The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-01
THE SORT OF soLIDITY
Republicans Complain OF i'm
MisgOverned south
Carolina.
FACES ANp FIerEEs.
Another Statement from Substantial
SOufheruers-

Another bo-iy OF non-partiSan business
men of charleston issued an address TO the
country SATURDAY, Of which the following is
the substance:
A. business men. and not as politicians,
we express our finn cOnvictioa. tina. there
does exist 4 determination on the part of
Governor Chsmberiaiu and otxcrs to pre-
vent, by unconstifgtional acts and arbitrary
arrests the exercise of free suffrage on the
part of those cplores citizens wlrs' desire to
vote ags1nst the cardldates nominated by
the Repubkcan party here and for nartisan
purposes 50 stir St4fe between the RACES.
The three or fOur white military companies
in the state 10 whom sate arms had been Is
sued have been compelled to return theEts
and to disEand. Amosg these are tire Ger
man Fusfliers which have been in existence
100 years, while the state militia, composed
exclusively of Republican blacks,
have been allowed TO retain and
drill with arms, of whiclr 1888 have been
issued, appears by the report of
the adjutant and inspestor-general The
other so-caller rifle clubs are merely locTk Or
CARNATIONS fer home defeaee. They do not
drill. What few arms they may possessare
the property Of individuals They do not
form the basis of the Democratic party, ssad
have never been guilty of single acssof
lawlessae<s or violence. Not content WITH.
preventing. by proclamation, the whites
from organizing 6or prOtectisa against pos i--
Dlc dtltChS~ lNcitA t4,c DldCk I1liftfa Tile gov
ernor has had brought TO this state, from the
North, Eastsand West, at heavy expense. ala
the available force of the array, under the,
false preteXt that the state is in insurrectiOn
We believe that the unwarra -ssed acts of the Z
governor and the teachings es their leaders
have had the effect of melting the blacks to
acts OF lawlessneSS a1od murder
Speaking of a manufactured outrage re-
ported in Northern papers the stldresS SAYS:
The reports of this-aad other disturbances I'm
the state. published IN partisan and Rcpub-
lican papers of New York city, We pronounce
untrue. The correspondents of some of
these letters acknowledged on our streets
that theirsrepoFts weue made fer purely pO-
litical purposes. We pronounee it untrue
that the people OF south Carolina are rebel
hous. Theyhave accepted the issues of the
war, and pledge themselves to obey the con-
stitution and the amendments. They desire
not the triumph of party, but the restoration
of peace and prosperi5S, and the securing Of
a government which. firmly iBtTenched in
the hearts of the peSple. will enforce the
laws maintain the dignity of the state and
the Emitted States, and the freedom of the
American citizen. Coi,s-cious OF our integ-
rity and our lOyaltyte. the constitution and
the Union, we appeal TO our brethren OF the
North 10 save in this hour of dire extremity
the sacred legacy of freedom. bequeathed by
our fathers of the revolution
We append tahles-of eight years' admins
tration of the state under Republican and
Democratic rule. A Slight glance at them
will show how our once prosperous state has
been robbed of her substance and presents
only one Of the reasons why good people de-
Isand a change ofgoverlnent.
COST. OF RElUBILcAN. ASSe DEMOCRATIC RULK
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