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rIll-WEEKLY EDITI(ON.1 WINNSBORO, S. C.. SATUIIDAY, NOVME 23.,1878{f VOL. -'N.2 MR. HAYES' PROGRAMME. -0 1rim rmnonr AND PRACTZR OP "CVIL 1ROOBNaS." The Persecutions Inflicted on Innocent Democrats, Under the Guise of Bn forcing the Laws--A Tool that Uuts Both Ways. [I-om the Netas and Cburier. The programme of President Hayes, as given in the authoritative statement published in the News and Courier yesterday, is that "every citizen shall be protected in the fill and free exercise of all rights and privileges," and that all violations of the laws should be punished by "civil processes," if possible. This is not a novel idea. Upon the prin-! ciple that civil processes are the only remedy, when the laws have been violated, the people of the United States relied for the mainte, nance of free institutions and the preservation of a Republican form of government. It was the Republi can party which went outside of the Constitution and arrested citizens without warrant, at the tinkling of Seward's little bell. Undisguised military rule followed. Mr. Hayes admits that under "bayonet rule": the South did not enjoy free gov ernment. But the abuse of "civil' processes" is as pernicious, and as' dangerous, as the use of the "corpo ral's guard." Aye, it is more dan gerous, for it is tyranny veiled by affidavitsand warrants. The forms of law are complied with, while the spirit is violated. Oftentimes a people have fallen victims to "civil processes" who could not be over come by the open attacks of the horse, foot and dragoons of the mili tary establishment. The Republican leaders, we are constrained to be beve, have only varied the means to secure the unity of their ends. Their plan is to accomplish by "civil pro cesses," with the aid of complaisant officers and facile witnesses, what can no longer be reached through Executive. proclamations and dela rations of martial law. This is the case in Sonth Carolina, and if Mr. Hayes could know the truth, as it is known here, lie would no longer be surprised'at the flee of the "stal warts," and their willingness to be reconciled with him. Unconscious-. y lie has gone over to them, and they receive him with open arms. Look at the arrests in South Caroli na-at the character of the officers who direct them, and the character of the witnesses' who make the charges. A few specimens are enough: I. Barnwell county has two thous and colored citizens, if not more, on the rolls of the Democratic clubs. Seven-ninths of the Democratic ticket were endorsed by the Radical County Convention. The Radicals made no canvass of the county, be yond holding a meeting at Bllackville. Barnwell's majority is, therefore, the natural result of the work of the Democrats, and the disorganization and indifference of their opponents. Yet an United States Commissioner hastens to Blackville, and bunches of warrants of arrest are placed in the hands of the deputy marshals. The larger number of warrants are for the.arrest of colored .DemocraCs. One of these Osceola Gantt, was arrested on Saturday night after he had gone to his bed. The officers! dragged him out of bed, tore off the only garment lhe had on, . thrust a' pistol in his face, cursed and abused him,, and dragged him off to jail. This account is given us by a gen-. tieman who saw what took place.: Ga&ntt, who is a timid and inoffensive person. is charged with intimidating F red Nix, a bold and desperate mu latto, who is the sole remaining Radical leader in Barnwell county, Mr. Commissioner Wiggin, who represents -the United States in Barnwell, is the individual who was, elected circuit judge by the Legis lature when Moses and Whipper were elected, and was described by ex-Governor Chamberlain as "a: leaf upon the curreict." This he still is, inasmuch as he told the citizens of B3arnwell when the arrests began, that the warrants wvere only issued for effeoct, and that, if the accused gave the moderate bail he would accept, nothing more would be heard of the- cases after 'the elec-' tion. II. Darhington was formerly the abiding p)lace of Whittemore. No county. in South Carolina has suf-. fered mlorg 'o- 'borne more, The DemocdUfatid4ty .chairman ua several- othler geentlemen wore an-. cusod of violating the election laws, and at once, went before the United States Commissioner. Larra Aikon, one of the United States deputy marshals on the ground, testified that there was no lawlessness wh-it ever, and that "he never saw any thing but pleasantness all day long." Moreover, Smith, the Idical coun ty chairman, has, with the Demo cratic chairman, signed a declara tion that the election was "fair and squaro." The charges against the accused Democrats were dismissed. Faaboig, who also is an United States deputy marshal, gave the same testimony as Aiken. It was Faaborg who sent to Charleston the spicy accounts of imaginary outrages in Darlington county prior to the election. As he was a trusted wit-' ness against us, we have a right to; expect that he shall be believed whon he gives us a certificate of good character. It should be men tioned, in passing, that Faaborg will probably be sent to the penitentiary at the next term of court for steal ing tobacco. III. in Richland county, wherein is the Capital of the State, Senator Kinsler and others wore arrested on the usual ebarges. A preliminary examination was had on Monday, and the accused were released on their own recognizance until Satur day, when the commissioner will ren-. der his decision. So manifest was the. false sW6aring of the witnesses for the government that warrants were: issued against five of them, at the! close of the proceedings, on the charge of perjury. Four are now in jail. IV. Sumter was the observed of all observers during the canvass, and has been favored with an unusn al amount of vituperation outfsirle of the State. A number of citizens were arrested on the usual charges, but it was apparent that the evi., dence was insufficient. As in Barn well, a raid was then mado on the colored .Democrats. Two of them were arrested and brought to Charleston. Sanders, one of these, waj not allowed to see the warrant, or to know the charge against him, or to confer with his counsel. He was cast into jail, and at night was handcufred and hurried into the Charleston train, without having been allowed to send home for a change of clothing. The represen tative of the government in Sumter is Sam Lee, who is both probate judge and United States Commis sioner. By his letters to the North ern press tho public can see how fit he is to be entrusted with the powers conferred by law upon United States Commissioners. V. The arrests of citizens in Wil liamburg were not unexpected. There is an United States Commis sioner in the county, Mr. Gillon, but Commissioner Hutchinson was imported from Charleston, and the accused wore bound over to appear for trial in Columbia. Three of the: poor wretches who made the affitla-! vits are Lo-V in jail, having been arrested on chargos of perjury, libel and false imprisonment. The ofil cers are in pursuit of three more who'have taken to flight. Contrast the conduct of the accused Demo crate who, conscious of their inno-. cence, instaLn4ly surrendered them,~ selves, with the conduct of the negro witnesses who seek the woods and swamps so soon as they find that false swearing can no longer be indulged in with impunity in South Carolina ! VI. In Charleston about a dozen arrests have been made. Commis.. sioner Hutchinson again appears on the scene. In the case of the mnana gers in Ward 2 he took the ground that the accused had no right to wivie an examination, and insisted on hearing the witness for the prosecution. There was more alcohol than lawv in his rulings. In the Mount Pleasant case it was established that the Super visor who made coinplaint that he was obstructed in the discharge of his duty was within sight and reach of the ballot box, from the time that he reached the po011 until the poll was closed. Besides, the evidence of the Supervisor was full of contradictions and inconsisten-' cies Upon his testimony, however, the accused were commi.tted for trial, the rulings of Commissioner Poinier, who is also Chief Super.. visor, being uniformly what the prosecution desired. The offended Supervisor, whose name is 'Brown, was at once arrested on the cha.rge of perj ury, malicious'- prosecution and false imprisonment.. There can l4e t" . one opiqion, upon this statentent<of facts- .The character afid antecedente of WViga gin,1utitisd6 ai@V uA Lee marki themi out as aerviceable instrumente. The naturo of the testimony in dicates unerringly that the arrests are made for political effect, and not in order that offenders shall bc punished. The brutality with which colored Democrats are treat ed confirms, and rivets fast, the conviction that the game is to force back the colored people into tle political stows from which they have escaped. To cap the climax, the prosecuting officer, in every caso of violating the Election law, is E.*V. M. 1ackoy, who, in his double part of Assistant District Attorney and ex-candidato for Congress, can pro mote his personal aims, fill his pocket, gratify his spite, and mako himself worthy of the consideration of the party leaders, whenever they have a bone to throw to their hun, gry servitors. We have no desire to say what is unkind or ungenerous ; but wo are compellod to believe that President Hayes is either wretchedly insin cere, or is the dupo of the crafty spirits who hover about him. The arrests that havo been made in South Carolina are not in conson ance with the letter of Attorney Gener t Devons to District Attor noy N.>rt.hrop, dated October 3, 1878, in wiuch ho directs that, when there is "suflicient evidence" that the Election laws have been violated, the warrants of arrests shall be issued by "some firm and impartial United States Coinniia sinner." Where is there "suflicient evidence" to justify the arrests that have been made ! Who would venture to call Wiggin. "firm," or Lee or Hutchinson "impartial !" The Attorney General also said: "In no case will you permit any warrants to be wantonly and caro lessly issued. The laws are to be executed firmly, but always fairly and impartially." Warrants have boen wantonly and carelessly i,ised, and the lawn ar3 not executed fairly or impartially. The people of this State know it. They see that under the pretext of protecting the meek Radicals in the exerci-ie of thoir rights and privileges, the rights of the Democracy are trampled upon. There is no romo dy except "civil processes," in the State Cotrts. The Democracy do not intend to follow the examplo set in Ohio and Indiana, and lynch thoso who give offence. They hold, with the President, that violations of the law should be panihied by "civil processos." And the fullest power of the Stato laws, framed by Radicals and as stringent as the Federal laws, will be exerted to bring to justice the willing perjur era employed to vex and harry the people. The Stato can stand it. South Carolina can taho care of her citizens, white and colored. False swearing will not avail to convict respectable citizens in the United States Court, ani they who perjure themselves will take a short road to the Sttto Penitentiary. The State will go farther. There are hundreds of criminals in South Carolina who are allowed to go free, in conformi ty with "the conciliation policy," of the Hampton Administration. They and their Northern friends have not resp)onded as they should to our "good intentions," and it wvill not take long to pu1.t a fewv score of the big and little rogues in jail, by "civil p)rocesses," if "the conciliation policy" be indeed a failure. The Radicals generally, and the colored' people -particularly, havoe infinitely more to lose than any other class, by the arrests for suppositions of fences in this State. The pleasant vices of the Radicals are the whips with which we scourge them. And, unless Mr. Hayes compel his officers to be fair and impartial, the dance will soon begin. A young man at St. Paul, Minn., found, on going to a mninadreading entertainment, that his two rivals had taken seats on either side of his sweetheart. Being a sensible young man, he sent up their names to the mnind-reader as eligible sub.. jects whereon to test his art, and when, amid the acclamations of the audience, his rivals mounted "the penitential platform and proceeded to make themselves ridiculous) he triumphantly took his seat beside the lady. A theological student at -Oberlin, Ohio, acts as night.baggage master at the railwvay -station. -If- the theology that he imbibes during the day time can stand the strain upon temper-and morals Involved In slnigtuis of the fashionable with the Uffdozehnassive-:ron., elads which :tap wecd .drd4 tries to steal 4 r9u is on one tQJe itwill mak4 hin rpQf aInyt ~h Qrdinary tamptatkna of 110. G Ex. JOE JOHNSON'S IDEAS. "We Ask to be Judged Only by Our Works"--The Conservative and Son siblo Policy to ba Observad by the Southern Members. A correspondent of the Washing ton Post has interviowod General Josoph E. Johnston, who will rop rosent tho Richmond district in the next Congross. A painful, though not serious accident, resulting in a bruised knce, at present confinos the General to his rosidenco, in the city of Richmond, but asido from this, his more than three scoro and ton years have loft him straight as an arrow, and as full of vitality as many a m-m of fifty years. There has boon such a cry already raised by the vindictive Radicals of the terri ble disasters to be brought upon the country by a Solid South, that the views of General Johnston, who will naturally be a loader, will have an interest for people of all parties. Replying to a question as to tho probablO financial policy of the Southern representatives, the Gen oral said: "Speaking filrt for myself, I am unalterably for honest money. If my views were otherwiso I could not have stood upon the platform upon which I was elected. Upon this question I stand with the in telligent and pzatriotic m2n of the South, who are not to bo deluded by fiat sophistries. The war taught us the valne of a currency whose issue was illimitable, and God knows we are now too poor to try a repeti tion of the experiment." "What is your opinion of the attitude that the Southern majority will assume in shaping the policy of 1 the party ?" "Without any advice at tdl upon the question, I will venture to a ay that the attitude of the gentlemon from the Southern States vill be such as to disappoint the recon cilables of the opposition, who have, I see, already begun an effort to array a Solid North against a , Solid South. We will probably have little to say in reply to Radi cals of this stamp. Our acts will speak more emphatically for us. Sectionalism was killed last Tues day, and long before 1880 the "Solid - South" and the "Solid North" will bo forgotten terms. The people of the Sounth have known for thirteen years that war was at an end, bu these long-range Radi cal3 and latter-day warriors cannot, seemingly, be brought to a realiza, tion of this fact. "The revival of the charges that it is our settled policy to saddle the -war debt of the Confederacy upon the country is absurd-contempti bly so-and it passes my compre hension how any intelligent reader can receive such reckless inventions with pationco. Tho Sonth is now as close a part of the Union as is New England, Virginia has the same interest in the general pros perity of the country as Massachu setts and her representatives, and the representatives of the South wvill be found to be as active in support of all measures tending to thegnea good of all sections of th onry as the gentlemen from Maine or Vermont." A SHOcKING OccuRENE.-On Wed nesday morning Otto Montgomery, living at the St. Paul House, St. Paul, Minn., attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself, inflict ing a severe wvound in his head. His son, about twenty years old, attended him last night, and while cheanding at his father's bedside fainted from exhaustion and drop pod the kerosene lamp in his hand, wvhich exploded, setting fire to the bed. The father was burned to a crisp. The son revived and rushed into the street, where his burn'ng clothes wvere extinguished, after severe injuries had been inflicted. AA WOMAN'S 'rERRmIBLE REvENGE. Aspecial dispatch from Cincinnati saysMrs.Catharine Stull, who was suspected of the murder of the Widow Best, at Port Washington, last week, was yesterday arrested and placed in jaiL She has con fessed the crime. It seems thate her husband had been untrue to her for mariy years, and has been, it is alleged, criminally intimate with Mrs. B3ost. .The prisoner sta1ged that she sont a decoy .letter on the -night of the murder, and then met.her victim at a haystack on the hill, where, with a club, she beat her to death. Mrs. Stull is a mnother of seven childrisn, one df whom.is three months ,old and in jails with her fHalf of the time policeon ate not ,around when they are'rnited; dthe' '6ther half they are arourgd when they a not wanta4 REoRoANIZINO TH1E ARY.-The joint committoo of both houses of Congress, composed of Senators Bturnside, Butlor and Plumb, and Congressmon B-Anning, Strait, White Bragg and Dibrell, appointed to report a plan for the reorganization of the United Statos Army, now in session at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, completing the work which they bogan last summer at the White Sulpihur Springs. No publicity whatovor will be given to the re port bofore its submission to Con. gross in January. DISTRESS AND) DESTITUTXON.-A state of appalling distress and des titution e,'st i among the mechanics and laboi ers of Sheffield, England, in consequence of business depres sion. Hundreds are living in ten-. enients without clothing or furni ture, which they have boon forced to sell to procuro food. They are without fuel, and dependent upon the charity of their neighbors for subsistence. The mayor has called a public meeting to devise measures of relief. Prompt Action. It regulates the Bowels, curos Diarrhoa, Dysentery and Wind Colic; in fact Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup acts promptly and effectually in all cases. Price 25 cents a bottle. Some one says "Integrity will dways win when a man has the -ood-will of the people." There is ioubt about it, and the man of oos character stands a good chance midor the same circumstances. "Is that dog of yours a cross >rood ?" asked a gentleman, recently, > a countryman. "No, sir," was us reply. "His mother was a gentle, tffectionate cretur." " VEGETINE," ,ays a Boston physcian, "hs no equal as a lond puriller. licaring of its many wonderiul ures aft-%r aill ot.ber remedies had failed, I vi1 ed the Laboratory, an, couvinced myself of ts genuine merit,. It is prepared from barks, onisand herb.s, each of which is highly effee lve, and they are compounded in such a man ier as to produce astoniling results." Vegetine Is the great Blood Purifier. Vegeri ne Will cure the worst case of Scrofula. Vegetine [s recommended by physicians and apotheca rIes. Vegetine las effected some marvellous cures 'in cases of Cancer. v* egetine Dures the worst cases of Canker. Vegetine fects with wonderful sucoess in Mercurial dis cases. Vegetine Will eradicate Salt Iheum from the system. Vegetine Removes Pimples and Humors from the taco. Vege tine Jures Constipation and regulates the Bowels. Vegeti ne [s a valuable remedy for Headache. Vegetine Will cure Dyspepsia. Vegetine Restores the entire system to a lhealty condi 1,ien. Vegetine temoves the cause of Dizziness. Vegetine iclioves Faintness of the stomach. 1 Vegetine Jures Pains in tihe Back. Vege tine iffectually cures Kidney Complaint.1 Vege tine [s effective in Its euro of Female Weakn0ss, Vegetine [s the great remedy for General Debility, Vegetine is acknowledged al 0co I be the besrpld.t trepared by H. B. STEVENS, Bostoaby. Ve retine ia 8old hy all Drtmesta