The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-12

I ing time" is prohibited by his Fraudu
lcncy. The whole thing is but t
scheme TO tcrrify the colorcd Demo-
Gratis who have come over in large
numbers, and whom the Radicals hope
to frightcn back into the old tEyon
1t will not succeed, Of courssGsmocrots
Grant could not keep theaal thSeeal bondage,
OF orS S""'h out ': Carolina in n1aRaow Row that now
ilits about the rnnar ta;,nd s;n
succeed we o'cS"r i''''o' 0:''',
s,r,,ys o,6W which way the wind
IIaw,.>Gld Dcvcns' unconstitutional
or1cr plainly forcshadows the course
tD bc pursued by the Radical party if
it ever again controls Congress. TO
elect Democratic House that will
cooperate with the Senate in repeating
this odious "Scction 1920" is matter
of life and death to the South.
In the meantime, the State authori-
ties must adopt measures of retaliation.
The State courts are 10 longer prOSti-
tutcd to Radicalism, and miscrcants
can be convicted. Under the cry of
"War to tho knife inauguratcd by
the Republicans, no excuse can be
offered for not furnishing in the State
courts those Radicals and negroes
who have already in this campaign
maltreatcd Democrats. In Columbia
and in Charleston, at the recent
Hampton meetings, colorcd Democrats
were assaulted by Radical rowdics.
In Georgetown a greater outrage was
perpctratcd. a colorcd Democrat
was surrounded and beaten nearly to
death, and when two gentlemen went
to the rescue, one Of them was serious
" hurt. a colorcd Democrat was
stabbed by a Radical not long ago In
Sumter. The rascals who committed
these outragcs are known. They
should be locked up in Jail for trial
without delay. Again, no more op-
perfume moment could be seized for
prosecuting the thicving Radical Lead
crs who atc now invoking the powers
Of the Federal government to aid them
in stealing again. If it be q violation
! Of "Scction $500 TO meet Snalls on
the stump and expose him, it is not
such violation to hustle him into the
pcnitcntiary under the sentence al
ready passed upon him. What has
become Of that case anyhow2 The
appeal appears to be sleeping peace
fully in the tomb of the Capulcts,
while orders arc issued to Federal
marshals to institute wholesale
dragonnadc upon the decent people Of
the State. Nobody wants 10 be arrest
ed. a trial involves an expenditure
of money and time, however farcical
the accusation may be.
Upon the conduct Of the State au-
thoriticS in the next month depends
largely the election Of Tillman, Rich
ardson and O'Connor. If the colorcd
Democrats arc to be tcrrorizcd, and
the Radicals omboldcnGd by Federal
show Of power, these gentlemen may
as well retire from The contest. But
if il be shown that the State courts
still exist and that Republican runlans
will be severely punished for breaches
Of the peace, all will be plain sailing.
Governor Hampton should at once
assure Mr.. Dcvcns that the Inaugural
tion OF a system Of punishmcnts for
political o,liragcs, committed by either
party, would lead to an entire dis
pcrSion Of the Radical party in South
Carolina-ihc leaders to the penitcn-
tiary, the minons TO the .iails. Con-
vinccd Of this Mr.. Dcycns viii drop
"Scction 552O' like hot potato. Let
us have an aggressive policy, amt
meet the Issue rs becomes us.