The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-12-13
A CnrolInian's Opinion.

mat State Is al Speclal interest,", Il
Times reporter vino scanned the reg
lister inquired after gentleman, and
learned that he vas none other than
the Col. Aiken recently elected to
Congress from the Third district OF
that State, who had FASTENED to Chi
cag0, even before the smoke OF the
political battle had lifted, TO take his
seat in the National grange. He
was sought and readily found. He is
Il man of perhaps - years of agc so
riah!c and Astounding in spirit-a
frank. fearless. honest southern gen.
Ileman. At first he was somewhat
aver>" to the r~ep"rtorial project. but
waived his objections, led the way t"
convenient sofa, and the conversation
began.
In what part Of South Carolina do
YOU reside" inquired the representa-
tive OF the Times.
In Abbeville county, replied the
colonel.
OF what other counties is your dis
trict composed"
'Oconec, Pickens, Anderson, 1nu-
renS, NewGerry, Lexington, and Rich
land
Has the reccut notion Of the board
Of canvusSers affected your election 2
Tint is what / don't know. When
| left home on Monday | had 6,lOO
majority in my district. / see 10y q
dispatch to y morning paper that the
board has issued certificates OF cleo
ton Ia
THREE OF THE FIVE
candidates for congress elect, and re-
fused to issue thcmto the balance, but il
does not give the m or the dis
tricts. AS three of the candidates
elected are colored, ! am inclined to
think that they are the ones who re.
ceived certificates
who was your competitor
a fellow named l.. Cass Carpenter.
know little about him, only TINT lie
is one OF the vileSt carpet bagSerS, /;
| revenue officer Of Grants appoint
ment, doen't own a dollars worth o
soil in Sonth Carolina, or if he does
he doesn't pay taxes on it. In my
district, LHurens county gave LII
notwithstanding to the rcgistra.
ton, there are l52 more negro than
white voters therein. Weeks ago
there were over Goo negroes in the va
| rious demncratic- clubs, %paradin9
around to dinners, ~trolics, etc, and
several hundred others voluntarily
consented to remain at home and no
vote. There's
WHERE MY MAJORITY COMES FROM
1t is us plain as that two and two
make four. In Pickens and Oconee
counties I WAS 1900 ahead, and III
each there are more white than col.
ored voters In Anderson County my
majority was $500. In Lexington
county there are 700 more whites thar
negroes and my majority was 600
In Abbeville the negroes exceed the
whites 10y 1865, and 743 negroes en-
rolled on the democratic club list who
went around openly and ahoveboard
and proclaimed their politics. I got
a majority of 10 in that county. In
N~pwberry county there are 800 more
blacks than whites. and | IA beaten
hy 56] votes. IN Richland there ars
1900 more blacks than whites and
CARPENTER ran only l,i1O ahead. That
was because it was Wade Ilampton's
old county where he was born and
reared and many negroes voted the
| democratic ticket on his account
1.-THE negroes are
J.. NOT ALL REPUBLICAN, s
evidently"
BY no means. When Carpenter
and | we're making Il canvass of the
State, he had a United States officer
and Il carpet bag full Of blank war
rants with him all the while, and
whenever he told any 0: his outra'
genus lies on the stump, and the audi
ence jcered at aud Missed him he
promptly had Il number arrested fol
intimidation. / tried every way tc
yet him to consent to unite with me
in joint discussion. but lie positively
refused to do so. In Anderson coun.
~ | saw 80 negroes together who SAID
if Carpenter would not consent to dis
, cuss the issues fairly with me there
must be something wrong with him
and they therefore resolved to vote
the democratic ticket
DO YOU know of any intimidation
having been used to prevent the ne
groes from voting the republican tick
ct"
i know OF nothing Of the kind. J
may say, however, that distinguish
ell divine in u State told me tint q
brother minister went to the polls IL
Charleston county to vote the demo
cratic ticket, and he was told by the
republicans that he would be given II
cents to vote their ticket, and when lit
refused to do so he VAS
DRIVEN FROM TIE POLLS
'JIow do you regard the action O
the board of canvussers?'
1T is 4 mos' raScalIy thing, but
am not ut all surprised. as they had as
their confidential adviser and coun
Scllor c. G.. Bowen, the bigamist, who
WAS Kicked out of congress four years
ago. lie is capable of doing the
mranest set imaginable, and he's
smart, too. I will tell yon a little
thing about CaSs Carpenter that vii,
give you an idea OF the carpet baggers
Why, a spark of respectabilily in his
bosom would burst him wide open
! At one time he had $500 of govern
ment funds i'm his hands. He report.
| ell that he had been chloroformed and
! robbed. Government detectives came
down, and after u days ~invcstiga.
ton they went 10 Carpenter and quiet
! Y told him that he Must put up the
$500 while the investigation was
pending. He did so, and the detec.
lives took the first train for Washing
ton and that was the last of it. Ever
since then lie has been known a.
"Chloroform" Carpenter, and even the
negroes wcav the title into doggereI
songs.-The puppy!
IT MAKES ME MAD
when I think that such q fellow CAL
come to my state and attempt to seek
Office
You think Wade Hampton was fair
~ elrclejV
''Uuuuestionable, and I think he
will eventually be SO declared. Oui
supreme court is rs curious a comhi-
nation az could well he found, Chief
Justice Moses is a Jew. He was u cir
cult Judge before the war, always
ranked we'll, and the people had con
Iidence in him. Afterward being
poor like the rest of III, he went over
10 the radicals for bread and butter.
One of his associates is a carret-baggcl
althnuyha studious hard-workIng man.
and The third Wright, is u f~ull-blooded
negro. l, think the step the board of
can vassers have taken is SO entirely
contrary to what was expected of
them that it will be all argument in
our favor t the supreme court
INfnfln Hon, nInp nIlSt hn n vpry