The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-29

! thought 10 be right, a humiliation
deeper did than the aftermath Of the
French revolution; the placing in
power OF people, not Of the same race,
but Slaves, who were not prepared to
know the proper use Of ballot; the
act being done nO3 for the sake Of the
slave, but for the aggrandizement OF
his political masters, and the proud
Saxon race rose like his ancestors in
the early days and threw the yoke
off CT the Norman master; like the
Colonies in 171,h threw off the shack
les Of the Royalist invaders who fol-
keep them doWn-trodden. This revo-
! luton was not because of racial anti
pathy to the negro as such, but re-
volt against the efforts Of the politi-
clans at Washington to humiliate the
white people Of South Carolina by
eievating the negro above them. The
legal rights Of the negro is recognized
and enforced by the people of the
South, but social equality by them will
never be tolerated.
And so the popular feeling bubbled
! up as Hampton passed from the up
country to the loW-country; from the
highlands to the lowlands, adown the
Grampian hills. It was like a Scot
! tish fight in which all classes were
united and taking part; the McDon-
aids and the McGregors alike. When
! the red banner was waved below Co.
lumbia, the. uprising was as great as
in Anderson as in NeWberry. Busi-
ness was suspended, homes abandon
ed, occupations given up for the time
being; lawyers closed their Offices and
led; breaches prayed but Joined the
procession; merchants sold their
goods cheaper to the people and gave
their money; farmers and mechanics
and artisans left their occupations and
were in the saddle. All we're in 1t and
! to stay to the end, for it meant liberty
or death. A. paraphrase of the colon
ial lines truly expresses the Red
Shirt determination:
"They left the plowshares in the mold,
| The focks and herds without fold,
The sickle in the unshorn grain,
The corn half garnered on the plain;
And mustered in their red shirt dress,
For wrongs, to seek stern redress.
To right those wrongs, come weas
come woe,
To perish, or o'ercome their foe
When Hampton reached BlackV1lle
in Barnwell county he was met by
cohort of Red Shirts from all the sur
rounding counties, headed by that
peerless citizen, Johnson Hagood, and
they tramped with him across that
great county almost to the sea. The
spirit of that procession is spoken OF
unto today, as the greatest event of
old Barnwell county.
Gordon Comes.
From across the Savannah came
that peerless Southerner, John B. Cor
don. He was the best stump orator
I ever heard. At White Point Garden
in Charleston, Gordon, before an i'm
mense crowd, in scathing terms, ar
raigned Chamberlain as Daniel come
! to judgment. At Columbia, at Aiken
and elsewhere he quickened and
aroused the fires of patriotism as he
knew well how to do; and went home
to return again after the election, by
wise counsel, to assist in guiding the
sequel to full fruition.
The Result and How 1t Came About.
The day of the election in NoVen-
ber was beautiful, but active. Though
martial law had been declared by
Grant in Edgefeld, Aiken and Bran
we'll, because of the Ellenton riot, and
perhaps in other counties, the deter
mined white men came home in their
red shirts and tramped the land. the
old saying, :*aH coons look alike" had
helped the negroes to repeat without
fear of detection. Red shirts on men
made them all alike, and the whites
had been good students from sheer
necessity. Under the Radical regime,
there was no registration OF voters
and the managers were allowed thr7e
days before the boxes were tirned
over to the county canVassers Tor
counting the votes. On this occasion,
do+arn,ined whita men. armed TO the