The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-10-29
SOUTHERN ournAeEs.


Innocent Republicans by fcndisi, Dem
ocrats is ilask<d SU~r the wires. The
Tact that the same character Of reports
have been invariably cirsnlated Just
prior to the elections for several years
past can scarcely hSve escaped the OBJ
nervatiOn Of any man Who has taken the
pains TO read the public journals, nor
could he have fnilel to notice that di-
rcctly after the elections have passed,
all tho lions in those States uppen. TO
have suddenly become lnnhs. uud the
'oatrnSe mills eeNse their grinding.
Now, II these SouIieru Democrats are
such fearful monsters, they nre the
uost obliSiug monsters that history
furnishes any account of, for their deeds
Of violence are always committed just at
the proper time TO furnish their poiiti-
cal adversaries with the necessary CAP
ital upon which to stnrt successful
business. and then mildly relapse into
u mastery inactivity until sSain required
for use. 1t seems 70 us that this con-
contemplate fraud has, from long SER
vice, got worn so thin as 10 become
transparent, and il is doubtful il there
il q single unbiased individual within
our border who does not see through it.
This cry OF Southern outrage" is a
two-edScd sword in the hands Of the
INSCRIPTIONS men who use it, for il
not only exci,es the feara and passions
OF Northern men who are deceived by
it, but it also uffords prete1t for the
introduction OF Federal troops into
those States for the basest of purposes.
Tho New York HerGid OF the llth lust,
in an article upon the situation in
South Carolina, publishes the follow
ing: .''-
Arbitrary illegal arrests by Federal
soldiers, under the orders Of Federal
deputy marshnls, have begun III South
Cnrolinn. Governor Chamberlain, can
didate for. re-elcction, opposed not only
by the Democrats but by II considerable
aud increasing faction in his own party,
feurs that he will be beaten. Accord
ingly he appeals to the Federal Admins
tration for the lGcn of soldiers to help
him to intimidate lac recalcitTaut vO-
ters. Having arranged n Board of
State canvnssecS Of election and u Re-
turning Board, The majority of whose
members are candidates on The SHINE
ticket with him, aud are thus by n mon
stvous perverision Of justice entitled to D..
decide the vote in their own favor;
having further managed TINT OF the
niuetY-siS Commissioners Of Election
in the counties, seventy should be his
declared partisunS and forty Office
holders who hold their places by his mp
point-nept; having thus pre:.iTaryea
the count in his own favor, Mr.. CHAM
berlaiI now summons Federal troops
md Federal marshRls 10 arrest citizens
known 10 be opposed to him i'll politics.
And oil iiis in the United States aud
under Inc auspices Of o patty which
once called itself the pre-einiueut friend
of liberty, mud some OF whose leading
members held the Fugitive Slave law to
be unconstitutional because IL inter-
fcrcd with The rights OF Tho States.
Mr.. Charles Francis Adams, in re-
ceciy a:hl!s:,el l.!!s- ::::ec;;! !.iic ;5-
pie against the revolutionary tendencies
of the Republican Lenders. Was lie
citizens, among them ell the I!=plbli-
the State. assert publicly TINT there is
no trouble, no political violence o. law
lessness in South Carolina. The citi-
zens who have been arrested hnYo sub
mitted quietly. The Governor himself
has made no pretensc even of TN effort
to subduo lnwlessuess; he mas done
nothing but issue violent aud iuceudi.
nry proclamation aud sent for Federal
troops, like his prototype. Pe:lin, in
Alabama, who shot EUle through his
own hat aud then called Tor tSe soldiers.
Does tho Republican pa:iy OF the North
consent to Bdch ToYo.I.iOnary rel: rs
this2 Is this n sample OF what Il pro-
poses to do II II is contidued III power
mother four ycars2 II 20, ;hed tho
safest, tho only snfe cour.e for North
ern voters. is to turn II out. There can
be no doubt on that subject. Tdisis 10
Mexico; but these acts OF Governor
Chamberlain, Ills misuse OF Federal
troops md Federal power, would, If
continued four years Longer, set us
long way toward Mexico. II II Is
gained that the political party which
happens to possess tho FedeIal Goyu.n n
ncnt may march lis soldiers into tic
Suites for political putposer. tdeu We
have paved tho way broadly for general
civil disorder. II these proceed ilas in
South Carolina arc not promptly dis
owned by tho Republican candidate
every Northern ci;i.en who bns q stake
in the country ought TO vote agnin.t
him.
4 constantly increasing number Of
Republican votois in these, M well m
Ill other Southern States, being tired Of
tho corruption md maladministIn:ion
practiced by thoir local patty leaders,
refuse 10 support tho local ticket. ,...l
1t Is this spirit which threatens Pnck-
nrd in Louisiana mud Chamberlain Ia
South Carolina, with tho overthrow
which beTel hmes In Mississippi last
Fall, aud Rs Amcs called 10. i triul
troops TO help him in his extremity, so
Chamberlain now prepares to follow his
example,. The object OF thus COM
mAnding Federal soldie n into one of
these Southern States IN tllrepfold.
They aro used, m by Packard, to in.
timidatc Democrats; their presence 1T
the same t;mo helps to arouse and or.
Btiiize tho most Ignorant pnrt OF tilo
negro vote; but, finally, their most i'm.
portnnt uso In such state OF things rs
VIC have described, il to discourage aud
cripple The efforts Of the opposition lto-
pubiicGiis. Tho mnss Of cOlurcd voters
Ia State like South Carolina hnyc n
disposition 10 follow the posscssor OF
power. They believe In tho superior
power aud strength of tho Fclcrei Gov.
crnmont; II they sce that nt Mr. Chnm
berlain's request Geneinl urnnt sends
troops 10 net under Chnmbcrlnin's 0f.