The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-18
THE SENATE COMMITTEE.

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I Ethg eesnt sglection in sontlf Carolinas
CD aaudsa iialabors on lass Fnaay ands
lsSssf " arlington mediately The
membeSsI were ChrisEiiancs Of f Michigan,
Cameron, of Wisconsin, eand zMerrimon,
of North Carolina-the two former Re-
Observation-Disclosures Demo-
crat. Their sessions were entirely secret,
and not much is really known as to the
s-and6ction-elicited-by- theH-during
a months sojourn in Columbia. The
efforts Of the majority we're directed to
the manufacture Of bleodytshirt evidence,
and respectable witnesses from Edg>feld
and Aiken were refused hearing, which
the members were assured would throw
important light upon the testimony al
ready; submitted, together with an ex-
posure of the true character of the swift
witnesses produced by Corbin and his
associates. In: truth, the conduct of
Christianey and Cameron proved that
they were more intent upon arranging a
plan for Co.bin to get his seat in the
United States Senate than they were to
ascertain the truth, and for this reason
they permitted the most malignant stories
against Gen. Butler, without giving him
! chance to ,efute the statements of in
credible witnesses. The Radical wit
nesses were allowed the widest latitude
in giving. testimony, while the Demo
cratic witnesses were held to the strictest
rules of evidence. Not much is known,
of course, as to the exact nature of the
testimony adduced and recorded on either
side, but the: evidence of Judge Cooke
and Ex- Governor Chamberlain are given
by the newspaper reporters
Judge Cooke testified that, in con-
versatien, with him, ;;Corbin remarked
/ that tI,the :white people would carry the
State unless their enthusiasm could be
1 checked, and if two, OF: three. riots could
be gotten;up and thirty..or forty negroes
killed, it would save the Republican
party. He stated at the time that he
was then on the way to consult with
Chamberlain. Judge Cooke testified
] that Corbin had said some cases would
y
haXe.to be fixed up. for the United States
Court and the jury, would be managed SO
as to convict. Judge Cooke also stated
that he had heard Corbin, Chamberlain,
Patterson, Dunn, and the two Talbots
say that something must : be. done to
authorizer the introduction of troops.
Soon after this several shipments of arms
and ammunition were made to the
negroes, and the Ellenton, Combahee
and other riots and murders followed in
rapid succession. Though Corbln was
allowed to brand the statement as false,
witnesses to Judge Cookies character and
in support of his statement were not al
lowed to testify. ; 4...
Ex-Governor Chamberlain was the last
| witness examined, and produced vol
ume Of documentary evidence in the
shape of letters and afidayits from
various portions of the State as the basis
of his action in proclaiming the State an
armed camp last September, and asking
for troops to preserve order. His testi-
'mony is not fully known. Senator Mer-
rimon gave him searching cross-exami-
nation, in which, the Ex-Governor con-
fessed the utter inability of himself and
his party to maintain government in
the State. The majority Of the commit
tee attempted to establish by Chamber
lain that all the riots around and in
Charleston were traceable to Democratic
plots and agencies, but upon Merrimon's
protest this portion was stricken from the
record. He gave the number of Demo
cratic rifle clubs as over 300, but said he
was not familiar with the records of this
branch of the government. The fact
was fully established, upon, his and Ad-
jutant General Kennedy's testimony, that
of SSH 900 worth Of arms and ordinances
purchased and received by the State only
125 rifles. can now be accounted for. The
ammunition sent to Combahee was said
to have been sent for the purpose of arm
ing the militia to suppress the riot. He
admitted that t,whenihe went North last
September he had q consultation with
President Grant; Secretary Cameron and
fother leading Republicans relative to in
PRODUCING troops into the State; also that
ahe had never called upon the whites to
assist indpreserving the peace; that he
tmade no attempt to arrest any persons
concerned in the Hamburg apd Ellenton
riots; that the sheriff of Aiken had testi-
fed;that he could alone execute warrants,
and that no resistance whatever has ever
I'been made by the whites to the due pro-
cess Of law; also, that every judge in the
Estate except one. had denied the allega-
|,tions. Of his proclamation relative to dis
order, i&c. q .@ 80 ''"'
THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE.
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Governor Hampton has Seal of State
which imprints the same inscription as
the one. retained by Ex-Goy. Chamber
lain did, 1t is. even prettier than the
one in possession of the Ex-Governor
and bis, pals, and is quite as legal and
valid as any seal that can be gotten up
for the State without complying with the