The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-11-28
Correspondence y. Y. Tribmel
THE SOUTH CAROLINA GAME.

Mr.. Brady, of the Kingstree Sta
newspaper, is a young man about town
| intimate with the managers of the
election, and fair specimen of the
young men of this place. The ,StaI
! has been one of the bittereSt sheets in
the State Mr.. Brady is from the uI
country. He has been in Williams,
burg county only about a year, and is q
young man of small mental calibre
and could not possibly have influence
in any respectable Northern cOmmu-
nifty. | found in the Star for this
week many paragraphs which illus.
trate the character of Southern cOun.
\ try journalism. In describing the re.
/ iOicings of the Kingstree Democracy
over their victory last week, it said
among other things, that the crowds
| visited the house of Mr. III. III. MOnZOn
a cOlOred man, chairman, believe, OF
the Republican County Committee
and invited him To come out aud bt
killed with his party, an invitation
which, the editor says, he did not ac,
cept. The same journal also gives a
| lively description of the OyertuTning OT
election day of the United States Su.
perYisOr of Elections by the white
Democrats, the throwing of the box
ON which he stood in the street, and
| the pushing of himself down the Court
House steps. The article represent.
/ this To have been done by voters il
| whose way he stood. The true yer
! sion of this performance, which is tC
be judicially investigated, shall give
| it another letter before | leave Kings
/ tree.
| was fortunate enough to form Mr.
! Brady'S acquaintance last evening a.
we sat together before the fire in the
! common room of the tavern. OF
course We talked very little about
politics, but discussed the crops, the
/ prices Of lands, the healthfulneSs Of
| localities in this and adjoining coun.
/ ties, and other subjects that man
| looking for place to settle in the
! South would be interested in. Some
| inquiries about the taxes led to Others
about the political future of the State
| and | asked If there was not danger
that the Radicals" would again get
! possession of South Carolina, and make
/ its government as eXtravagant and
corrupt as it WlS under Governors
Scott and Moses, remarking at the
same time, that the bare possibility of
such a thing frightened people away
I from the State.
He replied that a Radical success in
/ the future was impossible: that the
/ Democrats had carried the State this
! time and would always do so here
after. why in this county," said ne,
that has never gone Democratic since
reconstruction, we beat them bv GOl
majority"
How did you do that? = | asked.
well, some Of the niggerS voted the
Democratic ticket" was the reply.
But the black population Ontnum-
bers the white, does it not"
"Oh yes, two to one"
WAS there much excitement during
the campaign:'
No, it was very quiet. There was
no trouble except here and in sumter
You ought to Lave been i'm this State
in 1876 tC have seen a lively election -
Nv That was the trouble here during
the last campaign:7
-Oh, not much; we gave Swails ten
days to leave and he left. Everything
was quiet after that"
"WhO is SwailS -
lie is a Niger from the North
AA'AAA 1 C4AAAoa ~ tllilfts 1 lEChOl. lie HIS
been State Senator from this county,
What had SwailS been dOing?-
playing the devil with the niggers
making insensible speeches.
Was he man of influence among
them:'
Yes, he could do anything he pleased
with them"
What effect did his goingawav have
on the negroes =
1T broke them up-they had no lead
ct any more
will he come back
Il recken he'll come back to settle uu
his affairs; he has property mere. Hes
| a right smart fellow
Was there any other excitement in
this county during the campaign:7
No, nothing that amounted to any
/ thing. The Democrats attended all
the meetings, you know, and asked for
/ half of the time
WAS it accorded to them?"
NO, the Radicals did not want Ia
divide time | think they generally
/ broke up when the Democrats appear
ed. l never attended a meeting out.