New-York tribune., 1878-10-16
WADE HAMPToN's CAMPAIGN.
VIOLENCE TOWARD REPUBLICANS.

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oPot ~, +bat in Williamsburgh and Sumter
Conotios Of South Carolina the political meet
mos of the Republicans are lneerfered wl!n'
and the colored people are cOWeu oy Ills
companies, which turn out Win musAeVs anu
cannon and make noisy ana Violent
demonstrations. A Republican STATE oen-
otor was driven from mhhamsouISn IT.
County under q threat OF oeatn' 1ho
SO S,;osns have not nominated State officers,
tnt are irving to elect Congressman ana
members of the Legislature.
ppp1rRIlCAN LEADER DRIVEN OFF.
sr,Tp sENAToR swAns ORDERED TO LEAVE
-1,,,T.,tsBURGH COUNTY, AND HIS MEETING
BROKEN UP.
tRY TELEGRAPH TO THK TRlBUNEl
m .s,,,,,aroN Oct I5.-State Senator S. A. Swails.
sontb Carolina, who is in the city aud who called
On tbe President yesterday to give him the history
X ecant acts of violence in his State has told the
t,Ioyving story to correspondent OF The TRIBUNE:
nThont the 10th of last month was invited by the
ponnblcsn Club Of White Oak Church. seven
,0yss from Kingstree where live, TO address
tbam. When the club was called TO order
nv the president ! was invited 10 au-
dress the meeting, and was about 10 10
40 when a man who had followed me Iroh
Kipgstree walked into the club-room' Inc pres
ident told him he must leave-that 1t was
A Republican club meeting, and mono except
Republicans could be admitted He went out, out
came back in half hour and began talking about
fair play and dividing the tIme went and spoke
20 him and then turned back and told the president
that be had better adjourn the meeting and let the
folks 90 home he did 50, and my party, consisting
of about SIX of my neighbors besides myself and
little bow mounted our horses andstarted on our
return to Kingstree.
"When about a mile and half from White Oak
Church we heard yes behind us, ana saw the red
shirts coming up behind. They followed us along
for about a mile and half or two miles and then
broke into two detachments, one OF them
passing us at a ga1op and forming in
our front. We came along in that way
until within mile of KIngstree, when the party IN
front wheeled across the road and halted. Then
the spokesman, or the man who seemed to be in
command (hls name was DR.. Byrd came back to me
and SAID that they proposed should ride in their
front rank. / declined, stating that l was
on my way peaceably to my home and had been
peaceably attending to my business. He said that
was the cause Of all tho trouble In Williamsburg
County; and l answered that was not aware
there was any trouble there. He said IT
made no difference, and that l must rde
in their front rank through to Kingstree. AS
live a quarter of mile outside OF Kingstree this
would carry me directly past my house. l asked
him, Then are we to consider ourselves as under
Arrestf' and he said Yes l then submitted and
rode with them, passing my house, where they
yelled like furies.
"When we got to Academy-st. the head of the
column turned to the nght-as have since learned
for the purpose Of marching me about town and
exhibiting me as a prisoner-but refused TO 60
and rode straight up to the Court House. There
they surrounded me, and wanted to take me into
their ranks again tOrcibly.
"In the meantime the Rev. A. NJ. Pinckney, pas
tor of the A. NJ E. Church in Kingstree came up
and wanted me TO get off my horse and come into
the Court House. As soon as / got off my
horse Dr. Byrd and another of his men
caught hold of me and attempted TO take
me any way. At the moment Mr. Pinckney
and one of the men that came with me from White
Oak, Bosom Hanna, caught hold OF me to get me
into the Court House and away from the
red shirts NY friends succeededin getting me
loose from Byrd, aud just were going into the
door of the Court House. Mr.. Pinckney leading, / in
the middle and Hanna in the rear two shots were
hredatu One of these was fired by Dr. Byrd himself
and have since learned the other was fired by aman
pamed Davis. When we got INTO the Court House;
Hanna said he was shot. tore open his jacket and
found one bullet had struck him in the breast. The
other hit him in the thigh. Mr. Pinckney sent
for a physician and went himself for sheriff.
When the latter came mp claimed hls pTotecuon'
and he dispersed the crowd. This was on Saturday,
the 9TH of October.
mo further trouble occurred until Tuesday, al
though the town was full Of redshirts,, drink
ing and threatening me and my friends.
The people were greatly excited On Tues
day morning c0lored man told me that
there was going to be trouble. He had seen the
white men getting their horses and they told him
they were coming into town. pad no attention
!S it, had n case .ss, to defend was in S%aT eSgTt
that walked SEn down anu town 's and found three three
companies Of Hampton's militia there; | walked
among them and spoke to the men, and they spoke
TO me as frankly as ever. After reaching home
about o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. PIDckney
called, and we sat talking ten or ff-
Executive Committee came up and walked
into my house and read me serious OF res
Ol1tiOns l have not got copy. asked Tor
one and was promised it, but have never been able
TO get it, Mr. Pinckney, who heard them read,
made the following transcript at the time and 1t Is
RssOlTcd, That L. A. swas be required to leave vii
" PSsolseS. That he is a hiehhanded robber.
ResOUed, That he and his yOtaries responsible
for all the mcendiary acts which may happen IN this
RssOlred That unless the above be complied with lie
must forfeit his ife.P -
ney that he wished to see in Charleston in rela
ton to the letter of Aforementioned Devens, and
left for Charleston at O'clock that night. had
talk with the TictAttOrDey and United States
Marshal as to what would be the upshOt of the af-
fair and they agreed that had better come right
on to Washington.
left that night for Kingstree at halfpast 0, in
tending to get of, but my friends met me at the
depot and advised me 10 go on. They said that the
town was full OF those men yet and there was no
safety there for me.D
Mr. Swails is an intelligent and resolute looking
man, nearly white. He was born in the North and
went to South Carolina soldier during the war.
lie has not decided yet what course to pursue. He
says the District CRaney'sl is to 60 Republican
If the Republicans are protected In the canvass.
AN OUTRAGE in SUMTER COUNTY.
THE RIFLE CLUBS TURN OUT FIVE HUNDRED STRONG,
WITH CANNON. "To INSURE FAIR PLAY n-THE