The daily gazette., 1877-06-14

Hon. IL. ID. Caln, a cOlOreu member OF
Congress from South Carolina, visited
this city to attend the colored Methodist
Conference. He then went to West
Chester and made a political speech,
which the Republican copied, ,prefacing il
with approving remarks. That our read.
ers might be informed, from high negro
authority, direct from the South, of the
state of affairs there, we cut this speech
out of the Republican and published it. In
it Mr.. Cain said good deal in favor of
the Democrats, and in fact declared that
in South Carolina, if the colored man
will "vote the Democratic Jacket he could
get all he ,oants-houses; schools, ,cork
and plenty to eat" Again he says B.: "The
Democrats tell them that if they vote
with them they will protect them
and stand by them" Certainly the
Democrats would do that-they would
not be good Democratic citizens if they
did not assist to protect the poor negro
who desired to escape from the tyranny
of the carpet-baggers and the colored SOL
diers who had been enlisted to carry
out Grants unconstitutional orders.
A committee appointed by the Legis-
lature of South Carolina has been
examining into the manner of con-
ducting the elections In that State, and
we find that acts of intimidation were
frequent and that it took brave negro to
vote the Democratic ticket. Because of
these threats and acts of intimidation the
whole delegation to the Legislature from
Charlie. .on city were deprived Of their
seats in the House of Representatives and
Senate by the adoption of the report of
the committee. In advocating the adop-
tion of the report no less than three col
ored Republican members declared that
they knew Of their own knowledge that it
was true; and one said: ''It is all your
life is worth to vote the Democratic tick
ct in the low country" Another said a
party of negroes gave negro $50 lashes
for voting the Democratic ticket.
Now, Hon. R. Il. Cain was very silent
oA these facts. He only told one side
of the story, and we believe he lied out
right when he said "every colored man
who goes to the polls takes his life in his
own hands,"
1t is, however, probable that the Hon.
r. II. Cain has motives of his own in
making such speeches as the Republican
published. He may be intending to
awaken the.negroes to the deep indebted
ness due them by the Republicans in
Pennsylvania and Delaware, and to move
them TO exactigg from that party just
such liberal treatment as he says the
Democrats IN South Carolina give them
VIZ: everything they want-"houses
schools, work and plenty to eat" Surel,
the Democrats of South Carolina ar,
liberal people, and contrast finely will
the politicians that crowd around tn
Deta'odre Republican, WHO take the poo
negroes votes and give them not SO mucI
as bone, not even dogs fare.
In conclusion we present the followin
comments by non-partisan paper upo
the manner in which the Radicals secure
the votes of the negroes in Charleston
INTIMIDATION SURE ENoUGH.-Ther
has been new evidence of late that, afte
all, there was good deal of fraud and il
timidation n the South Carolina legisli
I've elections, This fact was clearl
brought out in debate last week in I'll
lower house of the South Carolina Le
gislature on the committee report n
commencing the non-admission of tb
republican representatives from Charlie
ton county, on the ground that thel
was so much fraud and intimiua alton i
the election that nobody was legal
chosen. Not less thon three colored r.
publicans advocated this report, and col
tirmed of their own knowledge IL
charge that large numbers of colore
men who desired to vote the democrat
ticket were intimidated by their ov
race into supporting the other. "Tl
free voters were absolutely houndt
down for trying to exercise the dictat
of their conscience" said one of the
speakers, and instanced case where
party of negroes gave another one hu
dred and fifty lashes for voting the dem
cratic ticket. at is all your life is wor
to vote the democratic ticket in the 10
country" confessed another of the
colored republicans and added, "If l st;
here fifty years I'll not vote to seat
member of that delegation-pen who
on Broad street and say if yoga1 vote Il
democratic ticket I'll blow YOU'D tbrai
out or put the torch to your cottor
with such emphatic republican test
mony 1t is not to be wondered at th
the democrats should have felt fully ius
ned in the exclusion of the dele9atio
THE Louisville Courier-Journal saws
is an open secret, if secret at all, tl
the Hon. d. W. Voorhees, will cany;
Indiana next year for United States &c