The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-04-27

prison. we VIII put stripes upon your
clothes and stripes upon your hacks Ak
against these managers to-day. gentlemen
Of the jury. may be against you to-mor
row. Ii, innocent as you may bc, YOU
are to be prosecuted for obeyipg the law
then there is no safety for anybody.
The attorney general then went on to
Show that the Legislature contemplated
All excess OF ballots. and had provided
what should be done with the excess.
The managers had ODeycd the law strict
ly and nirly, and could be held 10 do no
more. The managers, lie showed, could
not be held accountable for the size Of
the hole in the box. The boxes were
given 10 them by the commissioners. and
tho size Of the hole was not regulated by
auv law II was the business or the
commissioners To fix the hole, and if they
made ii SO small that a tissue ticket could
not get into II, il was not the duty Of the
managers to have enlarged ii or if they
had made il so large that you could get in
the Revised Statutes the managers had
no power TO alter il.
In commenting upon the charge made
by one Of the Government witnesses,
that the manager who drew out the sur
plus tickets selected Republican tickets,
Mr. Youmans showed that while there
was no law preventing the manager from
so doing if he wished yet it was imIyos.
aible for bin 10 have done 80. and he
cited the fact tha, the Republican super
visor himself while attempting to show
the jury how it was done had himself
been unable 10 tell one ticket from the
other by feeling, and had actually picked
up tho wrong ticket. although doubtless
had been practicing the trick for months.
The attorney general next showed that
il vas impossible for any one to have
known how many Republican aud how
many democratic tickets were drawn
out. The witness who sworc Ia this fact
was shown to have been at a point who.e
he could not have seen. and the United
States marshal in testifying to how many
Republican tickets he had given out had
developed the remarkable fact that
lie had been sent there to see how
the people voted. The calculation
made by Mr.. Sanders could have
been made equally well in his office
without any testimony. 1t was a simple
sum in arithmetic and avery simple sum
at that. He then went OH to show that
tho manage, had opened the poll at q
o'clock rs required by law; that q quo
rum being present they had opened the
election without Mr.. Carroll. They were
not required 10 send for him, and expect
ing that he would arrive any moment
they did not send until having opened
the poll they sent TO his house and found
that he has oversight himself. In the
same way the encouragement with mas
terly skill went over the entire evidence,
showing how completely and utterly the
prosecution had failed to connect the de-
PENDANTS with any illegal or fraudulent
act.
think, he said, this IS Il case in which
the jury must return verdict OF acuuit-
tai. know that am to DC followed by
the district attorney, and from the nature
of his remarks n.ale in these cases, and
tho effect which they have unquesIion-
al al n Hrn q IN,
trial. it is my duty somewhat TO antici-
patio their effect. l am to he followed by
one learned i'll the law and skilled in all
tho arts of the forum. His intellectual
qualities and eloquenco have often made
the worse appear the better cause. He
is 10 gifted by nature physically and in
tellectually that he can assume any pas
sion or exhibit any emotion. He would
have made the finest Brutus or COriola-
nus even seen upon the stage. He can
play most skilfully OH that sweetest of
all musical Instruments, the human
voice. He can sing the song with which
the serpent -charmcr charms the serpent.
He will tell you, as he has told juries be-
fore: II come here with naught of NAL
ice, nothing of malignity l come hero
in calm judicial aspect, with my asss-
tants, clothed with the serene atmosphere
above tho arts of the advocate, and speak
ing for nothing but tho gocd of South
Carolina" He will tell you, gentlemen,
as he did on Saturday last, that these
prosecutions are really merciful cecause
he is only making selections out Of an
indefinite number of cases, and that we
poor devils ought to be thankful that it
is no worse. That is his story let mo
tell mine. Every body that lives in South
Carolina knows the troubles that grew
out of the election squabbles of 1876 and
1878. They, luckily for the reposo and
good of the State, for the good of all par
ties and all colors, have been buried, and
it was hoped that those cases on each side
that grew out of the election troubles of
1880 had gono to the tomb of the Capulets.
And they would have gone, for over this
country there then ruled man who,
though the excitement attending his cleo
ton had been intense, had so borne him
self i'll his great Office thnt the whole
country thought that good and golden
year had dawned over the United States
of America-that the era of good feeling
had returncd-that North, South, East
and West might bu allowed to pursue
their avOcations in peace without these
continual disturbing jars. Man propo-
July, 1881, n half fool half knave, whole
assassin and whole Stalwart, forever
quenched that hope and dispelled this
bright and beautiful vision which was
glittering upon us. Out Of the office Of
the prosecuting attorney of tho United
States went one Pennsylvania Ajax, son
of lebanon, King of Salamis-Ajax the
Grcat-Wnyne McVeagh in his
place came another Pennsylvania, Ajax
the son OF OileuS. King of the Locrians,
Ajax the Less-Benjamin Il. brewster
Forthwith commence interviews with
tho district attorney. Hate and strife
and fury. Forth with assistant counsel
are mployed-judicially. Judcially?
Why he writes as . Republican and for
policy has Democratic counsel selected
Sir Robert Walpole was a great statesman
and it Is his tactics which have been
adopted. His tactics which have been
used in this prosecution. His doctrine
was the doctrine of tho slave market
do not say that counsel should not work
for money, but the doctrine Is that IL is
cheaper to buy than to breed. That it Is
cheaper to import defenders from the op-
position thar TO rear them in your own
ranks.
Says he: "V'e will go down to South
Carolina will swoop. Indiana and
Pennsylvania can go, and will send you
q Philadelphia lawyer. I will send you
two Philadelphia lawyers" and he sends
Mr.. Dallas Sanders. and he publishes the
instructions in tho newspapers. He
tons assistant. Says he: You will read
this to Mr.. Melton.' "You will have
Mr. Melton to understand" II desire
you (Sanders) TO convey what now
write to Mr.. Melton and read every
word" ~ request yon to say to Mr..
Melton that want these matters closely
pursued" AZ wish AFR. Melton to be- told
by YOU" ~ wish to express my Repub-
lican convictions on this subject" II
wish you 70 convey my ideas TO Mr.. Mel
ton" Say to Mr.. Melton that The whole
force, judicial force, legal force OF the
Government must be exertea 80 Try these
cases fairly and fully" How Dickens
would have revelled in this man. 1T
was evident that the Attorney General