The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-13

. ness, with African barbariuns woirdlv
ua'iclng and bowling voodoo among
the ruins OF her cities.
thc trade with Returning Board
Hayes was made, aud South Carolina
was delivered into tho hands of the
Drhiucrats:. Election after election
passed, and, though the Republicans
won them all, they were propcrly
counted out. Let me say here that
there il 10 such q creature RS a Demo-
cratic negro. A few blacks vote The
Democratic ticket Because il is 10 their
Interest to do so; but they are not
Democrats. 1t was not until last full
that fair election under the laws of
South Carolina WAS held. - .0
1t is to these laws that want to call
public attention. The fact that they
could be deliberately adopted by the
I Intelligent white men Of this State
piinly indicates the horror with which
theec people look on the faintcst probn.
! bility Of the political control of the
State again falling into the hands of
the Republicans. The former condi-
tion Of affairs was dreadful; but under
; these laws | doubt If, in time, It will
not he fully rs bad. | condense these
laws, giving the pith Of them.
How do these laws affect the voting ?
viii explain. The negroes are
towards. They value their lives high
~. They are a servilc race, and are
mortally afraid Of the Southern white
: men. Notice Is given that on certain,
dhy tho supervisor Of registration viii
. be ut certain polling place. | sup
| pose 1t Is n"ccSsAry to Say that these
officers arc all Bourbon Democrats
: Eariy on the designated day, all the
white Democratic voters living in the
precinct are at the polls. They arc all
ar'l'cd: The negroes hang back until
the whites are all registered; indeed,
, ehrv freely grant the white people the
; right to be first served in everything.
These armed white men slowly regis
ter; they. delay, they talk, and it is
noon before they arc all registered.
Ihen tue negroes press forward. They
; have waited patiently. They are
afraid OF trohblc. Trouble means
DEATH. They fl;t in and are asked TO
H"car 70 their ages no negro knows
| his a@r--;n their names, occupations,
and places OF residence. All goes well,
oit, exceedingly slow, until say Il hun
drrd Of ,hcln have bccil registered ami
receive their certificates. Ii takes s.
long time 10 I'll out ncgro's ccrtiii
| cate. Tlcn the Register, affecting to
disuTicYc some ncgro's statement, tells
him to bring witnesses, white men, to
give evidence as to his identity. Tbi.
ihc black man chccrfully agrees to do.
lie steps out and sees wfitc man,
who has known him all his life. lie
asks this white man if he knows him.
"Crrtainly," the whito man replies.
"Will YOU identify mcT "flar,ilyW
and that negro is tinrccly told to "go
to hell" If the negroes arc pressing
IN, and it looks as though delays could
not be manufactured fast en)uuh, the
supervisor IL suddenly stricken with
acute disorders. and has to quit WORK.
Under the Inv he is allowed to open
TIC books at the county scat and add
names. lie tells the Assembled negroes
that ne is sick, and that they will have
TO conc to the courl-houac on such a
day The revision Of the list consists
elmrly in issuing certificates to such
Democrats rs refused to ccnn, to the
polls 10 register. No one dare identify
me blacks, who have walked many
dcnce they offer is not considered
SufDcicnt. and after hanging aroumd
1or day or two they go home.
Careless, improvidcnt, not unlcr-
SaMding the law, such negroes as sue
!cccd in getting certificates are likely
to lose them. There being no provi
sion IL, tho law to replace lost ccrtiti-
Gates, the Republican. white or black,
who loses his is diSfranchscd. Ir a
Democrat loses his--wcll, that is a diff
terent matter. 70 make dead sure
thing OF the election the eiyht-boy
syst"ni was invented.
The result ie that the negro deposits
lis ballots i'll the wrong boxes, and
they are lost. The cdnclte,l blacks
md the white Republicans quickly
Understood this at the last election,
aud Il ~ halted their men until they
could SIC the boxes and instruct their
lHitcrafc followers as to their position.
1t is sad, but those ba,l Democrats
smitcd the boxes us soon as the iuno-
rant blacks began to vote again, and
the votes were lost. So it went. the
Republicans steadily wasting their
votes.
II can be readily seen that with the
Democrats in power in this State ut
present they can never. without blood
shed, DC unscatcd. No law can be
passed to remove them from the con-
troll Of elections, because no man
opposed to them can be elected. None
but the Democrats have the counting
OF the ballots anu the announcement
or the result. Even the "black dis.
trIct" will be carried by tho Demo
Gratis in 1884.
These election laws to be effective
must depend on the ignorance of the
nrgroca. II they could read, they
could vote. Such being the case, /
warn all Northern ana Western men
A@ninst granting the aid these Stutcs'
lights Bourbon Democrats of South
Carolina are now howiiny for. to assist
them in the education OF their blpck
brothers. Does any reasonable man
for an instant believe that the Demo
cratic party Of South Carolina has the
least intention of educating the ne-
grocs7
|, who have lived in Western state
when it was being scitlGA, aud have
sccn The enormous taxation for cduca-
tionnl purposes borne without a mur-
lnnr bt the poverty stricken settlers.
hnve no patience with the Democrats
Of this State. IL any new Western
State the school taxes alone are higher
than the total taxation of South Caro-
lima. The rural North. and especially
; the West, having raid Tor their school
hOtrSrS and for the cllcntion of' thair