D.. D., (Catholic)
bishop OF Charleston; John Forrest D. D.,
pastor of First Presbyterian church, G. R.
| Bracket, pastor OF Second ; Presbyterian
church ID. ID. Girardeau, D. D.,professor
in Theological Seminary {; j. A. Chambliss,
pastor Of Citadel-Square Baptist church;
L.. Muller, d. d., pastor'of st. Matthew's
Lutheran church; w! s. Bowman, pastor
| Wentworth Lutheran church; P. F. Ste
vens, - presbyter = Reformed Episcopal
church; w. B. Yates, chaplain, to seamen
minister Congregation Beth Elohim; Go.
Witt, president Peoples National Bank; A..
S. Johnston, president Bank Of Charles
ton; L. D. Mowry, president Union Bank
Jacob Small, president .Germania Savings
Bank; E. II. Frost, president South Caro-
lima Loan and Trust Company; Albert
Lepgwick, president Peoples Bank OF
South Carolina; T. B. Robertson, vice-pre-
sident Carolina Savings Bank,
al BALTIMORE MUNICIPAL ELECTION. s. 5
BALTIMORE, October 25.--1n the munich
pal election to-day the Democrats elected
councilmen in eighteen Of twenty wards.
The same branch last year was tie. The
election passed off very quietly. Forty
three thousand votes were polled. The
Democratic mai ority is about six thousand.
FAILURE OF TIE CONTINENTAL LIFE INSURANCE
| COMPANY.
| NEW YORK, October PA receiver has
been appointed for the Continental Life In
surance Company on the petition Of stock
holder. The officers Of the company attri.
butte the failure to the general shrinkage in
real estate and stocks and bonds. With
| judicious management and curtailed eX-
penses the officers think policy-holders will
not lose anything eventually The state
ment Of 1875 showed the liabilities to be
SIS, 537 1927, and assets Sc, 294,371; leaving a
| surplus of S756, 544. The income for 1875
was S2,564, $50, and the, number Of policies
issued for the year SOTO, making the total
number Of policies issued u, $40.
,i,la..:'>lh - PIMLICo RACES. r'.t''s ~
BALTIMORE, October 25.-The Pimlico
track to-day .wasaheayy and the weather
cloudy and cold.I j. = ;rt.r .,it- .ttty.z
The first race was the, three quarter mile,
| for maidens Of all ages. In the start Dan
willie, Gale, and Surge lead off, az named,
the others being well together. + at the first
quarter they were in the following order !:
Courier, Add, Socks, Danyille, Sunbeam
llDosWells). at the half-mile Courier led,
followed by Sunbeam. On: the home-stretch
Sunbeam was in the lead, with Waller, DAN
willie Courier, Rappahannock eDosWeli,sL
EGa1e, Add, Socks, Surge, Stariof Eikhorn,
as named. The race was finished in the
tsame order, sDoswelPs Sunbeam winning In
1:2144 tss.it j.. -. .; - @ :.
J, In the two-mnile race Dixey stakes-a fine
start was had, as follows: Parole, Sultana,
Hertzog; Doswelps Aigerine, Vigil. Shirley.
First quarter, Sultana passed Parole; other,
unchanged; hah-mile, no change IN POSI-
tions; -three-quarters,s Parole resumed rtne
Head; first mile same order. Second quar-
ter, same order; second haf-mile, N lgll, Ia
trole, sHertzog, Algerine, Shirley; suitana.