The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-09-02
WHOLE NO. 28lO
SOUTHERN CENSUS FRAUD.
MORE PROOF OF THE FRAUD-
ULENT NATURE OF THE
WORK DONE IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.

Providence, R. T., Aug. I5.-The
Journal has the following letter from
Charleston, in regard to the census
frauds in South Carolina:
CHARLESTON, S. C., Aug. Q.
To he Editor Of he Journal;
l send you an editorial Of the
Charleston News and Courier Of this
date. I desire to call your attention
to the fraud that is being perpeTated
on the whole country in the matter
Of the census. IfnOt exposed now,
the wrong cannot be remedied for
ten years 70 come A gain OF IS per
cent in a State that has had no inn
migration whatever in the last ten
years, and from which more people
have gone than have come IS incred-
ible. You will perceive that it is not
a full return, being but twenty-three
or thirty three counties Of the State.
The counties omitted are all very
small, and with the exception Of two,
which are doubtful, are strong Re.
publican counties. There can be no
doubt that the purpose Of keeping
back the returns of the ten Of the
smallest counties in the State is to
doctor the returns So as to pave the
way for election frauds this fan
again.
The returns published are the cause
Of much comment here among Re
Publicans, as We have predicted is
for some time, and, behold, it has
now come. Think Of an increase Oh
ten years Of IS per cent. in a State
that has driven away capital and inn
migration, and repudiated its debts,
both public and private. The only
growth the State can have has been
from the natural increase in its pop
ulation. If a fair census is taken It
will be shown that the State has lost,
instead Of gained. The returns have
been kept back in all the Southern
StatestO see how much increase there
viii be in the North, that a cores
POnding or greater increase may be
fixed here. I will simply call your
attention TO a few Of the counties re-
ferred to in the editorial Of our Dem
OCratic newspaper:
Edgefeld and Barnwel have been
divided since 1870, and the new
county of Aiken taken from them,
yet the BarnWeI Of to-day and Edge
field show, it is claimed, 1000 and
5000 increase respectively. In 1870
the population of these two counties
was 78,2Ioj in 1880 the returns are
for the same territory III,I73, an IN
crease of 43 PEI. cent. in a territory
that has had no immigration what
ever from any source. Henry coun-
ty is in a wilderness, and not a rail-
road in it, and has an increase Of so
per cent; Lexington, Sandy and
Steele counties an increase Of 50 per
cent; Marlboro, a county away from
railroads, with nothing to attract any
one, an increase Of 81 per cent.
But the fraud is so palpable that any
one may see it.
That the same thing has been done
in other Southern States there is
good reason to believe. The South
viii show, according to these claims,
as great an increase as the great
Northwest. Is It to be wondered
why the Southern Brigadiers fought
so hard for the Census Supervisors
President Hayes, on being informed
by myself of "the plan," thought L
would not be attempted, but that if
it was, said he would order the cen
sus over. fit is not taken over, and
honestly taken, the whole North VIII
be overwhelmed by fraudulent counts
in the census taking as well as in cleo
tions.
You viii also perceive that there
has been no increase either in the
cities Of Charleston or Columbia,
while, in the North and West the
principal increase has been in the
cities. The editorial tells the story.
VIII the country submit7 ] hope
not.