National Republican., 1878-06-25


to policy which brings rebels and traitors
to the front, and puts Union men on the
back seats in public affairs. This fact was
too well understood to endanger his subiec-
tion to such an ordeal
But we can say TO our Lynchburg friend
and TO all others in his way of thinking
that just as often as conspiracies against the
welfare OF the Government come to the sur
tace-as often as the embers of rebellion are
) stirred into life-and as often as the princi-
pies oil reconstruction are trampled under
foot and the rights OF American citizens
cease to be respected and preserved in the
South-just so often the people will turn to
such true and tried statesmen and patriots
rs ZACH CHANDLER for counsel and aid to
bear them through the pending difficulties.
THE OUTLOOK IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
In the South Carolina State election of
1874 many were the murders and outrages
committed upon the helpless Republicans,
which, although they did not equal in
enormity the historic butcheries of Ham
burg and Ellcnton, yet they served to in
timidate the colored voters, and thus pre-.
vented their enjoyment of the freedom of
the ballot. As Edgefield County took the
lead in committing barbarisms in 1876, so
did she in 1874. Ruiiians in paint and in
disguise held high carnival at all the cleo
ton precincts in that county; even at Edge
field Court-HOuse the pistol and bowie
knife did their work, and Republicans were
driven into hiding places. 1t was in the
election Of 1874 that the murderer ToNEY
killed his first victim. ToNEY demanded
of one of his laborors that he vote the Dem
ocratic ticket, but the voter refused, when
ToNEY drew his pistol and shot him down.
As the wounded man lay upon the ground
in the agonies Of death, he raised aloft a
Republican ballot, and called upon by
stander to put it in the box for him. One
moro bullet from ToNEY's pistol did the
work, and the defenseless voter was dead
ToNEY made his escape and resided in
Georgia until the election of HAMPTON,
when he boldly returned to South Carolina.
Ono day Last wsak ha apraasea at Edsef.id
Court-House armed in formidable man
ner The warrant for his arrest, which had
long laid dormant, was given to Deputy
United States Marshal AUGUSTUS HARRIS,
colored, to serve. HARRIS had barely told
ToNEY that he was his prisoner when the
latter drew his pistol and shot him down.
The Associated Press dispatch from Column
bia speaks of this killing as having been
done in self-defense, but we are assured that
it was a case Of willful murder. This and
other recent outrages have occurred directly
under HAMPToN's nose, but that great and
good man" has failed to utter word in pro-
test. Verify, our citizenship is snare and
q reproach.
AT recent election held in the newly
made county called Hampton, to determine
upon the location of the county site, the
Rifle Clubs held sway at the polls, and re-
fused to allow Republicans to vote, stating
that none but members of the Rifle Clubs
should cast ballots in that election.
There is this popularity about HAMp-
TONS administration. If Democrat kills
revenue officer, which occurs several times
year, the murderer is allowed to give bail,
and the case is always nOlYe-prossed But
when revenue official, in the discharge of
his duty, takes the life of an outlaw, he is
bounded down and lodged in Jail without
the privilege Of giving bail. Such was the
recent action of Judge KERsHAw, in the
case Of HUGH CANE who, in search of the
outlaw REDMOND, found it necessary to kill
a man named LADD, to save his own life.
Perhaps ii would be well for Mr.. GoRHAM
and the Congressional committee to be ad-
yised of the recent action of the South Car
olina Democratic County clubs, who have
freely resolved to allow no strangers" to
come into their midst during the coming
campaign for the purpose of misleading
the negroes" Northern statesmen, who
may design canvassing South Carolina dur
ing the coming campaign should be advised
of this action to the end that they may pro-
tect themselves in the premises.
Notwithstanding there is q clear Republi
can majority of 10000 votes in South Caro-
lima, such has been the terrorism and in
timidation practised in that State that the
Republicans have but little hope of electing
even two Congressman. The late amend
ments to the Constitution, and the supple-
iVBlSlttlou lltIttO are dead
letters in all of the Southern States; and
there appears to be but two courses for
Southern Republicans to pursue, to wit
either take their lives in their hands and
perish at the ballot-bOxes in defense of their
prerogatives as citizens, or retire from an
unequal contest, hcaping anathemas upon
the men who cOncocted the reconstruction
acts, but who lacked the decency and cour-
age to sustain them to their logical Sc
quences. To sum up, it is idle to suppose
that Southern Republicans can withstand
the elements which terrified loyal statesmen
In Congress before the war and which held
the Union forces in check for years. They
are led now by the same unscrupulous |
leaders who directed them during the war,
and their power to do wrong Is fully COM
with their willingness to do it.
SAMMY TILDEN is only taking u breathcr,
and will be ready to start In again to Mexican
izo the GOyornment when a new Congress
meets if il SlOuld be DemOpraLic In eitb.,