Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1876-08-10
flour of the Johnston
:5cratic Club.
the County Executive
1 publish the following

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Sub on this OCCASION rs
/, glnpliment is well deserved. 'in-
external pomp and circumstance
sst mass meeting of the cam
ps 5ss owing entirely to the spiris'
tas generosity of the Johnston
"a the citizens of Johnston gen
eral Their splendid and patriotic
bras sad, their handsome and appro-
prias anners, their imposing horse
back. pcession, their NUMBERS, 'nei
libersy, their enthusiasm' al ioi'
glor a honor to the day. Inc Adoef-
tisc Doses three cheers lor 1onn'Von
-tI Ulcers. that shall ring from the
Sava Ii to the Saluda !!
For the Advertiser.
MksRs. EDITORS: had thought that
after :he conclusive expose" made by
my fiend, "Philo Junius,' y Iwould not
trouble you again with my "slanderous
attacis," as the Hon. ~ Cain and Sim
kins lenominate my exposition Of their
rascalt.y and official corruption; butthere
are still two points to which l would in
yite the serio.s and continued attention
of thecitizens of our county. They are
the Offices of the Clerk of the Court and
Proba;e Judge. How are they at pres
ent administered, and by whom? The
first is desecrated and debased by the
"Ransv Snifile" of the Radical party,
"wee bit' of nulatto who has more
brass than brains, and who enjoys the
scriptural given name OF "Jesse," and
who has adopted the honored name OF
"Jones," having once belonged to that
sterling and honorable gentleman, Capt.
Lewis Jones, of our town. say debase,
but that is not sufficient; for it is noto-
rious fact, known to every member OF the
bar, and every intelligent citizen who
has had business in the cfiice, that it is
almost impossible to find paper you
may want. The law says the Clerk OF
the Court must file copy If the Returns
of Elections in the County. I knowgen-
tlemen who have demanded of Jesse the
last returns, and they cannot be produc-
ed. Now, fellow citizens, if the Radical
Returns were honest, and as Mr.. w. D.
Ramey will swear they mere on file there
when he turned over the Office to said
Ramsey Sniffle" Jones, does it not, to
say the least, look awful ishy that they
are not there now?
Again, where is the Calendar that was
stolen during the last March Term of the
| Court? Jesse and our quondam Treasu.
rer, McDevitt, were seen very late on the
evening before the book was missed, eX-
amining the different Calendars; and as
"Mc" was deeply interested in postpon-
ing the case against, the Treasurer, (him-
self does it not look demnition" con-
elusive to every fair-minded man that
Jesse knew where that book was to be
| found? Again, fellow citizens, I would
ask. ere you willing to continue to pay
taxes to buy books for such creatures as
Jesse Jones to permit to be mislaid OF
stolen? You do not know at what mo-
ment some important papeE-some deed,
mortgage or conveyance, on record in
his office, may be lnutilated or changed
and the Home, tho long savings of years,
that you have invested in lands for the
benefit of your wives and children, may
be attempted to be torn from your hands
or from them when you are dead ano
gone. simply because some sneak, some
enemy of yonrs, has paid Jesse $40 tt
change word or dastroy record. These
things are not Impossible. Then will
you rest quietly and peaeeaSly as home
and allow the impudent fellow TO aopgel
keep in his power the rights and priv
leges ofsthose you hold most dear?
| Chamberlain, the vile originator o
"bloody shirt Hamburg Riots, has com
| n,issioned Ramsey" for two years more
and despite the noble majority trus
and believe r0n will give our fstimabl'
/ osndidate, Mr.. o.. F. Cheatham, i'll No
vem b>ar, Jesse sweals ass gill continue t.
hold tbe rfiiee. Are ~ rf7e}pared fo
+h;s @ oman and osurping violation of l9fpsl vl9p
eInress;on at that ~asrdian OF an A@eri
cans dearest privilege, VAC OalsS' s = ,t ~ :,
Citizens, you have remedy, - "a - -. ;,
vork, cork, mork! Work night an>.
from now till you cast your votes; work
to drife out :he Chamberlain horde OF
officials that keep in jeopardy your every
right as men. And when we beat them
at the Ballot Box, see to ii that our men
have their offices; and il necessary, and
they deny us our justly acquired rights,
teach'them lesson "that We know our
rights, andKnowing, dare maintain them
Let them know that we will not permit
a further dalliance of justice, that we do
not expect for impudent mulattoes and
venal scalawags and carpet-baggers to
rule over US, but that white men must
govern our country, at any and all ha=-
ards. Until you do this, ,,cae, no not one,
Of your precious birthafghtS, are secure !;
Tor they are at the corruptible mercy of
those who have fully demonstrated that
all the Judas Iscariots" are by no
means dead.
Now, fellow citizens, the law presumes
that those who are elected to offices of
trust and honor, are honest and compe.
tent in every sense of the word, that
they will administer justice aud right to
all parties who may come to them for it,
and thaS above all things they will keep
inviolable their oath Of Office; yea, be
like Caesar's wife, above the least shadow
of suspicion. Has Jesse Jones proven
to the world that he possesses all these
requisites of good officer? answer
promptly, he has not. If he were COM
petent, the Office would be in proper
condition to demand the closest inspec.
ton; if he possessed the other requisites,
there would certainly be no complaint
made of him. Has he confined himself
strictly to the truth in all instances?, 1
will simply cite you to one case, an9 let
You Judge. Mr.. Josias Lanham confess
ca judgment to Thos. G. McKie S. G.
Meriwether, as Trustee, had proceedings
Instituted by John R. Abnry, Esq., to set
aside the confession, and as foundation
of the suit, Jesse Jones, as Clerk of tho