The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-01-12
REDFIET Us LAST LETTER,

NHATTA', -, Tenn, December 21.--
What will De lhc result Of the present COM
| rlicatlon in Stuth Carolina? Those who
expect to fini any permanent solution of the
difficulty o;lcr than turning the State over
to the DcEncrats--that is, the white people
can undecavc themselves SO called Re-
publican government is at an end there,
and ii: pcrclnncc, Chamberlain continues to
act az Governor, he will be powcrl2>s.
What is such a government as his in
South Car,:.n' an + clogy's in Ion la
god for anyway? They cannot stand alone
an hour if Federal protection is Withdrawn,
and with that protection they arc powerlcss
to command respect or enforce law | fail
to See .whatSoul is to come from a continu-
alton Of a&a1kempt to uphold so called Re-
1hflR gsESs9ments in these States.
- - r : e. T., Sys#.isHr ~esfnssvue--irI
hramaikSic fourth OF the sort we
II xoseSdin the Southern States since the
VAR. You remember the two headed GOV.
'erpmcut in Alabama that Was for so n
time nuisance anla shame. You rcmem.
Der Che "rp>al to Washington, the fights and
turmoil. 1t is a! over. and Alabama is If
peace. Then thee was the double govern.
mcnt in Arknu3as Brooks at the head of
one and Baxter the other. 1t is ovcr
the white peep, that is to say til. Dcmoe,
racy, arc in rowr. Old Joe Brooks has
post oi:icc, a"d here is 90, in Arkansas
Louisiana had a long experience with =
double government and, indeed, has it now
Tor M'"n"ry has never cntirc'y Su cd
All: Ja " she will have more of it. for
49,; - ~k"rl will both be i"a"gu-
he reason that the Republican V is
failure in he cotton States is because
there is no wlite element ia it cxccn, tbo
oilicaho?dcrs. The b!acks cannot conduct
good government, and if they could, | don't
believe the Whites would long submit to it.
1 lhese ag'tators.n the cotton States are re.
oeillonS agaI'atncgro rule where the negroes
arc in the minority. That is the truth Of
The matter
TERRIBLE TEsT.-Ihosc notnrjous
'"'ia"S' tn Younger brothers. recently
'nPtured AMI imprisoned for the murder Of
'aa"'er lcywood, arc objects Of interest"
ust now to M.nncso,o people. Upon ON.
occasion. isaaAtrell's band cnc6unterea
'arty OF jayhawkcrs numbering 'Hsirtv or
nOre. Il n .aoyen of tbn 10 Il o,.I
aiken sed t6a essson Sf their fate
9on fSttledsesfter iNppcy, aldsas,aha.t
nadfs OF evening were approachi6gy Cole T
outSer got out an EIficld rife capturelip
nat lay 1t was the first he had ever seen, .
nd Is merits and dcmcrits were discussed :,
y tie men. Opinions differed as to its =
upe'Ior qualities. One of the men re. :,
naried that he had heard that it would kill |;
t tfp distance Of a mile. Younger replied, =,
II mat be SO the force of the dscharpe y
'us be rrtic.' Another banterinely re- !
lar;ed, IT the new gun will kill at a mile .
!SHht, the bail at short range would go
hr'ush ten men. Younger raised up from !;
he saddle on which he was sitting and re. o
iarGd That is easy to demonstrate - /
heL the prisoners heard this remark they >
eit Sue their time had come The fifteen ,
rlsorers were then placed in line, one be. 9
Ind t5e other, and Cole Younger took the :
un, PA1Aeeeh the lock moment, 10 ''git =
he ha3g o. IT." ard then measured off fiji {
zen PAGES fn front Of the line formed. y
heelcd alb vt, looked calmly into the faces :
the doo.icd men, and then fired The +
rst, second and third man dropped without y
Irc@an Muttcring contcmptuous con
lhatlon If the new rife, Younger. with.
moving from his tracks, continued his
lmcnts. Seven times the rifle was dis s
scd, each time the guerrilla comment {
SArcl ~ upon the merits of the En- c
''o' and Fen Of the jayhawkcrs lay in
'nan'n heap on the grass. Y