The New York herald., 1876-10-10
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Evidence Of MiSStatement in Governor
Chamberlain'S Proclamation.
TESTIMONY OF REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS.
judicial Officers Pronounce the State
Peaceful and Laws Executed.
~REBELLIOUS RIFLE CLUBS"
Domieiliary Visits and Arbitrary Arrests TO
Be lnaugurated.
ANOTHER PRONUNCIAMIENTO
Supplementary Address Of the Democratic
Executive Committee.
judicial Officers Pronounce the State
Peaceful and Laws Executed.
sREBELLIOUs RIFLE CLUBS"
Domieiliary Visits and Arbitrary Arrests TO
Ds lnaugurated.
ANOTHER PRONUNCIAMIENTO
Supplementary Address Of the Democratic
Executive Committee.

CoLUMBiA, s. c., Oct 9, 1870.
Among those who are In tho interest tonight
centres In Aiken county II has leaked out, despite
the astulsness Of the United States officials
that the domcilary visits and arc TO be CON-
menced tonight or certainly tomorrow night In
Aiken county mounted deputy marshals supported by
soldiers, are 20 raid In upon the homes and
residences Of tho parties accused of iniimi-
dation, and United statos Commissioners are
to be stationed At convenient points, before whom
the prisoners are to be arragncd for preliminary
examination Rumor places the number in Aiken to
be arrested at 100. Governor Chamberlain publishes
another letter to-day addressed usual the people
OF the United States appending regular outrage mill
letter from tho United States District Attorney In
which he says:-
cHAMBERLAIN's LETTER.
An effort having been made by the official repre-
sentatives of the democratic party OF this State
deny the facts and condition OF affairs which
lorth IN my recent letter to the Chairman of the
Democratic State Executive Committee, and upon
which my proclamation OF the 7th INST rests, doem
responsibility, that am this moment in possession
OF authentic legal evidence TO substanae every fact
and statement mado by me in documents above
referred TO, and further assert upon my iul Official
and personal responsibility that the lawessness, ter
rorism and violence TO which have rcterred Tar ex
ceed In extent and atrocty any statements yet made
public. This latter statement rests the evidence
ln my hands of persons who have officially investigated
tho aldavlts OF United States army officers who
present At the Of violence and All the
United States District Attorney Will DO mado
public SO soon as the interests OF public
Justice will permit it. pledge myself to tho
produced by the democratic party, more disgracciu
than any statement yet made by me- and shall not
stay my hand until punishment overtakes It's guilty
authors
Ny only offence Is too great caution in obtaining
evidence and too great delay exercising my utmost
powers to protect our ctizens
This letter of the Governor gives the suspicion
that he is the motive power Of these that
ho 10 merely acting under tho guise Of the United
States, using the deputy marshals. commissioners and
soldiers magistrates and constabcs TO enforce the
laws OF which, Governor OF tho State he has vir-
tually acknowledged himself incapable.
REPUBLICAN, TESTIMONY.
Additional letters from tho highest republican
tbority have been received by the Democratic Execu-
tive Committee denying the charges Of iswessncss
and violence made by Governor Chamberlain in bis
published letters and proclamations Among them
Judge Northrop that peace law and order pre-
vail within tho limits OF his he Scvent judicial dis.
trict aud Ex-Governor Scott who has rcce: returned
from Ohio says that South Caroline peaceablc
any Northern State through which he passed.
ACTION RIFLE CLuBs.
Only few OF the rifle clubs have considered the
Governors proclamation requiring them 10 disband,
and none of them have taken asy decided action upon
It except at Abbovllc From that club tho Cover
nor to-day received the following telegram
Our club organized May 26, 1876, and you are
m honorary member. Do VIC come under the require
ments Of your proclamation, and so, consider t's
dsbandeds W. 5. BRANCH, Captain.
He also received BY express arms, consisting OF q
bent musket, brass pistol piece of broken cannon
and palmetto fan, which written "Keep cool. -
Several other consignments OF similar are re-
ported on their way.
GENERAL HAxProS's ACTION.
General Wade Hampton has teegraphsd to leading
democrats In all OF tho counties claimed to be dis.
Affected by Governor Chamberlain, counselng obed;-
oil due process OF law and urging resist
whatever be offered to any legal officer. whether
Of tho Stato United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY ADDRESS OF TIE DEMoCRATIc
EXECUTIVE CoMMITrEE-EvIDENcE OF THE
REPUBLICAN JUDICIARY REGARDING THE CON-
DIrIoN OF THE STATE.
COLUMBIA, Oct. 9, 1875
The following supplementary address has issued
by tho Democratic State Committee
HEADQUARTERS J
STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE CUMMfTTEE.}
C0LrMBIA s. c.. Oct ., 1876 J
70 TEE PEOPLE OF UNITED STATEs-
In further answer to the charges against this State
made by Governor Chamberlain, we ask leave to SUBJ
init the foowing:-lhe Judiciary OF South Carolina
three justices OF the Supreme tand eight
Circuit judges, all elected by republican legislature
Ono the supreme Court absent and has been for
some months Two OF the Circuit judges out OF
reach OF communication and we have Jailed as vet to
get the views OF tho third. but the testimony OF
Governor Scott and Justices Noses and Willard apply
70 most Of the circuit under thus Justices jurisdiction
We sent yesterday tho testimony of Chief Justicc
Noses, Associate Justice Willard, Judges Mackey ana
Cooke We attach to-day ths evidence OF Judge
his circuit, and. Judge shaw; thus We have the
conclusive answer from the Supreme Court,
nnd O rs wcn court whose
H The State. All our inquiries havc failed elicit
single instance OF the resistance officers the law
except BY republican negroes. Tho answers from
Judge wiggin explain these. They Elcnton
and in the rice field region, where the white population
Is sparse In the iastcr armed bodies or
marched about for days whipping negroes,
men and women, most cruelty to compel them
70 join in q labor strike Some were whipped almost
10 death. Scethe speech Of Thomas Ham.ison colored
republican Representative from Beaufort In this
stance thcre was resistance, ests made, the
prisoners were rescued the OF the Sheriff driven
across tho country and the law deied. These facts
officially represented to the Governor and he
appeals from tho suffering negroes, but under
al these circumstances no proclamation OF irsurrcc
tion was issued because no political capital could DO
made out OF IT.
As to the riot in Charleston the Judge absent but
We cite Governor Chamberain's own statement In his
letter OF the 9th inst =
The most Trustworthy information the chief
responsibility for causing this riot upon the republicans
In response.o an inquiry OF A. Q. Haskell Judge
Shaw, OF the Third Circuit. teIegrnphs:-
TELEGRAM rKoxSuDGE SHAW
SUMTER, s. u. Oct. 8, 1876.
Colonel A. G. HAsRxLL:-
know cf no violence which the laws remedy In
ths circuit The Law maintained and administered with
diffcuty. A J. SHAW,
Judge Of the Third Circuit.
In response to similar inquiry, Judge Northrop,
Of The Seventh Circuit, telcgraphs:
JcDGE NoRTHRoP's TESTIMONY.
NEwBERRY. S. q Oct g. 1876.
ToA. G. HASKELL Chairman state Democratic Committee,
Columbus 5.
In reply q inquiry have to say that a In
wise prepared just opinion upon the peace u
Lhs state except winch
have the honor TO preside. since my appointment to
the Bench 4 have been engrossed by my Judicial
duties, which have been and / onerous They
have lett neither time inclination ~
advised of particular ouide circuit
Seventh tircnit re-istaacs to the
process Of tho Court. In this county where been
holding court Tor week an unusua quiet prevails There
be public apprehension that the times
Iolnt n nat psblic order
shaii be preserved speaking for this circuit.