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;a,ketl. II, privato conversation, Of bulldoziug,
,tlfnr. n,ul lulIot-bpx stutIjnr a|nost a. freely
n, ttey did of cotton.rosfnc and mt]c-hrcetInE.
This ,yas csnecfa,ty the case In South Carolfnn,
where thc blocks ara II, tho majority. md
Hherc thcy w,u1td control the political
destiny of tic Etatc IL tI,cy Ind nnythtpG
Ike fair chnucc, Hut the Rcd Shirts, White
l.cagutrs, artl other organizations intended to
nysr,wo a.. co,nrot vntor wrrc ton n,,,ncrnps.
t,o uot1 .tt.dn,Inoa .,,t tot, oyrros,tvc fnr b,,
nn1 in d,strrts largely md notortously Re-
nub1tcan h. saw ncmocrat returned to
Congress by the aId of
Tnr T1ssug.nA1t,o15
that excc,,,,d frccman,s hui ,,<s fteed,non,s.
,rtt, T,,., T..,n,,t,s. f.,,,a ~ n,..,ona, r,o,,
WIZ 'te co"'a''tsco 4ou"u =" "..as'o''ai ''i""
who seemed to have sUtt'e conscientious scrupea
ngaint the killing Of negroes, md were really
trylng to Invent tniidcr antl more humane
methods for u,octfnr tlle cx,rcnces Of tue case.
,r,.'." ~. " ,''.s' H III IT. =, ~. r,.s,a.,s'.
lHos .h'. Da"soE' ea'tor u t's 1na'les'o"
Nttcs and Courier, nairc.y told Sit. Cameron
that lie had repeatedly urged h[a party fricntls
Ia stop killing negroes. md declared that ho
49,. .,n,,o.o.t - u~ r,r.,r f,,I, o,,r,,t.
"as 'ppoSoA :" ~ ~. na"so' ,',,'., u, aI.. ,'1'
atea the great neecas'tt ol csta"'1snlns u'e Us
ccndahcJ oi the "h1to faee III '"e couth, aeefel5
other Detnocfat does VINO helcscst we're
wos en1fnr,tly humane aut sound, was not
rt,,u1nr r,,h TIM r,,t: md f1,e ri tte nar,v. md
pop",m ~. .." "' .'4, s 40 -. ~ ~ r."
tney ue''sa n''.r "a,e "'u ~. 'sas "a =. s1pon
Tile Committee also developed largP amount
If rr,okcdness In III. un,rer Of conducting the
,.I III ..t,hl,st,1 tho far, ,,,ut hn,1,t
w., s,.t 80 ",", ,,n,,,..
DOE 6tui1lhE "aH h'inoss US co'''u'o" a''' ""a'e-
gutscl as printing the tsckcts. At one precinct
in Charleston,
ror EXAMPLE.
~, n,.,..o, ,a, = ,-ou corroc+cf7 with Dc,ro.
oA .'ee''' oe.s '" .'.U a.. 49,.
esat'c pt"spapeF "he n.s" ~ ~. ''"., '''o ~
"'tn ''s'o !o"s w. VS.
ence or tie supervisors "Ao 'naoc Ho
effort to restrain him, Other prcetrcts
tlat everybody knew did not contatn r'ura tha,'
I'D ]crai yotcrs wuu,fl ,y,II ,cu or twelve hun-
,Ircd yntes,-fearlr AT Uemocratic,o of course. III
priyntc conversation with the different memtcrs
nf tic Committee oil tlree illegal an.f inhunn,l
mai meu sought 10 Justify tncmsc}vcs hy saving
thut thc btucks anu GnrpetbaCgers had already
nearly ruined md impov oris'ied the Statc, asld
tl"f 1he nnlI choice lett INC WINE penple "ns 10
cu,iErate Or ttny ald wreat ny conttol 1fofh
| tguurant an,l incuinpetemt hantis. They sny,
top, that u my men of thu Nnrih we're IN tter
h1, they wol!u not suhHl't WIN any octtes grace
| than they do, a''a ....-
| THEY IEAx THAT THE SgaHo sllAt.1. SUBMIT
| instead Of themselves. So it NAV t,r ect lUwu
ns n ,irrti fnct. Scnntur Cameron nnI tf,c oftrr
| Rcnubjjya,. ,nenbcrs Of thy Committee think,
! tIat lie culorcd tiau ir The Suuth will uvyGr
| en,oy lin rights u1,ier the Consultation nini
siaws uf The co,tt1try--especa!y rs to the mat.
trr u. suiYrage-,iurss h. iolus ,l,c Detno-
rratic unr,y. Thts Ia the ltutIrcssinn left upon
thrtr minus frnn! observation wliiI prosecuting
their Investigations, and from lie raturu OF the
fcsttI1luny that they soon VIII spfeaa pelose lhe
! peopie. .
Alter sne committee retnrhra To t9is .,,t,y; sly;
SENATORS IellGe, Chh'efoh' hl'i halk"oou slssten
air. AaYes AsHt !lao Long cohlefcnce Wild llis
IN regara to political alialrs ID the South' UNA
| especially WITH reference 10 ao'no oI ihe
| FEDERAL. ArrolSTMEs75 IN LOUISIANA.
| Thry told the j'rcs[ucn: ycry pafnly tl,ut civil
| service WA not uf much ACCOUNT In Louisiana.
a,ul tl1at he ought to dttpacu Smith, Collector
OF New Orlcans and appoint tllau OF influence