Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-11-20
Letter from South Carolina.

oRASGEBURG, S. c., Nov. IA, 1878. y y
DEAR Mr.. EDTroR:-It has been some h
ime since l have written for your COL .
INNS. The truth is, that times have =
greatly changed even in South Carolina
There is a strange and undying suspicion
liked on northern men living in the SOUTH
have been here now for some thirteen
wears, and in all respects during this peril
od have been true to the interests oil my
adopted state. l have been applying
without stint, of all my means ana re-
sources to advance the cause of educa-
ton. religion, and all the good fruits OF an
earnest Christianity; but l ain looked
upon still as carpet Dagger ana
sort of an urwelcome intruder upon the
RIGHTS of the lords of the south.
The people here are being as carefully
watched under the peaceful reign oil
HAMPTON, as in the good old days OF
slavery; and the prospect is that soon
everything will be as quiet here rs when
cotton was king. and slaves could be beaten
at the pleasure of their masters and mon
ev realized on the sale of human chattelS
| have been so often abused for what
did mot Dritc for northern papers that l
have for while been RECALLING myself
with the harvest. without sowing the seed;
lint 7 have come to the conclusion that
the truth is not to be suppressed especial
" for the protection and qualification oil
bad men, and the way to reach the cor
rection Of wrong doing is to expose H.
and although our individual contributions
may be triiing. our duty should not DC
neglected.
see by the northern papers that am
r reported us having been arrested here IN
f connection with Senator Duncan from
| this county. This must have occurred by
y my name in the dispatches having beer
s taken for that of my son, who is postmas
t ter at this place. Just before my return
V from the north he WIS arrested while try
e inc to secure bail for Senator Duncan uh
It der the circumstances set forth in the dis
L matches. The object of these arrests wa
d evidently to bulldoze the senator so lar u
l. to induce him to resign his scat In IN
State Senate. He had been told II n
g would not resign he would be arrested. A
ID the legislature meets this month ana Il
could not get his trial before next Janua
Of nv. it was hoped for the want OF ball Il
OF might be kept out of his seat in the Ser
W ate. After our return we secured MS pai
or and he will, no doubt, put in an aPpea
he ance on the assembling of the legislator
ly As MANY of the republican senators hay
'' : been induced to resign their Seats the
he will be left only a slight representation
VS. remind these bigoted servants OF tt
&c, reigning democracy of the existence
~; sas the hated republican party.
he We had some trouble in our recent sta
to alection. The democrats carried MAJ
is counties in the state where there we
t snr large republican majorities by the MI
omen and fraudulent ballot-box stuliln
is At the poll in this town there were 'hl
,.v hundred ballots cast in excess OF the p
,ior list and the ballots in nearly every voti
oa, precinct were largely in advance OF
'ort noll lists. This was the case in most
hor tine counties of the state. They had SIN
VAIL ballots printed on tissue paper for the
nor. press purpose of stufling, These W.
,,,n doubled inside of their regular ticket,
on as thew had managers who were the IL
that servants of the party, and pledged to
;cht interests, these ballots were counted
cots the selections of ballots to be thrown
,or So arranged as to retain largely those
NEE for the democracy. In addition to t
a. sod the United States deputy marshals W
ell. in MANY cases driven from the place
are balloting, their right to act denied
and some of them arrested by the officers
the state. This has led to the arrest
~ turn of the state officers by the I'm
States authorities. In this place on
con- the marshals who was arrested, ana
,,no- whose testimony others have been arl
|
,ars od WAS severely beaten on the streets
7 Y. some of the incensed gentry, VINO l
enth thus had an unpleasant reminder
Cali. " Uncle Sam" has not yet lost all oil
until mower in this ungrateful country. i
eats arrests have made no little commotlo
ma this section. and we cannot say what
W in be the end of this unpleasant STRIFE
, the We are greatly suffering by the sta
,nted ton of business and the financial pres
roen. induced by the low price of cotton
ng of planters at this time are getting only
lean cents per pound for cotton that was
'pup- mo for ten when they first began to g
+ o ,"o tho harvest. We retain here many Of
roba. had habits, and one is to get in debt
If the draw our supplies in anticipation OF
cr"ls' coming crop. After paying the del
nrcs. is quite desirable to have some none
to the for clothing and Christmas, but
, con- low price of cotton leaves no marsl
Inc vond meeting the debts, and often
aI hsua short of that. This result is an I'm
/ Her ant one for merchants and tlllers o
repub- southern soil. The present year mas
o hold avn IF the hardest financially that WI
'oA' seen in the south. We have long
hoping that better days were comm
present we submit, trusting in God and C
of his W. I,;
minis our care OH ii''n' A WEns,
essman Mr.. Springer says that IN order u
IN, and the next president, the democrats
It's. He nominate II man who can carry Ohi'
III Ut ana and Illinois: and the Chicago
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