The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-05-10

sary for the discovery and sun
preston of these places. The
Bourbons made this feature the
point of attack upon the law; their
many papers bounded down these
mon, calling thom "splos" and
'snoaks," and applying to them all
manner of abusive opithets, thus
soeking to stir up against them the
anger of tho pooplo in tho towns
and citios, tho inhabitants of which
constitute tho opposition to the
Reform movement which resulted
in my election. Almost all the
work of these constables had to be
dono in these cities, which made it
easier to create bitter, unreasoning
prejudice against them. Every
daily paper in tho State, save one
is under the control Of tho "antis,"
as they are called, and these have
spared no effort in tho attempt to
stir up anger against the consta.
bios, the law under thich they op.
crate, and the administration
which enacted that law. Realiz-
ing the effect of tho assertion that
liberty is in danger, they used that
sacred name in the appeal for sub.
version Of the Dispensary law and
the retirement from authority of
those who are responsible for it.
The law gives the constables, when
armed with proper warrants from
the civil authorities, the right to
search private residences for tho
seizure of contraband liquors.
We're this provision absent from
the law, it would be practically
imperative, as mon would turn
their private residences into "blind
tigers" where thoy would sell IL
quor with impunity. The papers
supporting the combination of the
whiskey men and the old political
leaders alleged that the Disponsary
law gavo tho constables the right
to search private residences indis.
criminately and without warrant
which ls something to which Anglo
Saxon blood will not submit. Thes
> falsohoods stirred up bitter, un
: reasoning passion in the cities an
towns against tho constables, an
threats were freely made agains
them. Being in danger of bodil,
harm, after having been mobbot
and pelted with rotton eggs or
more than ono occasion, the con.
stables wore armed for their own
protection. Hypocritical use was
made of the old adage that "a
mans home is his CASTLE" to incito
violence. "a mans homo is his
CASTLE" but no has no right to
turn it into saloon and expect to
exercise the samo rights there he
would have in private dwelling,
Those wero the conditions of
thought and foeling existing at the
time of tho whiskey rebellion,
which broke out last month.
The towns Of Darlington, Flor
enco and Sumter are points of a
triangle connected by railroads.
Darlington and Floronco arc ton
milos apart and both are about
forty milos from Sumter. Certain
peoplo in those towns banded to-
gether for opposition to tho Dis
pensary law, especially the con-
stabulary feature Of it. Several
constablos wore sent to Darlington.
Tho leaders Of tho conspirators
spread broad reports that the con-
stables we're there for tho purpose
OF searching private houses with
out warrants. This was not true ::
tho constablos, under tho Dispen-
sary law, could not search private
residences without warrants, and
they had no intention of searching
any residence in Darlington--all
of their warrants being for the
search of pubic places where con-
traband liquors we're stored and
sold. But the false report was
spread and and had it's due effect
when tho execution Of tho warrants
began. Large numbers Of armed
mon gathered on the stroets for the
protection of q "liborty" which