Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-01-05
South Carolina.


| How TIE STATE voTED-THK WHITE VOTE OF
IBE SOUTH.
Mr. II. V. Redaeld writes NON his home
in Chattanooga. Tenn, to the Cincinnati
Commercial as follows:
Il am surprised that some of the papers
continue to claim South Carolina for Tilden
on the face Of the returns. This is mis-
take. Allowing the Democrats there every
vote claimed, and Hayes still has about nine
hundred majority, but Chamberlain has not
Allow tho enormous frauds in Edgefeld to
stand, where the Democrats claim to have
polled twice ms many votes US there are legal
voters in the county, and Hampton is slightly
ahead of Chamberlain. And upon this he
(Hampton) claims the election. The Su-
preme Court sustain him upon the ground
that the face of the returns must prevail, and
that the Board of Canvassers have no right
TO go behind those returns. The Bourd
thought differently. and hence the confusion
in that State They declared Chamberlain
elected, and hastily adjourned to escape be-
ing compelled to do otherwise by the Su-
preme Court.
AS to the Supreme Court | see great
deal Of transformation afoat. l know the
Judges personally. There are three of them
and not five. rs has so often been stated.
They are all Republican ultra-Republican-
and why they should take such notive part in
sustaining the Democratic cause in the face
of the conspicuous Edgefeld frauds is not q
great mystery OF course, it is charged that
they were bought, but this may be u mistake.
Certainly the expectation that anything good
for the Democracy could come out OF the
Supreme Court is q very late event. For
years that court has been cursed by the Dem
~ nfbar cnnrf aya W Amerl
Gu. Its members are Moses, Willard and
Wright, u scalswager. carpet Dagger and
u Niger as the Democrats used Affection
stely to term it. Moses is Jew, pretty
good lawyer. and Us homely as = stump fence.
He is the father of +. J. Moses, ordinarily
known as the robber Governor If the
Democrats had rebelled under +. ]. Moses,
instead of Chamberlain, they wsuld have had
the sympathy Of more people than they now
have. Bad US the robber Governor was
the Democrats used to say that no was chip
from the old block, and that his venerable
iuther. the Chief Justice. WAS harder case
than the hopeful son.
= But the milk III the nut be seen by
weli-iniormed persons. Moses. the Chief
Justice will do anything to get even with
Chamberlain for his treatment of the other
Moses. the would-be Circuit Judge. The
rascally Legislature which, under so-called
Republican government in South Carolina,
is little better than den of thieves, took ad-
vantage of Chamberlains absence and elect
ed the cx-robber Governor and the negro
gambler Whipper 10 the two most important
Circuit Judgeships in the State. The whole
country shocked Mt such spectacle.
Chamberlain would NO. commission them
although lie had not sufficient legal excuse
for refusing. The State snd the country
were saved the shame. Thus you will see
that Moses. 81. has n grievance against
Chamberlain.
What will be the result OF the present
complication in South Carolina Those |
who expect TO find any permanent solution of
the difficulty other than turning the State |
over to the Democrats that ID. the white |
people-can uuSeceive themselves. Social |
ed Republican Government is ut an end |
then. aud if. perchance. Chamberlain con-
tinues to act US Governor, he w'lll be power
less.
The reason TINT the Republican party is
n failure in the Cotton States is because there
is no white element in 1t except the office
holders. The blacks cannot conduct good
government, aud if they could don't believe
the whites would long submit to it. These
aRitstofs in the Cotton States are rebellious
against negro rule where the negroes are in
the majority That ID the truth of the mat
ter And you need not look for peace under
so-called Republican government in the cot
ton States, unless some white material can
be got into the Republican party. 1t il tho
talk here that Hayes. if inaugurated. may
attempt 10 bnild up the shattered Republic
San party ia the Southern States. 1t can be
lone, but the EFFORT will require skill and
and the cutting loose from numeI-
1us carpet-baggsrs who have brought shame
md disgrace upon the very name of Repub-
lean.
More than II third OF the white voters OF
he South are not Democrats at heart. Be
ore the war they were Wings. and have since
cted with the Democratic party because they
lad nowhere slse to 60. But they don't like
t the very nnIss ~ distastefu to them
The geologist of the Burlington Ha.eA-
ge thinks that tOads get into roGl2 BY dig
ing down with toads' tools This ID in
orrect they get into the rock because it is
sort OF trap .-Hera'd, p. l. Wrong I
gsin They are s.@ply toad in while the ,
ock was fluid, and thsra wasn't enough OF I
he Backtrackian abont them 10 get out
gain philadelphia Bulletin Too con-
lomorate with your reasons. As usaal, I
roman is ut the bottom of it. Sllicate puts l
hem in.-Porf Chester Journal Perhspsshe Z
id. We remember hearing bsr SINGING to
ne Of them, Rock me to sleep "--Ph'isdel- 9