The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-04-06
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ter 10 Mr. DAllA- Saunier-, ins,ruc,iug
the United STATE. At:orneys in this safe
10 prosecute tho mos: influential person,
tia, c.u be selected :or tie victim, Of
Radical hate down hcrr. and a.fagniug
the whole Democratic parry q hi, state
for election fraud, is piece of gGicial
in.pudence and indeicacy seldom. ne,
with it, tni- country. /. represents th@
policy of prescription, hate and tyranny
which las Away characterized the Gran,
wing OF the Republican party. and show,
how sindictiyely vir,uous the -,awa.,
Republican can bc when lie see. . chance
for pa:i: advantage 70 accrue from such
course. For two year. now these cases
have oeen pas-el oye. and made light Of
b. The government itself, FOR the purpose
of reserving is thunder for an election
year. The eviden, purpose i. to carry
this Safe for the Republicans. It i, no,
to purify elections, for, if 90, Nr Benja-
min Harris Brewster, OF Philadelphia,
would have instituted prosecutions also
in the city Of his residence, where the
most fagrant outrageous frauds have
been committed by his Republican
friends to carry the State OF Pennsyl-
vania for the Republican party. There
is no censure for the miscrean,s who
cheat whi.e men ont q .hn;: :o.es :a
Philadelphia, because Mr.. Benjamin
Harris Brewster and his yirtuous ~ po-
litical friends reap the advantages Of
their rascali,ics but in South Carolina
the negroes are said to have majority,
and this, TO Mr.. Brewster mind, CONVEYS
the idea Of necessary Republican ma
jority down here, and rs such majority
is not found in the election returns, he
imagines that its absence is to be ac-
counted for in the same manner rs the
absence Of Il Democratic majority is ex-
planned in Philadelphia, or, in other
words, that the opposing political party
has cheated them out of their votes In
Philadelphia, where this is known to be
the case, very little fuss is made about
the matter, but in South Carolina, where
it is only suspected, the whole force oi
the Fed4.al government is thrown, in
conjunction with perjured witnesses in
many cases, TO convict honest men of
crimes Of which they are innocent This
however. makes very little difference 10
Mr.. Brewster. IF he can convict limo.
cont Democrats upon perured negro cvi-
dencc on the eve Of an approaching State
election, the intimidation and lukewarm.
ness likely 10 cnsue is as great or greater
than if there were real Cases. The pros.
ecutions now progressing in Charleston
are the most bitter, the most partisan
in snort, the most infamous judicia. pro-
ceedings that have ever disgraced tris ol
any other free country. They are in.
tended 10 subserve only the ends of the
Republican party in restoring this State
to the domination Of the black man. We
apprehend that the conspirators against
the liberties Of white men in South Car
oina will be badly disappointed in the
execution of their plots, for we have no
doubt that there will be enough of virtue
in the Court and in the jury to detect and
thwarL the successful termination OF
these cases, which would be Il greater
crime against law and peace and good
government than even the crimes alleged
would be. Even if the parties CHARGED
were guilty, it would be shame and a
disgrace for the government to punish
them as Mr.. Brewster seeks to do for
party political purposes.