The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-11-30
The Calm Before the Storm.
BOTH SIDES PREPARING FOR TIE
CONFLICT.

BOTH SIDES PREPARING FOR TIE
CONFLICY.
Playing with Puppets--IIow the Can.
Easslng Board Came to Grief The
EadiceI Programmed Bold Conspi.
racy to Soize the Government.-The
Democratic Outlook.
correspondence tf Tie Ne,rs and Herald.1
COLUMBIA, November 27.-The
courts OF tomorrow, in great dc,
groo, will decide tho fate of South
Carolina. Before this reaches you
it will have bocome known whether
tho Radicals will submit quietly to
the verdict of the ballot box and
permit the Democrats to reap the
fruits of victory. I apprehcnd still
further difficulty. We're it merely
a question of supremacy between
tho Democrats and the plundercrs
in South Carolina no one would for
a moment doubt the result. But
Chamberlain and his corrupt crew
are merely component parts of the
great Radical party of plunder
throughout the United States, and
their overthrow removes still m
other prop from the tottering wreck
OF tllat party. Chamberlain and
tho Canvnssing Board are mere pup
pets worked by wires from Wash
lngton, and all tho infamy they have
oontrived to execute is dictnted by
Zach Chundler and tho National
Republican Committee. Federal
bayonets arc uniawfully and uncon-
sltutlonally usod to prop up this
rotten concern in South Carolina,
and the Democrats arc contendinp
against all the powers of the na-
tlonal ns:, well as tho State govern
ment. 1t is impossible to foresee
the result. That all will come right
III tho ond is absolutely certain, but
the time and manner of reaching the
goal are involved i'll pcrplexing mys-
terry Last week witnessed scene
here unparalleled in history. The
State Board of Canvassers dcficd
openly and contcmptuously the Su-
prcme Court and the State consti
tuition, and that they are now living
like felons in the Richland jail, is
but poor satisfaction for the crime
they have committed. Nothing short
OF hanging is an adequate punish
ment for them
THE HISTORY OF TIE CASE
which led to this outrageous and
revolutionary measure is we'll known,
The constitution provides that the
Board of Canvasscrs shall hear pro
tests and contests, and admit or cx-
clude candidates only when that
authority is not vested in some other
body. 1t also provides that the two
houses Of the Legislature shall be
Judges Of the qualifications of their
respective members, thus denying
to the Board any right to do aught
else than give certificates to the
members dcclnrcd elected by tho
county boards, whether these boards
properly return them or not. Tt IL
for the Legislature, after contested
delegations arc seated, to suffer
them to remain in their seats or to
eXpel them. The Board, however,
announced determination to sent
whonsocver they pleased, and then
to permit the Legislature thus con
stituted to vote upon the contested
cases. Their proposition was moth
ing more nor less than
TO PACK TIE JURY
which was to try the case with par
tisans and imbeci|es. TO prevent
this the Democrats went into court,
and obtained, after several days
delay, an order from the Supreme
Court commanding the Board and
tile Secretary Of State to issue Ger,
tificates Of election to those mem
bcrs who appeared to DO elected on
tho face Of the returns. Corbin who
has been notoriously connected with
almost all the cases in which the
white Democrats hnvo been op.
pressed or defrauIed Of their rights
asked for further time for his
clients, the Board. This was grant
ed, and Friday was the day fixed
for the return.
THE. STEAL THE STATE.
An hour after the request was
granted the Board met, and threw
out Edgetield and I.anrcns in open
defiance of the court, declared the
Hayes electors elected, gave Radi
cal majority in both houses of the
Legislature, declared the election ot
the whole Radical State ticket, and
then adjom ned sine die on the plea
that their time was limited by the
constitution to ton days and that
they could sit no longer. On Fri
day the court met, and learning of the
contumacy Of the Board fined eacl
member fifteen hundred dollars and
ordered the whole batch to jail, to
remain there until released by the
order of the Supreme Court itself.
TIE BOARD IN JAIL.
Saturday afternoon thoso wOr.