The weekly clarion., 1882-10-18
TIE LANCASTER RIOT.
Full Details Of the Fatal Encounter
Which Followed a Political
Discussion.
AGGRESSIVE NEGROES sH0T.
A Handful of Whites Quell a Large
Column of Infuriated Blacks.
Testimony Taken Before the COrOner's
Investigation Exonerates the White
Men.
n. Y. Herald.

Men.
N. Y. Herald.
The riot caused by the negroes which OF
curred at this place on Wednesday, Septem
1 Der q, has attracted considerable attention
in this and adjoining States. On that oeca
sion three negroes were left dead in tn
street, another died shortly after the figh
was over. A number of blacks wer
wounded, the number of the latter bein,
variously estimated at from ten to twenty
| Several more of those who were wounded i
is expected will die. The scene of the cor
| fict is the county seat of Lancaster county
a quaint old village of about one Thousand
| inhabitants, situated at the terminus of thu
Chester and Cheraw narrow gauge rail
road, about twenty-eight miles northeas
of Chester. The majority of the resident;
of the village are whites. They are quiet
cultured people, and no one probably de.
plores more the unhappy conflict into which
some of their number were forced, for the
protection of themselves, their families and
their property, to become the participants
on that dark and to them long to be remem-
bered Wednesday afternoon. A represen-
tatiye Of the Herald, who was despatched
on that mission, visited tie village and has
made thorough and impartial investiga-
tion of all the facts connected with the riot
as far as they were obtainable. In his
efforts to do this he has been rendered every
assistance by both the whites and blacks in
the town and surrounding country. On
the day of the riot there were a thousand
or more colored people in and about the
village, drawn here for the purpose of at
tending political meeting of that race,
which had been extensively advertised for
some time before. One Of the attractions
of the day was speech to be delivered by
Colonel E. B. G. Cash, the Independent
Greenback candidate for Congress in this
District. This gentleman's fatal duel with
Shannon about year ago has brought him
into prominence and the negroes manifested
an eagerness to hear him. A stand had
been erected about half or three-quarters
ofa mile from the corporate limits of the
town for the accommodation of that gentle
man and other speakers who expected to
address the negroes. After parading through
the principal streets mounted On horses aud
mules, with their pistols and other small
arms buckIed around their waists, the
darkies gathered about the stand. Promi-
nent in the crowd were the political organi-
cations, uniformed in blue shirts, known as
the Waxahaw clubs, composed of negroes
living in section of the county known
by that name, about eighteen miles below
the village, and in which the colored race
largely predominates. After organization
and opening with blessing, invoked by a
colored minister, named Joseph Price,
Colonel Cash was introduced to the audi
ence by F. A. Clinton, the colored Chair
man of the Republican County Committee.
In offering up his petition to the Giver of
All, Price invoked blessing upon all pres
ent and upon all the citizens of the town,
white and black. Colonel Cash is said to be
an attractive speaker, and besides his colored
hearers there were twenty-five or more
white Democrats present on the occasion.
These occupied seats on or near the stand
Among these was Mr.. D. J. Carter, editor
of the Ledger, Democratic paper pub
lished here. Colonel Cash opened his speech
by thanking God for giving him the moral
courage and the physical ability to face
frowning world. He claimed that he had
never given anything bu. Democratic
vote, and that in 1876 he gave everything
he made on his plantation for the election
Of Wade Hampton. He asserted that the
Democratic party had grossly violated the
promises made to the people in that cam
paign. The speaker is said to- have de-
nounced the acts passed by a recent Demo
cratic Legislature prohibiting carrying con-
cealed weapons and prohibiting dueling as
an abridgment of the rights of the people.
Cash continued at some length to review
what he is said to have regarded as the
Of the Democratic party.
During his remarks Col Cash frequently
turned to Editor Carter, who sat near him,
10 verify his statements. After several of
these appeals Mr.. Carter arose from his
.eat and stated that as the speaker seemed
% make him the butt Of his remarks he
him hearing, which Mr. Cash ]
agreed to vouehsafe him.
MR. Carriers ADDRESS.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Cash's speech
dr. Clinton, the colored Republican Coun-
j Chairman, introduced Mr.. Carter to the
That gentleman, in the course Of
lis remarks, which we're calm and dispas-
sionate, claimed that he vas as good a
friend to the colored people as the speaker
Who had preceded him. Jim Cain, anegro
ID the crowd interrupted him with; You
have never proved yourself to be as good
Eriend as Colonel Cash. Carter responded /
hat the negro spoke falsely As this point
here were some indications Of confusion
md Carter declined to continue, but the
negro Clinton insisted upon his con
.inuing, promising him his protection,
wen With his life. Colonel Gash at
his junction, il IS generally conceded,
eft the stand and. vent to his hotel
d tie village. ATn Carter; continuing his
remarks for i shors time longer, said
ny eol0red friends, let me tell ycu that .
Iong IS grass grows upon the soil of old
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