The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-15

TIE United States govcrnmcnt-or
tho politicians who have the control Of
1t-sccms determined to annoy. and
opprcss our people in every way pos
siblc. Arrests Of good citizens invc
already been made, on pretended
charges Of intimidation Of voters and
violation Of the laws Of Congress, and
the officials seem to bc extending their
Held of operations. Chester, Marl-
borough, Lancaster and other counties
arc to be Invaded By lot of deputy
marshaIa, and inioccnt citizcns arc to
be dragged before United States COM
missioncrs on tho ready oaths of rene
gades and hirclings. All 4ha indca.
tions are that oar people are to be
passed through the SANG eMpcrfcnce
they had last spring. Some of tbc
parties arrested will, Of course, be
bound over for trial, and we shall have
repetition ef tic scenes enacted N
tho United States Circuit .6xoua. last
April. 1t is not expected that any
BODY can be convicted. The rcpre-
6entativcs of the government do no,
hope, by any 't'ericc,. so to pack tho
Jurlcs hatthcH will DO composed cn-
tlrcly of partfsans willing to convict
innocent men for political ends. rhc
oD]cct is to subject tho good people of
the State to annoyance and cxOcnsc .
Iii the hope to deter them from making
1uturc efforts to retain an honest and
capable government. If tHcgood pco-
pic OF South Carolina would consent
10 remand their government to the,
Radicals, there would be an entire end
10 these prosecutions. The whole
power of the government, al the ma
chlncry of the Federal Courts. is bc.
ing used in an effort to restore the,
power of a political party. Tho talk
about vindicating tho, majesty Of the
Jaw, protecting the right of suffrage.
ana purifying the ballot, is all stutr,
lhe very men who arc doing this talk
have been tIic' companions. en.3. CO.
workers OF corruptionists, thicvcs>and
pe'jurcrs. 1t is folly to say that such
mon have any lofty mctiyc in these
prosecutions. They arc working for
pay and for, rcvcnge.
AS showing tho impression which
these prosecutions make upon ont
siaors, tho Columbia correspondent Of
inc NerS 0nd Courier writes:
The white people Of the. State NAV 20
well make up their minds thatt tbcv b,y. -
uhoefso another such ordeal as that
through which they passed last usprjnr
Inc trials in April will show.thc Same ,un.
scrupuousncss Oil the part of the United
states department of Injustice. Northern
men spending the winter in Columbia saw,
that If tho people of New ENGLAND wprr
treated as those Fairfield Democrats waro
treated last week they would rise m aud
lynch their prosecutors. They, regard th.
patience and forbca:ancc of our people un.
der Tie petty tyranni,s of Brewster ond
Meiton rs Phenomenal. They would not
permit at home, they say, arrests 70 ,bo
'nlade' Oh such evidence as that produced, IN
TIC monticello case. OF course not, IF ,ic,
"hly the rebellious Rod-slirts of South
oafolna who arc patient and don't pct
cleo't Tor 1t. am told that in New IIamn.
h''fc United States deputy marshals hovo
neeh appointed only once in n numhor ~
years, and that only for one township ot
.ohe election. Brewster could not do ot
nome what he does here The States of
.ie Nofth' am told, would not allow such
interference with their elections.
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