The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-10-01

tftUflt NIHNhIlN a. MN7W.t ilt ". ~ IN
apanding hNf a million IN stolen Iuuds,
Incurred debts TO an equt amount
When he was thrown into 6inkrup'GY
hia schedule ahOged liat Of liabilities
of half u milton aud asretl 10 the value
OF about 5000 A negro Legislator
Whinper-lOsl IN One night at poker
tS0,0O0 u u mnlattO and fellow Leglsla'
tor, Mlnatt. lheee Rre Instances,
Then the leaders began 10 fall out
among themselves. Despite the aaser'
tiOn OF Senator Sherman, fellOW,Sena
tor and fellow Republican Honest
John" Patterson, that there were "hye
years more OF good stealing In South
Carolina" resources became exhausted,
A double tax levy In one year FAILED TO
supply the Treasury. Twelve million
dollars Of bonds or thereabOuta already
irsued were repudlaled by the Repnbll'
cans In order 10 wipe out the account
and begin again. fractional lights
arose Charleston county was the scene
OF bitter rivalry between Mackey and
Bowen, whose duaky adhertnts often
met like Scottish clanamen TO pound
each Others heads or cut each Othera'
thrOats. Boiling tickets we're common
Ia all the counties, Characters were
ventilated with greatest candOr.
Attempts were made by faGtl0nal
leaders 10 send each other 10 the penl'
trntiary, All this time the negroes, the
masaea who mad blindly followed the
leaders, were becoming poorer aud poor
or, the forty acres aud u mule did not
appear. Their former owners did not
walt upon them. They lost heart Gni
lOlt In crest In the larger cilie4 they
began 10 sell their y0lds, Republican
IN ijoritlea dwindled away from TWO
causes, Increased interest ny the whites
aud decreased lnter64l ny NE blHrkh
In 1868 Ex-Governor Perry, one Of The
few UulOn men Of South UhrOlua be-
fore the car, aud the Provisional Gov
ernOr OF the Stat In 1862 adyl'ed tnc
whites TO register but nut 10 vote III thr
constitutional election, ll0 hoped hat
the Constitution would thus fail from
want OF II majority lie did not know
OF the Republican capabilities In the
way OF counting,
The whites thul for several years alb
stained from voting, ana Republican,
carried counties IN which there were
normal Democratic mNJOritiea,
But thu whites gradually returned Il
thu polls. while diaaensiOna aud dlagusI
weakened the Republicans. Thi9 change
Ia illustrated In the table OF voters CIV
on below,
lBps -arant ,,,,,, aOl Seymour. .,.,,,,,nl5, ,2ll
isi9-s9ot tisp ysoMi gargsnter TpsI a'eess ~,
lH7l-Cnambl'n lL,BO l01 Green (fuS) be,hll
| 67B-ChAmDoIlAlnDl,l ,lN Hampton DEM ~ w.
II will DO seen that in 1868 the black
had not fully appreciated their new
franchise. In 1870, however, they raj
lied to the polls aud gave their candi
date 33 1000 majority. In 1879 the Demo
Gratis had no ticket, Republicans diyi
ded. The late Governor Orr organized
q bolt which largely split the Repnbll
can party, Arst teaching the blacks how
10 rebel against their leaders, ThI
whites took little stock In either candi
late, hence the small vote.
BY 1874 the dominant party had be
come hOpelessly split, Green was Re
publican, n prominent candidate for TN
regular nomination. On his defeat, he
with the assistance OF such men az /
W. NJ. Mackey, organized an indepen
dent ticket, which was supported by al
increasing number OF whites, and, u
seen, II came within 1900 votes OF sue
ceae. Twenty thousand Republican
majority had melted away.
From this point Senator Sherman cal
trace the detection OF his ungfatefu
col0red brethren.
| All this time many Democrat
"MOsabacka," had refused to vote, l
1870, when Hampton, q conseryatiy
Democrat, was elected, ho drew out VI
unanlmoua white vote, includin
aeyea-elghlha OF all the white Repnbl
cans In the State, aud rallied en0ug
cOlored voters to give him Just ILL
majority, .
The campaign OF 1870 was In reAllt
began In 1876, The Legislature In d.
cember OF that year elected ~ two
the eight Circuit Judges Of tho Sta
Franklin j. Moses, Jr, and william
Whlpper. The former was the ean
thief M Governor and w0uld-be Judl
M no Ia now, that no IL graclng Mort
ern penltentlariee, Whlpper IL the co
rupt negro already mentioned ~ ha
Ing loat $4,000 at one sitting.
Thia election Influenced the who
State. Revolution wae threatened, Go
ernor Chamberlain refused 10 comml
sion these Judges, and telegraphed
the New England Society, In Charlesto
, that the "Clvllizatlon OF the Hug1en
and tho Puritan, the Cavalier aud n
Roundhead, was In danger
This incident opened still further u
! chasm In the Republican ranks, whi
waa never closed. An outraged pe0p
rose against an elfete, corrupt and q
morallzed ring, and crushed II. Am0l
the thousands OF red ehlrts" parad
In South Carolina during that cal
! paign, many were worn over hone
black skins.
A few months Of uncertainty betweI
November aud March. A Pfeside
chosen by the Electoral Commission.
=, removal OF Federal troops from the corr
7 dora OF the State House, and the Repn
/, lican party ehriyeled In IN Instant, II
, Cinderella's pumpkin. A few rats, mi
y and bugs were seen ekurrylng away,
that was left Of Governors, Congrestm
and Statesmen.
Tho Democrats "opened tho book
! and simultaneously there was an exod
, OF Republican leaders TO Colorat
wyoming, Mexico and other inacces
bio places. .,., .
al In 1873 there was no material In I
!, state 10 serve 90 Republican candidate
q q Nor has there been since. Senator Sh,
! mans party adopted Hendrix McLano
' the Greenback candidate for Govern,
q He had been tho Secretary OF q Den
cratic Club In q country precinct, o
I this was his whole qualification for Gt
ernor. In 1875 ho had advocated
= elaying OF colored voters. His adyl
y y was not taken (Secretary Sherman "
: In vain search tho recorde OF FalrfC
county for bloodehed), but the blac
knew the man. They laughed at I
!. areenback candidate. There has bo
no opposition candidate for Govern
sinoe then.
Now, II Senator Sherman really desiI
. TO know why the Republican party
y dend I'm South Carolina he may be t(