The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-28
~ BLIND fURY or THE BE.AcES

ty.nine out of q thousand of elom will
when less to an untrammellod choice.
have spoken Of thed } 7ai iIsn' 81
'f BLIND fpRY or THE BE.AcEs
when one Of their number "surns traitor" !"
| IS they call 1t, and joins the whites.
This Is not to be excused, hut it exiets 70
q. fearful extent in this State, Withdraw
all fear of punishment, aud the blacks
woald tear the few black democrats limb
from limb. The hand OF vengeance IL
only stayed by the. certainty that the
whites will make short work of anybody
who intcrferes. with their black allies.
You would hare about the same luck in
trying 20 convince negro that his fellow
black has right 70 ',join the Democrats
that you would in trying to inform him
that the sun rises at midnight. It is use
less to argue or to talk. They have no
idea Of personal rights in that direction.
But to return to the troops. The
Northern Democrats say that tho use Of
troops as they are now being used In
South Carolina is contrary to the spirit
OF our government. l admit that with
out wink But the fury of the whites
is so aroused by the wrongs they have
suffered under the black government of
South Carolina that there is no restrain
ing them from overawing the blacks and
carrying the election rough -shod but the
presence of troops. This is exactly the
state of the case.
Well, you may say, will troops have to
be employed every election in South Car
olinaY Certainly they will, as long as
the blocks are in power. The whites
will not submit to black rule longer than
they are actually forced to-not ono day
longer. Withdraw the troops, say
''hands off," and the black goverr3acrt
there would fall like block Of cards. It
cannot stand alone. The question the
problem before the country-is simply
this: Shall the Federal power be conti,.-
ually applied or shalt the black govern
meut here be allowed to go to the ~all,
as 60 it will as soon as the support from
Washington is withdrawn? The fierce op-
position of the whites is not because it is
Republican in the sense that Ohio is Re-
publican, but because that it is black,
and the antagonism against government
of blacks is fearful
BATTERED TICKET. a
In their efforts to get % straight ticket"
in all that the term implies, the Demo
Gratis have got one that is pretty we'll shot
pieces. They all saw service in the
Confederate army, and all bear bullet
marks. Hampton, candidate for Gov
ernor, bears six wounds in his body, from
head TO feet, inclusive. Simpson, candi-
date for Lieutenant Governor, carries
bullet scars. Conner, candidate for At
torney General, had his leg shot off near
the hip. He hobbies around on crutches,
and makes flaming speeches. MCGOWAN,
elect0r, carries two wounds. In fact, !
doubt if there is one Of the straight-out
ticket who is not battle-scarred. They
were not nominated on this account, but
because nearly every white man In South
Carolina saw service and faced bullets.
and it was impossible to make up ticket
Of representative Democrats, qualified
and competent to hold Office, without
selecting ex-Confederates. 1t was not
here as in the North--say Cne-half of the
were all in; and without especial refer
ence to the fact OF being able.bodied
either. South Carolina had more Con-
federate soldiers in tho ranks than she
had voters This is a historic fact, and
shows how impossible it is to make up a
ticket Of representative men here without
taking ex-Confederates. The losses Of
life in the war were greater than the nat
ural increase from 1860 to 1870, as the
census shows; and I believe that South
Carolina is the only State where there
was an actual decrease in whi.1 popula-
ton during the ten years named.
HAMPTON AND "rHE TICKET"
will speak nearly every day until the
electic:.. There is already full list of
appointments out, reaching from the
mountains to the sea. Last week and q
4 ~ IL L
part of the State; from here they go
and then down to Columbia to the "wind
and if no railroads, they go horseback,
escorted by the cavalry" which is q
feature of this campaign. Coming out of
Anderson last week about FIVE hundred
cavalry acted as escort, and half way to
Pickens were met by another force of
mounted men. 1t is curious proceed
ing, and not lacking in humorous inci-
dents. The Cavalry" are not armed,
but simply mounted men carrying flags
during the day and torches Mt night.
Each county has from ten to two dozen
of these mounted clubs, and they can
gather in large numbers on short notice.
have seen great many of them 1T diff
ferent points, but none yet who were
armed; but they would soon provide
themselves if an emergency should arise.
1 think the object of the cavalry" is to
do great deal Of marching and counter
marching, particularly during the Silly
night (as the poet says,) and thus i'm
press the negroes with the fact that the
whites arc fully armed and marcL:-o
along towards victory-on horseback,
with arms in reserve. SO far, in this part
| of the State there have been no outrages,
disturbances or bloodshed, but the peace
able condition of things will hardly con.
tinue until the election. The feeling is
daily becoming more bitter and the lines
more tightly drawn.
-, say say mo sS GSut1aagesJ rage 15 although there
"outrages" should the like happen North.
But use the term in more modified
sense, for, in this disturbed State, unless
somebody is killed or badly hurt, the
affair is hardly classed an Outrage" /"
But that which is of daily occurrence
here, and which would raise ter1iblo
rumpus in the North, land terrible
rumpus here, if it should happen to the
other party) is this: The Republicans
will appoint and advertise a meeting,
and name certain speakers. They will
quietly assemble, and just as they got to
business, company Of cavalry" will
como along, escorting one or more Dem
ocratic orators, who will demand
A "DIvIsIoN OF TIME"
and enforce their demand by brute force,
If it is resisted. However, in no instance
within my notice has demand for n