The Sumter watchman.(Sumterville, S.C.) 1870-09-21.Accord¡ugly, enTuesday,the 6th in-latent, we left Frog Level Station, New-berry county, having taken letters of..introduction to
?Tiro TUB (OLoaro *sft>»¿sj o*Jr eonTS» CA fe«tinA,
/'-.>q., of New-I bel ry, will explain itself :
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Sept., 8,1870.fâry-il'/ftpe ti*».I DEAR ¿IR:
Your letter introducingI two colored men, Messrs. Winn andDavids,
has been handed me by them.
II have introduced them to many of ourmost intelligent citizens,
white aud
j blnok, of both parties, and furnishedthem every means in my
power to noquite correct information in regard toj the (dale of
affairs in North Carolina.I have no hesitation iu assuring you,i:as
I have thelw, that tho very best feel-
ji-ipg provails here between the races.'i/During thc heat of tho
recent cmnpaigushaving otinvassed extensively myselfiji.and mingled
thoroughly with the peo-fjgpjfti 1 give my word, as a gctitloumn
ofhonor, that I have not heard from aoy
niau iu the State a single whisper of[ ia wish or thought of
infringing auy40'ight of thc colored men. Ou thc con-ÍUrary, it is
thc settled policy, not only(of my party friends but of
everybodyyhere, to acquiesce in all that hus beengiven him and
encourage him iu every
^possible way in the great work of {jt-\ ting himself for
citizenship. Every j1'day eon vinces us of hi.s value ns a Lt-|.
borer, and wo sincerely hope to makeI'-lHhu something moro,j'
Hcports ol tho Ku Klux outrages fromUltWO or throo oountics httvo
been greatly'.'exaggerated for political purposes, und'.¡'good men
everywhere disapprove and. .will frown down suoh violence.
J 1 um glad to huvc this opportunity of(correcting false nuiious
of the intentions;-of the Conservativo party of North
j, Carolina, nod will get some other geo-A t loman, to sign ibis
with mc.fi Truly youM,ZKHL'LO.Ñ B. VANCE.;,. lluti. Hamilton, C.
Janies, tho State
Senalov elect from Mecklenburg coun¬ty ty, und Col. William
Johnson, Presi¬
dent of tho Columbia, Charlotte andAtigumu Unihoad, very readily
added to:.} Governor Vance's letter their testimony-io the same
effect.
'; On Thursday night, we left CharlotteÍ for Haleigh, and
arrived on Friday'morning. We .spent Friday, Saturduy?.ami Sunday
it: the beautiful city of'..Haleigh, and enjoyed much
coitversa-jtlUieo willi gentlemen of Loth parlies.$|&v*e
exhibited Governor Vance's letter?toa iiumber of gentlemen uf
hig'iislanding, nil of whom very cheerfullyyiutursi d ii.. Among
ihetu were ex-'Governor Thomas Ihagg, Chairman of/tiio Ü'Í\'C
Executive Coiixervutive Com-htuil'ee ; linn, Jo.-ii.ih Turner, Jr.,
Hon.I.A. S., .Merriam ; Colonel E. CralmniHaywood ; Chai les Dowey,
Esq , CUHII-
.; jier of tho First Nu'ional bunk; Kev.- William E File, late
Editor ol tho Seu;Vtioel ; Hon. William li. Battle, hit; Supreme
Court J uduc ; Charles N. Hus^, bee, E>q Hcv. i>r. J. Hrintou
Smith,)';Prceidciit St. Augustine High School;j Kemp. P. Rattle,
Esq., Josoph M.¡ '.Belch et on, Esq ; Colonel T. li. Vena; bk, of
fireenvillo ; Georgs Little Esq ;Í IJeorge il. Snow. Ks»q.
Ali perilous «d'ail parties and colors,denied flatly thu fit
tnors which had been'.circulated in Newberry. We found but'^few
Cqrifttrvalive colored mon, hut tiny^j*vV'e men of good character
and reliable, ij'j'hey seoiuod t.» have nillir« eonßdt>ncojÍ in
the pledget of the Conservatives for} ^fr«.fut ure.S Wo (ilsö c
)uvv«'otay.t*Mm ha;promptly replied te follows : ir Xr
DISTSJCT 09 NOBTÍT CAI^MWA,RALEum, September ll, 1&70.
JfreW*. Hotra Wwii emd Casyy David*.GFNTLBMBN i I wave tit«
baaer ta
acknowledge tho receipt ofjour not« ofÍeetordaj, inform iog me
that jon .bataeeo depo ted bj tb* colored people ofNewbcrrj, Sooth
Carotids, lo ticerUintoa trwth or fe lettj of oeruin, ratp or»With
regard to the treatment of coloredpeople in thia State ainea ¿ha
?Petiteio August, aod requesting na« to r«pljto eertain
questionswhiob you proposed.. To the question*, I replj as follows
:Question 1. Is it ima. or falsa that,sinoe tba August election in
this Stste,
the colored people are compelled tocarrj passes aboqt with them
iu order totheir protection f "
Answor. I bk*a oerer beard of acolorad person being compelled to
carrjfloob paw, nor do I belier« that thejhave boen compelled to do
SO.
Question 2. Is it true or false thatcolored people are now
whipped at thewhipping poft ?
Answer. 1 have not heard of suoh aess« nor do I believe that one
bsa oc¬curred.
Question 8. Is it true or falsa thatthc rights of the colored
people, sssecured bj law, are ignored in thisState bj tho white
people ?
Answer. To tba best of mj knowledgeit is not true.
Question 4. Ia it true or false that thepublic schools were
closed against th**colored people ?
Answer. It is not true. Schools aranot established over tha
whole State,but thej art being established ssrapidly as
practicable. The onlydistinction between white and coioredpeople is
that there are separate schoolsfor the two colors ; but tho
charseter ofthe schools is the same, and it is thetestimony of all
with whom I have eonveined on the subject that there is
nodisposition to deprive iu anj mannercolored cbildreu of the
advantage of thepublic schools. On the contrary, thedesire of both
political parties is to givethem equal advantages with the
whitecbildreu.
Question 6. Have jou anj reason tobelieve, from jour intercourse
with thepeople, that the whites or the Conser¬vatives and Democrats
have noy purpose or desi'tu to attempt to iuterferewith or abridge
auj of tho rights andprivileges of the colored people nowsecured to
them by the constitution andthc laws ?
Answer. I have not. From my in¬tercourse with gentlemen of both
polit¬ical parties, I have been impressed withthe conviction that
it is both the desireand intention to respect the rights olthe
colored, sud to give them suchfurther security for their rights
ascircumstances maj show tobe necessary.
I will add that I came to the Statebut a few days before tho
election ;that, immediately after the result wasknown, a number of
colored peopleapplied to uriuy officers for employmentwhieh would
enable them to leave thccountry with tho troops, as they wereafraid
they would be ill treated, and,perhaps, reduced to sluvcry again.
1fonlic ve this feur has worn off. and thosewho were alurmcd on the
subject nowfeel sale.
Itcspectfullj,Your obedient servant,
HENRY J. HUNT.Brevet Muj. Generaland Colonel of th«
Fifth Aitillerj.We were highlj pleased with oui
trip. We called on Governor Holdenbut could not see him. We
regret tcMUJ that one of his officers (a Mr. Farris]treated us
rudely, but we attributed iito bis too free uso of whiskey.
Wittthat exception, we were treated wittthe utmost kindness.We have
thus given you sn outlint
nf our trip. We aro in possession oother facts nod documents,
bnt believtthe foregoing is enough to satisfy althat tho condition
of the .eoloretpeople in North Carolina has beetgrossly
misrepresented in South Caro¬lina.
Very respectfully,HOSEA WINN, a Reformer,CASEY DAVIDS, «
Republican.
Sept. 10, 1870.[From Iho Columbia Pheonix.]
ASTOUNDING DUVKIJOPJIENT.
Thc following confidential ciroulftwas recently picked up in
front of thCentral Hotel at Union Court Housewhere it had, in all
probability, accordiug to the evidence adduoed, been dropped by one
of tho Radical leaders iithat section.Thc original is with tho
Score tn.ry o
tho Executive Committee of the Unioilie foi ui Party, and can bc
flocu at biofboe. Tho facts connected with ¡Ls beiug found are
supported by affidavitswhich also otto bo seeu at tho. J£xeoulive
Committee. Rooms:
[CONFIDENTIAL CIRCULAR.]COMRADES: The'radical eauiio is ii
dangar. The Reform party is guiiiiujrapidly. Our put ty is being
divided itdifferont Motion* j nothing buta tre¬mendous effort willi
tho whole rad iouputty nulled ns one mao eau save tinparty from
defeat. Wc must ^nin linelections this fall, or nur party is
irreVOOitbly annihilated. Wo must, save omeuuhc, »Ifhough we may be
onlltd tipoiio aaerifiw tho lives of aomo of our besmen to carry
tim point. UameiubeIt'iudolph, tho u.urtyr rd his own partyit
wr>H his foul murder bain;.; charged tithu Democrats that saved
the State foGeneral Scott, two ysillS Ugo. V\*must win nguiu, If we
huvo to suorifloithu lives vf a douro of our proininonleaders, The
question naturally pro«enta itself na to how wc. shall doturminwho
to ofif'T up. 1 know; of no bottepinn thun this : Lut ul! tho
Longues ieholi County appoint ßvo delegates fror,cuoh Lottguo, io
moot ut Rome dentinpoint in tho County ; mid lot it bo thduty of
these delégalo* to select onprominent colored tuan of tho party
Ithe County for n npnciul and importaipurpose, lo be mudu knowu- to
hint bj thGovernor, itt the props» time. Let tbnm.JU of each man
thus selected bo reported lo tho Governor, whoso duty«bull bo to
luke tho ucoojsary «ter
mReformbo oar».to oar prou» faaUnionttà&::^.«^-vvv-«*v»;»nd
U ii expected thaJU the gTcaUs*caution' »nd secrecy jfttt
b*cb-jmed,end that tbe pUn rill be parried oat»boat the 20th of
September. Thiaplan meets the entire approval of theSecret Council,
and ti'signed bj theinitials.of the committee aopoioled lo'WTite
thia circular.H
N.G.P.B.P. TV.J. L. N.
STATE OF SOUTH CABOMNA,ÎJIÎIO,» OotrRfT.
Personally comes before me, AndrewMcNcace, and mikes beth that
the fore.»going ia a true copy ofa paper picked npby him at
Unionville, io trout of the]Central Hotel, on tba lat day of
Septem¬ber, 1870. A. MoNMACE.Sworn to before me, this 15th
Septem¬
ber, 1870. A. D. SPEAK SClerk, and ex-officio Magistrate.STATE
OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
UNION COUNTY.J. Edward Meng and Jobo P. Me-
Kiasiok make oath that the foregoingis a true eopy of a paper
picked np byAndrew M.cNeace, in our presence, infront of the
Central Hotel in Un i on ville,on the 1st of September, 1870.
J. E. MENGJOHN P. MeKISSICK.
Sworn to and subscribed boí oro me, thisloth September,
1870.
?.. A. D. SPEARS,Clerk, and ex officio Magistrate.
T/ie Sumter Watchman has byfar the largest circulation
(espe¬cially in tine surrounding country)ofanypaper publislud in
Sumter,and was established in 1850.THE TEST, Iff NORTH
CABOliINA.
The Radicals of Newberry having puta report in circulation to
the effect thatthe white people of North Carolioa, nowthat the
election was over and thc Statecarried by thc conservatives, were
turn¬ing their backs upon the colored peo¬ple and ignoring their
rights, two col¬ored men, one a reformer and the othera Scottite,
were sent by the citizens ofthe county to North Carolina, to
ascer¬tain tho true state of the case.The Newberry Herald says they
re¬
turn the gratifying intelligence «thatthere is not a word of
truth in thcabominable repor's which have beentrumped up by the
Radical party." Theysay that "it is all a fabrication-thatthey are
highly pleased with the con¬dition of affairs, and have been
treatedwith great consideration and kindness,by white and
colored."
Sinco the above was written, a fullstatement of these colored
mon has ap¬peared, over their owu signatures,which will bc found on
another col¬umn.We have conversed with a prominent
citizen of Sumter; who traveled, recent¬ly, through North
Carolina and VirginiaHe says that the colored people expressgreat
delight.with the situation of af¬fairs. In North Carolina,
prominentcolored men who neted with the Radicals, now declare their
satisfaction attho defeat of the party. That it hasbrought about a
better feeling amongthe two races. That they now breathea different
element. That hope revivesand energy springs up, and that
theRadical party can never again commandtheir sympathy or support.A
similar degree of satisfaction is ex
pressed by the whites. They feel thattho great enemy of the
peaoe, goodwill and prosperity of the two races hasbeen measurably
stripped of power, andthat a better day has dawned upon thecountry.
That effort and sacrifioo werenecessary to bring the change, but
thatthu good which has resulted, more thancompensates for those.HOW
THE liTtT'fiON I« TO BB
OARUIB»,
Col. ll. P. GRAHAM, of Marion, thenew convert to Radicalism, has
becomeinvolved in an ngly difficulty, in con¬nection with certuin
statements whichthe Marion Crescent alleged were mudeby him- The
gentlemen upon wi.oui heculled to disprovo tbs allegation allunito
in dec) .ring its truthfulness.
In order to show how they propose to«carry" the election, iu the
event of tbeReform movomeiit being too strong, weunnox the
following note, published intho Crescent of tho 14th inst., from
Mr.T. H. KIRTON, and nddruhsed to tbeeditor of that paper :Kev '/.
Mitchell,DKARSIR: In reply to your uote Iwill state that Cul.
Graham told me that
tho Republicans would be suro to onrrytho elections by a largo
majority. Hosaid that tho Govomor would appointhis own friends aa
Commissioners ofaleotions, and that the Commissionerswould appoint
Radioala as managers.-Col. Gruharo got the iftw and road to mohow
that the managers oould keep thebulba box teu days nl'tor. Lido
election.He said 'tho managers can take out Carpouter votes, und
put in Scott Votes,and don't you know they'll doit,' Hesaid that
Scott wu» a fool if ho did notcarry vhe.olaotiou.. M**»^**»
f, n. KIRTON.Also tho following, in corroboration,
from the Lnncosfor Ledger jl\ HEI» IT R BfORB TOB PBOMB.-Tho