Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-10-28
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
eRANr's sourHERN poLIcY rNFonoE


up by Chamberlain as soon as he
learned that Wade Hampton was likely
to defeat him in the coming election.
Chamberlain breads defeat and will do
anything to avert it. There is five
years more of good stealing" yet 10 the
State, and he means to have il, ii pos
sible. The United States officials only
hold their positions so long as the
present State Government is kept In
power The October elections have
fastened their determine ton to resort
to extreme violence under the thin
cover of misconstrued law. Citizens
of South Carolina are being arrested
without charge or warrant, and the
worst outrages of the war period re-
peated in a time of profound peace
when all Republican authorities de-
clare there is no semblance of violence |
or lawlessness anywhere In the State /
The midnight arrests of citizens by |
United States Deputy Marshals, sup
ported by squads of United States SOL !
diers, began in the county of Aiken /
recently. Special dispatches to your
correspondent represent the communi- |
" there as being in a state OF the |
greatest excitement. The Deputy /
Marshals and soldiers who had left |
the town of Aiken the night previous /
for the purpose of making arrests, |
came back with nineteen prisoners |
from what is known as the Silverton |
section. The arrests in the immedl |
ate town began there the same even
ing. The arrests so far number thir |
teen. Among those arrested is law
yer named g. w. Craft. man of fifty |
years, who is the Democratic chair |
man of the county, and who, on the
10th inst, telegraphed the State Ex-
ecutive Committee in response to an
appeal urging quiet submission to all
arbitrary measures and an appeal to
the law afterward. He said You
need not fear. We will submit to the
law. The Deputy Marshal has prom
Used to give me the list, so that the
men can surrender without trouble"
Of thirty-two arrested, twenty-six
have so far given the required bond,
and six are now in the county Jail
guarded by United States soldiers.
THE CHARGE
against all the parties arrested is in
| timidation of voters, in threatening
them with violence if they voted for
| the Republican Presidential electors
and candidates for Congress. There
are over 100 more arrests to be made
| in that section of the State, and the
/ District Attorney and United States
! Marshal will remain there to cOnsum-
mate the work in Barnwell, Edgefeld
! and Aiken counties.
Notwithstanding the assertions of
Republican officials in the section of
! country where the arrests have been
made, that no disturbance of any kind
exists, that they have every reason to
| believe the men arrested would never
! less the one with which they have
been charged, these United States Of
| ficials perpetrate, at the dictation of
the Governor of the State, such an
outrage that should stir up the blood
of every man who prides himself upon
being free and independent citizen.
THE RECENT ELECTION.
The excitement over the elections in
/ Ohio and Indiana has, to a certain ex-
tent, subsidized. The Republicans are
detected, and do not breach the sub
ject except to find fault with the re-
| suit. The Democrats. ON the other
hand, feel quite confident, and go
about with an air that comes alone
from the quiet confidence of coming
success. The victory in Indiana has
started the Democratic candidates up
on the homestretch with a good lead.
The Tribune of yesterday morning
says that the next President will be
| elected by hard work alone, and the
Herald concludes that Tilden's sue
cess is assured. The Springfield Re
publican, a journal that supports Hayes
and Wheeler, thus sums up the present
political situation
This indecisive October result
means such a month of the canvass as
this country hasn't seen but once or
twice during its whole political exis-
tence. 1t is the homestretch that is
to decide, this year, the election will
not be over until the men are actually
elected. The clinch and tug will now
come over the States of New York
New Jersey, and Connecticut, with
the advantages Of position and present
chances appreciably in favor of the
Democrats All three of these States
have Democratic Governors one of
those Governors is the party candidate
for the Presidency, and withal as ex
perienced and astute an organizer of
victory as modern American politics
has seen. With every week, now, the
proba bility of a solid SOuth" approx
imates more closely to certainty. Add
to the Southern electoral votes proper
, those of the three States, New York,
New Jersey, and Connecticut, with
those of the ex-slave and border States
t which are conceded to the Democracy,
and the total is lSS-three more than
are needed to elect. This, without
Indiana without California, Nevada
or Oregon, all three States conceded
= to Tilden in the estimate put forth
: some time ago by the Republican
: National Executive Committee; and
without Wisconsin, which can hardly
as yet be pronounced a safe Republi-
can State. Mr. Tilden isn't elected
, yet. He has three electoral votes still
to get. The very danger may nerve
, and inspire the Republicans to the
supreme exertion needed to defeat
him. But they will gain nothing by
shutting their eyes either to the reality
or the imminence of the danger"
THE EMPIRE STATE.
All parties now agree that the battle
ground of this campaign is to be this
State. If that is so, and | have little
t doubt that it is, the election of the
; Democratic ticket is assured. The
sentiment against Morgan is only de-
scribed by the word disgust His re-
cord is damning. Railroad jobs, the
Tweed charter. black mailing, and a
host of other corruptions are sinking
! his name deeper and deeper into the
mire. The Chairman Of the State
, Committee. after making a careful
, canvass of the State, gives it as his
opinion that the Democratic ticket
would receive at least seventy thous-
and majority.
HERE is the view the Knoxville Tri-
bune takes of that Brownlow dispatch
to the Memphis Avalanche
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