The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-04

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..Instantly.'' says the Courier report
..Sam Lee took the floor, and at the
close of a long and bitter denunclatlon
of Mackev said that on his personal res
p~onsibility he would state that the NOM
nation OF L. W. NJ. Mackey had not
been fairly or honestly made and that
TO make the statement plain THAT he
had bribed G. G. Robertson 10 vote Tor
him. and that he held the proof OF that
statement in his hand This brought
Robertson To his feet. Arising from
his seat he walked rapidly over to Lee
and was about to assall him when he
was held by some of Lees friends until
he could be quoted down. The Berke-
lev delegation were all on their feet vlo-
lently gesticulating and a row was I'M
minent. when. by the interference OF
Smalls and Mackey. a partial peace
was secured and Lee was allowed
to 90 on with his speech. Lee SAID h
he held in his hand an envelope from r..
w. M. Mackev. of date the 23d OF Sep
tember. in which was contained Mac
KEYS promissory note for $3.50. IN favor
| of Robertson. and said that he would
read it the Convention. All the Mackey
delegates thereupon sprang from Their
seats and rushed over TO Lees side OF
| the hall. Lee retreated to the wlndow
and there was every prospect OF a bloody
| riot. when Smalls advanced to Lees
side and shouted out: by the Eternal
God, if any man gets that note he IL
have to march over my dead body
That statement had the desired effect
although the delegates We're with dlffi-
Guilty induced to return to their seats.
Lee then proceeded to s~ubstantlate
his charge. and that he was walking
near Robertson on a certain day du-
ring the session of the Convention and
saw the envelope containing the note
fall from RObartsOn's pocket and that
he picked it up and read 1t and kept 1t
for the purpose for which he had used it
to-day. Mackey was then accorded the
floor. and a long colloqup ensued be-
tween him and Lee as to the time and
place of his finding the envelope. Meth
er of which points Lee would answer
emphatically. r.. X. Washington then
cot up and asked, excitedly, what was
the $3.50 for?' The Chairman replied it
was for his vote. Mackey then rOse
again and sad that as the issue was made
between himself and Lee as to their rela-
tive purity he would tell all he knew
about Lee. He said that whatever
bribery might be charged to him he had
the evidence to prove that Lee and his
friends had been tampering with Berkeley
and Oangeburg delegations ever since
and before the session of the COnven-
ton, and that fact he could prove by the
delegates themselves. This statement
was answered by a chorus in the affir-
native from the Berkeley delegation.
Mackev continuing. said that since the
issue had been forced upon him he would
state that he knew and affirmed positive
ly that Lee had agents out ever since
| the meeting of the State Convention
who were at work trying to bride his
j delegates, and that the emissaries he
employed were ministers of the gospel
and members of the African Methodist
Church. just at this juncture another
row broke out. Cries of Don't shoot"
"don't draw that pistol were heard all
over the hall. and everything was again in
terrible confusion. The Mackey dele
gates charged II of the Lee delegates
Toomey) with drawing his pistol, and
some of them went out of the hall and
armed themselves with oak clubs. re-
turned into the hall and were with diff
Guilty restrained from precipitating a
conflict. When quiet was restored
Mackey went on and offered in evidence
E a paper,m which he claimed that f. H.
florence, minister of the Gospel, had
offered on behalf of Lee to Rickenback-
er, a delegate 500 and the promise Of
f a good position in case he would change
his vote to Lee in convention. He also
charged that 5000 had peer raised in
: Sumter for the express purpose of buy
ing up the votes of the delegates to this
Convention. When Mackey took
his seal Geo. Baxter, a Lee delegate,
said that he had proof that Mackey had
offered certain delegates positions on the
Northeastern Railroad if they would
vote for his nomination. Mackey rotor
that he also had proof that James Hutch
inson was offered three hundred dollars
in the CustOmhouse as an induce to as
sist in organizing the Convention in the
Interest of Lee also that Lee had made
a PROPOSITION to Smalls and himself that.
if they would resign liz his favor he
would divide the salary with hem. and
have them both amply provided for"
egive this lengthy extract in order
to show our Northern readers why it Is
that Southern white men will form "Ku
Klux" and RED Shirt" organizations.
and take other extraordinary measures,
to escape the political supremacy Of men
of such character as Mackey. Smalls,
Lee, ct. all. Unhappily the North,
(even the Northern DemOcrats) cannot
understand the situation, and suppose
it a mere vulgar struggle for office" and
power
THE LANCASTER RIOT.
The startling news Of the riot which
! occurred at Lancaster, S. G. Wednesday
afternoon was received in this city with
general expressions of regret and many
gloomy surmises were made as to the
!, probable effect this riot would have on
! the Democratic party in the North Fur
Their particulars of the affair, as gathered
, 10y the reporter yesterday, confirm the
intimation made in yesterdays Observer
that the riot was melted by the blacks,
who forced the whites to fight, or be
!. shot down. There were two citizens of
J Fort Mills in the city last evening and
. from these We gathered all they knew,
: or had heard about the row. Each one
t told about the same story. Col. Cash had
4 finished speaking and MIR. David j. Car
. ter, editor Of the Lancaster Ledger, was
replying to him, and was using Cash
: pretty roughly, when some negro threw
a club at Carter and knocked him down