The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-01-12
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CEATTAa+ess., Tenn, December 21.-
What will be The result of the present COM
plication in Stuth Carolina? Those who
expect to finiany permanent solution Of the
difficulty Other than turning the State over
to the Dcm,crats--that is, the white people
can undeceve themselves. Socalled Re-
publican goyernment is at an end there,
and If: perchance, Chamberlain continues to
act as Governor, he will be powcrless.
What is such a government as his in
Soith Carolina AMI Kellogg's in Louis ma
good for anyway? They cannot stand alone
an hour if Federal protection is withdrawn,
and with that protection they are powcrless
to command respect or enforce law. fait
to See wh5tE Eood is to come from continu-
alton " ksmpt to uphold SO. SCALED Re-
- RGaasanents in these States. =,
FstsfFsyus-1se
Qe fourth OF ,1he sort We
in tho S6uthern States since the
Ear . You remember the two. headed gov
'erpmcnt in Alabama that was for so =. n
time nuisance anda shame. You remem.
bcr The appeal TO Washington, the fights and
turmoil. Hisailoycr, and Alabama is ut
peace. Then thee was the double govern
ment in Arkansas Brooks at the head of
one and Baxter q the other. 1t is over
the white pe"p, that is to say the Demoe. !
racy, are in rqwr. Old Joe Brooks has a
post Office, and here is pnece in Arkansas
Louisiana hada long experience with d
double government, and, indeed, has it now
for McEnsyhas never entirely su cd
After Ja'A,y she will have more Of # for
Nc c,1---l .kard will both be inauru.-
ratc1 = ~
The rcasor that tho Republican Nv is
a failure in he cotton States is because
there is no wiite element in it except the
offceholdcrs. The blacks cannot copdpc,
good sovcrn4ent, and if they could, don't
believe the whites would long submit to it.
ihese agltators.n the cotton States are re.
'el'ious asaIstnegro rule where the negroes
ire in the majority. That is the truth Of :
he matter. {
"A TERRIBLE TEsT-Thosc notorious
u'ia"s' tn, Younger brothers, recently ,
aPtured ami imprisoned for the murder Of .
'asnler Heywood. arc "objects of interest" .
hss 4o%sto Minnesota people. Upon on.
ccaslon- 4apntrell's band cnc6natered y +
artytof jayhawkcrs numbering .sksFty o.
gre gre zen II ,.hs ifybswksss xsssFs !
'on 6tt1s ter super, sadssass'.hs.I ait 1l,s 2 2
ladfs OF esenlng wesH Sapproach e I6ie,t ii
oupger got out an Enfield rfleS scS5hmsTJl y
lat Iiay. 1t was the first he had ever seen y, y.
I'd rs merits and demerits were discussed "
tie men. Opinions differed as to its 90
'pehor qualities. One of the men re. -, ~
arled that he had heard that it would kill -,
th, distance of mile. Younger replied, 3D.
I mat be so the force of the discharge ~
US De terrific" Another banterinely re- Il,
aRed, II the new gun will kill at mile %
sant, the ball at short range would 90
r'ugh ten men. Younger raised up from ;,
e saddle on which he was sitting and re- - -
arAed "That is easy to demonstrate. - ~
he- the prisoners heard this remark they ~
t sue their time had come. The fifteen ~
lsorers were then placed in line one be- Oh Oh
nd t5e other, and Cole Younger took the NJ N,
u, Pi;s,ath thelock moment, to "git vi, VII
hang ofit," and then measured off fif sn n
IN pacesEin front of the line formed, WI WI
'eeled ab%t, looked calmly into the faces 90, 20,
the doohed men, and then fred The tb
1t, sccont and third man dropped without m ag
'roars Muttering contemptuous con- y
nnatlon Of the new rife, Younger, with
moving from his tracks, continued his
periments. Seven times the rifle was dis an,
'rged, each time the guerrilla comment fal
carole S,y upon the merits of the En- of
d, and tteen of the jayhawkers lay in for
'nanih'a|e heap on the grass. tn: