The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-10-19

Ders OF your party to prevent sucl
u state of things, md ! believe they
have the ability to do So" Another,
Judge Mackey, also we'll known rs
n republican, relates sofao facts
which should show Northern re
publicans what is the animus OF
Chamberlain, and how he is con
Quoting the election. He shows
that the Governor, himself q cand;-
date for reelection, has managed to
obtain 81 board of State canvassers
OF election, returning board, the
majority of whose members are
candidates on Chamberlain ticket,
and nincty-siX commissioners of
election in the several counties,
seventy of whom are Chamberlain S
declared partisans, whilo Of the last
number some forty arc county
treasurers and auditors or trial
justices, holding lucrative Offices by
his appointment and removable from
office ut his pleasure, or aro known
to him rs declared candidates for
Office, indorsing his ticket, who
unseat themselves if thoy make IL
declaration of the election which
sonts the candidates opposed to
Chamberlain and his ticket"
Here is evidence enough to Justify
the assertion of Judge Mnckcy that
Chamberlain is really engaged in Il
conspiracy against tho State. Is it
not monstrous and dangerous
stretch Of power to so constitute
the electoral returning board and
the body of commissioners of cleo
ton that the majority of these per
sons are in fact to decide upon their
own cases? But, in addition to all
this, the Governor, candidate for
reelection, now proposes to call on
the federal powe" for troops to help
him carry out his scheme. 1t is
very difficult for any one to believe
tint he is not M unscrupulous and
very dangerous demagogue. If he
means honestly why does he not call
upon General Hampton and the
other Democratic leaders through
out tho State to assist him in re-
storing and maintaining the pence,
which he says is not only men.,ccd,
but broken? These gentlemen
have pledged themselves in tho most
solemn and public manner to soc
fair play between the two races.
Governor Chamberlain has on a
number of occasions publicly ad-
mitted that they have given him
valuable and bipartisan help in
managing the affairs and maintain-
ing tho peace Of the State ASf They
would not dare refuse him now, even
if they wished to, which we do not
believe. If there are such disorders
rs he prctends, but as other rcputa-
bic and equally eminent republican
citizens dony-if there are such
disorders, why does he not call on
tho dem ocratlc leade, to help him in
putting them down? 1t would DO
his first act if he were sincerely
dcsirons of an orderly community
and u fair election.
The real >nltion of South Caro-
lima politics we perceive to be this
The dem):rlta arc ulitel IN tn Q
republicans are dividcd NJ. Cham
bcrl"in has not, evidently, the conf
tence or support of good many
promin entrepu3li"ani. This proba-
bly, endlmSers his success, and no
socms to imagine that in this emor-
gency he may resort to the same
means which Governor Amos SO Of
! fcctively usod i'll Mississippi, which
Governor Kellogg has uSel and Mr.
Packard threatens to use in LouiSi-
ana, and which havc been used until
they failed in other Southern States
One of Senator Spcnccr's deputy
mnrahnls, Perrin, shot ahole through
his own hat, cried out "Ku Klux !"
md summoned United States troops;
and when he had thus obtained their
aid he proceeded to nuke arrests OF
prominent citizens and t. intimidatc
the democratic voters of two large
counties. In what way does Gov,
e1nor Chambcrlain's proclamation
differ from Pcrrin's shout Of "Ku
KluX y. except thlt Cn .mborl,in's S
cry is exposed Mt once, and by mem
bers of bis own party
| We have several timcs urged the
colorcd voters Of South Caroinl to
support General Hampton and the
dem ocratic State and local tickcts
We cannot see how they can do
otherwise, They arc citizens of the
State their welfare is involved with
that Of their white noighbors. Ger.
tninly, if they reflect, they will see
that Mr.. Chamberlain has utterly
fn;lod to give tho State peace, pros
polity or good government GYn.
Hampton, a man of influence md
character, solcmnly promises himself
and his associates OH the democratic
ticket to give the State honest gov
crnmcnt and to secure to the color
ed people every right. Why should
they not take him ut his word ? We
suspect that many Of them intend to
do SO, and that this accounts for the
last and desperate expcdient of
Chamborlain's which has been SO
promptly exposed by members Of
his own party,