The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-04
rxcItjnR Scenes In South Caroli-
nal Politics with Red Pepper
in ThemI Now Text for
Northern Radical Rip
0Anof

Northern Radical Rip
Raps!
O1Ir Carolinian Sister, on the South,
seems to have had a ten years back-set.
with a renewal of the exciting scenes
from which she emerged to peace and
order in 1876. 1t was an unhappy thing
for both North and South Carolina that
Hampton and Vance. not content with
holding the first place in the hearts and
the government oftheir respective States,
should aspire to, and of course with all
the reins Of power in hand) succeed IN
taking, the more shirt-coldr-ish, but less
useful. and no more honorable, office OF
SENATOR Their swift withdrawal from
the pilot-house in which the people had
placed them, allowed the rudder OF State
to pass into feebler hands. which would
never have been selected to guide the
ship of State by popular choice. 1t used
to be said that no man OF ambitious
dllIlS mOuli Id ~ tS1Pi nv
nation of vice Vice-President, or Lieut.
Governor, as it was considered a mere
complimentary shelf to lay away dead
political timber. But the success OF
Andy johnson, Arthur, Todd Caldwell,
Brogden Jarvis, ct al, in stepping into
the shoes of the peoples first choice will
elevate the shelf" to the dignity OF
second fiddle" or as the BARRIERS say
Next fellows turn"
A VERY HOT POT.
To read the South Carolina papers,
one gets the idea of a very decided
stew" in the political pot. From all
parts of the State come accounts OF big
meetings. frey speeches, military pa
rades, &c, &C., together with what
Cockney would call a "deuced frequency
of vows, w'iot's, and w'umpusses.'
1t sounds like a chapter out of Kirk
War" History to read of the armed
meetings, the professions of 800 horse
men, all wearing Red shirts, and each
man having his lady" the firing of can
non, etc. These things indicate that
the white people of the State are fully
aroused. They suffered (and still bear
its burden of taxation) too severely from
carpetbag and negro rule, ten years ago,
to forget it in 10 years. "A burnt child
breads the fire"-says the adage but
a burnt man, if intelligent, knows that
the elements of combustion must be
watched, and the rising flames stamped
out ere they renew the old burns.
To understand the situation in South
Carolina, you must remember that there
is a large majority of negroes. Many
of these are Democrats, and we read OF
long professions of them, wearing the
Democratic badge, and Red Shirt
But there still remain enough Republi-
can negroes, with the 5000 Federal of
flee holders, Northern men at Aiken,
Railroaders, ETC., to carry the State, and
deliver the Treasury and the Honor OF
the State, into the hands of men who are
utterly unworthy,-men vile enough to
boast of their W infamy. In North
Carolina we have several thousand Re-
publicans who, whatever their political
errors, are personally honest, and il
elevated to power would no doubt do the
best they could for the State. Not SC
in South Carolina. The revelations Of
tn past month show that there is
Negro leaders. As one of the chief
managers of the party wrote in a let
ter to the State Convention (Which was
found and printed)-''what we want is
money, not honors.' And in the Con.
gressional Convention the three candi-
dates for Congress, Mackey, Smalls.
and Lee, each produced sworn proofs
that the other was "a liar, a perjurer.
and a briber." (see extract below.
The Republicans, seeing little chance
to carry the State, organized a mock
"Green-backer'' party, and under this
p~retence brought out some Of the most
Objectionable men in the State. Cash
the murder of Shannon, is one: T. j
Mackey, 1.-The turn-coat who betrays
both parties is another. E. w. Mackey
another, and so On.
The nominee for Governor is J. Hen.
dirk McLane, of Fairfield, who acquired
such notoriety as a ''blood thirsty III
Klux'in 1872-'76, that he fled the State
to escape arrest. In accepting the nom
nation he assumed a tragic air, ane
swore that he should be elected, or thu
State should be brought under Military
Government, again! This aroused q
great deal of bitterness, and called fortl
the Red Shirts" like the Clansmen res
ponding to the blast of Rhoderick Dhu
from every bush and bre, anprock AM
heather!
From these remarks it will be easy t.
| understand the following accounts.
THE wINNsBORO RIOT.
Candidates McLane and Durham
Radicals, and Col. A. p. Butler am
others, were announced to speak a
WinnsbOro, last week. McLane brough
with him his little daughter, and lea,
her by the hand wherever he went
giving some ground for the belief tina
he kept her near him to enhance his Owl