National Republican., 1883-12-22

that ho could not preside at another kuEinN
trial. Tho details made him GcathF 'iVN,
Here is q representative case, which occurred
soon after tho Ellcnton massacre in l''o A
band OF murdUrcrs made n midnight r"il on
the residence OF an old colurcd woman ana
her nephew. Despite tho pitcous Wcad,hgs
of tho old woman, they dragged the nephew
out of bed
"Gentlcmcn," he cried i've done nothing.
I've not lcctioncorcd since you whipped me
three weeks ago, and I'll never lecuoneer
any morew
"Why, you black ----. ---,' mocklngly
replied enc of the kukluNcrs, we We not
como TO whip you Don't be afraid of nat
No'yc only como 10 kill you, that's all
Then ont into the darkness they ragged
him. They made him wade into the mldlo
OF tho Broad river and lynccl down on Wnat
thoy called "tho holy stonc,' The CIDER
chose several OF the gang TO shoot him rom
the bank. After enjoying the fun for 'pme
time, ono Of The shooters got impatient and
jumped into the river and rushed at the VIC
tim Tearing his mask from his face Tho
l,ukluNCr shouted: "Nou id black dog, i
want yuu to SEQ who Killed YOU; ana thon
hc literally shot the iaco off the negro,
wow, auntic," softly inquired one of tho
judges gt the trial-apin could be heard crop
in the court ruom--"how did you rctoHiizo
these mon who came to your house and iOok
your nephew out and killed him.
why, Lor', mas'r--l ortor know 'cnt l
nusscd emf
And it was Gods truth Those men bad
sucked at that black brcast Oi course She
recognized them.
There are two sides to every question, ind
this is the side Of tho democrats as prcseltod
To me by one Of the attorneys Tor the dgithsC
in the present trials "rhi5 is q white mi dn's
country. When the republicans worrl in
power corruption rulod tho legislature, Chilli
2ation was in peril. Even Gov chambcrlt tn,
the republican governor stated this in Onk OF
his messages. There are $1,000 white me in
the state and 10000 negroes, of whom chly
10000 can read and write. | am sprakin oil
voters. Can you expect tho white men tdbC
ruled by the negroes? Manhood and dcceIcy
says no! Would you, as u whtG manIbC
willing to submit to negro domination? IhC
negroes are republicans, and, consequently
We, as white men, are democrats
l give you, in the strongest possible lidit
the argument used by southern dcmocratIn
cxtcnuation Of tho red shirt l,ukluxing, IhC
fraud, the intimidation, and the artiully DIS.
eliminating laws existing in South Carobu
against men who are citizens according TO IhC
constitution OF tho United States.
In the elections o. 1878, the method adoued
by the democrats was stulling tho boxes Iby
tissue" ballots, us wcll as armed intimidado
Of republicans. Hero is an illustration ofIhi
tissue ballot systcm There is n total reIis
tered vote in the Palmetto Engine House Eo
cinCt of the third ward of the city of Charbs
ton Of ij0; yet, in the election of 1875 Ia,
democrats were given a majority of 3,b0
In order 60 account for the very large ndm
Der of votes, poll lists were manu- lacturedby
taking an old Cincinnati directory and CODY
ing whole chunks of names out of it. HIN
drcds of good republicans Of Cincinnati wr
made to do service in the bourbon causi D
South Carolina.
The elections Of 1850 surpassed, If possible
those of 1876 aud loI5 in unblushing irabd
on the part of the democrats. Several caBe
growing out of these elections were tredI Il
the United states circuit court at the ABR
term, lS-2. In the first case there was a Ter
dict of guilty. The jurors were directedoi
saturday night to bring in u sealed verdiq, /
they arrived at one, on Monday norJng
Every member of the jury signed n vordif 0
guilty, aud II was sealed. On Mol Nial
morning two democratic jurors 81 tet
to the court that they had siNet
the verdict through misapprehcnlo
and intimidation iu the jury room. Nth
verdi ct was consequently set aside. Sev}ri,
other cases were tried, resulting in rbn
agreement of tho jury. In ono case, howetor
the defendants pleaded guilty. All the debo
cratic congressman in tho state were adir
declared elected. Contests were made bebr
congress and three Of the democrats were bn
seated.
An address has been issued by the SHIT
executive committee of the union republican
party setting forth TO their brethren OF lh
nation how it came to pass that in sttt
having between 10000 and 60O0O republic laI
IN tiOrity the Hancock aud English olcCtbr
wele awarded 5i,9il majority over the Chr.
tie'I and Arthur electors. That address ha
never been replied to. What happened u
tho last presidential election will probably
happen in the next unless tho republicans o
South Carolina receive substantial supIor
from the north. 1t should be borne in min
that ever Since 1876 tho election officials hhv
been democrats exclusively. Tho United
States supervisors in many places were drivei
from the polls by violence.
Concluding the address, the committee sdys
The republicans OF south Carolina thrOd Il
scenes OF Violence, blaOdshed, Gud intimidation
have voted on The S,JC OF nationality ugninst J1g
Il nalIsn, IN Hvur O. human rights against iulul
vrauCe and oppression. Their rights have blCl
iulhlcssy irampcl under foot while they lar
INcy can only wait with patience to see whCllc
tho government of the Uniled States is ulk
luwerless To redress these wrungs, and to reIldc
INN s'ible In tue future similar altemp,I I
destroy It's peace by wholesale and systemlt
pollution of the bAllOI.bOX.
With the reins of government firmly IL
their hands, and with complete control of th
election machinery, the democrats at the Has
election called in their bloodhounds, butt u
before, resOrtcd to every imaginable fornl O
fraud and intimidation. In South Carolln
no republican has any right of cit2ensh
that democrat is bound to respect. The Ire
publican majority was wiped out in lSS4!-
.!rst, by intimidation and fraud in connectto ol
with the registration tho registration
law itself is grossly UNJUST secondly, by lin
timidation and fraud at the polls; alld
thirdly, by counting out'--an art in Will Hcl
aouthcrn democrats are experts.
The cases now pending in tho United Stalte
circuit court before Judges Bond and BrBa,
ARE but representative There are thirtA q
them and they arc illustrative of the univEeI
sal system.
OF those on the docket but four or five hb v
c me to trial. 1t is almost useless for the g1bv
crnment to expect n South Carolina juryv /
convict in election cases. Counsel for the NC
iynsc openly boast that they are satisfied Il a
long MS but ono democrat gets Oh the iunry
south Carolina Dourbous believe that the cbn
jnstics the means. As witnesses and II q
Jurors, therefore, they, to put it mildly, hH.v
u moral obtusuness" in cases in which III
federal government Is prosecutor that is sim Nj
staggering to "a normally constructed mi Elt
lt is notorious that ministers of the gosNp
hore at first denied that there was suchM
thing MS kukluNism, and then, when, cN N)r
rOhtcd with the facts, excused and even iUlt
tiilcd il. Sunday before last tho lead III n
Presbyterian minister of Columbia praN %
that the defendants in these trials mightV |
from their prosecutors" and / il
samo prayer has been repeated in the legiI Il