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-TyEL E .A, T, L A N r T A WEEKLY SUN.
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[Continued from page 2.] j the Ministers are pouring in from all
To amend the act to incorporate the parts of the countrr. Animmense maw
ttuoA „r n.ivr. Rnrincr in Flovd county: of people is assembled in front of Palace
village of Cave Spring, in Floyd county;
passed. .
A resolution, offered by Mr. Scott, in
structing the Committee on Education to
report a bill to provide means for
paying teachers who have taught free
schools under An act approved 1870, was
adopted. ' u
A message from the Governor was re
ceived, saying that the act to explain and
alter Section 244 of the Code had been
approved and signed; also, a resolution
in relation to refunding tax collected on
raw cotton under revenue laws.
A resolution by Mr. Craig, providing
for having a painting of Hon. Howell
Cobb executed aad put up in this hall,
was adopted.
House adjourned until o r. ii.
afternoon’s proceedings.
A number of House bills read second
time.
The Senate amendments to the bill-to
repeal the act declaring the poll tax for
1868, 1869 and 1870, yet uncollected,
illegal and void, were concurred in;also,
the Senate amendments to the bill to
compensate jurors in the county of De-
Kalb; also, the Senate amendments to a
bill to amend an act to authorize the
Mayor and Council of Borne to subscribe
to the Memphis Branch Bailroad Com
pany. vjO yi
By Mr. Scott—to incorporate the town
of DeSotn de nova, read first time.
A number of Senate bills read second
time.
A resolution offered by Mr. Kelly, re-
S nesting the acting-Governor to pardon
obn Bannon, nowin the penitentiary
under sentence for life, on account of a
conviction of homicide, was read first
time and referred.
House adjourned. • >
T E LEGRAMS
do la Nation. The appearance of the
multitude is threatening, bat a strong
force of troops is on the ground, and al
though they do not attempt to disperse
the crowd, they have so far succeeded in
preventing violence to persons or the de
struction of property. Cries of “Resign!
Resign!” are heard on every side of the
Palace. The impression is, that the
Ministers will yield, as they did in the
ease of Dedeker, and tender their resig
nations to the king.
Washington, November 28.—A very
brief Cabinet session was held to-day.
The Treasurer of the United States
sends checks to-night for 88,000,000 in
coin to parties who have 62s for redemp
tion.
The charge against Prosser, Postmas
ter at Nashville, Tennessee, for prosecut
ing claims while a member of Congress,
has been dismissed.
It is snowing heavily. •' : ■■ X
A special dispatch from Matamorns,
dated the 27th instant, says four thous
and Government troops are nearing Sal
tillo to raise the siege. Cortina had ap
propriated the pay of the troops at Car-
m3go to himself, causing a revolt. A
general revolt against the Government
is expected December the 1st.
THE DAILY SUN.
Thursday, November 30, 1871
Charleston, November 28.—In the
Ku-Klux trials at Columbia, the day was
spent in a discussion of the manner of
selecting a juiy, the District Attorney
moving that a panel be selected from th<»
body of the District, and Hon. Reverdy
Johnson contenting that, according to
the Constitution, jurors mast be selected
from the Judicial District in which the
offense is alleged to have been committed
The Court sustained the District Attor
ney, Mr. Johnson reserving his objection.
The Court then adjourned until Friday,
allowing forty-eight hours for summoning
a panel.
Philadelphia, November 28.—The
Alexis ball will take place in the Academy
of Music. The price of tickets to the
festivities has been fixed at $50.
Milwaukee, November 28.—Reports
from the Northern Pacific Railroad state
that the thermometer is 23 degrees below
zero. Tho trains are stopped.
St. Louis, November 28.—Hermann
Lindeman, editor of theZeitung, is dead.
Kansas City, November 28.—Sunday’s
Times publishes eleven columns of letters
from prominent men of Missouri, indors
ing a passive Democratic policy.
H. M. King, a negro who was arrested
for bigamy, has fled, forfeiting his bonds.
His wife attempted suicide yesterday.
New York, November 28.—Connolly’s
bail is still short.
Thirteen new cases of small pox have
been reported since Monday.
It is believed that Mayra? Hall Lae ro
signed.
Forty Catholic children havo been ex
pelled from school at Hunter’s Point, for
refusing to read tho Bible.
Tho Herald has a special from Cotton
wood, Salt Lake, representing that the
storm i3 unabated. They have not seen
the sun since the 17th. ^Thero lias been
another land slide, whereby four lives
were lost.
Elder Pratt preached at the Tabernacle
yesterday, saying that the Mormon peo
ple woulcl not give up polygamy or any
part of tho Mormon religion for any
government. Load cries of “that’s so,”
“we won’t.”
\ Leading Mormons express anxiety that
Brigham Young will be hero Monday for
trial. They aro positive he will be here
it the time ordered, if the prevailing
itorms will permit. He has been notified
Vy telegraph, and, it is stated, has already
arted for Salt Lake City.
yThe case of Brigham Young, for Li-
ltioas Cohabitation, was called up yes-
Tlie Outrages in 8outli Carolina
Again*., him ,vs!(fi
We'invite the attention of our readers
to-day to a very able paper, which will be
found in another column, taken from the
Charleston Courier, headed, “Render
unto Ca-sar the things that are Caesar’s.
It is a letter addressed to President
Grant, by a citizen of South Carolina.
The paper is a long one, but is well writ
ten, und deserves the careful perusal of
every well-wisher of his country.
A. H. S.
The Radical Rebellion.
The Organ of the New Rebellion seems
to invoke violence, revolution and the
overthrow of the Constitution and laws
by bayonets, and a trampling under foot
of nil liberty, law and the protection
guaranteed to freemen, apparently for no
other reason than that of a peaceable,
law abiding people, performing that
which is strictly lawful and constitution
al, in a peaceable and law-abiding way.
It is not the suppression of any out
rage, or mob violence, orKu-kluxif you
please, or the vindication of law and
popular rights for which this conflict
invoked—for which this suggestion and
advocacy of violence and disorder are
made. Nothing of this sort; but simply to
prevent a lawful act, l>y a law abiding
and well disposed people.
The Rebel Orgau, speaking of an elec
tion for Governor at this time, says:
It win establish two State Governments, each
claiming recognition as the constituted authority.—
This wUl call in tho intervention of the National
Government. In this event Governor Coaloy -will
bo sustained.
This is calling for, advocating and jus
tifying the overthrow of law and order
by bayonets, without any cause on earth.
It is rebellion as reprehensible as any that
was ever advocated by any secessionist.
It is calling for a coup (Vetat, a la 1Va
polean, and tlio establishment of an
Empire and a Dynasty. It looks to a con
summation of the schemes of the Radical
leaders; the crushing out of all liberty
and local self-Government on this conti
nent.
Was this a slip of the pen sooner than
was intended—a showing of hands in
advance—the out-cropping of that which
is uppermost in the mind ?
Here is an Open advocateR of ebellion
Gen. Grant hates rebels, and has the Ku-
Klux Act to aid him in suppressing them.
Religious Services at the Capitol
To-Dat.—The Legislative Committee ap
pointed to make proper arrangements for
services on Thanksgiving Day, have invi
ted Rev. David Wills, D. D.,' President
Oglethorpe University; Rev. A. T. Spal
ding, Pastor of Second Baptist church,
and Rev. Arminins Wright, Pastor of
Wedey chapel, to officiate at the Capitol
to-day. Service at 10£ o’clock, in the
hall of the House of Representatives.
The citizens are invited to attend.
The choirs of the different churches are
requested to "be present at 91 o’clock for
rehearsal, preparatory to the services.
The Legislature is, not pursuing the
right course in appointing its commit
tees to investigate the conduct of certain
officials—at least such is our opinion.—
These committees should be chosen by a
viva voce vote of the two bodies, and not
by appointment of the presidihg officer.
These committees are too important, and
too. much responsibnity rests on the Leg
islature, to pursue the ordinary course
in selecting the men composing the m
We have several times urged the Dem
ocrats of Atlanta to be vigilant, that they
may not be taken unawares by the tricks of
the secret foe. We now give notice that
the Radicals have held secret conclaves
in all the Wards in the city, and nomi
nated a full ticket for Councilmen—most
ly consisting of one negro and cne white
Radical for each Ward. The municipal
ticket thus brought forward is not to be
published; but is to be kept secret till
the day of election. The ballots are al
ready printed—so it is believed—but no
one has seen them, except the printer.
The whole thing was intended to be kept
very dork, and to be sprung upon the
Democracy on the day of the election,
and snatch the victory, which
they know they cannot get in an opeD,
fair contest.
We urge every Democrat to be in the
city on next Wednesday, and vote—vote
early—and be sure to vote. Don’t stay
away.
SUN-STROKES.
We call his attention to his Organ.
Personal.—ThomasM. Norwood, Sen
ator elect from Georgia, is in the city.
Hon. P. M. Russell, of Savannah,
sojourning in the city for a few days.
Gen. W. T. Wofford is sojourning at
the Kimball House.
Rugby.—Let all read carefully the
highly important letter of our cor
respondent "Rugby.” It is able,
deeply interesting, and emanates from the
pen of one of the first scholars in .the
United-States.
^Vhy don’t Mr. Samuel W. Grubb
publish the name of his colleague—the
nominee of his party with himself in the
Third Ward ?
Significant Thieving.-—Emma Phil
lips (mnlatto) was arraigned before Jus
tice Butt yesterday, for stealing three
dresses, some underclothing and baby’s
apparel. Sent to jail.
John Thomas (col.) was charged with
‘larceny from the person.” Like the
Heathen Chinee”—“In ways that are
dark and tricks that are vain”—he sought
to swindle some unsuspecting country-
. Approaching them with a polite
request that they would change i
bills, he, by a slight-of-hand manoeuvre
appropriated more than his due. He ob
tained §18 in this manner, for which he
will serve a term in jail.
Steam Road Wagon.—A bill will be
introduced into the Legislature to-mor
row incorporating the Steam Road Wag
on Company, of Georgia. The price of
mules will go down when this enterprise
is a success—and it will be a success.
teiday, and fixed for next Monday. The
dei'vndjiut’s counsel asked for two weeks
on hccouut of the absence oi Brigham,
but ibe Court refused.
awson and Bates, indicted on similar
changes, pleaded the illegality of the
Grand Jury, which the Court overruled.
Upon the charge of the murder of Bock,
in 1857, against Brigham Young, and
others, argument was had, on motion, to
quash indictment on seven pleas.
London, November 28.—The latest
Official Bulletin says the condi
tion lof the Prince of Wales is un
expectedly favorable. He slept last
night, nud his fever is abating. The ill
ness of the Princess Alexandra is not
serious.
Havana, Nov. 28.—Eight of the medi
cal students tried by court-martial, for
violating the grave of General, Castanor,
were sentenced to death this morning and
executed this evening. They met their
fate with resignation, and expressed sor
row for having committed the crime for
which they died.
Madrid, November 28.—Gen. Sickles
has married Miss Creach and departed
for New York.
Halifax, November 28.—The cholera
has disappeared. All the patients are
rapidly recovering. The infected dis
tricts are still quarantined.
Tho 78th regiment of Highlanders has
sailed for Europe.
Quebec, November 28.—The ther
mometer is 10 degrees below zero.
Paris, Nov. 28.—At 6 o’clock this
morning, Rossell, Ferre and Bourgeois
were taken from their cells, under a
strong guard, to the outskirts of Camp
Satory, when a hollow square was formed,
at one end of which the condemned men
were placed. Their behavior was most
courageous. At seven o’clock the com
pany advanced, and, leveling their mus
kets, at the word fired. Rossell was
killed instantly. The others were not so
fortunate, but writhed on the ground,
until the soldiers, obeying orders, gave
their coup de grace with pistols. Their
bodies were placed in plain coffins.—
Three thousand troops witnessed the
execution. The sensation was profound.
Young Rossell’s death is lamented, even
by those who deemed that the interests
of the country demanded it.
Brussels, November 28.—The agita
tion against the Ministry is unabated.
Petitions to the king for the dismissal of
THE CAPITOL.
Both branches of the Assembly were
in the dullest of moods yesterday. They
did nothing to tempt the pen of tho crit
ic, and not much to loosen the tongue of
praise. They sank to the uninteresting
level of indifference, and plodded through
an ordinary amount of plain business.
What shall we do with it ? is a ques
tion that the Honorable Senators are dis
cussing in regard to the Agricultural Col
lege scrip. This scrip deeds t-o Georgia
some 270,000 acre3 of very “wild lands,
but worth, possibly, if honestly negotia
ted, as many thousand dollars. The Sen
ate does not know what to do with it.
Plenty of institutions want it, and almost
any one of them is willing to “speed the
plow” in order to get it. But where there
are so many worthy applicants, it is not
strange that some difficulty should be ex
perienced in selecting the' worthiest,
is singular that some witty Senator has
not proposed to “farm it out.” Tom.
Speer would have done so long ago if he
were in the Senate.
The President of the Senate has
nouuced the following special commit
tees:
To investigate the lease of the West
ern and Atlantic Railroad—Messrs. Reese
and Normally.
The official conduct of Bullock—Nich
ols and Wellborn.
The conduct of the Western and At
lantic Railroad Auditing Commission—
Hoyle and Brown.
The administration and management
of the Western and Atlantic Railroad—
Lester and Clark.
“Capt. Jinks” is among the distin
guished individuals registered at the
Kimball House. He is supposed to be a
scion of the house of Boyle, in Griffin,
and although a captain in many things,
has not arrived at the age of three, yet.
It is said that hut few hickories remain in
the neighborhood of his raising; and his
squalls put the cats to shame.
The people of Atlanta have shown
their opposition to corruption, and
demonstrated that they cannot be bought,
bribed, or cajoled, to vote for or favor
men or measures, which have any im
mortal or corrupt taint, or suspicion.
They always vote right.
The present Constitution was framed
by a Radical bayonet convention, in this
city. It required the capital to be
brought here; and the party wliich
framed it, presented Bullock as a can
didate. Notwithstanding our people
were unanimously in favor of the re
moval, Atlanta is the only city in Geor
gia which voted against Bullock. It is
the only one which has kept the stan
dard of pure Democracy afloat in its
Government, and kept the clutches of
the Radicals out of it3 Treasury. Bul
lock’s Government, and Blodgett and the
robber band, had their headquarters
here. The public money has been
squandered for corrupt objects, but the
people of Atlanta have kept their es
cutcheon bright, and their honor untar
nished. A few individuals have joined
the band, and participated in the spoils
of dishonesty and fraud; but no such
charge can be brought against one man
in a hundred of our people. They scorn
with loathing and contempt, all such ill
gotten gains and those who participate
therein.
This characteristic was strikingly illus
trated in the Democratic meeting Mon
day night. It is alleged and believed
abroad—and the belief exists in this city
to some extent—that there is a “ring”
organized, whose object is to control the
legislation of the State for selfish purpo
ses. If such a ring really does exist, it is
exceedingly small and without influence.
Whether the charge or the belief be cor
rect or not, the people of Atlanta have,
at all times, shown that they have no
sympathy with anything having about it
the slightest suspicion of impropriety.
Thanksgiving.
Does a forger write with a steal
pen ?
There was a terrible flatter in tur-
keydom yesterday.
“Opelika, Ga.,” is all the Boston
Post knows about Geography.
Mrs. Susan Haron—Perrysville,
Ohio—Kerosene.
“Oh, give thanks unto the Lord,
for He is good; and His mercy endnreth
forever.”
K3— “The fire-eyed Fechter, the un
tamable hyena of the boards,” is the way
the New York Leadei' dishes him.
ISSrF. Mier, a Texas Revenue As
sessor, committeed suicide to make his
accounts balance. Ad-Mier-ably done.
When the { Russian diplomats
went to call on Fish, Fish was not in.
They thought it “scaly” of him.
“Restore Mr. Sumner” is the
New York Sun's advice to Grant. Who
ever knew Grant to restore anything.
Fisk is troubled by his Miss Mans
field. He don’t like to have Josiefeein'
lawyers so much. : . i • :
Both branches of the Legislature
have determined to give thanks in obedi
ence to the recommendations of National
and State authorities.
Charles Reade calls the critic of
the London Times a minnow. The critic
might retort by saying Reade is “n<
dine.”
JG3F* James Yiok, the great Rochester,
N. Y., horticulturist, has sent out his an
nual Floral Guide. It is a Vick-torious
triumph in its line.
The editor of the Courier-Journal
threatened to commit hari-kari, one day
last week, because his grocer sent him,
by mistake, a bottle of Bourbon whisky.
Montgomery Blair prefers Wil
liam Cullen Bryant as an anti-Grant can
didate for President. And now may
Bryant sing: “The melancholy days have
come.”
Bgk-The Washington Chronicle says
the New York World goes in for
party 1” The World is not, strictly
speaking, a “no-party” paper, but it is
for any party that has the means to help
it along.
JB@“ Whenever the Democracy gets a
fair chance, it shows the cloven foot,”
exclaims the Washington Chronicle. This
the Radical party -cannot be accused of
doing, as there are no cloven feet among
them. Asses’ hoofs are not split,
The New York Sun of the 27th
instant contains a long double-leaded
editorial, severely criticizing General
Grant, Delano, Cameron, Bullock and
Blodgett, charging them with a fraudu
lent lease of the State Road, and hopes
the Legislature will investigate it.
E£$~ The Washington Chronicle says:
“ Alexander H. Stephens don’t write any
more editorials, and Georgia will now
have her Thanksgiving the same as any
other State.” When Holden ceases to
write “ any more editorials” Washington
will have not only a thanksgiving, bnt a
jubilee.
Wm. Henry Stephens, a Wall
street broker, broke and run with an
other broker’s wife, and §25,000 of his
uncle’s money, one day last week. The
forsaken broker is broken-hearted, and
the uncle is almost broke by the abscond
ing broker. A great excitement has
broken out about the affair, in Jersey
City, where all the brokers reside.
The New York Evening Post says:
“Boston has long excelled New York, or
any other city in the country, in the good
taste displayed in respect to business
signs. ” It seems from this that the ‘ ‘evil
and perverse generation” which went
about “seeking a .sign,” has found and
sequestered a good many of them.
Fulton Superior Court.—One case
before the Court yesterday consumed the
whole day. It was that of Bonnell,
County Jailor, vs. J. D. Garrison, Police
man, charged with assault with attempt
to murder.
Some of our readers will recollect that
in May last a difficulty occurred between
Mr. Garrison and Mr. Bonnell at the
jail, in which several shots were ex
changed. Both Garrison and Bonnell
were wounded, the latter rather severely.
The altercation originated, if we remem
ber arigbt, in some jesting and raillery,
which soon assumed such a serious na
ture as to excite violent auger and a per
sonal difficulty. The case excited a good
deal df interest, ' personal and curious.
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty,
in a few moments, and the prisoner was
discharged. Sol. Gen. Howell and W
A. Tigner for Prosecution; D. F. Ham
mond and Spa for defense.
Official Notice—State Road Agent?.
•On our third page, this morning, we
publish the resolutions of the Legislature
requiring those holding money, the earn
ings of the State Road, to pay over the
same to the Treasurer at ouce; also, the
official notice of Dr. Angier, calling upon
such persons for the funds in their hands,
Those indebted will take notice.
From the Charleston Courier.
“•Render Unto Caesar ttie Tliins
Tliat are Caesar’s.”
The illness of the present Prince
of Wales induces the New York World to
resurrect the following epitaph upon a
former Prince of Wales who never came
to be a King:
“Here lies Prince Fred,
Who -was alive and is dead.
Had it been his father
We had much rather;
Had it been hiB mother.
Better than the other;
Had it been his sister
No one would have missed her;
Bnt since it’s only Prince Fred,
Who was alive and is dead.
Why, there’s nothing to be said.”
kgt, The Washington Chronicle, indu
bitable Radical authority, has this to say
about the case of Collector Robb:
A heavy pressure is being brought to
bear against Collector Robb, of the port
of Savannah, Georgia, by parties now in
the city. It is intimated that he has put
in fal.-e vouchers to cover a large amount
of his accounts, and he will be arraigned
for trial before the United States District
Co art, which meets at Savannah this
week. His conviction is considered cer
tain.
In regard to the case of CoL Krzyza-
nowski, it says:
It is now stated that ex-Collector Gould
and his clerk, Alden, who were with ex-
Supervisor Krzyanowski in the furniture
business, used a large amount of Govern
ment money in this business, and that
with the knowledge of General Krzyza-
nowski. This, of course, involved the
latter, who could not make the money
good to the Government. It is said he
will be brought to trial in Georgia in
short time.
From this it would seem that the
“fighting Illinois Colonel,” who clings
with such admirable tenacity to the 'Sa
vannah Custom House, is by no means
folly exonerated from the charges that
have lately been preferred against him;
and Krzyzanowski is also unpleasantly
complicated. When the Washington
Chronicle can be brought to make such
statements in regard to its party officials,
things begin to look suspicions.
Columbia, S. O., Nov. 15, 1871.
To His Excellency, U. S. Grant, President
<f the United Slates:
Sib:—At this crisis in the public af
fairs of this State, I venture to address
myself to your Excellency. As a South
Carolinian, and, also, an American citi
zen, it is my right and my privilege, if I
so choose, to place the case of my State
before the President of the Republic,
shall do so, with a due regard for the
high office which you hold, and with
full appreciation of my comparative ob
scurity. At the same time I shall dis
charge my self-imposed duty with that
candor and spirit befitting the occason
and the great interest involved.
Let me, in the first place, remark that
there is another reason why it is not un
becoming in me to approach your Excel
lency. Your Attorney-General was re
cently on duty at Yorkville, in this State,
and whilst there, I am informed that it
is not unlikely that one Adickos, a white
man, and one Hammond, a negro man
did report a distinguished Carolinian
and the writer, as the head-centres of the
Ku-Klux organization of South Carolina,
Allow me, before proceeding farther, to
brand this statement as unqualifiedly
false. I challenge and defy tha meanest
and most uuscrupulous to connect my
name, or my private or public conduct,
with any act at variance with the law.
Apart from its philosophy and true in
terpretation, I know as little of this al
leged Ku-Klilxism in portious of South
Carolina as does your Excellency. But
of that philosophy and true interpreta
tion, ii have very distinct viow$, which '
shall take occasion to submit to your
Excellency in the course of this letter.
With these preliminary observations,
shall now undertake to lay before your
Excellency and the country the case of
injured and misrepresented South Caro
lina. Ycu haVe put the case in court.
You are the high prosecutor. I make
myself the advocate of ’the State—ob
scure in name, but strong in the integrity
of my cause—thrice-armed, because my
quarrel is just. Allow me, now, to carry
your Excellency back to Appomattox.
You will not object. If a sad day to us
of the South, it was a proud day for you.
On that day South Carolina, in common
with the Southern Confederacy, yielded
to Heaven’s decree and your strong bat
talions; gave up the cause for which she
had gallantly fought, and surrendered all
the hopes and dreams of Southern na
tionality. Tho State formally repealed
the ordinance of secession, abolished the
institution of African slavery within her
borders, and resumed in general her ob
ligations to tae Federal Union.
The future became promising. The
late Confederates, and our people gener
ally, wanted a country to love, and of
winch to be proud. They were disposed
to give to the United States flag much of
the devotion that had been lavished on
the “Conquered Banner.” But the
course of good feeling was not suffered
to run smooth, and to conduct us to a
united people and restored Union. The
fell spirit of partyism developed itself.
The monster, since -known as Radi
calism, reiared its angry crest.—
The scheme of Radical reconstruc
tion was put "in. operation. Its' author,
Thaddeus Stevens, boldly proclaimed
that his followers had camped outside of
the Constitution. Thence began the
troubles which have culminated in the
situation—military,’ financial and gene
ral—which this unhappy State now pre
sents. Before the present Government
was imposed, through Federal influence,
upon South Carolina, the white people of
South Carolina made to Congress their
remonstrance and submitted their appeal.
These are upon record. The writer of
this letter was chairman of the committee
who bore that : remonstrance and appeal
to Washington and laid it before the Re
construction Committee of Congress.
He had the honor and the privilege of
addressing that committee in tho base
meniifif'tho (feipitfoL 1 He spoke to the
head and ir&nteof reconstruction—Thad
deus Stevens himself—and protested
against the monstrous wrong that was
abont to be done to the ostracised white
people of South Carolina. He ventured
further to say that the regime foisted
upon this State was illogical; that it con
tained the seeds of ruin and decay, and
that it contravened the laws of God, and
that-, therefore, it would not and could
not endure. Will not your Excellency
admit that the writer’s anticipations have
been swiftly realized ? Look this day at
our Executive, our legislative history, pur
ruined finances, our disordered State
stricken in its liberties and industries!
Let your Excellency contemplate the
spectacle which you yourself present—
to-day seeking to hold up with
your bayonets the rotten, falling pyra
mid of reconstructed South Caro-
Carolina !—the pyramids which pigmy
statesmen have sought to make rest upon
its sharp apex instead of its broad base.
But the scheme of Radical reconstruc
tion wai placed in operation. The de
mands of party required the experiment
to be made. Neeu we point your Excel
lency to the history of South Carolina for
the last- the yenrs? It is the history of
a plundered nud outraged people. "it is
the history of misrule, profligacy, fraud
and corruption, No sooner had the doors
of the State been opened, prior to tbc
beginning of the reconstruction era,
when a hordo of hungry, thieving, politi
cal adventurers came to our State. These
flattered the hopes and fostered the pre
judices of the enfranchised freedmen,
and struck hands and miked fortunes
with the native renegades. Thus was
formed a combination whence proceed all
the evils that have come upon this State.
Loyal Leagues—secret, oath-bound so
cieties, political, military, religions and
industrial in character—wevo established
all over the State. The antagonism be
tween tbG two races that inhabit South.
Carolina was artfully kept up. Then fol
lowed those events which have made tho
history of Radicalism a dis ; p-ace to civi
lization. Governor Scflt oaganizes his
negro militia, and arms them with Win
chester rifles and ball cartridges. State
officials stoul and county officials quickly
follow their example. Tho bauds of leg
islators close upon local bribes. Gover
nor Scott opens the doors pf the peniten
tiary to hi3 convict pets, aud sends them
back to communities w hence they had
been taken by the hands of justice. Tho
LandCommission perpetrates its swindle?.
The whole State regime becomes a mass of
corruption, with scarcely a healthy spot
upon its blackened surface. The strong
arm of South Carolina becoines weak,
nerveless and pulseless from corruption.
Under these circumstances, need your
Excellency wonder that outlaws in" tho
high official seats of the State should
have engendered the spirit of outlawry
in the people ? Under such circumstan
ces, need your Excellency wonder that
in portions of this State, acts of violence
should have been committed ? Is it reas
onable that, provoked beyond endurance,
local defensive and protective bands may
have been organized? Whatever your
Excellency may think, we know what tho
judgment of the country will be when
all the facts of the case shall be brought
out. That judgment will bo that if men
in the up-country have sinned, they havo
also been sinned against; and we shall
not be surprised if the country does not
wonder at tho moderation and endurance
of our people.
Let your Excellency now understand
me fully on this subject. I oppose, and
have ever opposed, secret associations,
organized for political or disciplinary
purposes. I believe that tho evil there
with. associated counterbalances the good.
There are, in addition, ethical considera
tions which control my judgment and
determine my opinion upon the ques
tion. Whilst, therefore, I cannot de
fend what there is or may have been of'
Ku-kluxism in South Carolina, I intend,
nevertheless, to give my impression as to
its true philosophy and its correct inter
pretation. However diverted by bad
and irresponsible men from its original
purposes; however used in some cases to
gratify personal malice and carry privato
ends; lvliatever there is, or has been,
of Ku-kluxism iu portions of South
Carolina, grew out of the weakness and
corruption of our State regime, and liad
for its object the protection of person
and property, even to the summary in
fliction of death upon evil doers. This
was a bold resolve. This was a despe
rate remedy. But lot us not forget that
the disease was also desperate, and the
provocation great. I cannot defend tho
acts of summary vengeance committed,
either by white men or negro men. I
leave the actors in these transactions to
the judgment of Heaven and the judg
ment of the country. Before these tri
bunals each man who has assumed the
responsibility of executioner, must an-
swer^for himself. The onus of the acts
rests upon the actor. But these consid
erations shall not prevent me from rais
ing my voice against tho efforts to mis
represent our people, and to make
political capital out of those acts of vio
lence which have been the direct result
of a corrupt and feeble administration
of the laws. Is it to be wondered that
where there is no law, that the people
should make a law unto themselves? Is
it to be wondered that the Loyal Union
Leagues should liavo led to the forma
tion of opposing defensive and protec
tive societies?
I have thus, Mr. President, brought
the history oi events in South Carolina
to a comparatively recent period. What
ever there was of Ku-kluxism or lynch
law organizations in South Carolina, pro
duced a profound impression upon the
thieving officials, State and county, in
this State; upon the malicious negroes,
and upon evil doers in general. A sword
of Damocles was suspended above the
heads of these people, and the State
grew quiet. E-ood men felt no fear.—
Bad men trembled. They knew not how
soon the avenger would come. But this
state of things, of course was not agree
able to the carpet-bagger, the renegade
and the malicious negro. This sword of
Damocles must be removed. Governor
Scott could not remove it. He saw and
and trembled. Then was formed the
S ceat conspiracy in which you, Mr. Presi-
ent, have been drawn as an instrument
to carry out the programme of unscru
pulous and alarmed men. The plot
opens with a gross exaggeration of the
acts of outrages in this State. It is fol
lowed up with misrepresentations of tha
spirit and purposes alleged to be there
with connected. The plot thickens.—
The great bond swindle is about to bo
exposed. Governor Scott enters the con
spiracy. You are waited -upon, and you
are urged to suspend the writ of habeas
corpus in South Carolina. You are false
ly told that the civil power, State and
Federal, is not equal to the emergency.
The conspirators, well represented in the
persons of Messrs. Worthington, A. S.
Wallace, and Elliott (negro), prevailed,
and your war upon South Carolina be
gins. Yes, although it is nearly seven
years since Appomattox, you resume war
upon South Carolina. You publish your
declaration; yon send your troops;, you
make war upon peaceful communities,
and, beneath the ample folds of your
flag, you allow thieves, robbers and in
cendiaries to find safety and shelter. Is
it, Mr. President-General, that the lau-
re you won in war, fighting for what
y. no doubt deemed the right—is it
tl these laurels must at Oowpens and
n Kings Mountains wither and die?
J} nd now, Mr. President, let me pro
to ft. not only against the loss and dam-
a; inflicted causelessly upon our indus
trial interests, Out ai-o, let me protest,
as I solemnly do, against the violation of
the great writ of personal liberty, in
volved in your pro.v,-drags iu this State
under the Ku-kiux act of Congre^.-—
H : s it ever occurred to your Excellency
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