National Republican., 1880-11-10
AFTER THE GREAT BATTLE.
A State That Was Carried by Barefacod
Fraud.
Tho Election in South Carolina n Perfect
Farce-Tho Majority Depending on
the Will OF Rebel Cahvnssers.
Returns to the Chief Supervisor.

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! CHARlEsrOS, g. c., Nov. S--Almost every return
received by Chief Supervisor s. T. Pointer from
the United states supervisors of election contains
complaints Of fraud, intimidation, violence and
numerous other violations Of the election laws.
| pracilccd by the democracy to carry the election.
For example, In Edgeneld county the supervisors
| and deputy murshals were Informed that the
| United states Ind no control over elections In
! that region. ond they were iorcihly prevented
| from performing their functions. In Aiken
county cannon wer0 planted IN the street, opposite
! pOlingpaces, and republicans were not allowed
! tn vote. AtprccirCis tn Ncwherry county, supsr.
! vfSor' aud deputy marshus were not allowed TO
| enter the rooms whore the boxes wee kept aud
| At one precnt the "red.shift' rtrians rode their
horses over cOlOred republicans ard murdered one.
| were torn OF the Uuitsi States election officers
| ana they wero, 81 sew eral instances severely
! beaten, In Gsurgctown, the box holding mostly
republican ballots was removed by the democratic
mopssers, aud ono "slnhcd' with democratic
l.tkets was substituted In kcrshaw aud Green-
| vilc counties box cs containing large republican
! lnWorlies were broken open ana the ballots de.
suoyed, aud in other instances they were carrl ed
| oH ana nothing has been heard Of them since. In
| Lancaster county the republicans wore unable TO
vote because the express Office. at the county seat
refused to deliver their ballots to the re publican
| county chairman.
! In Barnwel Anderson Union Horny. Chester,
| Hampton. Darlington, Orangcburg and Collectors
! counties, many polling precincts at which rcpub-
llcan maIorilies were anticipated were never {.
opened and various outragcs OF the CLASSES already
named were perpgtrated. Several precincts were D.
|
| thls clty. me most INFAMOUS frauds were unblusn
| ingly committed At the Iopo cnginc-house the =
| democratic managers drew all but five republican
| uckos- ont OF total Of over G0D-irom the box to
equalzc the ballots with the pol.lls This was also
done at other precincts, though to less extent AT
other places the pOll.liss OF the managers exceed
| those kept by the supervisors many hundreds 10
account for the fraudulent democratic votes in tho
| boxes which were counted i'm every instance The
ballots used by the democrats were Of the notori-
| Gus tissue pattern. While the republican tickets
were printed on thick paper. II was therefore mn
easy matter TO stun the boxes with the former
and draw out the latter to destroy the disparity
| between the number of ballots aud the names
or the noll-lists At all the polng-plaees from
which United States officers were excluded it
| was utterly useless for republicans 10 vote, !Eas-
much as only democratic ballots were counted.
Those chiefly concerned IN these frauds and
outrages were men appointed by the state auhori-
ties 10 conduct the election and receive the ballots.
II was n farce from beginning to eud. and the
| Jority depended merely upon the Will and dicta-
ton Of their bourbon masters. Even the NeiDs aud
Courier feels constrained to say; with anything
IKE ordinary sense South Carolina is safe There
Is u single limitation. The moral sense of tina
country must not be shocked too severely and too
often"
The ftill result Of the election cannot be known
uuii Wednesday The election commissioners
VIII assemble tomorrow to canvass the vote. It Is
known that IN counties which show republican
mWoitlcs on the laco Of the returns they Will throw
ont sufficient boxes to elect the democratic con-
gressmun ffom each District Tho advice ubuYo
quoted Is undoubtedly meant for them. Unolhciai
returns thus far obtained from tho democratic
headquarters Indicate desire to keep tie demo-
/
didates for congress VIII unqucstonHbly obtain
certificates OF election from the bourbon eanvassers.
though MackeS, Lee and Smals, II even the votes
llty received wcro counted, ara entitled to seats
from the first second ana hhh districts. The csis-
aturc viii, Of codrsc, be nnc.tcuthS democratic.
The lion. d, T. Corbin has been retained hy the
republican candidates TO fight these frauds before
lie state courts but II Will require no prophet 10
iorcshadow tho result.
strange bourbon Oversight.
| CHArLEsToS, 5, c., Nov, S.--Returns from every
precinct in this congressional district have been
| received, aud on the face Of these returns | have
a majority Of about 1860. | actually received a
| majority OF neary 10000 but ut many Of the poll
| ingplaCcS tho baotb uNes were stuffed with dom.
Ocfnlic tissue ballots, and my actual majority OF
! 10000 was reduced 10 LOO, That have m0or.
iy OF lC0D Is mere accident and Is due to the fact
| ll9t the managers OF the democratic party in
this district mlscaiculated the, ,republicnn ma.
iortiy that they would have to overcome. 1hey
calculated upon having q majority of only 900 oI
7OOO 10 overcome instead Of which the replbli.
! cans rolled up q majority Of nearly 10000. They
arc much chngrired at their mistake, and propose
now 70 complete their work by having the county
board OF canyNsNcgs In Orgugcburs and Charleston,
which Will meet tomorrow, throw out the boxes
nom several large republican precincts in order TO
elect my democratic opponent, Mr. OCounOr
T.. W NJ. MACREY.