Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-10-17
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WASHINGTON, Oct. IL, 1873.
THE LAWS To RE ENFORCED IN SoUTu CARO-
LIMA.
The Administration has announced that no
change in the Southern policy is to be made that
there is 10 he no "bloody shirt movement; but
that the laws everywhere shall he enforced, If the
Government j. powerful enough to do H. That IS
all the South Carolina republicans ask. Swails Of
Sonth Carolina, who brings information about the
outiagcs in that State, and who has been driven
out Of the State by the Red Shiit@, under lamp.
ton in an interview to-day said that the President
had promised all the assistance that the Consttn-
ton aud laws permit. Swails saws. however, that
nothing can be done unless the Administration
has backbone enough TO enforce its authority even
10 the extent of calling upon the militia of the
States under the Instruction act
The United States Marshal, he SAYS, is plucky
man, but he l. only one man. There Is no mate
rial from which posse can he Obtained. The
arm s-heaiing portion of the community j. enroll
I'd under Hampton's banners in the militia and
Red Shirts. Swsils himself is Deputy L. 5.
Marshal and the Hampton mob captured him
ANY other Deputy Mar>hals would, he sai1, he
equally powerless to effect arrests Something
more than the letter of the Attorney General,
which Swails characterized as sort OF "shoo tlE
letter. woHld be necessary to maintan order and
to protect citizens in their rights in South Clroli-
ma. Mr.. Swails was charitable enough to say that
he thought Hampton would do Justice to the col
possible for him to do so. Yet there is reason to
doubt Hampton sincerity as he said that the
county adjacent to Charleston must be carried a.
all hazards.
DEMOCRATIC TRICks.
Secretary McCrarv has received information
from Iowa that the Democrats aud Grcenhackers
in the first district will hold convention to nomi-
nate a candidate for Congress, to be voted for IN
November. A similar eXpei iment tiled IN Color
ado two years ago, has encouraged the democrats
to think that democratic majority ia the mex.
Congress may be relied upon to do as partisan
work as was accomplished in this Congress by the
seating of Patterson of Colorado and Dean of
Massachusetts,.
The fact that Sayler & Goss in Cincinnati dis.
tricts also contemplate contestng seats upon the
fimsest Of preteNts lends co,or to the belief en-
tertained here by republican officials that the
democrats have entered into a conspiracy to OH
tain as large a majority possible in the mex,
Congress by these and similar tricks. II may have
to elect President, and to accomplish that rur
pose resort will be had to every technically of
law Members of the republican committee,
whose attention was called to the subject, state
that the republicans would not hold any elections
in November, aud hardly believe the democrats
would have the audacty to countenance such pro-
ceeedings.
DEMOCRATIC OUTRAGns IN SoUTH CAROLINA.
News which has been received by mail from
South Carolna tonight, shows that the repubi-
can meeting IN Sumter county, was broken up bv
mar ching bands Of armed democrats, summoned
from adj acent counties. Word was sent to ada
cent counties and a number Of militia companies
appeared armed at the meeting. They para'ed
about the place and left their arms stacked near
at hand. The democrats demanded a division Of
time; the republicans refused; whereupon the
democrats marched their companies up and down,
creating noise and practically preventing the
meeting. AT one time danger Of great slaughter
was imminent, for the democratic artillery company
brought their gun loaded with part of keg Of
nails to bear upon the crowd of negroes, and were
only prevented firing by the imness of one of
the democratic lef ders