New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-26

.susvrnss0 ssea y1.sr rae.I
hore. 10 tho hope thst come returning sense
~ insttCn or happy sts Oko Of fortune would
hrine relief; bat pO such senee of j0stice or
hsDpv stroke came to their relief, and hope
siokeped and died away in their hearts. At
Last they dete rminsd a. ny comuo1 I'M
nulse. end Q nstaral and uncOntr~llSble In
stinct of freedom. to make ono supreme ef-
fort for their redemption, bat to make 1t
under and within the law. ThOee who
hold aut bOFity here. having through party
utilization sccees to the highest organ of
political power in the country, and to the
equally powerful organs Of the partisan
new spaper prese, have subjected this peO-
most cruel slandera. Some of these we de-
sire to correct. IL is not true that the white
people Of South Corolina are dsloyal or dis
affected toward the United States govern
ment. On the contrary, thew are loyal aud
we'll affected toward it They obey it at
home, and would defend it promptly
from foreign aggression. 1t is not
Of its coun ties are in Q state OF lDsurrectiOn
or domestic violence against the govern
ment of the State, or that law and process
can not be duly enforced within her terri
torial limits. or that there is any lawful
cause or occasion whatever tor the Federal
government to interfere for the protection
Of the State government against the vio-
lence of her citizens. 1t is not true that
the white people of the State are hoatile
to the colored people, OK have any design
or disposition to abridge or infringe
their political or civil rights. On the con.
trary in their conventions and in the
speeches of their candidates tor six years
or more the most public and solemn pledges
have been given that all the rights Of the
colored people shall be respected and pro
tected. The colored people ehou!d
fully kept. II is not true that
the few rife clubs in the State are CON-
binations of men against the law, or that
they are engaged 10 numbering some peace
able citizens and intimidating others, or
that they can not be controlled or sup
pressed by the ordinary course of Justice
The President has been deceived. These
milton of the Governor. Not one of them ever
acted in defiance OF law, or against the gov.
0rnment or constituted autbO. tiles. The hos
tillty to them of Governor mberlain and
his coadjutOIs is recent. 1t is political, and
is designed to affect the coming election.
It 10 not true that in the recent race col.
lisions the white people have been the ag-
greseors. Their fOrbearance, as in the |
Charleston riot, the unprovOked Cainhoy |
massacre, and the still more recent assassi. |
nation of q white citizen in Edgeield, has |
been wonderful The truth is, that the /
leaders OF the colOred people, fearing |
that the day OF their power is /
drawing nigh to q close, have excited |
their ienorant dupes; have supplied them
with arms; have aroused their fears for the /
loss Of their liberty. and have thus encour-
aged them to commit deeds Of violence. We
may Also affirm Sumo things which are true.
1t 10 true that there IL In the State most
active, earnest and OK allied canvass to over
throw corrupt rule and re-establish an |
honest State government. This is legi-
innate and lawful object which should com.
lover of his country. 1t is not treason to
defeat Chamberlain. nor is it insurrection
or domestic violence to elect Hampton.
1t 10 true, that while the white rife clubs
arc ordered by the Governor and the Prssi-
dent to disband and disperse, the colorsd
militia of the State are allowed to remain
in organization and in possession of their
military order. with rifles aud other arms.
Tho object of this discrimination is as obvi. .
pms - Is the comparatively defenseless I
in which it places the white popu-
alton. We simply ask what would the I
people of New York or Massachusetts think E
" do upon . like application of the bayoner
policy to them under such circumstances
G
,lace before You. brit flv and in true coIore. :
he condition of South Carolina; the wrongs =
# her people; their patient forbear ance,
md their new born hopes. Not long ago,
Governor Chamberlain, in Q transport of
truthful and genuine enthusiasm, pro- Q
lsimed to the people of the country the q
tartIing fact that the civilization of the
cad and Huguenot, is in peril in South Car a
lima. He spoke these works under the ! p
aspiration of his better angel, for truer
lords he never spoke, and they are as
rue now as then. The peril is greater now
han then, for when the worst and most .
egraded elements of society enter into or y
Dntrol q government is there not much 2
.ascn to apprehend some catastrophe L
hich We hardly dare to contemplated
Signed 8. Y. upper. president Charles Il
N Chamber OF Commerce; William
Vightman, Bishop Methodist Episco- y
a Church South; w. B. w. Howe, d. D., 81
ishop of the Diocese of South Csrolins; P. g
|. Lynch, D: D.. Bishop Of Charleston; &
phn Forrest, D: d pastor First Presby. Il
I'd Presbyterian Church; j. L. Girar. s
.minary: J. A. Chsmblsss, pastor "
itsdel Square Baptist Church; L Mul-
!, D: D pastor st. Matthews Lutheran =,
hurch; w. 8. Bowman, pastor Wentworth -
1tneran Church; +. Stevens, pree0yter | ~
sformed Episcopal Church; w. B. Yates, II
splain to sesmeD; David Levi, minister
Bethlehem; C. u. White, presi.
Mt Peoples National Bank; A. 8 Johnston,
esident Bank Of Charleston; N. B L. d.
,wry, president Union Bank; Jacob
,all, president Germsnis Savings Bank; AZ
81. Frost, president Charleston Loan and h
ust Company; Albert Lengnick, presi- r.
1t Peoples Bank of South Caroline; T. Il.
bertson, vice president Carolina Savings
NIX.
Municipal Election In Baltimore. r
BALTIMORE, October 25.-In the munich
election the Democrats elected council. M
n in eighteen of the twenty wards. The Id
ne branch last year ~ tie election. The | hi
ctiOn was very quiet; 43 900 votes were w
led. The Democratic majority 10 about tn
Tho Omcial Vote of Indiaua.
October 25.-The Secretary
State to day au horizps the following as WI
result of the recent election: The high 10y
vote cast was for Treasurer of the Safe: | tin
n0crat, 2l20l9; Republican. 2O6.2l8; lis
ependent, is O82; total. 434 3l9. The ad
rage plurality for the Democratic State
ct 10 5S46, that for Williams over Har- 4
n for Governor being 5l39. mis-
~ p.
WAR. w
aFlkish Saccesses-Talk Of Armist1ce. ~.
oNDoN, October ga correspondent S. ST.
, tho Turish army 10 Servis reports that
Turks took Djunis after ten hours hard