The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-10-11
The Press and Banner
A~BIsELNILLIE, -. G.
Wednesday, Oct. II, 1876.
Governor Chamberlain.

cratlc Executive Committee, had lnflLc'
itim 90 meet The Democratic Speakers 81
the stump in the discussion OF the Erel
poliiixal issues of the day. This ducI
meat is remarkable for more reasons
ti,,u one, and should he read by every
man in the County, in order that he may
Dc acquainted with / is vindictivcncS> an,
hatred toward the white people whom lrt
seeks to govern. 1t is remarkable loi
ne ability and the show Of fairness witt
which he directs his poisoned shafts at thu
people whose representative and dclcld'
rr nc should bc. This document which
is closely followed by his proclamation
%ui>bmldiny the ltiilJ Clubs, and threaten
iny great calanlitirs on The Material inter-
cStS OF the country, shows to what urcu>
of desperation thus man will resort before
reliuuiiSllinw his hold Of Office ovc the
people whom he has SO lcartlcssly ;ulo
cunmlng!N tradurcd.
Mr.. Chamberlain need not lay the flat
tcring JUNCTION to his soul tllt there Is oilt
! honest man in old AbDevi!N who courts
mi, smile Or cOwcrS before his threatening
anger. The men of ADDevillc are malt
OF Slcrner stuff than to retreat in the face
of The foe. They know their rights ant
| will dare assert them. Ii. he expects the
ur.uOcfatS to dissolve their organization
| ana Weld the field 10 INN, he Is very
| much mistaken. We Will do no Sucn
dining. Ii we are beaten, it will he Will
our lace to the enemy.
| Mr.. ~ChalnDcrllin need never think 81
establishing permanently over the native
A~nrio-SaXum OF SOuth aarolina the rult
or domination of aliens and negroes,
There never will be political tranquility
and material prosperity i'll the State When
.,,,.I, ann, a.. IN - and SiI1 mon rs his as
! SOriatrs are. miSgovern and traduce TIC
best people of South Carolina.
He makes an ingenious statement III
reference TO the meetings at Edgclcld,
| N~cwbcrry, ADbcvillr and Other places,
In his report OF the .AbDcrillc meeting
i, will be observed that he docs not deny
the charges brought by Col. Aiken. lie
saws ''tllc cnlorci republicans were car
rving Il United States flag" DC. The fla"
alluded to WAS IL Hayes and Wheeler flag,
which the republicans had in the streets
haunted i'm the faces Of The democrats after
they had folded their Tildcn Indllcndricks
iIag. He said he distinctly heard
the click OF Il considerable number plS-
tolls. Gentlemen with cars OF the normal
size who set ON the stand with him on
that ebay Of wrath, that dreadful day
heard no such ominoUS sounds, ana We
can only account for the Governors state
mcut by the length Of his ears or the
strength Of his Imagination.
He dwclls ut length upon the terrorism
and lawleSsncs, which he alleges prevails
among the white democrats. This state
ment needs no denial. Everybody
knows that the courts arc administered
bv republican officials, and that nineteen
tv;cnticthS of the criminals are coloreu
republicans. Our .iails II the pcniten-
liary arc full of them, while it is Il rare
thing to see a white democrat i'll either
ularc. The White democrats OF the State
imy annually fifty or sixty thousand
dollars for the support OF cOlorcd rcpllb-
Leans III the .iai!S awaiting trial or under
going punishment. when the cuSt to pun
ish white dcmocratsi is scarcely Il tartling.
The courts in the trial Of criminals are al
most wholly occupied by coi"rcd republic
which costs the pcaccl1le White
democrats of the state perhaps al adGi-
;jonal hundred thousand dollars annual
w su&pec; that the governors guilty
conscience accounts To him for the n!rll-
,ciny attitude OF tho white democrats OF
The state.
As he alleges no cause for this sudden
outbreak OF iaTleS>ncSS anl~tefrorism ON
the part Of white democrats the
most law-abiJing people in the world,
we will suggest that while ne was writing
50 much Of scil-praise for his triumphs;
if he had said that republican, governors
had annually calle1, upon tho Leg
~isiattrc to appropriate. from sixty
to eighty thousand dollars OF
moncy which l9~axtsTled from
white democrats to support in Use and
comfort The colorbd republic'nS, "i the
same affinity and cons anyu;:y oi the rNi-
pritsi in the State, House, while TIC SIaic
Of Georgia farms out her colvictS III SIirh
a maIaner MS to bring me state Il revenue
of sventy-five thousand dollars Il year,
he would have stated moro Interesting
facts. y =
The Governor might have stated that
although our taxes arc enormously high
there is no money in the Treasury, that
the public institutions arc being run on
a credit extended by white democrats.
The hundreds Of lGnatics arc denied the
money appropriated tortAc support OF the
asylum.
lie said nothing about his abScn &c from
the State during the trial Of that great
thief eX-trea>urcr Parker. Neither did
he explain how he made his escape.
He failed to explain why he put two
HUNDRED thousand dollars OF the peoples
money in Solrmon's broken bank, which
was a total loss.
Tn, Governor omitted to mention,
in paIiatiou for any acls committed by
the whites, the gross wrongs pcrpc-
tra,cd against them in the name of
rcpublicuuiSm. He never once alluded
to the fact that they have had, for
eight wears, no voice in the govern
mcnt, and that they were entirely cX-
cludcd from participation in the Affairs
Of the State. He never alluded to the
fact that all the nominees of the repub-
lican reform State ticket are aliens
except two-one white man and one
ncgrO-being natives.
He never alluded to the feeling OF
unrest which pcrvalcs our people, aud
the fact that they through iearo of arson
| from the republicans, stand guard all
night in some of the towns.
lie makes great complaint against
the Labor Reform Association which
! declares i'm favor of democratic labor:
ers. Mr.. Chamberlain himself inau-
Surated the plan. He said none but
republicans should hold otlice-wC
say we will p%atr0nize democrats.
Has Governor Chamberlain forgot
! ten that colorcd Republicans went tc
the house of the HalnIons, quiet sno
unsuspectlng white democrats, ncal
the Abbcville and Edgetield lire, az 4
with clubs and knives murdered them
in their own house? Has he forgot
ten that two Of these murderers, Bette
Perrin and Tilda Holloway, are still al
large and that no effort has ever been
made to arrest them?
Hasthc Governor forgotten the Pc
maria tradcgy, where colored ltepublI
cans committed the double crime o
foul murder and arson ut midnight up
on a sleeping white Democrat?
Gen. Howard, Il white democrat,
was wlylaid in the low country, AM
basely murdered by colored repuhll
cans. Will the Governor admit tn:
TO be another bloody stain upon TIT
party that caused it?
Has the Governor forgotten how
three colored republicans lay in wal
for an unsuspectlng Sumter merchant
a white democrat, fclled him with al
axe ON his own Threshold, ritled III
money drawer and made u tulera
pyre Of his house? -,
Shall we prolong this bloody roll.
Shall we add to the characters in thl
alr,udy ''cr0wded chamber OF nor
rors?" No, forsooth. We shall re
frain from mentioning in detail tn
i%nterininahle list of bestial rapes, md
night houSe-burnings, and othe
crimes committed 10y colOred republi
cams araiust white democrats.