The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-11-02

commanding all persons engaged In terror
king Republican voters In South Carolina
TO disperse and retire peaceably to their re-
spcctive abodes within three days from the
date Of the order-October IL, 1876. lie
has also caused the Secretary OF War to IS
sue an order to the General OF the Army de
recting him to .'immediately order all svsil.
able force In the Military Division Of the
Atlantic to report TO Gen. Ruger, command
ing at Columbia, South Carolina, and to
instruct that officer TO station his troops In
such localities that they may be most speed
lily and effectually used in case OF resistance
to the authority Of the United States.'
or course, the number Of troops 10 the
Military Division Of the Atlantic Is small.
II every soldier in that division should be
sent to South Carolina the force would not
be large enough to preserve order in al
parts Of the State. IL, however, the rae
lamaiion within the time named, we may
expect further steps looking to- restoration
of order In South Carolina. The Secretary
Of War, speaking for the President, directs
Gen. Sherman to instruct Gen. Huger t, let
1t be known that II Is the hxed purpose OF
the Government to carry out the spirit Of
the proclamation, and TO sustain II by the
mil itary force Of the general Government,
supplemented, IL necessary, by the militia
Of the various States.
OF course such an order coming from Gen.
Grant does not mean child's play. lie I'M
derstands thoroughly the people he has TO
deal with. Having entered upon the line
Of conduct which appears to him To be his
duty, and which In this case certainly is his
duty, he will enforce the law In South
Carolina IL he has to send an army of yolun-
teers to conquer the rebellion existing IN
that State.
South Carolina fred the first gun in the
war Of 1851. 1t is not surprising therefore
that she should he the first state to openly
defy the general Government In 1876. Dis
| pltsa IN NJ WI NAV. thn country IL tU-IlN
upon, the verge OF very serious trouble. The
people that were whipped fairly and square
ly Ia the war Of the rebellion are not willing
to keep the promises they made when they
the lawful authorities. They defy the law
aud its officers and openly declare their in
tention to rule by violence. In several
States OF the South they have by armed re.
bellion Overthrown the lawfully constituted
State Governments and they propose now by
armed rebellion TO overthrow aud subycr,
the Government OF the United States.
The whole theory uf this Goycrnmenti'
based upon the ono idea that the maiOrit,
shall rule. The Democratic party is deter
mined that the majority shall hot fnle
They are great sticklers for State rights
! which, they tell US, must be respected he
cause individual liberty can not otherwise
be maintained. The truth il, they seek I,
establish State Sovereignty, with II view o
destroying the individual liberty Of %colore,
!, citizens. They cry ''ccntraliz% atom. whei
the general Government interferes in lOc,
affairs, when that interference is for III
i direct purpose OF preserving individual lib
erty.
4 The people who saved this country iron
secession and ruin will sustain the Admins
tratiOn in its treatment OF the Sniiler
; question as 1t presents itself in South Caro-
lima. II we can have no peace rs long a
. the leaders OF the rifle clubs are free to sti
. up strife, let those lerders be treated I
a y such discipline as will quiet their nerves
The Republican party can and will cirryt III
country in November, II a fair election ca
, be secured And the Republican party "a
: enforce the law and secure u fair election
, or, failing In that, II can and will reconqu.
, the territory so foolishly surrendered to Ii
whipped Confederates in 1865.
The men who are now making all til
trouble in South Carolina their liyt
and all they possess to the clemency OF Il
n the South is in the same position. Az
n when these men, forgetting the mer,
% shown them by their captors, refuse to de
fairly In the conducting OF public affair
y the first thought OF a man who helped
- whip them once Is that they deserve anoth
trOuncing. Ii the restless spirits of II
10 South again force war upon the cOuntr.
they will never again be permitted to enlt
the privileges Of citizenship. OF that tn
may rest assured. And they may also III
derstand, as well now as later, that the Gle
49, toral vote OF a State carried by fraud ~
y violence will not be counted for any Pres
dental candidate. The most sanguil
among them would not have thought Of n
y, tempting to force a count Of the elector
= votes Of South Carolina, or any other Co
,e federate State, for George Is. Mcclellan
ie 1864. Neither can they now hope to force
le count OF the electoral vote OF any Southe
~ State ruled by an armed minority Of its eli
~ zens. Nothing but n fair and free %electi
~ will entitle any State to II voice in the selc
ton Of the next President.