The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-22

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and tho prisoners arc taken before
Warren II. Marshall, United States
Commissioner, in Charleston. Indeed
it would seem the proper thing to
prefix "Warrcn r." to all the United
States marshals in South Carolina, or
to everybody or everything else con-
nectcd with Radicalism.
AS the Nc,cs and Courier is desirous
Of being fully posted as to the biogra-
ply of ull the leading statesmen in the
world, and more especially in the
United States, we will give short
sketch Of the individual now so promi-
nently before the eyes of the State,
and who is held as rod IN tcyTorem
over the heads of the misanthropic
moonshincrs Of the mountains, tho
Rebel Red Shirts Of Richland and the
sanguinary savages of Sumter. First,
let us say that Warren II. Marshall,
whether we find him paroling illicit
distillcrs in Grccnvillc, running for
the Legislature in Richand, or cn-
forcing Dovons' illegal orders in
Charleston, or all these at once, is
nevertheless, like our glorious Union,
Zone and indivisiblc."
The subject of the present sketch
was born somewhere, and at some
past time. lie attended the State Mill
tary Academy and served in the war.
The first Indications of his future
political greatness wcrc given in the
campaign of 1868, when he made
earnest and convincing speeches in
Richland in behalf Of Seymour and
Blair, and dcnunciatory Of Grant and
the Republican party. Subsequently
he removed to Fairfield. In 1872, he
announced himself as an Independent
candidate for the Legislature, and
shortly after, delivered good speech
at Ridgcway in answer to speeches
made there by e. j. Moses, Jr., and
Judge Mackcy, who were stumping
the State III advocacy Of the claims of
Moses to the govcrnorship. His
ostcnsiblc reason for running was that
he might represent the honor and
integrity of the State and help to put
an end to corruption and Radicalism.
In this he was endorsed by many good
citizens. However, before the canvass
ended he got Oh the Republican plat
form, in order TO place his mare be-
fore the convention. In that cOnvcn-
ton; which was secret, he received 0
votes. five mistake not he voted for
Grant and the Radical ticket, giving
rs an excuse the plea that he had TO
pledge himself TO do evil that good
might come. In 1874 he supported
Chamberlain against Green, was
candidate a second time for the Lcgis-
lature, before the Radical convention,
and received about the same number
Of votes rs before. lie then ran for
reading clerk Of the House and was
elected, and was also made trial
justice. In 1876, he first ran for
adiutant and inspector general, and,
being beaten, ran in Fairfield for
Senator and received the Radical
nomination, but declined to make the
fight against Major Woodward, who
would make things lively, and Israel
Byrd was substituted. Here Marshall
openly avowcd Radicalisln, and, we
presume to make capital as a martyr,
alleged that the people of Ridgcway
were going to kill him, and got a lot
of negroes to guard his house. The
leading citizens Of Ridgcway told him
nc was making fool of himself, and
actually volunteered to place a guard
Of the best people in the place to take
care of him. But this was not what
ne wanted. So he posted off to Co
lumbia III hot haste with his blood
curdling story. About this time he
got into a personal difficulty with Il
man in reference to a decision he had
rendered in his trial Justices court;
and then he came to Winnsboro and
sworc out warrants for political per-
sccution, just as Coghlan is now doing
before him in Charleston. When
court came on, the defendants were
acquitted without any trouble. BY
this time Marshall had really become
obnoxious to the people, but they did
nothing to him, and on the contrary
carefully attended his wife who was
then dying of consumption. During
all the time Of the disputed election,
Marshall was strengthening the back
bono of the blacks. lie became. clerk
of Mackcy's bogus House, and stayed