The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-09-21
Nos.
A PrOieOted Rsid On, soath Carolina.

the true character OF .ChambeFtalnE
Tile carpet bag Governor of South
Caroline, win probably be surprised
to learn, that he is. the most active of
the Republican politicians who are,
urging the Government to send Feds
eral troops into the South in order to
intimidate, voters, He was recently
reported as denying that he had ask~'
ed for troops In South Carolina, and
as expressing the belief that their
presence would not be necessary
Though he, was doubtless secreteIy
asking for soldiers, while he was pub"
licly pretending TO oppose military
intervention: ct any rate, ke~makes
no concealment tof5 his QwisheB noySg
and oneMopday he very tersely-ex--
planned toanewspaper correspondent
his reason fora change ofgfront.
"Tbe Situation in South Carolina"
he said, "has changed as in an hour.
When ] was here a month ago tho
Democrats in South Carolina were
inclined to support me, and had even
said that they would nominate no
one in opposition TO me. The State
is Republican by a majority of at
least twenty thousand, and they had
determined, for tie sake of peace and
quietness togendorse me;but' Gensrpi
| M. q. Butler and Gary and men of
that type, captured tue convention
and. decided upon putting up Wade
Hampton. Since that time the on
tire situation has changed" These
are Chamberlain's own words; having
failed i'll his plans TO run both politi-
cal parties for his own personal ben
, eft, he throws off the mask and rush.
es to Washington to beg tor an arm-
: ed invasion of the State hover, which
: he domineers. ., ..r...,y. ,,.r
| In the conversation referred to
3 above, Chamberlain complained that
+ the Democrats come to all the Re
publican political meetings and IN
sist upon discussing with the Repub-
lican epeakersthe questions atissuco
t II would not object to this" he said
;. "it this we're all; but it is not. They
come to our 'meetingsA armed and
mounted" He, neglected Ct to say,
however, that tie negroes also go
armed to such gatherings, and that
a few days ago, at meeting on one
of the Sea Islands, where it had been
arranged that both parties should be-
represented on the speakers stand :,
and where the blacks .outnumbered
the whites probably a hundred to one,
those of the negroes who had no
firearms came armed with scythes,
, razors, pitchforks and axes. fpa3 7,y
E The truth is that under the VIII
f famous rule OF Chamberlain aud his
immediate predecessors. in Office,
there has been no security for life Or
property in South Carolina; and it
has become a matter ofsnecessity fox
the whites to go armed for self pre-.
servation in those counties where the
Republicans are in a majority. In
another column, we publish a few
facts, hastily gathered from varions
authentic sources that fully show the
shocking condition OF society in the
State which Chamberlain wishes to
-, have put under military supervision
= in order that lie and bis kind may
continue to fatten upon the misfor.,
tunes of its people. -.
Now that this ungcrupulous dema~
J.. gogue has shown himself once more
= in his true colore, we trust that tho
Democrats of South Carolina will
take special pains to disappoint him
6 in his expectations of race disturban~
J ces. Their deliverance depends upon
:. the most complete torbearance aud
x solf control on their part.--New
York Sun, 9th. ~@et.
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