Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-08-03
A Seuth Carolina Republican Ger
maNdtr.

: South Carolina is declared bv t
t Republican Lfw-r~r-rs 4" br in Il
i vance ul every plher Stat !n 81
i science cf gerrymsIderlng. OH
{ States content themselves wi
I srrawling the Congressional Distric
III such Il manner as to put Republ
r cali voters where they will DO II
most good, but South Carolina is a
cused OIL making bro."l sweep
water the connecting linI; betwee
, two sections OF Diasricl. This W.
ter covers land which is part Of tn
territory of the State, and the Dir
trict is composed Of contigucu
territory, although part Of ii
some ftthoms nnder water. Hi
nois, az We explained on Tuea
day, has done worae than th
III forming Senatorial Districts, s.
that South Carolina has no right t,
claim any credit for the Congressional
District water.connection. The Eli
premacy OF South Carolina aust bt
established in a different way. Ii
this State District has been made
which does not pretend to be Of icon.
tigncus territory" In this, it goes
far beyond the exploits Of every
other gerryInanderer in similar
direction.
Eight years ago the Republican
party hnd tnll swing in this State,
aod in the winter Of 1871 the State
wa4 redistE!cted The House passed
q bill! for this purpose, in which the
connaes d Oconee, pickens, An
derson, Abbev lie, Laurens, New,
berry and Riclland formed the Third
Congressional District. When ihe
bill reached the Senate, lhe Commit
te- OIL Privileges aud Elections re.
commended that Fairfield County be
substituted lor RichlaDd County in
the Third District. Robert Sinalls,
wEo is now, by the grace of Congress,
a Representative IRON tie Fifth
South Carolina District, was then
State Senator from Beaufort. and, on
his motion, the committees amend.
luent WAS indefinitely postponed, and
the bill was passed as j. came lIom
til. House. The ,late oi the AZ, is
Mareh 3, 1874.
As established by the Republicans,
The Third Congressional District is
shown in the map publish Ea = - Nm,
j is DOT composed Of co%4lz
and has noa-evsn ioi the p''- s
: ,,-,j IT, slice Of Lexington (
:onnty. Il Congressional District
Az be SO formed and regarded as
ontignons, any group Of counties
,bich are wlsoia len miles 81 each
.ber can be formed into 'a~IuI
,;s,rici. Sn,alls and Company did
lot rreten,a thai ii MA a ia~Iu! DIS
.rict. Their reliance was OIL ihe
,.ars Of the Democrats and the hopes
): the Republicans in Congress An
election was dnly held in the Third
District ia November, 1874, ami >. Il
Hoge, carpet hagger, was elected over
Gen. Mc(iowan. remocra'. H'ge
took hia sea. auA held it to lhe end
Of his term, the protest o. Gen. Me-
Gowan being disregartea'
South Carolina then, aaa NortheFh
contemporary iiippantiy remarks
e,n "tsk. the cake, hnt not on ao
conat OF sny gerry maudering done
br Democrats or. with their assent
The champion gerrym"nder was 'n9
work Of the Republicans, the cham
mon District being composed OF '%o
distinct blocks Of territory with no
connection between them. We await
with interest The comments OF the
staiwart newspapers. Their "a psi
,;uet, indignation wiil be amusing, II
any event, i:nl We have no ''e" ths'
thew wiil alu the white people I"
S,n,h Carolina nny less gu H'ro'''''
Of the proc! we havs given 'l TO- a.
snccasslul lawles LESS ol the eou''
Uarolina Republicans. -N""s 'F'''"'
The Boston fo~f shows nr "'rea'
l,.,,we.n the DeniuCrAtI