New-York tribune., 1876-10-14
A SOUTHERN CAMP.
INTIMIDATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

SIPPT.
prom rhe natre Of tie state rho is not RepuolicanI
CHARLESTON. Oct. 6.-0ne passing through South
Carolina would imagine that it in a state of
war. Ii resembles q vast armed camp. On every
green and public square the cang of muskets can
be heard as paradng infantry ground their arms.
From every old field rings out tbreateningly the
note Of the buge or the booming of the ieldpece,
as cavalry and artillery perform their evolutions.
The depOts are crowded with Of firearms, or
dered from the North. The stores cannot supply
the demand for arms and ammunition. and every
gunsmth in the city and blacksmith in the country
is repairing dapidated weapons. No one is seen
on the streets without a repeater rifle; and not
day passes in town or city but that the quick and
scattering reports of guns and pistols used on tar
gets in the vicinity, would lead a stranger to sup
pose that skrmish, il not battle, was in progress
around him. Nor is this all. In every part of the
State there monster open-air political mass meet
ings. These meetings are followed by torchigbt
parades, or preceded by professions Of rifle clubs
cavalry, artillery companies and civilians, march
ing to the sound Of martial music. The speakers,
invariably masteT-spirts Of tIe Lost Cause, arise
and deliver the most vehement addresses denouncing
the Republican Administration and the Republican
party, State and National, and calling on their hear
ers to rise. he widest cheering rings out in re-
sponse, mixed with the notes of the bands and the
crashing of cannon; and the people disDerse to their
homes with war, war, for their crywGr even to tho
knife.
What has caused thiss II the Democrats are TO
be trusted, it is a grand uprising Of intelligence
against ignorance, of wealth against non-taxpayng
aggression, of civilization ana refinement against
barbarsm and degradation. Their banners bear
the inscriptions of THE PrOstrate State Aroused"
"ForJcarance has Ceased to be a Virtue" /" Down
4. 3 f,taaA Iay
Honest Government or Death II is, they say a
repetition of the stirring scenes Of l776; an ire
pressible uprising of the people against grinding
tyranny and intoerable oppression; against out
rageous encroachment on their rights and privileges;
n strike for liberty for death; in short, second
revolution as momentous as that OF century ago.
But they say. it is a revolution this time not against
foreign domination and rapaclty, but against an
intestine foe against the subjectiOn OF class 10
class of enlightened property holding Ango-SaxOns
to a horde Of African barbarians under the guidance
OF unprincipled scoundrels from the North.
REACTION AGAINST CHAMBERLAIN.
Four months ago the quiet Of the graveyard
reigned in South Carolina. For the first tine since
the war the people contented. The rotten gov
ernment OF tie carpet-baggers had passed away.
The robber Governor was no longer IN power An
honest ruler had been found at last. From the very
moment of the installation OF Gov. Chamberlain IN
December 1874, reform had been the order of Tie
day He presided over the people with the cold
neutrality If impartial Judge. The depredations
of the Legislature fOrcibly stopped by the Veto
The ignorant or corrupt officers of the former admin
istrations were relentlessy removed; new and cont
parent men. in half the instances Democrats, were
nut in ;hcr places. The taxes were reduced. The
installation Of two inscriptions judges was arbi-
trarilv though with good reason prohibited by the
Governor The PROSTATE State was PROSTATE no
longer: she had been raised from the ground. iier
savior had come. ID. II. Chamberlain was the man.
The whites were grateful and were loud IN thelrex-
pressious OF commcndation.T eirpopuarinstitutons
of learning made him their orator. The fashionable
clubs and associations extended cordial invitations
for him to attend their celebrations and respond to
toasts The gates Of society were flung open to Inn.
and the haughtiest member of the old Southern afls-
tocracy-nay even the ladies-le,ig1ted to honor
him and to entertain him at their houses. The DEM
ocrac papers loudly and generally advocated ms re-
election. The Manuings, the Pcrrys the kershaws,
and the Simontons-the political leaders OF the
yybies-lcnt their sanction to the idea And though
th, corrupt element of the Republican party-the
element which he had so rcmorsele,sly thwarted-
WAS bitterly ininical to the measure, yet every
thing pointed 20 his denomination by the RepuDh-
cans. Endorsement by the Conservatives, and trI-
umphant reelection TO the executive office.
But. wonderful to relate, this man is to-day de-
uounced from every Democratic stump IN South
Carolina rs an unprincpled adycnturer, malicious
liar rn gleader in rascality, carpet-bagger OF the
carpet-baggers They have let slip the dogs OK war
against him. Verify, change has come over the
spirit of their dream. What student of political
science could, four months ago, have ventured t~
predict that il would come to this
SOUTHERN LEADERS UNPOPULAR AFTER THE WAR
After the downfall of the Confederacy, there was
perceptible reaction in the South against the ire
caters and leaders of secession. They had gwen
the couusels which had brought distress and ruin
upon the country. Hence they were distrusted
Their influence was still more diminished by an
other circumstance: they were Impoverished 10y the
war They had possessed counties; this land was
now SO worthless that one could be found TO pur-
chase it, They had owned regiments OF slaves this
wealth had melted away like snow fallen III tue
river In consequence ninetenths of the old arlsO-
Gratis were compelled to go into bankruptcy This
impoverishment indeed, was not confined TO them
if was widespread. But their wealth had con-
sisted chiefly of the two articles most deprecated
bv the war-negrOes and real estate-they were
more directly affected than the mercantile classes
whose property had been more wisely invested.
Then too they were "gentlemen;" they had been
bred 10 Incidence and dissipation, and knew not
how to go TO wOrk-h0w to accommodate themselves
70 their altered circumstances. Accordingly tney
remained poor with few exceptions while their pie
beian neighbOrs went to work and improved ther
fortunes. South Carolina has been very quiet ever
since the war. The Ku-NluX eXcltementls is the only
thing of magnitude which has disturbed the peace
although the State was known a' the Prostrate
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