The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24
TEN YEARS OF ALABAMA
8O-Alabama, Mississippi Louisiana, South Carolina
1865--1874

in with him. assembled and organized.
The United States court and army broke
the sittings up.
Everything was In confusion. The adj
herents of Governor Warmoth and Lieu
tenant Governor Pinchbeck paraded the
streets in military order, and well armed.
swearing vengeance against each other.
Pinchbeck removed General Hugh Camp
bell, commander of the state militia, and
turned those troops over to General James
Iongstreet, who had openly declared his
utilization with the republican party.
The democratic claimant on the .,ffice
of governor, McEnery, now telegraphed
to President Grant, asking that he sus-
pend Interference until a committee of
100 principal men of the state could reach
Washington to present their facts. At
torney General Williams for the Presi-
dent, promptly replied that such com
mittee could exert no influence.
| In South Carolina, the republicans put
out two tickets for state officers. The
regulars nominated Franklin j. Moses,
Jr., son of the chief justice. The nomi-
nees for lieutenant governor. for treasurer
and adjutant general were negroes. James
l.. Orr. governor by votes of white men
from 1866 to 1867, representative In Con-
gress before the war. colonel Of a regi-
ment in the Confederate army, United
States minister to Russia, bolted the re-
publican convention because of the known
rascality of Candidate Moses. He organ
lied another party, put out state ticket
and on this three negroes had places.
The state government, under Governor
Moses, was debased beyond reckoning.
The expense of a session of the legislature
before the war hardly exceeded $25, 900.
One session of the Moses legislature ex-
ceeded $1.250,000 Spittoons for the state
house cost more than million dollars.
T.. - a.
tempt of President Grant and the Con-
gress, to fix this condition of affairs per-
manently upon the south and to illustrate
the high wisdom of the people in their
unrelaXing purpose to recover their lib
erty. | anticipate the conduct OF South
Carolina.
General Wade Hampton consented, as
foIlorn hope to become the candidate of
the democrats for governor in 1876, four
years after the success of Moses. He
began his canvass late. He went from
county TO county, all over the state,
speaking once in ALL The honors now
heaped on him were without parallel.
Much of his travel was by private con-
veyance. Wherever practicable, a pro-
cession of horsemen and citizens in We
hieles would escort the orator to the
boundary of the county, where he would
be met by an escort of similar character
from the adjoining county. where he was
expected to speak The escort was in no
sense body guard, to stave off larm.
1t was testimony to the joy of the peo-
pie In the presence among them of their
beloved leader. For example the candi-
date spoke at the county seat of Marl-
borough. Next day a procession escorted
him on the road to Darlington. Miles on
the way the Darlington procession met
him and led him to the county seat
There, in suburban grove arrangements
were in readiness. As his coach reached
the border of the ground, and he alighted
there was long line OF little girls IN
white. bearing flowers to strew the path
before him and sing as they marched
The speech. like all before it, was calm
and argumentative. merely common
sense talk On the hour of delivery n
rumor spread through the crowd chat a