Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-12-28

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their gratitude.
1t was scene for great poet to
describe or great painter TO portray.
The bandits saw that their prey
had escaped them, and they then rode
home. AS they went back, they shot
every negro whom they met, and
threatened to renew the carnage at
an early day.
This is an outline of the story. It's
details will be described by eye wit
nesses under oath.
The Campaign of Assassination:
Senator Gordon telegraphed TO the
President that "not drop of blood
had been shed in the late exciting
campaign, except by the partizans of
Chamberlain Gen. Hampton signed
the same telegram. Yet these two
massacres had Redeemed the soil of
South Carolina with American blood !;
and, at the time that Gordon and
Hampton put their names to the dis
patch, one hundred lives at the lowest
estimate, had been sacrificed to Sc
cure Democratic victory.
Dual Government.
Calhoun, the evil genius of South
Carolina, once advocated the plan OF
dual Presidency. Everything in
his State is dual enough now-two
races, two Governors, two legisla-
lures, two sets of State officers, and,
by the same token two Presidents
Gov. Chamberlains life would not last
single day, and the legal Legisla-
ture would be massacred as remorse-
lessly as the Louisiana Convention
was slaughtered in 1868, if it were
not for the presence of the boys in
blue here.
"Shot-Guns' Versus "Bayonets,''
Before the Investigating Commit
tee came down here. the city was
filed with rebel rifle clubs. There
were 5000 men here, enlisted in MILL
tary organizations, without the sane
ton and in defiance of the laws. They
were hurried off, in special trains, as
soon as 1t was found that the COM
mittee were coming. And yet, these
blatant rebels dare to talk about
"Bayonet rule!" Shot guns are all
right, of course; they are Legitimate
agencies" for securing democratic VIC
tories they are peaceful and "le-
gal' means for establishing the rule
of the "virtue" and "inlelligence;" but
"Federal bayonets' to defend the
rights guaranteed by the Constitution
they "shock" and "s,artle" and "out-
rage every sense ofjustice, sir" that
"our people" entertain. Well, let
them shock, and the rest of it. Rather
a bayonet on every square rod oil
rebel soil than that the Nation should
fail to protect all its citizens in all OF
their blood won rights
Chamberlain and Hampton.
Gov. Chamberlain is man o.
courage, culture and capacity. He is
doing heroic work here. He looks
care worn and weary; but he comes
Of blooded stock and he will "hold The
Fort" Grants life excepted, there
| is no other life on the continent to-
day, on which the future civilization
of South Carolina so greatly depends
lie is as much superior to such per
sons as Hampton-in education, il
moral fiber, in sterling manhooG-a'
they imagine themselves to be above
the unlettered blacks. | confess tha
the ISLANDERS of the Democratic press
had made me suspicious of Governo
Chamberlain But, as in other SINH
lar instances, | find that the rebels
| hate him because he is so far in ad
vance of them. both in creed anC
character, that his presence in thei
community is perpetual reproach t
them. The truth is, that Hampton
popularity in South Carolina arises
chiefly from two facts-that he one,
owned hundred slaves and Tough
bravely to destroy the Union; while
ChamberIain's unpopuarity her.
arises chiefly from two other facts
that he fought bravely to save tb
Union and is teaching tens of thous
ands of citizens, once slaves, to know
their rights and how to preserv
them.
The Supreme Court of s. C.
1t was reported last week tina
President Grant said to Senator Ran
dolph; I don't care a dam for tn,
Supreme Court of South Carolina
The pious Randolph spelled it will
an n. But, what Grant meant was
thinkers ddm," which is not an oatl
but piece of chewed bread. TIL,
gypsies used it, in mending tin pans
to prevent the solder from running
through. Grant rightly estimated thu
value of the Supreme Court here. /
ia not worth chew of bread or qui(
of tobacco. All the democrats her,
denounced the Supreme Court-untl
they bought it up Now, bless you
it is described by these same men, al
'the highest and most sacred tribuna
of the State!"
Judge Moses is at the head of it.
Judge Mackey (whom the demo
Gratis also hated but now eulogize
once said bright thing about Judge
Moses, which is too good to lie KEEP
here for home use.
81 am not revengetul man." saif
Mackey, speaking about Moses, "bu
there is one grudge that never shall
give up. | never shall forgive Pharoaf
for not starting one day sooner and
killing all the Jews! If he had onl,
have done that, we should never have
had Judge Moses here p
JAMES REDPATH.