The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-11-02

Noh' AA"iAtooh udJOullleu Luc mecl
ing, announcing that they had don
more to elect him than all til
whites in tho State, that doze
officers dressed in citizens clothe
had Witnessed the scone and woul,
DO called upon to testify. Thi
dumfoumdered the blacks; IN,
things aro NIL at sixos and sevens il
that locality In the rico regions
the whipped colorcd voters are o
course all Democrats. The Radical
orc badly split up md the pros
pect is that the majority will b,
very small.
This contingency is not 80 i'm
probable us might be supposed; fo
the colored voters of Beaufort AZ,
very ignorant. They know nothing
about Republicanism. They al,
hero worshippors, pure and simple
They vote for "A[r Smalls," "M1
Whippcr," MIR. CAN'T" or "Mr
tlnmilton,' regardless Of party, and
as Mr.. Smalls and Mr.. Whipper and
Mr.. CAN'T and DIr. Hamilton are
alternately on the regular and o,
the boiling ticket, party fealty is
unknown. Get u new popular
leader, whatever his principles, nnG
the masses in the county will fol
low him. Chamberlain has even
been unpopular in Beaufort. Ton
Hamilton even, his strongest sup
porter, has become lukcwarm, while
the visit Of Hampton and the un
accountable scclusion of Chamber.
lain have rendered the change from
the latter to tho former not difficult
These causes will have the effect OF
swelling the mdoubtcd tidal wave
that is sweeping towards tho Radical
shore with resistless force. a
change Of seven hundred votes will
decrease the majority then to two
! thousand.
Charleston has tho most unccr,
tain vote i'll the State, having gone
both for and against tho Radical
ticket by heavy majoritics. The
black majority has been estimated
at 1000, because on the Islands
lner, women and boys have voted
some several times. No opposition
has ever visited them. But thif
year Democratic canvasscrs will be
on hand to prevent frauds. The
country will go Republican, the
city Democratic. The Radical
ma jority there will be under three
thousand, unless something un.
lorcsccn occur in the next few days.
Georgetown is claimed by the
L"ioaUeruu by 1900 votes The
Radicals may re- Oh 1900 majority y
here.
Sumter cast a majority of 1900
against C]a nbcrlaln in 1874. The
Democratic Ticket is divided equally
between the races, and 500 colored
men are ell oiled in Democratic
clubs already, besides large numbers
WHO will vote the ticket secretly or
WI not vote at all. Sumter is Il
doubtful county. The most unfu-
vorable estimate gives but 500 re-
pablican majority in Sumter. 1t
mast be remembered, however, that
the Moses family live here and hate
Chamberlain intensely. Tic repub-
leans may gain 500 majority in
Williamsburg, hardly more, and the
same ma. ori'y i'll Clarendon. Darling
ton will give $50 Democratic maiori-
ty. Then comca tier of Democratic
counties. Horny 1000, Marion 500,
M :rlboro $50, Chesterfield 500,
Lancaster 500, York 500, Greenyillo
1900, Spartanburg 1000, pickens
1900, Oconce 1900, Luurcns 500,
Union 500, Newberry $50, EdgeGeltl
500, Lexington $50. Chester, Fair
field and Korshaw arc closely di-
vidod. The majority in these three
will be small either way. Richland,
instead of having $500 colore.l ma
jority as claimed, has not 1900. TIN &c
tickets arc in the field, and largo
numbers Of coloreu voters in the
country precincts have declared for
Hampton. The county is cluimed
by the Democrats. O.nngcburg
also promises n good report.
These estimates are complete from
what l believe to be the best sources.
In answer to many inquiries the
reply is frequently, My county is
doing very well, but am afraid of
the rest of the State" Now as the
inform.n from every county report
ing is satisfied Of the result, the ex-
pressions Of satisfaction are most
gratifying for the success of tho
State ticket, by from five to seven
thousand majority. I am not one
of those who expect 10000 or 10000
majority The colorod majority in
tie State SO far from being 10000
has been figured down to less than
10000, the number at which several
loading Republicans fix it. A change
of ten thousand votes is sufficient.
And at every election since 1868 the
colored vote cast in opposition to
the regular ticket was large. In
1870 it reached five to seven thous-
and in 1872, fifteen Thousand, and
in 1874 eighteen thousand,
Tho Legislature is considered safe
for the Democrats. learn indirect
ly but reliably that the Republicans
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