The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, September 28, 1876, Image 1
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VOL. Vi PICKENS,S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 1876 0. 4
Democratic Prospects.
WAsr11?crON, Sept. 16.-The Con
gressional Democratic Committee
here, wh are engaged in distribit,
ing political information, documents,
aud speeches, kep up constant and
very extensive ccorre8pondenco with
all parts of the country, and neces
sarily seek to be well informed aj to
thp prospcte of the Presidential elec
tion. Great pains have been taken
to form a sound judgment, by s6eking
facts in detail through the local or
ganizations, discarding enthusiastic
r'ports, and rejecting lot.se estimates
of supposed strongt h.
Entire confidence in !.- (lewcion
of Gov. Tilden is felt, and unles all
the signs should prove falise, or1 an
inexpected reaction occur, his ma
jori$y in the Electoral Ct-llege will
surprise sone of his frionds a3 much
as his most pronounced opponents.
The drift of public opinion is favora
ble, and it the October States do not
disappoint expecta'ion the Prcsiden
tial contest will vir-tually end with
the election of that p,ain aid honest
farmer, "Bluo Jeans" W illiams, 1s
Governor of Indiana. 1110 fioures
to wol : out the general result are as
f''llows:
EOR TILDEN. FOR HAYES.
Ahbama, 10 illio31 21
Arkanlsas, 6 lowa, II
Ca11if ornia, 6 Kansas
Colnectini, 6 Aillei
.De~l w are, 3 1:M1CISCt,1
Florida, 4 A Iiclii1n ,,11
G eorgia, I IIIC 1-t
KInI tuck y,N k- I I
1) a -3aIr :I(I , N Z. lllip)shire, 5)
.II Isissi ppl, 8
M I1 "ol i 5 hd I' III s hil 4g
Now York, 5 Oll-olill.11 7
N. Car-olimn, - f1
Niew Jersey, 9
Orv-mll Total ...... 129
lessee, 12
Toxas,
Totl"- Apt 197
Vir~ ii,
0) U I lI noFiU 2.
Colorado w........................
ISCI i........i.......1
1$cccsni' 3 elect... chuset..s,13
Accrdig t th eigan 11e Tle
and ave w 1 Mdrqirnesit, 5i t
elet. oncdin to I inpthie, fu
Stte casifedasd8 b Pennslv:hna, Id
s~:IIhoshrttl 5 teh ote sol 4 e
s5at.sCro-tlina,.
'1hm stinre rmgonts atti
Wems.To irgin te g6 nril ge
Tnrota ' .,00eihe.19.A7th
Losofth...........h............
(li iiico n t . . . o . O.h.i. . a. all .. .. n..
fte cessary eet to elect.- ... ...8
Accordinw toethese fi iue haTilen
woud' thae itelvelioas to giaie,
grand ayeol reqiefftym ix oun
tes classifiedas do ubl,hetwold
it11d boi short ti n vtmes Wite en
a6n hre they mrmsl quston
whichthe flopbblicanhmanagers have
n ot Seenr al to lad .wrt lheir own
The motinteresting lpoits at this
ctimeare tIdn thandul Ohill bo
doubtei is einled i the ogre
fionlt Deocra ticCito ao s to Ta
lidt~am. Tlhestimad tgeneranre
arg l$in ,00 eithert ay. At the
outeti o thercais the Democtesm
ofthe Decrsr deielnsyo. lc.
Preiontid'is trtaion o te urenc
tes. ow theyda Nareted (hrti,o
4 .jdjs thel lleuic n are g2ubhing
have treated as uncerain. North
Carolina will give Tilden not less
than tenthousand ma'rity, and it
may reach double that number.
Peace )revails in Plorida and Mio
8issippi, and tbat is the best assurance
of a Docratic victory in, 1)Oth
States.
But for the corrupt Rettrning
Board in L )isian, no doubt ot ay,,
kind would be admitted in regard to
that State. It frands can control the
vote, and tho vote is essential, they
will be porpetrnted. But the belief
is general that the Dmoctic iai
jurity will be so overwhehiiiig that
the nfi agers will not ventuire Up1)
this experiment. C ilorado is C'aimed
by both paoirtics, butt a it is about to
emerge from a Territorial condition.
tlie Federal patronage becomes ati
impor:'ant factir in detCrlllilig the
0
result, and will hb use without Sera
ple, in view especially of two iew
Senators.
Nf) S011 ions attention is ienI by
the Democratic Commi tee to 1.he
niewspaper reports ab)ut \V Ef Vir
ginia, which originat uitI the IZO.
pubiticans. That S:ate is bouktd Jor
eight or ten th,jusand for Tilden.
While no claim has bee:. made
for Sonth Car-ilina it is kIlOW1 IIA
the colored defection ii large enovgh
to jmitily great expectationl-; oli the
recelit lcal election1s plroe that in
spite of threats and vitlence by the
I %k.I bbe d all leaders miany ld;cks are
(ell clab-:, :Jqi I.ting 'he Den cra'
ic ticket. TIis s" the viw It thesit
1'i(Ill ta.1kenl hIe're v by the lilizi pe1n
denlt muembehvs of 11teCnr.o
of them uitke I n h li lerI (i it nIes,
anld ii1he le Sf:lues th.a are-C a!
I Icil d t I) IaI a s.
It the Oe>her ee -i:s favor Til
dell 1to the cx'In ailt icpia (dI a smi
p d - may b e klit d fa >rl oig tile
Tlib us, w Is) hicb calinot be arres
ted by any~ arttfaIlIinungIeent. A\
decidedl Decr&atie v ictory in lndi
;ina;, t hiough, suiccess mayL be easily)
achieved w~i itout it, woul bi e the sig
ii-a! fear a btill grnder' tiIntuphJ inN
ve iber.
The ppular' imprssionSiI that. Mr.
Tilden's t riends have contributed lib
erally' of the~ sinews of: war, anid the
st or ies ci rcanted to thiat effect f romi
I ecenIt elc'ions, are enir iely unfi ouni
dedl.' The wanit of meanIIs fur the0
8(erio11s emba1:rrasslinents of the cam
paign.- W hon the whlole til nih i.s
written a nd thle netuiial facts are
known, the putbliC will be a'stoi shed
at th&'econemv wit h whiichi this na
ti onal canlvass hats been conidutedC
on one side at least.
Intollerance and~ Intimnidation.
"'The jeers, sneers, insuilb; nod on
raedsm whiebch a black ant mteets
w! e he joins thle Dcme cr a: are far'
greater than anything a wite man
lhas to endurte when lhe joins thle Re
publicans, says the C3incii:nnat i Com
mercial. You cannitot get it ou't of a
latck mani's lh(d that one of his coI'
or' has~ any) righit to be a Demnocat.
They regard him as a traitor, and
t reat him i accord ingly. iIe has-~f no
society, no0 friends, iIe is turnred
out of church ii hie happens to b)elng
to one, and the womnen will niot talk
to him. Of courise thei wh ites hiave
no0 use for him i, excep)t to get his vote
and pay him the p)riCe, and( See that
lhe protecCtedl f rom tLe furyt of hiis
race. Th1~i the' (1o. .13n t lhe b)ecomles
all outcast to all initents and putrposes.
In) time the blacks niay get over this
narrow view of thinigs, :ui uder
stand that a black mian has the samtie
right to be a Demncerat that a white
man halie; but at present they) do not
view it. They regard thle black Dc
mocrat as a traitor an1d t reat himit as
eh. I took a pobitioin ricar the old
Court 0louse, close to a large crowd I
of colored people, to see what effect I
the first appearance of Democratic 4
(Jarkies would have. Zounds I Such 1
speeches and epithets! I should hate I
to be a Democratic darkey in this I
town -would much rather risk my i
chances as a white Republican. Of i
all the booting, shouting, jeers and <
insults you ever heard, these poor I
black devils in the Democratic pro
cession caught it. It was the clear- j
est case of attempted intimidation I i
ever saw in the South. I did not I
know but what it would lead to a 4
row, but the whites made no fuss <
about it, except one man who left tho 4
ranks lung enough to tell the blacks
'inot to ititnidate these men,' 'they <
have a right to join1 us, and 'you are I
actiig like d-d fools,' or words to i
that ePect. The races seem to be on I
ratier good terms in this part of the I
State, and the blacks bere, as ever)- I
where, think it perfectly right and
!)IOper for a white mran to be a Dem
ocrat, but if one of their color joins
lhe Democr ats lie meets a storm of
abuse and insult."
Hayes Tax Returns-The Accusations
Stated Briefly and in Order.
1. .With a full knowledge of the
requirements of tl)e law, It B. Hay.
es has peisistently neglected to list
his pr()perty subject to taxation.
2. lie has for three years made
filse oaths as to the value of his
lrolerty above his just debts.
3. Ile has sworn that in 1864 Lis
)"(1perty was worth only 1$2,581,
Wi 11 1hat portion of it liable to be
:ax" I turned $60,)00.
4 Ile has refased fur three years
1o list his gallery of paintings mid a
diimor.d that full to him as a residu
aylegaweo-5,000.
5. le n1ever paid any 111on1ey to
ward tle Fort Stevenson pufrchase,
abh1douglh besays ho did, for the pur
pose < f explaining the remarkable
talling of in the exhibits of figures
fromi 1873 t o 1874.
6. iIe had iln 1874-'75-'76 abont
8900 worth of credits, in the shape
of m;ortgages, which lie did not lis.t,
and, morwe than this, perjured himself
by swearing he was not possessed of
7. HIe had three horses in 1874,
and swore he had but one.
8. HIe had three watches in 1874,
andi( swore he~ had but one.
9. lHe has had the use of thirty
odd thousand dollars left as bequests
by his -uncle, for which lhe makes no
return.
10. lie has disregarded the law,
and madec no return to the Probate
Court of Sandusky county for the
executorshiip of his uncle's will.
11. In short, Rutherford B. Hayes
has been guilTy of false swearing for
the ast three years, and has swin
dled his country and the State of
Oslo out of a large share of their just
Chamberlain in the Pillory.
Thej~ COinmbia Register of the 15th
inst ant, h1as the followin gi
After the nominations were made,
Cain, of Edgefield, Humibert, old
"shnv 'em upj," Frank Carter, of
Kershaw, Swails, of Will iamnsburig,
orown lovely NI irnor.t, of Ricbland,
and lHarriott, of GAeorgctown, made
speeches indorsing Obamberlain, and
St reeker, and Hampton, of Chester'
old Son p Grease and Elliott, all ne
groes, made speeches in olpposition
to Chiamberlain.
The whole affair, as we predicted
before the convention assembled, was
cut and dried before the temporary
chairman of the convention was el
ectedi. The whole of the afternoon
and most of' the evening w-as taken:
rp by Elliott and his partner, Mc
Cants Stewart, a young negro law
yer, in presentinIg the claims of the
respective candidates. This little
~ham fight between Elliott and his
partner was evideitly arranged before
lie convention assembled, both being
ngaged in a sort of mutual admira
ion of socity business, occupying the
ime of the convention for about four
iours; "tl?e distinguished gentle
nan" and "my highly esteemed part
ier" repeatedly falling from the lips
>f the "disinguished gentleman who
asjust addressed you."
Elliott, In his speoch, bitterly do
iounced the Goveanor, and produced
id read a letter written by the lats
;er several years ago, in which he
)xpressed a willingness to run for
>flice if "niggerism in South Carolina
,ould be gotten rid of."
The denunciations of those oppos
d to the Governor were very bitter,
ittle "runt" Miller, of Beaufort, ben
ng particularly severe-denouncing
he Governor in round terms, and
;he editor of the Union-Herald, whose
'eputation he lugged into the debate,
is "the arch thief of the Freedman's
Bureau."~
A Colored Leader's Viers.
Maj. Martin R. Delany, by invi
ation addressed a colored Demo
nratic club in Charleston on Friday
light. When he was introduced lie
.vas receivedwith three cheers and
L tiger.
lie addres3ed himself pnrticlarly
:o the colored men. IIe reminded
hem that the white race by long and
;evero cultivation had attained a
higher degree of civilization than that
which had been attained by them.
Be had reqponded to the call of his
colored brethreln becauso he was
not ashmamed of his race IIe de
nounced the idea that colored men
should not rlly thoisel ves with the
Democrat;c party because it was the
Democratic party who had held
the:m slaves. Denocracy Ie remnins
ded t1hem, meant simpl)y the right of
the Iople to role. Oi a (question
of pri1nCiples there is no differnce
there was no difference between Rc
pu blinanmism and Democracy-it was
nue to ignormatnc3 on the p)art of the
Radical leaders that t lhe word Demo.
3raL had bec 'no such a bugaboo
amnong the ccooded peuple. To be
i Democrat was only to insist up)on
me's right to rule. Trhe passage of
he fifteenth amendment made every
solored man a Democrat, because it
ave him the right to rule.
There wvas two parties in every
:ountry, and it was well that it was
;o. It was the duty of all imen to
look at these parties and see for
themselves which had been faithless
in the carrying out of its prIinlciples.
ELie sp)oke not a word about Republi
~annism; lhe only sp'ke against those
men who perverted Republ ical ismn
Fur their' own selfish aims and to fill
~heir pocket. [A pplause.] His ads
vice to his race would be to accept
iniy good officer who was tendecredl
hiem w~ithlout regard to his p)olitics,
md he wvould samy this in a Republi,
aan or Demcocratic mecetinug. There
:ould be no equality ot rights if a col,
>redl man was not allowed to join) the
Democratic party. (A pplause.) WV hite
men had the right to become Repub
lecans; why should not the colored
rnan have the same right to change
bis politics? The fact that colored
menZ had all been Republ icans hiad
June more than anything else to in
jre themi. Again, they had been
taught to believe that every thingr
done1 b)y the Ropuiblican party was
righat, tromi the stealing of a water
melon to assassination,. IIe was here
to Ltter his unqualiftied condemnation
of ruch) teacings, and no number of
lying suits could dleter' hiam from uit
tering that condemnation.
lie wanted tusee0 oneo great party
formed by tihe native whites and
blachs of South Carolina, for' the
conIunonl p)rosperity of her people.
[ A pplause.] iIe w ould not rest uin t il
his was done, and lie didn't care a
fig for thle llamie it went by. Ii was
the height of presumption for ad
venturers from abroad to come here
and tell the labor of the country that
they mustuot strike hands with the
capital of the country. What was
wanted was union, friendship, coni,
dence and reliance, and that was
what they intended to have. [Ap
plause.]
These fellows who tell his race
that the worst Republican was pro.
ferable to the beat Democrat were
fools and rascals. Was it not better
for the colored )eopl)1e to accept the
friendship of the Dotnocrats, if they
could get it on the same terms? It
was better to ivo on terms of friend,
S)ip witi one's neighbor than for both
to be afraid to go out without being
shot. Instead of this some were try,
inf to get up1 a war of racC-3 which
dicy could never got up. [Applause.]
Ie 4ever had been a radical Repub
lican, nor never would be, because
to be one he must be il favor of
every rascality that took place. IlIe
was an independent RepublIican.
ie saw General IaImpton's address,
and his kindly expressions to the
colored race had entirely satisfied
him. He knew he w%as earnest. But
while lie would state that his fist
prefeirence would be for GWvernor
Chamberlain, he saw nothing t hat
would prevent him from voting for
General .ianpton.
At this point Stephney Riley in
terrtipted the speaker vith the sug
gestion that the Governor had, at a
speech in Suinter, announced himsult
ts a Ridical Republican.
The Major replied that the Gov
er110 WaL%S probably at that time in
deep water, and probably floundered.
(L>ud appluse.)
Mr. Tilden's Income Tax.
The long expected defence of Gov
ertior Tildeii in the frauduitilent income
return aLlegations is neatly comJplC
ted, says the New York 1erald, and
will probably be C1iven in full fr
publication withmn a fewv days. Much
specCulationl haZs been indniaged in as
to its naturet.o both parties regard inrg
it as of vital imp lortance in foreoshiads
owing the result on election day; but
the Governor has wisely kept his own
counsel and speculation alone has
hitiherto revealed the secret. Thei
IIerald, however, is ant horiz~ed to an
nlounce, on in formation not whoully
unconniected with the Rlepubhlicani
party, but deemed, neverthelecss, ens.
tirely ant hen tie, that th~e folowing is
the line of defence ad vantced by Gov
ernor Tilden:
In 1.8(1, the period of the alleged
false returns, his two brothers, llen,.
ry and Moses, lately deceased, were in
the chemical nmanuifacturing business
in Laibanon, but financially em bar
i.ased to such a degree that ruin
was inevitable unless pr1Ompit and
ample1 relief came to hand.
Ini thIiis crisis G overnor il den ad,
vanced at dill'erent dates large sumis
of monetiy, amiountin . to severa hn
dred thousand dolhars, out of hiis ear
nings, all or' nearly all of which was
lost. Tis, lhe claims, left his income
at the figure given in his sworn
statement, an)d this is the defenIce to
the charge of perjury. The docu
menit when published will, of cou rse,
be more volumino1101s, b)ut it is be
Ii ved that the esential points are em
braced above.
F'i1 TlALK( FOR~ A UNITED S'rA'ri
OnFmctR.- A tmOnig the perIson1s in at
tendance upon~' the Radical con ven
tionl last, Monday, says the Winns
boro News, were United States Mar-.
shl WVallace, with his deputies,
Canton alnd another whose niame we
did not learn. Canton was talking
largely, andl On ono0 ocCasion tol
some coloired inen that should H amps
tont be elected they would all be put
into slavery*, and t hat thet w hite
peo)ple wAouild be wor'se off than ever>i.
A grentlenlail stand inl uc.:r noe
heard this remark and, d up to
Canton, in the most einpha terms
gave the lie to his stajemei The
deputy then attempted to k
out of his strait by den3ing, t M e
had made the charge. But thiO d
not pass. The gentleman at once
called up Noah Johnson, one of the
the negroes to whom Caqtqp f I
been talking, arid asked bim whet ier
the deputy did make use of the re
mark as charged above, Noah
promptly and bluntly said tha fik
ton hod nttered the speech. The gen
tieman referred to roiterated his
charge, and Canton calmly collapsed.
This incident shows the character
of the United States officials placed
in aithi-ority in Routh Carolina. A
deputy marsha Bwcin to impartiality
is found haranguing a crowd of col
ored n en, and poisoning their minds
with infamous and deliberatG false
hoods. It is such men that the na
tional government, at the earnest re
quest of the Radical crew, headed by
Chambeilain and Patterson, designi
to place inl alhnost despotic authority
over the people of South Carolina.
We trust our exciingeo will pass
Canliton) arould, that people may mark
him and watch lih.
Those eminent carpet-bag refori.
ers, 1). II. Chambeilain of lasa
el u1sets, and 11onest John J. Patt( r4
sFM of Penils),tvanlia, Who were lately
at sWord's points, have reconciled
their diflrences, and are now work
ig togethe.r as harmoniously as two
pickpockets for the maintenance of
earpet-b-tu rule in Sou'h1 Carolina.
IloIl.est John is the statestmian to
whom is ascribod the frank remark
that there are "five years of gQod
stealinrg yet left" in the Prostrate
S:ate, and u ider the new alliance tho
zbOVO named patiiots tare fully caPa
ble of ntking the most -of the eitua
tiun, provided they can keep jJg
State Government under their co.
trol. But it really seems that even
South Carolina may be redeemed
f rm the gralsp of its phunderers ttila
fall. There are dissensions w.iThi$
the Rep~0lublicaLn party which r'emaini
unheialed, and, as ini other Southern
States, t he negroes are deserting thelir
forminer leaders in large numbers.
\Vade Ila.mpton, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, is popular
with tihe colored men, for in the slave
holding days lie was noted for bi0
kind treatment of the negroes, and he
is respected by all classes as a man
of ungnest ionall integrity. Hav
ing fully accep)tedl the results of the
war as final, and declared his devo
tion to the old flag, he will draw
largely from the Republican vote,
wile he will have the enthmusias~tic
suipport of the propert.y-holding class
es, wVho( hope in) is election to find
relief from the shameless robbery to
which they have been subjected since
the wvar. Recent mnunticipal elections
in districts where the blacks largely
outnumber the whites, have been
carriedI by thc Democra~te, andare
mnark(ablo change in sentiment is
manifesting itself in many parts of
the State.-New York Sun.
Chnlcoo, September 15.-A Yel
howstone dispatch says Terry has
broken up11 his force.4 TIwo regiments
winter at Tioniguo River. Thme Mon,
lana troops, including the Second
Caval y, left for Fort Ellis, four hun,
d redl and twent*y miles off, througi
host ile bantds anid in cold weather.
TIhe Twventy second Regimnent will be
at Glendivo Creek till November.
The cav'aly will winter at Fort Lin-e
coin. This ends the Sioux campaign.
A t Standing iRock a count shows
that tour thousand rations have been
given to seven thousaud Iudians, At
R~ed Cloud several thousand Indians
are miSing, supposed to have joinod
tihe Sioux.
\VAsnTNoTroN, September 15.-Ion
Raundall G4ibson, member of C)ongrce
of Loulisiana, arriv.ed hero to day. He
says tihe De~mocrats wvill carry the
StaLte by thirty thouisaud majority.