Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-10-17
SGUTH CAROLINA.
The PROSTATE state ROu h.RIdden by
Grants Troopers rs-Intimidati0n
by Wholesale Arrests The
Policy Of Repression.
Picture Of the State as 1t Is Made by
Radical Rule-A Spectacle for Gods
and Men-Whites Murdered
by Negro Militia.

| CHARLESTON, g c., September 16-
| The joint canvass of Charleston county by tn
Democrats and Republ cane, which has beel
| III progress some days, resulted In q seriOu
eoliis1on at Camboy, nine miles from here.
| had been agreed that both whites and black
| shouid attend the nesting without arms
| during The speaking an alteration arose oe
Tween aa Two indiyiouals & 10 OF opposite parties an.
| belonging TO the state militis, and composing
large majority OF the meeting, secured thei
| muskets, which we're secfeted near by, and
volley was fred inio the unarmed whites from
| the bushes skirting neighbor
ing raylne. The whites being eV
| to fight, retrested to the steamer which haC
| brought them from the city, but not nefor'
two Of their number had 0een killed suc
l the negroes. About eighty armed whites Ief
| the city tn evening for Cam5oy to recover
| the Dodtes and to afford protection 10 tht
| whites OF that Vicinity, who are in dread o
| neing at a .ked or burned out.
| WASHING ON, october 18.-There was 6
| special cabinet meeting Today OF Inree hour
| duration, at which AL departments except
| ing the war, were represented The meeting
| = as for the pur lose OF attending tn miscel
| summer. Governor Chamberlain's request
| for assistance Of the general government IL
| preserving the public peace in South Carroll
/ ns was not corslde ed but will be at the regu
| lar SESSION TO o-moTrog, at which secretary
| Cameron will be in attendance
| NEW YORK, october ia special to
| he Times, dated Columbia, October Ath says
| Gsu eral Ruger, commander OF tn. DE- artment
| Of th= south, arrived in Columbia this morn
ing. He had q long cOnSu itation th Gov.
ernor Chamberlain and with the chairman OF
| the Democratic state committee, a. Il ed
them both that as far as IL Was in Ii service
ne would secure in south CIrOliAz r air and
| and honest election. He would p.ytsc5 The
Democrats and Republicans alike, the
| three or four companies OF regular troops now
~, s1.. a cod
vent open warfare and enforce the laws of the
United States. General Ruger has conveyed
General Wade Hampton, the Democratic
candidate for gOvernOC, the Information that
if there are any Democratic negroes who fear
violence at the hanGs of Republican ceiored
men, he will do his best to protect them; at
the same time, however, ne will do every
thing In his power to stop the BRrnwell aad
and Aiken outrages, and secure to ali negroe
the rights which are guaranteed them by the
national constitution.
FEARFUL PICTURE BY REPUBLICAN
JUDGE.
In New York on Wednesday evening Mr..
Parke Goodwin deIiveI ed an address at the
cooper UR1On to an immense audience on the
issues OF the present cam paign and in advo-
cacy of the election OF TIlden and Hendricks,
At the close OF his address hon. Thomas ].
Mackey, judge Of the circuit court of south
Carolina, and who until lately has acted with
the Republican party, was introduced. He
met with very warm reception. After speak
ing at great leugth on the past and present
conuitfon of South Carolina, he said that the
people OF his State we're determi 0 ed to throw
of Ihe oppressive yoke which they had borne
carry ing the flag OF the Union, and consider
ourselves good and loyal American citizens
[Cheers.l We mean to stand firm IN our effort
% free ourselves from the abuses heaped upon
as by corrupt rule, but we mean TO accom-
piish this by the ballot and not by the
sword. lCheersl Since the close of the war
We have greatly suffered from the present
pernicIous government. It that time the
population of South Carolina was 700,0O0
composed of aoout 400 900 blacks and 279,00
whites In July, 1858, the debt OF the State
was s5,0O0,000 and in six years it had in
creased to S20.OO00JO. The public print
ing alone one year cost 100000 The
20 over $50, ,0O0,0 600, from which the Republi
cans extracted two million Of dollars yearli.
All ths work of the legislature could be com
pleted in thirty days, but the session is ex-
tended over one hundred days, costing each
yea $4,000. Ihe system OF taxad n In the
'itHte announced to nothing snort of contscR-
Ton of property. t"Shame!'l Columbia, the
capital of the State, has a Jax of 81 per csnt.,
while the bank rate OF interest is from Is TO
30 per cent, owing t. the great risk Of making
capital tIom the e eat north in exchapge for
the product of tue State, now wasting for the
want o. a pr Oper market. There are out OF
Ii 600 600 acres of araole land only 5000 coo
acres under cultivation, owing to the high
rate of interest and t. Q vicious system OF
government. Ihe only class persons who
have done well in outh Carolina are the car
petbaggers and the ofhce-hOlders-the latter
grow richer as the government grows more
corrupt IIaughterl, and are likely TO do so
until they are wiped out at the coming cleo.
lion. lApplause The speaker then referred
to the nomination of General Wade Hampton
for go sernor of south Carolina, who, he said,
was free from POLITICAL taint, as we're the
other Democratic candidates for office. They
intenned to do their duty, and had dared 10
face their Republican enemies even in spite
II the bayonet." lChters.l
A SPECTACLE FOR GODS AND MEN.
Augusta (Ga) Ch Onicle and Sentinell
M,
squads of United States soldiers were Lravers-
ing the lower portion OF Aiken count, South
Carolina, arresting peaceable ano unofendiDg
citizens. AS house was reached, the Occu-
pant would be brought forth and dragged
ihrr ugh the rain 10 Aiken; there they were
hud led into jail, wet to the skin and With
"a, fire, to await me pleasure of the United
states commissioner These men he'd COM
mitted crime; hey we're respectable, law
ay1dIng Il izeus, but tAey happened 10 nave
politIc i opinions o. tneir own, and they were
pe5 secuted for opinions sake. Because they
refused 10 debase themselves and de
g ade lneir state by espouslng the
lave besn hunted down like outlaws ana
treatea as The viest felons. This is a speci-
men Cf the p 'iitical liberty guaranteed to the
citizen by the constitution of the United
5 ateS. Martial law has taken the place Of
civil authority and the payonet usurps the
auctions OF the bench, Whal was done
thursday l. but specimen OF wbai was done
yesterday sDd what will be done to-day. II
here be Jasdce anu Sc erosity n tho breasts
Bring lis own pu ;sIment. Persecdt on vi i
react asainst the prosecutors. Tne blood Il
The martyEs is he seed Oh the church.
MEANING OF INTEEFERENCE IN THE
SOUTH.
New York Herald
In Louisiana tn r is a acousiderable Oody OF.
a Considerabl body OF Gepublieaos, black
wei a. VIII, t, who intend to vote or Hayes
ana Ntchol Mr.. Nichols being the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor. In South Car
DINA there is larg= ana increasing number
Oh Repub. leans who mean to vote for Hayes
and Hampton. In the same way, last fall,
Jnere wers numerous Republicans in Missis-
sippi who voted against Ames, but for Repub.
lican cong essman. That is to say, con
stanJly increasing number of Republican vo-
ters ia these well as in the other southern
States, being tired Of the corruption and mai
administration pracuced by their local party
though thsy mean 10 vote the national ticket
Which threatens Packard in Lonisi
ana and Cham berla1n in South Caro-
lima with the overthrow which befell Ames
n Mississip ppt last fall, and as Ames called
for Federal troops to help him in his extrem-
example. The object Of thus comma ding
ederal sOldiers into one OF these southern
states is threefo.d. rhey are d. as BY Peck
ard to intimidste Democrats; their presence
at the same lime helps to arouse and organize
the most ignorant part OF the negro vote; but,
fin ally, their most important use In such a
state o. things as We have described is TO dis
courage aud cripple the efforts Of the oppOsl-
ton Republicans. The mass OF colored voters
in State like South Carolina have disposi-
believe in the superior power and strength OF
he Federal government; If they see that at
Mr.. ChambeIlain's request General Grant
sends troops to act under Chamberlain'S or
ders argument and apreal are alike useless to
persuade them to vote against Cham
berl in. sOOserve, there fore: the troops are
jecJ. They IRE used TO elect Kellogg in Lou
lsiana packard hopes to use them to elect