The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-10-11
WASHINGTON, September 90.


prevent the terrorism which extends over
the whole State. Governor Chamberlain
and United States Marshal Wallace anc
others will arrive Tomorrow morn ng
An old resident of Columbia told the
Senator last week that he could not speak
to him on the street if he met him. The
excitement and feeling is far worse than
it was in 1860 aud the days of secessl"n'
and it is dangerous to even speak to q
Radical. Judge Cooke, who has acted
for some years with the Republicans,
made q speech not long since advocating
the election of Wade Hampton and
Governor Tilden, and excused himself
by saying that he was forced to do so to
save his property and perhaps his life.
The whole white male Democratic pop.
~ulation is said to be completely armed,
and large consignments Of rifles, re-
v~olvers and knives are received constant.
ly. Yet 10 dealer will sell a Republican
even a knife. The very boys are armed.
and the boys Of the military school al
Columbia openly wear their revolyer>
belted around them. The Senator says
that full 10000 men, armed and
mounted, are thoroughly patroling the
whole State under the direction and com
maud Of Butler, Of Hamburg fame, and
these forces are not only armed, but
completely organized and drilled.
The people are reported as expressing
themselves openly in favor Of fight
and as saying that they don't care a
for the United States, the troops, or the
North, but that they are ready and ann
ious to clear out al the troops that Gen
eral Grant can send. They say that il
they do have any trouble Governor Til
den will carry Indiana and Ohio N
October, and New York in November
which ensures his election they are
bound to elect Hampton or destroy the
State. Senator Patterson saysthat uuies:
they have immediate help no colorec
man will dare to move or talk, muchle les;
to vote, and if Indiana goes Democratic
that South Carolina, North Carolina and
Florida will follow, and there will be ar
outbreak which will almost be one Of
determination of Republicans. Murders
are done every day of which not a whls'
per reaches the Nurth.-NeW York Irt
bune.
1t IS not my meaning that we should
take the pains to deny every error that
may appear in campaign speeches OF
papers, but | do mean that when state
ments appear as coming from yourself
or from others who are robed with the
dignity of office, which ought to attach
Importance and a c~redibility to what
they say, and when these utterances, as
in the instances above cited, are totally
false and affect the character ofthe State,
it is the duty, | respectfully submit, OF
the Governor to deny them. And the
(the GOVERNOR believe them to be true,
it is his duty toreslore peace and order
and to do so it is his sworn duty to call
upon the citizens to sustain him and en-.
force the law. All these assaults are
made against the Democratic party.
Whatever may be our political error, in
your estimation, in belonging to that
party, we are none the less citizens OF
this State. and rs such we have the right
to ask of you the protection which in
your official position you alone can give.
If there be terrorism and violence in
the State, call upon us to suppress it,
and do not let the name of the State be
perverted to dishonorable political pur.
poses.
You, and no one better, know that the
white people Of South Carolina are
struggling as few people ever have done
to cast off ii burthen of corruption and
wrong such as yet fewer people have
ever horne so long, Inyour own words,
speaking ofyour W party:
"Retolm if It was not of itself right,
has become absolutely necessary, or the
State will sink"
The party has eve been going into
campaigns promising retrencbment and
reform and never performing it."
MATTERS cannot run for six years to
come as they have the past six years"
"These figures speaking of legisla-
tive expenses) 81 may say are unpar-
alleled in the history of American legis'
~lation. 1t is'stcaling pure and simple"
And, referring to the election Of two
Jud~ges--elected, l may say, by the lead
ing ma now on the ticket with you :
"Iheir election has sent a thrill ofhorror
throughout the State. * x | look to
their election as a horrible disaster"
'Tne civilization of the Puritan and the
Cavalier, Of the Roundhead and the
Huguenot, is in peril. Courage, deter.
mination. union, victory. must be our
watchwords.'
mo party can rule this State that
Supports Whipper and Moses. + 4 : =
Their: is but one way to save the Repub-
lican party in South Carolina, and that
way is to unload Whipper and Moses
and all who 60 with them. * K p
Neither the administration at Washing
ton, with all its applianccs-civil and
militarv-nor all the denunciatlous of
The world heaped upon me, can save the
Republican party here from overwbelm-
ing defeat during this year, unless we
can persuade the people Of this State
that such things as these judicial cleo
tions will be uudone and never by posi-
bility repeated"
You know that the men who were the
leaders, who conducted that election,
and who perpetrated the wrongs of
which it was "a feeble expression, are
the same men who control the ticket
upon which your name stands, who de-
vised your party platform, and are to-
day your political opponents. You know
that it is against all this that our unfor-
tunate people arc struggling; and yet
you know full well that their efforts,
although in the warmth Of canvass, are
orderly and within the law. Your man
hood compels YOU to approve Il course,
but we do not call upon you for that.
As a candidate you are entitled to all
benefits which "a accrue from the meas