Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-01-18
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important duty AZ tconserv.tor nf Sthe
peace Vas to re main 4, the State cool.
| " leit II for tour in New EnaIsnnsd.--
On Ri. return be stobped IN Waskiner.
lton, and from thence issued e pot&.
sfnee prosed false, of violence ,done, to
negroes in SCUM Carolina and Of /,
dreadful condition of lawlessne ss e.. =:
Mesn while, there il evidence that ne
igroes in different parts Of the State have
banded Together for iawless purposes:
but the Governor takes no. n6fice ol
this. And now his asserfiohs That there
are 10 some parts Of the State armed
Organizations. der ting and obstfNffiad
the laws js Il once dafiv eoj{ffa1i =
10y q Number a .ne1hh fcans. 80 : :
1lIel {ee ~ - 81 lZle Stlptshe Court
[of me STATE One cf these remarks :
IN letter IN reply TO Gen. Hampton)
have. seen no violence, so Tar as
have had intercourse with gentlemen
Of your party. Ihave observe d less dis
lposition. to excited statement and perso-
nal bitterness than during any Of the
previous political campaigns of this
State. / sincerely hone that the fears OF
the many that the iawless portion OF
the community will be permitted TO dis.
turb the peace and iniure the good name
Of the State are groundless. I am sat-
isfed that il is the intention of the
leading members of your party TO pre-
rent such state ofthings, and believe
they have the ability to do so. The Her.
aid, after quoting some facts stated by
Judge Mackay. also a well known re-.
publican. remarks: "Here is evidence
enough 10 Justify the assertion of Judoe
Mackay that Chamberlain !, really en-.
gagged in a conspiracy against the State.
One of Senator Spencers denutv mar.
.bels. Perrin shot a hole tbronyb b;s
hat and cried ont DKu-Klux !" ana sum-
moned United States troop, and when
he had thus obtained the!r aid he nro.
ceeded TO make arrests Of fnrom;nent c;,.
izens and to int;m;date the democratic
voters Of two Iaroe counties. In what
way does Gov. CbamberIa;n's nrocIa.
nation differ from Perrin's sbout of
"Ku-KIux" exc.nt that Cbamberla;,,s q
cry is exposed at once and by member,
Of his own Party, Last hut not least
we have the testimony of those Cod
like. devout religious men who as rem.
resentatives of the most H;ob were sent
to preach peace on earth and Good will
TO all men. uniting in published addres.
ses TO the American peoD,e twice in
the case of Louisiana and once in the
case of South Carolina. denvino those
charges against the Southern peonle.-
A few wears ago they pronounced the
charges of Sheridan stvling the people
OF Louisiana as banditti and that there
were organized bands for the purpose
of intimidating or deprivinr the colored
IN an of his legal rights as .unfounded
unmerited and untrue" More recent
ly they have issued another address
from that State of the same tenor, and
the admirable address issued by them
from South Carolina just before the
late election, denying the charges of
Chamberlain aud his partisans, has been
published in the BEACON and therefore
deem it only necessary to refer to it.
Certainly no one but NJ. would ever
think OF charging such men with partisan
or unpatriotic motives, and so far as have
read or heard none others have. But
he attempts to impeach their testimony
and even goes so far as to saw. 9TH,
being the last stratasem of the democrat.
ic party prior to the election, it was hoped
it would do its work effectually." At
the same time he saws. he believes the
state ments of Sheridan and Chamber
lain. What must we think of the
statements or such a person: What
principle of truth or Justice does he not
violate by such a course He saws
the democrats first denounced the no.
torious Moses and afterwards centered
their affections on him. But le, il be re-.
membered that there are two Moseses in
South Carolina. He has evidently con-
founded the two. The NY. H.roId
saws: .It must be remembered ,b,,
the JUDGE Moses VIII, now op,osas
Chamberlain i. no, the corrun,;on;.t - -,
that name" He quotes from Reyerdv
Johnson and Representative Lamar
concerning the Hambury NIass,cr.
He does no, do the Later ,en,lam Cal,
iu.t;ce and douh,Ies. tho s.m. 80 +.
said with REGARD ~ The 6rst NJ
mar al., aid :, ,b,, sn...h. ..TI.
South had ;,s i,wIeSx rlaIs a. ~. NJ
had with this difference ta., - az
South they famcd ont in 5;fFs-s,, i,,aI
tiles and were confined 20 no., na.;~a. -. =
of time wb;le her. N ~. NJ
some counties were held in terror Co.