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k CEHTEHIAL FODRTH OF JULY DEMOCRATIC CELEBEATIOH,

The Massacre of Six Colored Citizens

Of the United States at Hamburgli,
S.

C, on July

4,

1876.

DEBATE ON THE HAMBURGH MASSACRE, IN THE OP REPRESENTATIVES, JULY 15th and 18th,

U.

S.

HOUSE

1876.

slight examination The House of Representatives being in until Saturday, the the justice adinurned the trial 8th instant. On that day, at committee of the whole on the bill for the an early hour, the town commenced to fill up witb of the white men, armed to the teeth with repeating protection by United States troops rifles and revolvers. The colored people bad no Texas frontier idea of the bloody tragedy which was soon to Mr. Smalm. I offer the amendment take place, and consequently made no preparation to resist an attack, and were almost defenseTjvhich I send to the desk. less. The Clerk read as follows Late in the afternoon Gen. M. C. Butler, one of the most malignant of the unreconstructed rebels, Add tb the first section the following:
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Provided, That no troops for the purposes nam- rode Into the town, accompanied by a score of ed in this section shall be drawn from the State of well-armed white men, and stated to the leading South Carolina so long as the militia of that State colored men that he came for the purpose of prospeaceably assembled are assaulted, disarmed, and ecuting the case on the part of'the two white taken prisiiiers, and then massacred ih cold men, and he demanded that the militia company blouU liy lawless bands of men invading that State should give up their arms and also surrender their officers. This demand the militia was from the State of Georgia. ready to comply with for the purpose of avoiding I hope the House will a difficulty if General Butler would guarantee Mr. Smalls. adopt that proviso as an amendment to them entire safety from molestation by the crowd the bill. As I have only five minutes I of white desperadoes. This Butler refused to do, and persisted in his demand fur the surrender of send to the desk a letter published in one the guns and the officers, and threatened that if, of the newspapers here from an eye-wit- the surrender was not immediately made he

ness of the massacre at Hamburg, and I ask the Clerk to read it. The Clerk read as follows
origin of the difficulty, as I learn from the and most reliable authority, is as toUows On the Fourth of July the colored people of the town were engaged In celebrating the day, atid part of the celebration consisted in the parade of tUo colored militia company. After marchingthrough the principal streeta of the town, the comjjany came to a halt across one of the roads leadmgout of the town. While f eating there two white men drove up in a buggy, and witli curses ordered the company to breali ranks and let them
DCst

would take

tlie guns and officers by force of arms. This threat aroused the militia company to a realizing sense of their impending danger, and they at once repaired to a large brick building, some

The

two hundred yards from the river, used by them as an armory, and there took refuge. They numbered in all about forty men and had a very small quantity of ammunition. During this time, while the militia were taking refuge in their armory the white desperadoes were coming into the town ia large numbers, not only from the adjacent county of Edgefield, but also from the city of Augusta, Georgia, until they numbered over fifteen hundred well-armed and ruffianly men, who were under the immediate command and direction of
the ex-reb"bl chief,
tire force

pass through. The captain of the company replied that there was plenty of room on oitjier side of the company, and they could pass that way. The white men continued cursing and refused to turn out. So the captain of the militia, to avoid
diflSculty,

M.

O. Butler.

After the en-

ordered his men to break ranks and permit the buggy to pass through.

der.

Mr. ScuLEiCHER. I rise to a point of orI wish to know if this proposition is

bijl.

had arrived, the building where the had taken refuge was entirely surrounde* and a brisk fire opened upon it. This fire was kept up for some two hours, when, finding that the militia could not be dislodged by small arms, a messenger was sent to Augusta for artillery. During all this time not a shot had been fired by the militiamen. The artillery arrived and was posted on the bank of the river and opened fire oa the building with grape and canister.
militia

germane to the
Several

Members. Too late. of order. If this be read as a part of the The Chairman. The Chair desires to gentleman's remarks, is he not subject ta say that it strikes him as being as ger- the five-minutes rule ? mane as other propositions which have The Chairman. The gentleman from been generally entertained to make it al- South Carolina was recognized at thirtyiowajMe. two minutes past three o'clock. There is
letter, as

Mr. Schleicher.

I rise to a question

half a minute remaining. Mr. TowNSEND, of New York. I hop The order was obeyed, and the white men went the paper will be read thit)ugh. on their way uttering threats. The ne.xt day a The Clerk resumed the reading of the
still

Tiie Clerk continued the reading of the follows

colored trial justice issued processes against the officers of the company, based on the complaint of the two white men, citing the officers to appear and answer to a charge of obstracting the public

paper, as follows

The
to to

highway.

They obeyed the

writs,

and

after a

militia now realized that it was necessary evacuate the armory at once. They proceeded do so, yettlns out of a back window Into a corn-

fleld. They were soon discovered by the rufcans, office, and was well thought of by many people. and a rush was made for them, l^ortunately, by The other murdered men were good citizens and hiding and hard fightiniJ:, a portion of the com- hare never been kno%TB tp ln*^rlnge the Ia\fr. The imand escaped, but twenty-one were captured by whole affair was a weU and secretly planned

the bushwhackers and taken immediately to a jvlace near the railroad S'tation. Here a quasi drumhead court martial was organized by the Wood-hunters, and the last sceiie of the horrible drama began. It must now be remembered that not one of the twenty-one colored men had a pistol or gun about them. The moment they were captured their arms were taken ttata, them, arid they were absolutely defenseless. The oiKlerly sergeant of the militia company was orderexj to Call the roll, and the first name called out to be shot In oold blood was Allan T. Attaway, the first lieutenant of the conxpany, and holding the position of county commissioner of Aiken county, in which county Hamburg is situated. He pleaded for his life, as only one in his position could plead, bnt his pleadings were met with curses and blows, and he was taken from the sight of his comrades, and a file of twelve men fired upon him. He was penetrated by four balls, one entering his brain and the other three the lower portion of his body. He was instantly killed, and after he was dead th brutes in human ahape struck him over the head with their guns and stabbed him in the face with their bayonets. Three other men were treated in the same brutal manner. The fifth man when taken out made a dash for his life, and luckily escaped with only a
slight
lice,

scheme to destroy all of the lead ing Republicans of the county of Aiken living in Hamburgh. M.C. Butler, who lost a teg while fighting in the ranks of the rebels, and who Is to-day the bitterest of Ku-Klux Democrats, was the Instigator of the whole affair and the blood-thirsty leader of the
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massacre. He boasted In Hamburgh during the fight that that was only the beginning that the end wCuld not be until after the elections in November. Such a man should be dealt with without pity 01^ without hesitation. The United States Government. Is not powerless, and snrely'Vhe will not be silent In an emerjjenoy like this, the parallei of which pen ca,nnot describe. In this Centennial year, will she stand idly by and see her soil stained with the blood of defenseless citizens, and witness the bitter tears of women and children falling upon the murdered bodies of their loved ones? God forbid that such an attitude will be assumed toward the colored people of the South by the " best Government the world ever saw." Something must be done, and that quickly, or South Carolina will shed tears of blood and her limbs be shackeled by Democratic chains. What I have written in this letter are facts which I vouch for entirely, and are not distorted in any degree. It's a "plain, unvarnished" narration of painful and horrible truths:

wound

in his leg.

in another portion of the town the chief of poa colored man named James Cook, was taken from his house, and while begging for his lift brutally murdered. Not satisfied with this, the inhuman fiends beat him over the head with their muskets and cut out his tongue. Another colored man, one of the marshals of the town, surrendered and was immediately shot through the body and mortally wounded. He has Since died. So far as I have been able to learn only one white man was killed. It will thus be seen that six colored men were brutally murdered and one woiMided, while on the side of the whites only one man was killed.
After this hQloa<ust of blood was over the desperadoes In large bodies entered the houses of most of the prominent colored men of the tfrvtn and completely gutted them. They stole all they possibly could, and what they could not steal they Farniture was smashed, books torn destroyed. to pieces, pictures cut from their frames, and everything that could be destroyed was given up to the demon of destruction. Such scenes my eyes have never before witnessed, and the distress and sua"ering among the poor colored people was heartrending to beheld. The town is desolate, and the Inhabitants have taken refuge In Aiken, Columbia, and other points. The civil authorities are powerless or too negligeot to do anything, and peace and-.order cannot be preserved unless United States troops are sent to this point at once. The scenes during the massacre were fearful to behold the moon shining down upon the horrid scene, lighting up the whole with a ghastly light; the popping of the small arms the screams of frightened women and terrified children the loud reports from the artillery, all tended to make a scene terrible and more than fearful to behold. And now what was the provocation given for this h^lish slaughter? The answer is, nothing. Legally the militia had the right of way over the
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Mr. Hill. the letter.

there

Read the name attached

to

The Chairman. The Chair understands is no name given.

Mr. Hill. Who is the author of the letter? Mr. GuNTER. I call for the date of that paper and the name attached to it. Mr. Conger. I believe my time has not expired.

The Chairman. The gentleman's time has not expired. Mr. Douglass. I call for the reading of the name of the author of the letter. Mr. CoNGKR. I claim the floor for the balance of my time. Mt. Cochrane. Before this matter is concluded,. I desire to know whether there is any name attached to that communication.

The Chairman.
Chair that there
tached.
is

The Clerk informs the only a non de 'plume at-

Mr. Cochkanb.

name attached
erased.

I understand that the to that communication is

I ask the gentleman from South Carolina Mr. [Smalls] whether be erased the name ? Mr. Conger. I hope that all this will not be taken out of my time.

The Chairman.

The gentleman from

public road. The day was the nation's holiday. Michigan [Mr. Conger] has five full minThe militia had a perfect right to parade, and sixty seconds each. vehicles of all kinds were required to keep out of utes of Mr. Conger,. Then I yield five minutes their way, and not Interfere with their marching. Again, General Butler had not the shadow of a to the gentleman from South Carolina, right to demand the arms of the militia. They were organized under the constitution and laws of [Mr. Smalls.] Mr. Smalls. This is a letter written bj the State, and were part and parcel of the armed force of the Commonwealth. No private citizen a gentleman who was an eye-witness ol had the slightest right to molest them. Such I, sir, had that molestation was a direct blow at the power and this transaction to me, and reI authority of the State. It was a revolutionary letter published in the paper. Step, and should be thus punished. sponsible for the name. Are the Southern colored citizens to be protectWhose name is it; Mr. Cochrane. ed, or are they to be left at the mercy of such ruffians as massacred the poor men of Hamburgh? wrote that letter? man of considerable The murdered Attaway was a Mr. Smalls. I will say to the gentleprominence in the Republican partyof the countv. if he is desirous that the name shall He was a law-abiding citizen, held a responsible

am

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man

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b given in ord^r to have another negro sent of men who never ought to have givea (Ap- it their assent. killed, he will not get it from me. Mr. MiLLiKEN. I would ask the gentle.^pJause.) I ask the man if he has any member in his eye or in Mr. Jones, of Kentucky. ^gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Ck)nger] his mind whom he pictures as tlrat man ? Mr. Conger. I charge that the natural jito yield me two minutes. t Mr. Congee. I have already yielded and inevitable result of that reduction mve to the gentleman form South Caro- must be to leave the army so small that with the Indian war upon our hands and ^lina, [Mr.SmaUs.]

The Chaikman. Does the gentleman the from South Carolina wish to occupy the der
rest of the five minutes ? Mr. SMAX.LS. r do not. Mr. Conger. Then I resume the floor. Th'e Chairman. The gentleman from Michigan has three and a half minutes of
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necessity of protecting the Texas ^rthere would be no forces to be^sent into other portions of our country -v^ere the presence of an army is eminently desirable and necessary.

(Here the hammer fell.) Mr. Cox. Mr. Chairman,

understand

remaining.

Mr. Conger. When an amendment was th committee to increase the regijaients without any reference to the action <)f the fltmse in reducing the army, I made
t)eforfe
'a

'sition

House that that propowould draw from other cavalry regiments a large portion of their quotas and
JSuggeStion to the

leave

of men.
licre is

them with a very diminished number The amendment that is offered

a very simple and a very proper one

^nd

in accordance with the amendment which was last under consideration. It is <;hat, portions of the United States, where tb livbs and property of the citizens are alleged, to be invaded, where it is alleged

that property
iriotous

is taken and life taken by men, in regions of country where

troops are as necessary to protect them as they are necessary to protect our citizens on the borders of Texas, notwithstanding this resolution which we propose to pass, troops shall not be taken from those regions where their presence is equally necA essary for the protection of the life of the citizen and the protection of his property. I ventui'e to say there is no man on this ^oor that dare rise in the presence of the American people to oppose this amendment, and I challenge any man to it; not alone on account of the statements in that it. communication, o2 the truth or falsity of Mr. Cox. Now wait until I get through. which I do not now speak, but fi-om the com- These gentlemen from South Carolina have mon knowledge which 6very one has of the had read a statement which is anonymous, events in the State of South Carolina. and they ask legislation based uix)n it. From facts universally acknowledged I And then the gentleman from Michigan venture to say that the same spirit which rises here and challenges every member in will induce every member of this commit- this House to vote against that proposition tee and every member of this Congress to if be dare, because of the condition of the I also his voice and his hand in defense and army. Sir, it becomes us not only to inprotection of the citizens of the country quire into the basis of the letter which has would palsy the hand that would be raised been read here, but into the basis of the to oppose the extension of that pix)tection statement of the gentleman who indorsed to one portion of the United States where it. Now I do not impugn the gentleman's the same necessity for protection exists. veracity at all when I say that he may Sir, I believe that the cutting down of speak from hearsay, and that, not having thfe army was, the resujt of a detei-miua- been on the ground himself, he may have Does tion on the part of some men somewhere had partial accounts of the subject. to T)revont troops being sent into States he understand me ? And, if so, why this wBerc lawless men take the lives of peace- unnecessary clap-trap on the other side of able citizens. I just charge that as the the House? attenAuL inaugurated in this House and Now the gentleman from Michigan has cj:r:i('u put, l" regret to say, with the as- another motive. This letter was iulendcd

that this town of Hamburgh is immediately opposite Augusta, in the State of Georgia, across the river. The town of Hamburgh is mostly made up of a colored population. It has a colored magistrate or inteudant. it has moreover a colored militia company. This trouble occurred in the first place, as I understand authentically, by the killing of a white man. That was the beginning of it. Afterward the negroes intrenched themselves in a house and they were driven out from it. The gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Hartridge] has a letter, which he will read here, and which will explain the wh(^e matter. It is from a gentleman who has been inculpated on the other side. I do not take the statement which has been read as absolute verity. It has no name attached to it. It is indorsed, indeed, by the member from South Carolina opposite as bging authentic; but vpho indorses the gentleman? (Cries of "O! ah I" from the Reimblican side of the House.) Mr. Rainey. A' large constituency do. majority of 13,000. Mr. Smalls. Thirteen thousand people Mr. Cox. may indorse the gentleman, yet he comes hero with all the prejudice belonging to his race, and he will admit that much himself. Mr. Smalls. No, sir; I will not admit

to be shaken into the face of the House for politixial and bad party purposes, for the gentleman knows that in the distribution of the airmy there is strength enough in the South to protect every one to whom protection in the South is due. Mr. Hill. The Hamburgh riot was got up for that express pui-pose. Mr. Cox. I have no doubt of it. The State of Georgia i^ not touched by this matter, but is entirely innocent in regard to it. Mr. Rainet rose. Mr. Cox. The gentleman must wait until I get through. The State of South Carolina is to-day a Republican State and the worst governed State in th-e Union; it is bad all around; bad at its borders; ba^ in its heart; bad on the sea-coast; bad in Edgefield county; everywhere rotten to the tore, as your own party papers have said. Give Souih Carolina a Democratic government and fair play as has been the casiS in Tennessee, Virginia, and other States which have been rescued from maladministration, and you will see that every mam, black and vfhite, will be cared for under the law. Mr. Garfield, (in his seat.) As they

repeat that I have

I

known him
and

boyhood.
able

great uncles

knew
all

his father

all

fitn hjB

men.

Wliat

literally true.

distinguished^and honoris stated in that letter is I would vouch for M. C.

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Butler the world over.

Mr. Raiket. Mr. Chairman, no member on this floor can deprecate more heartily than myself ttie ei)ening of this discussion. I had anticipated that when this Congress met its action would .be such as to exercise a salutaiy effect upon the entire Democratic party of the country that it would close its deliberations without agitating
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these questions affecting the lives and liberties of American citizens. But it fkppears to me that so long as the negrd has a vote in this coimtry, so long as iya has a voice in this government, it is necessary^ that he should on every proper o<fcasion appeal to the country in behalf of {tbse
rights.
j

were at Hamburgh. Mr. Jones, of'^Ky.

Butler
is

Sir, as far as

M.

C.

would be an

concerned, to call him a Ku-Klux insult to the most honorable

blood in America. I have known his family all my life. They have been in every war of this country from the Revolution down They have been distinguished soldiers, heroes, and statesmen, as he is one to-day. He was a gallant and brilliant officer in tlie confederate army from the firing of the first gun of the war to the last and when the war ended he surx-endered like a soldier and a hero, and he has he>haved himself as a soldier and a hero ever since. He was one of six or seven brothers who went to the front, and I believe but three survived the conflict. In addition to the noble Butler blood which runs thi-ough has veins, he inhei-its through his venerated mother, whom I well knew, the blood of the gallant Commodore Perry, of Lake Erie fame. He has been eminently conservative and loyal ever since he surrendered his sword. Why, sir, the conservative party in South Carolina five years ago sent here to liave his disabilities removed. They were removed at my instance and they ran him for heltitenant-governor upon the conservative ticket with R. B. Cajpenter, who went
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from Kentucky into South Carolina, and who was always a most loyal Union man.
Mr. BucKNER rose. Mr. JoNKS, of Kentucky. I will not allow myself to be interrupted. Sir, if there be a man in the Union whom we can yecogdize as the proud cnevalier sanspeur etsans reproche it is M. C. Butler, of

South Carolina.

Sir, I regret as much as any man here that outbneaJc at Hamburgh. I regret tbat the proceeding was measurably couote-' nanced by a cavalier who has descQjded from noble stock the very best thaF{)eo-^ pled the soil of Carolina. When I make' this assertion I am not influenced by any partisan prejudice I do not speak frOm'' hearsay or mere conjecture. I ajp sustained in what I say by the DenlOcratic papers of South Carolina. I have in my, bands the News and Courier, the leading Democratic paper of the State, which contains an article from the Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist, stating the very fact that General Butler went ffbm Hamburgh across the bridge into Augusta, saw young men over there and said to' " Things over in Hamburgh look them squally young men, we may want you over there this evening; get yourselves in readiness." The editor of this Democratic paper published in the city of Auguajta, says that General Butler made use of that expression, and that those young ra^, fully armed and to the number of two or three hundred, went over there. And, sir, what are we to .Say of brave white men who fought in the confederate army coming out in armed force to capture and subjugate forty defenoeless negroes collected in a buiWiug where they could defend themselves ? These men said that they were willing to surrender the few arms they had, but not until General Butler or some one else high in authority should give them assurance that their property, their liberty and their lives would be secure. Did they exact fromj General Butler any more than is accorded I ask to them by the Constitution? whether they had not as mucli right to bear arms as General Butler or anybody else? Had they menaced or thl*eatened any one while engaged ifi that parade on the F<^rth of July ? No, sir the whole troubl^arose because a few mfin, inflamed.

whisky and with a determination t subdue the negro in the South, told them "mth threats that they must stand from across the road so that these men might be enabled to drive by unmolested. What would "Wby, sir, just think of it be thought if here in Washington City, when a- military company was parading on the Fourth of July; two men should come up in a buggy and demand of the officers
Tfitji
!

that the

company should get out of the

if they did not, should at once set to work and murder the men of that -military company? I ask you, citizens of the United States, would you stand it ? million and a half. I not correct? I ask you, brave men who fought foi" your Did not the gentleman's committee so recountry's liberties long, before you took port? part in the war of the rebellion, would you Mr. Rainet. Mr. Chairman stand it? I ask you, proud Southern men (LaughMr. Cox. O, honey, sit down.

way, and

For the freedmen If there is one thing worse than another it is a white r.iscal above a black rascal. All through the late experience of Congress ji-ou have seen, sir, that the worst men who have preyed upon the negroes in this country have been tireir white allies. The gentleman from A^ivginia [Mr. Douglas] can tell you. from his Committee on the Freedman's B.-ink, how $04^000 was discovered by hi.s committee to have been robbed from soldiers, sailors, and marines; how much was stolen by your Freedman's Bank, not to speak of How much? At least a the Bureau.
I

Am

who

boast of yaur gallantry and your ih-

ter.)

telligence

and your superiority to

my race,

Mr. Rainey.
questi'on.

I rose to

ask the Chair a

would yon stand it? I ask you, men of the North who sacrified your blood and
ti'easure,

Mr. Cox. I did not ask you to get up. Allow me to finish. sons and Mr. Rainey. I wanted to know what Do you. then, expect negroes to stand was the pending question before the comit? this? Do you expect my race to sub- mittee. mit meekly to continual persecution and The CHAiRMAiSr. Does the gentleman massacre by these jteople in the South ? from New York yield to the gentleman Are you not going to allow us any right from South Carolina? <yf self-defence ? In the name of my race Mr. Gox. !^o, sir. and my people,- in the name of humanity, Mr. Rainey. The gentkynan should not in the name of God, I ask you whether we raise issues that are not embraced in the arc to be American citizens with all the pending question. rights and immunities of citizens or Mr. Cox. I do not desire to have any whether we are to be vassals and slaves collision with the gentleman. One of the aguiii? 1 ask you to tell us whether these colored members said the other day that I things aj^ to go on, so that we may under- was good in everything except in being a s|aud now and henceforth what we are to democrat. I have always had the kind expect ? I have never, words of those gentlemen The Chairman. The gentleman's time as some gentlemen on the other side have has expired. done, called them " niggers." I did once call them colored members, for which I The debate was resumed on July IS. The Chairman. When the committee was called to account. I did not know how they are rose it had under consideration an amend- else to describe them. I believe ment to section 1, offered by the g^entle- to be treated under the Constitution and Why man from South Carolina, [Mr. Smalls,] the law with fairness and equality. souls. not ? They have the same immortal wjiich will be reported by the Clerk. Some of them are better looking than some The Clerk read as follows: of their white confreres across the Way. Provided, That no troops for the purposes named I do not see why we should in this section shall be drawn from the State of (Laughter.) South Carolina so long ashe militia o-f that State be all the time k<;ei)kig up this race con-

who

sacrificed the lives of your your relatives, would you stand

peaceably assembled are assaulted, disarmfid. and taken prisoners, and then massacred in cold blood tfir lawless hands of men invading trhe State from the State of Gcorstia.

Mr. Cox. Here, Mr. Chairman, is one once said to a congregation in Ohio. Memchapter in this volume deveted entirely to bers of Congress and others used to go the State debt scoundrelism of the State down and hear him pi'each and one day, government. If runs up the debt from five when one of my predecessors was sitting rtiUlions to some twenty-four or twenty- there with a gold-headed cane, and brass seven million dollars. But can anybody buttons on his blue coat, the type of a tell how much more it is, owing to the statesman of the old school, he gave this malfeasance of the officials find the various illustration: "There is the old judge; kinds of frauds that were pci'petrated ? wheu he goes to the market-house to buy There is another chapter devoted to the a roast of mutton, does h-e ask whether it fraod in^thc cx))endituve of $-700,000 appro- be a black sheep or a \v1iite -sheep ? No. priated by the Legish^ture to buy lands for All he seeks to know is, is it good mutthe freedmen. ton ?" So it is, said ho, at the last great
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I believe, Mr. Chairman, if I may attempt to bring the committee back to good humor I believe in what an old parson

couutiy for his country's good excepting two Garvey, who is in State's prison, and IngersoU, who has been pardoned out by the "reform" governor ul the State of New York. But there waa not only this stealing of $40,000,000 hj this Tweed gang, but Thomas C. Fiekls^ another glorious leader of Tammany, got an appropriation from the Legislature t& the amount of more than $100,000 noasinally for the benefit of the firemen, hnt he actually stole every dollar of it. Henry Genet got an act pa&sed for a court-bonsein the city of New York and stole tlie$100,000 appropriated for the coui-t-ho-<i5*,.. and the sheriff of New York let him iiin away. The present sheriff a!lov;cd Wil^Ham M. Tweed to go to his residence aada'' go up stairs unattended to see his. wife aad^ allowed him tlius to leave for parts ri&~ known, and the "reform" governor of and applautse.) the State ha? not found time to investigateMr. TowNSEND, of New York. Mr. the outrage of letting him escape or to i"^ Chairman, I have no time to talk about move him from ofRce, as he had Vie power South Carolina, but This is the party of reform aad to do. There is a land of pure delight retrenchment in the city of New York irtrnx Wher-e saints immortal reign, whicli my colleague [Mr. Cox] haiis. and that land is the city of New York. But, sir, we have not told tlie wholeThe population of South Carolina in 1870 story yet. Tammany elected jiidges towas 716,500, the population of the city of protect these thieves and robbers GeorgO' New York was 942,000. The population G. Barnard, McCuim, and Cordozo eveyy of South Carolina was about three-fourths one of whom was impeached and two of of that of the city of New York. The them convicted and one res-igncd. But, gentleman from New York who has just sir,*we are not through yet. There aretaken his seat [Mr. Cox] said that the now some decent judges in New York aac' republican administration are eating out Tammany opposed every one of ihem, azxtl] the substance of South Carolina. if Tan;imany opposed them my colleagueNow, sir, the debt of South Carolina who sits over there talking about piarity overhand above every deduction is less than and reform voted against every one oS' $1-0,000,000. The debt of the city of New them, for he has never found occasion to York over and above every deduction is quit Tammany yet. And when BosB$1U, 000,000. Who eats out the substance Tweed's successor, the noted .John I^ielly^. of xhe people ? came and waived his wand over him as he But, sir, more than that. Gentlemen sat in our Speaker's chair and .said to hisa^. say that bad men with bad motives have "Come out of that chair and go with raeruined the State of South Carolina. How to Saint Louis to carry out the great faresabout VVilliam M. Tweed? He was the which we have planned," and said, " Weruler of the city of New York in one form have elected our delegates, and we waut or another for more than twelve years. He you. Brother Cox, to go with me to S'ainfe was the ruler of New York through Tam- Louis in the attitude of the brother of thomany Hall at the time when the e:entleman temperance lecturer." You know that; from Ohio brought his little " carpet- bag " while the one brother was lecturing ar.; to the city of New York and set it down temperance the other was exhibiting hii'sin Tammany Hall, which was then flour- self as an awful example; and that is tha ishing in all its power and glory, and looked part you and I will enact at Saint Loais.'" up smilingly for the approbation of Wil- ( Laughter.) liam M.Tweed. (Great laughter.) While The gentleman vsentout. and be aad Mr. Willuim M. Tweed ruled New York John Kelly enacted the farce and tried; te$40,000,000 was stolen from that people by make the world believe that if they nomTweed and liis immediate associates, and inated Tilden they would bte opposiagr there is to-day a judgment entered against Tam-many, that notorious sink of political William M. Tweed for his share of the corruption. stealings which could be traced to his Mr. Garfield. It i* not the least sat! of hands of over $6,000,000; Peter B. Swee- all file sad facts in the subject that we arc ney, thdcity treasurer, stol'e another share; now engaged in considering, that so graTRichaili B. Connolly another share; An- an occurrence jas tbe one which has becK drew J. Garvey stole his sluire; and luger- intix)duced ofhcjidly by a member o this soll stole still another share of -the House has elicited so liltle attention froic. T40,000,000, and every man of them hrfs the majority that the ^vllole drift of th&
left this

day when the horn

shall sound, and tha question will be not "whether he was a black sheep or a white sheep, but whether jt is good mutton." (Laughter.) It may be that the great body of the black i)eople in South Carolina belong to the category of the good sheep; but 1 am afraid from the testimony in this book that some of them will not go on the right side on the day of judgment. I am afraid the Good Shepherd will not provide for them. "Mr. Smalls. Have you the book there of the city of New York ? (Laughter ) Mr. Cox. I presume that the gentleman from South Carolina, by making that remark, seeks to embarrass me in consequence of the fact that I belong to that portion of the democratic party, along With Governor Tilden and others, who drove out the rascals, as you did not in your party in South Carolina. (Laughter

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around me. Has it come todiscussion should have been turned away that I see and pass that a murder like this cannot be disinto a partisan direction, and partly cussed in this House without its beingmainly turned into laughter. motive forthere is a Now I want to state in a word what 1 charged that it? Do our bad northern demunderstand to be the facts which we are speaking of care more for the interests of their called upon to consider by this amend- ocrats safety of the lives of legally organized militia com- party than for the ment. But I am still more anxious to pany, parading with arms that are legally citizens? to know from gentlemen of the held by them, in their own town, on the know, and can speak with knowledge and centennial Fourth of July, were accosted South who whether this is a sporadic by two young men who demanded that by authority, of murder, or whether it is a sympthe company should get out of the road; case indiqatcs a general condition of and because the whole company did not at tom which My anxiety is to their section. once move out of the road for the two men feeling in instance indicates a setwho could have gone quite as well a little know whether this tled purpose to declare that black men at one side, it was resolved by sundry legally organized into militia persons to disarm that legally organized shall not be shall not parade peaceably in nmlitary company of the State and be- companies, under arms, shall not be allowed cause the company did not consent to be the streets and immunities the command of unauthorized all the rights, privileges, disarmed at States of whatan organized mob, led by a dis- of citizens of the United persons, is my gentleman who served as an ever color. That, Mr. Chairman, tinguished in regard to this case. in the war against the Union, as- great anxiety officer fought a great war to establi.sh the sailed, surrounded, opened fire upon them, right.s of citizens becaptured some of them, and after capture Union and the equal wish we could lay murdered in cold blood, without warrant fore the law; and I bitterness of that contest; but or authority, a considerable number of aside all the gentlemen from the American citizens. This has been stated I say distinctly to of our good feeling can here in the House on the official authority South that the era ushered in in its fullness until of the attorney general of South Carolina. never be old spirit of caste The papers of the dominant party in that you let us know that the caused the war has been State and Georgia admit that the real and and race which weapons we carried in only ground of this outrage was the fact laid aside with the a black man, while he that the military company was composed the field; and until that colored men had behaves himself, lawfully and peaceably of colored men rights, all the privileges, used their rights as citizens to orga,nize shall enjoy all the all the guarantees themselves as a part of the State militia. all the protection, and man enjoys that a Now I have no doubt that there are mul- of the Constitution "When white is done, wc that tkudes of good men in the South, and in all our States. of peace, many on tlie other side of this House who can shake hands in full assurance all our branch over deeply deplore this bloody and atrocious and can hang the olive must But how has it been treated in doors; until that time comes, we outrage. that eternal vigilance this discussion? The first utterance was keep watch with only of liberty but by the gentleman from New York, [Mr. which is the price not all citizeiLs. Cox, ] who arose in his place and declared of equal justice to Mr. Lamar. Mr. Chairman, I do not that the negroes began the affray by killanalyze this terrible ing a white man. That statement has been propose to discuss or Hamburgh, alanswered by the fact that they made no and disgraceful afiair at the gentleman from hostile demonstration until they were fired though 1 think that Again the gentleman Ohio [Mr, Garfield] has not given a fair into by the mob. of the circumfrom New York [Mr. Cox] stated that and impartial statement But those originated. this matter was introduced here for a bad stances in which it moment here upon a bad motive, to stir up bad circumstances are of no purpose, And this question, nor are the provocations blood, and to affect the elections. we have been treated to an extreme which led to the final fearful tragedy into-day before us. example of his usual method. He has volved in the proposition now (and here I attempted to laugh at a group of atrocious Nor are they, in my opinion, from Ohio,) the murders. His levity was never so horri- differ with the member legitimate topic of debate or discussion out of place. bly The only calm and thoughtful declara- on this floor they belong to another triconstitutions of States tion which has been made on this subject bunal, to which the Government on the other siflo of the House was by the as well as that of the Federal gentleman from Georgia, [Mr. Hart- remit these subjects. "Whether in the circumstances and these ridge.] who spoke manfully and regretwhites or the blacks fully upon the subject and suggested that provocations the we should wait until the offiLcial examina- were most to blame is a question to which,

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was had.

am more

Through all the I shall not now recur. troubled than by the mere confusion which has been thrown around I must say, notwithof the murder about the symptoms this transaction, (and

for the purpose of extendiB$( tho time for debate on the first sectioii of the pending
bilL

iHniiiiig tie booonble ehanetar of the i^ODKHifc of ttw BMKbw fron Sootii CarolxBi^ 'dudi I do aat questka in the digJMest desxee^ Ub dac aaMt was evidbntlj- wrttten, shI patbapfSrwcyaatanBTv madtx ^tamk exteftmtian aad e tciitncwit, OurQc^h aH tiw wHHttUBty vbkk eaoMspe'^nfcifQB aad gaa^!gttipas bav thrown uroond this snliiBci, thrae is one tc whiek gksms oat aeknowled^ed. or. if

ayes 101. noes 43.

The committee

divided

and there were

80 the motion was agreed to. The committee accordingly rose and the Speaker p-rv iitmv'm having resumed
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the chair, Mr. 3Ionroe reported that the Committee of the Whole on the state ot the Union had. according to order, had not ack3C>Tledgd. is indispaxsibie. witliouc au- under consideration the "joint resolution thac a body of wbite men diJd. death a number of ^^H. ^o. 96^ to provide for the protecthfOritjofiaw. pi^t to Uat^ mea, who had been taken as prison- tion of the Texas frontier on the Lower
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Rio Grande, and had come to uo retsolu; I mean who had been capfnr^ and dqpchred of their liberty, bat who were tion thereon. Mr. ScHXEiOHEK obtained the rioor. not fxisoofirs in the legal sense of the Mr. CoxEK. The committee rose for tem, inasmnch as thoi$e capturing them had no right binder tiw law to deprive a special object on my motion, and I in-

of their perscsial liberty. 2fow. sir, I wish to say here in my place ^ind what I say here just ;is it drops from my lips and falls upon the reporter s notes is at on*:e sent throughout the entire South, and every constituent of mine, in erery home and hamiet, will read what I say ; and even if I were base or ignoble enough to utter here what I would swerve from there, as has been falsely charged against Southern men, the Record would : and always convict me in my me, , with the responsibilities si'. I assert that no excuse or ..^ .... .u. can possibly be found for these outrages and [Applause.] this barbarism. As a Southern mxn and as a Democrat. I have a remark or two to make upon this subjerrt. ilr. Chairman, we of the South have a lawless class precisely as you of the ^orth have lawless classes. As a consequence we have riots in which human

them

sist that I

am

entitled to the floor.

The Sfbakek p'-o t&mpore. The ChaLis supposed to know nothing of what takes place in committee. The gentleman from
is entitled to the lioor. Mr. Co>"GKR. I believe the Chair was present when my motion was made and when it was carried by a vote of the com-

Texas

mittee.

Mr. SciTLEiCHEK.

House

I move that the rest^Are itself into the Committee of

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the 'Whole on th^ state of the I'mon and pending that motion I move that aU further debate on the lirst section of the pending bill and amendments thereto be limited to ten minutes. Mr. CojfGEK. I move to amend that by extending the time for debate to one hour, giving: the first five minutes to the gentleman hwm Mississippi [Mr. Lamar] who was on the fioor ait the time the debaw
closed.

precisely as you have such riots, with this diflsrence : Ours without preconcert dame up in difierent localities and are coniined to short periods of time, while yours in more than one instance have held several counties in terror, have extended over months of time, and have involved a larger loss of human life, defying the authorities of your States, Mr. Co:sGEK. I move that the committee rise in order that the time may be exlife
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lost

tion is

The Speakeb pr* teraport. The queson the amendment of the gentleilichigan.

man from

tended.
I gave the longest Sir. ScHUEiCHSKtime that was asked for. Twenty minutes bad been agreed upon but at the suggestion of the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Garlieid] it was extended to thirty min;

ates.

Mr. Hals. Ic is understood by these gentlemen that it is to be divided up into five-minute speeches. Mr. CoxGKS. Yes; tinder the five-minute rule. In view of the evident Mr. Lamab. difiiculty we are getting into. I will say that I do not wish to prosecute my remarks. The Sfeakkk pro tempore. All this discussion is unnecessary and out of order. The House divided on Mr. Co>"gek's amendment and there were ayes 74, noes 139. Mr. CoxGEK. I demand the yeas and
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order.

If we keep on ex3Ir. ScHiiEiCHEK. tending the time for discussion it will go over until to-morrow, and I do not hw much longer, for, sir, the time never win t'e in this when some member does not wi^h to speak.

not in nays. Mr. KAssoy. I will move to make it twenty minutes. Mr. CosGSK. I demand the yeas and najrs on my proposition. The House divided ; and there wore ayes 37. noes 137. " So one-fifth having voted in the :xiSru:The gentleman from ative the yeas and nays were ordertd. T-iie Chatiuia^. Mr. Hokrss. In view of the lateness M.chiiran moves thai the coaunittee rise
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Discussion

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state of the Union uppn the of the session I ask we may compromise Whole on the bill, and pending that mothis matter by allowing thirty miiiutos Iw Txas border tion I move that all debate ni)OH the ih-st debate. The Spkaker 2^^o tempore. That can section and amendment thereto bo closed in twenty-live minutes, and on tJiat moonly bo done by unanimous consent. question. Mr. CoRGKR. I pi-ofor to have the yeas tion I move the previous The question was taken on Mr. Schleichand nays 6n my motion. The (lucstion was takou and decided er's motion, and on a diviisiou thei-o were ayes 119, noes 30. in the negative yeas 67, nays 12G, not So the motion was agreced to. voting 'J;J.
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The quesSi'KAKEii pro tempore. on the motion of the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Bchloiclier] that when the House again resolves it-sclf into Committee of the Wliolo all debate on the pending section and anicndmeuts be closed in ten minutes. Mr. CoNOKU. I move to amend that by I ask making the time forty minutes. the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Schleicher] to accept that jn-oposition. made one contract Mr. Hancock. with you already and you would not stand

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Tiio House accordingly resolved itself into Committee of the vVholo on tho state of the Union, (Jlr. Monroe in tho chair,) and resun)(Ml tho consideration of tho joint resolution (II. K. No. 00) to provide for the jjrotcction of tho Texas frontier on tho

Lower Rio Grande.

first tiuio

Mr. Cliairman, for tho this debate tho House has heard from a gentleman of the oi>poMr. Kasson.
diuiiig
sition adivstiuot, diicct, and ])ointcd Qpndcmnation of this most serious and alarming outrage upon human 1 Ho, human lib-

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by

it.

Mr. Randall.

The time was

erty,

and constitutional

riglits.

fixed by

the request of that side of the House and that time has expired. Mr. CoNoicu. When was it fixed ?
original

The gentleman is misMr. I.1AMAR. I only re))eated what my gificd taken. from Ccorgia [Mr. Hartridgc] friend
said.

The This morning. Mr. Kanj)ALL. The gentleman fronv Mr. KAS30V. tiiiio suggested by that side was I failed Greorgia "deplored" tho outrage. twenty minutes, and the agreement was to hear him condemn tho num who were fiinally made at their request that there involved in its commission. What they should bo thirty minutes. Mr. llARTKiDOK. Tho gentleman wiH asked was acceded to, showing that there allow mo a word? has been no disposition to cut olf debate. The gentleman must, exMr. Kasson. The gentleman from cuse mo, as my time is so short. Even Mr. CoNGKii. Pennsylvania cannot deny that there has tho gentleman from Mississippi was not been a disposition to cut ofl." debate. Wo ablo to close his eloquent denunciation of have aslced an hour, or forty minutes,, or tho outrage without impliedly turning tho thirty minutes, and that is refused with a responsibility for these riots and outrages strong hand. upon the Republican element in the Mr. RanpaT;L. This is brouglit in to South. We want to preserve Let us come to tho point before this excite bad feeling. peace. House under debate. On tho Fdiuth day Mr. CoNGEK. The gentleman does not of July last a militia company was assemwant us to discuss particular subjects. bled in tho streets of Hamburgh, South That is the trouble. I will modify my Carolina, celebrating the anniversary of amendment and move to strike out ten their national independence and ours. and They were lawfully obsci-ving it, when minutes and insert thirty minutes upon that I call for the yeas and nays. two young white men got into a quarrel On the q,ucstiou of ordering the yeas with them but tho day dosed without and nays there were ayes 47. On tho following day an armed disaster. Bo (the afFumative being more than one- organisation from Georgia, where the fifth of the last vote) the yeas and nays chief criminals yet remaui, invaded tho were ordered. State of South Carolina and committed I suggest that we compro- murderous outrages which are certified in Mr. Mills. mise on litteen minutes and give it all to the report of the attorney-general of the gentleman from Michigan. South Carolina over the signature of GovThe Speaker pro tetnpore. The propo- ernor Chamberlain, which report I now sition of the gentleman from Texas is not hold in my hand. The question is, were in order It can only bo entertained by these militiamen violatnig tfce law wI:on unanimous consent. Had this militia they were attacked? The question was taken on Mr. Con- company the right to assemble and parade ger's amendment, and there were yeas on the national holiday ? Your Constitu73, nays 111, not voting 103. tion tells you,' in the second amendment So Mr. Conger's amendment was not to it, that^agreed to. A \7cU roffulatoil militia being iiocoasary to the that the security "fa frco Statn, the ri^-ht of the people to I move Mr. SciiLBiCHER.
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House

resolve itself into

Committee of tbo

l-^nt, :,iVl

bear arms sUal! not be ialnng-ed.

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And yet the gentleman, General Butler, teicle. This has been no ebullition of sentiwho is commended as a noble exponent of ment. The subject-matter before us has It has come up chivalry, (and his personal character may been nothing of fancy.
all that his friends claim,) proposed, as admitted, that the arms home by this militia company should be surrendered to unauthorized persons, and to deprive the militia of South Carolina of the right secured to them by the Constitution of the United States. And then from the first proposition to violate a constitutional right they vrent on to other and more serious violations of constitutional rights and liberties, even to the taking of prisoners who were lawfully in the militia compaay, and not on'ly that, but disarming them of the arms they had a lawful right And not only that ; "let the to hold. angels weep, but let honest men do more than deplore ;' let them condemn with all the energy of which human nature is capa^ ble they told these prisoners to run. and as they ran from them they "chivalrously" amused themselves by shooting them down, and even in two instances mutilating their dead'bodies. Aiid when the gentleman from South Cardfliua, [Mr. Smalls,] whose State and

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from no desire to 'shake the bloody shirt." The gentleman from South Carolina, [Mr. Smalls,] representing a defrauded and murdered race, has offered a practical amendment to the bill before the House, a perfectly germane amendment to a bill which proposes to regulate the moyements of the United States Army. The amendment is in these words Trovidcd, That no troops for the purpose named
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be withdrawn from the State of South Carolina so long as the militia of that State, peacefully assembled, are assaulted, disarmed, taken prisoners, and then massacred in cold blood by lawless bands of men invading that State from the State of Georgia.
In this section shall

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The circumstances amendment are that at

district ha^ve

thus been invaded and outraged, bings tlie matter to the attention of this House, the gentleman from New Yoiii [Mr. Cox] calls it bad in morals, bad in motive, and charges that it is brought in here for a bad political purpose. Sir, the Democratic party did not always take In 1840 they declared in this position. their national platform That every citizen of every section of the country has a right to demand and insifet upon an equaiity of rights and privileges and to complete an ample protection of person and property from
domestic violence or foreign aggression. They re-enacted that in their platforms But when there came to be until 1864. citizens of another color, citizens who were dependent, ignorant, poor, and needing

protection,

the

Democratic

party com-

menced leaving out

of their platforms this principle of the right of the citizen to protection i>n person and in property. I stand here, independent of all party on this question, to say that, bo the wronged citizens white men of Texas or black men of South Carolina, this great Republic of 44,000,000 of people owes all its energy and all its power to protect all citizens of this country against outrages upon liberty and life such as have been perpetrated in sion of these atrocities. Let me tell him This is what the gentlemen that so long as the Democratic party are this case. from South Carolina [Mr. Smalls] has as- led by men in whose neighborhood these And I rise here to scenes are enacted, and who have nothing serted, as is his right. defend him and the race he represents but good words for the actors in the teragainst being laughed out of this tribunal rible drama, the raiders and murderers in of the nation and from the presence of the Goorgia and South Carolina will go highAmerican people when they bring their handed on their bloody work^nd wilf, as complaints before them aiid demand re- they believe, be protected in ft; Sir, these is something to do besides indress and protection in the name of humanvoking sentiment and quoting poetry, as ity and of constitutional right. Mr. Hai^e. Mr. Chairman, this House bas has been,doae in this case. I charge upon gentleman from Mississippi, [Mr. pre^ib'nted this morning a remarkable spec- t^e

zens of the United with you, sir, and me and the leaders upon the other side men whm we have undertaken to clothe with all the high privileges and rights that spring from our Constitution and laws men whom we have made fellow-citizens with us have been wantonly and foully murdered. And yet the majority of this House upon a deliberate rollcall have refused to allow sixty minutes debate upon this subject of the slaughter of our fellow-citizens. Why, sir, the taking of the life of a single British subject, entitled to the protection of the British flag, has forced entrance to the House of Commons and has there dominated all other subjects for weeks and months. And the French Assembly has again and again debated for days and "eeks upon the wrongs of a single French citizen. This tenderness for the life and property of the citizen has been the common pride of every legislative body that has ever been known And yet the mato the civilized world. jority of this House decline to give an hour for debate to this overweening, overmastering subject, or inquiry into the causes which led to the murder of these six men and for discussion of the means by which we may prevent like occurrences by the presence of United States armed forces. The gentleman from Georgia asks why do these things continue to occur? Let me tell him that they will continue just as long as members on ihat side of the Chamber rise as one man to stanp down the discus; ;

calling out this least six men, citiStates, equal citizens

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Lamar, ] who bas a philosophical, speculative mind, and has hu^man sympathies who sees the wrong and infamy of these things! here the hammer fell] I charge upon that gentleman who has been twice chosen by his constituents a Representafurther tive in this House, and has been endorsefl by electioii to a seat in the Sen;

in rising to speak upon will say that I had hoped the occasion would not have ar.'sen at this late period, when I as a member of Congress should be called upon to rise in place and speak upon the subject that is

Mr. Chairman,
I

this question

my

now occupying
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I charge upon him the responsibility, deeds of blood and murder could never not of the acts themselves, but of putting I was in hopes they Trere I occur again. to these things in his State. a stop passed. charge upon the gentleman from Georgia forever I can remember, Mr. Chairman, that [Mr. Hartridge] that lie and his associates memorable election in the must stop them there. [ Here the hammer 1868, during the congressional district, which I had again fell.] I charge upon the leaders of third the honor to represent on ths floor, there the dominant party in all the Southern nearly three hundred of our citizens States that they must stop these murders. were that were murdered ; so that this outrage [Cries of "Order!"] perpetrated in Edgefield is Mr. Lamak. I have discharged my re- that has been in the history of South Carosponsibility in part by defeating the nothing new Over three hundred of my constitulina. authors of such disorders in my State. sufGered loss of life by Mr. Mackey, of South Carolina. Mr. ents at that time advocating the principles. Chairman, in connection with the subject adhering to and But while this now under discussion the gentleman from of the Republican party. do not wantNew York [Mr. Cox] has seen fit to de- state of affairs has existed, I to this House, to-day nounce South Carolina as one of the to make the statement it, that even in South worst-governetl States in the Union. For nor do I believe to'all the white men who belong this assertion there is no foundation what- Carolina Democratic party are in favor of theever, and instead of South Carolina being the On not believe that. badly governed at present she has a better murderers. I do there are many government to-day than she has had for the contoary, I know that belong to that party I would like to remind the gentle- men in our State years. to these deeds man of this fact, of which he seejns to be who are as much opposed am. as I enfcely ignorant, that to-day the only of blood and violence But I do state to-day, and I stated from qu^ion dividing the Democracy of South gained from exwhether or not they shall nom- the knowledge that I have Carolina is years's resicandidate the man who is perience, after nearly eleven inate as their and having been, Republican Governor of oiu' State. dence in South Carolina, now the connected with the politics of If .the present government of South Caro- intimately do state bad and corrupt, why are the that State during that time I lina is so in the Democrats Democrats discussing the propriety of that there is an element partly controlled making the head of that government their party either controlled or the band of murcandidate in the next election ? It is an by the men who headed party headed by such indisputable fact that should Governor derers at Hamburgh, a and General. Chamberlain again be the nominee of the men as General M. C. Butler class, who by.their Republican party he will receive hundreds Geary, and men of that by their counsel to of Democratic votes. Many of the lead- acts and their words, these deeds of blood, ing Democrats in the State know this, and the people who do commit these great hence they argue that it would be inexpe- urged them on to While perhaps General Butler dient to nominate a Democratic candidate crimes. gentleman or too should Chamberlain receive the Republi- would be too much of a a negro if he had can nomination. At one time the State honorable a man to shoot mere pleasure government of South Carolina may have told him to run off, for the advice the.se been exceedingly bad, but such is not the of seeing him fall, yet by his murderers who did present condition of affairs. Taxes have dirty scoundrels and and encourbeen reduced, assessments lowered, cor- that shooting were actuated blood; it was by rupt officials removed, and numerous re- a"-ed to do these deeds of Geary, of forms inaugurated, and the vast improve- iust such men as Butlec and the men ment in the government is fully recognized Edgefield County. Those ai-e this outby two-tliirds of the Democratic papers in who advocated and reccnumended it was people; and the State. Quotations from Pike's Pros- rage upon the colored are members of the trate State have no application whatever simply because they because thej cannot to the present condition cff affairs in our Republican party, suffrages and get tliem taput Stale. This much I have deemed it neces- control their They say to their votes. sary to say in refutation of the assertion thera in. oflace by have to act with the Demotiiat South Carolina is to-day the worst- them, "You cratic party in South Caiofina, or we will' governed State in the Union. The edict has gone Mr. HoGE. I move to strike out the make you d'o it." forth that a black man in South Carolina

ate

the attention of the House. in hopes that the time had passed in South Carolina when these outrages, these

was

last wlrd.

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citliCT vote the Democratic ticket in the futnre or follow in the footsteps of those who fell at Hamburgh. It has placed distinguished friend from Mississippi no, I do not know that he would allow me to call him that it has placed him in a position to obtain a scat upon this floor, to be elected to the Senate. He says that they have pyace in Mississiqpi and in Ar-

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it lies vrithin your power to stop these infernal outrages. Be as active in hunting out the human fiends who crossed the bridge at Augusta, Georgia, to Hamburgh, South Carolina, with artillery to shell out of the citadel the forty negroes that could

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not be dislodged by hundreds of armed whites from your State and the State of South Carolina. See that they are caught kansas. So they have; but it is the peace and punished. of the grave; it is the lasting peace to the Mr. Cook. What evidence is there that colored man and to the white man who a sii^gle man went frcmi Georgia? dares to advocate those great principles Mr. Conger. I call the gentleman to of civil and religious liberty that have order. been advocated bv the loaders of our Mr. Cook. These men never went from party principles which came down to us the State of Georgia. from our forefathers, and wlvich it is our Mr. FosTEK. They did. General Butduty to perpetuate aVid hand down to our ler admits it. children as a sacred heritage. Mr. Cook. No. sir. Mr. HocE. I withdraw the formal Mr. FosTEu. When you have caught amendment. and punished these men then sing to us a Mr. Foster. I renew it. I have a panegyric to the vindication of outraged word to say on this subject to gcnllemea law, instead of talking to us about noble from the South. It lias hc.on my good or blood. Ay. a nobility that murders in cold bad fortune politically (I do not know blood a captured negro. which) to join other gentlemen in a report If you gentlemen have not the influence on Louisiana altairs in which the truth to stop these outrages you are not lit to be was told when it bore heavily n my party Representatives in the A.merican Congress. friends. I denounced the fraud of the You can do it if you will. Wlien you have returning bo.ard of Louisiana, and joined tried and have succeeded you will hear the hearLiiy with Mr. Wheeler in bringing most welcome shout of " Well done, good abbut the compromise that bears his and faithful servants" that has been heard name. I have never failed to denounce since the dawn of Christendom. We will my party when I found it in the wrong. fall on your necks and rejoice. I concede that you have had bad gov[LauTihter on the Democratic side of the crnmont in some of tlie Southern States, House and cries of " O, no! " in South Carolina, though I doubt perhaps Mr. Cook. You must not fall on my it now. Under Governor Chamberlain the neck; you have fallen on our property and government of South Carolina has greatly on our rights as it is, and now you want to ' ~ improved. fall on our necks. [Laughter.] If I know myself, I have none but the Mr. Foster. We did fall on you, and kindest feelmg for the people of the you remember tlie fall. South. I long to see the day when peace Stretch out your hands in charity to shall reign throughout your borders, when God's poor whom you have with you. Give prosperity shall bless all yoiu- undertak- them to understand by every act of yours ings. I long to see the day when we shall that you recognize their complete political hear no more of the color line, when eveiy rights. Wipe out all distinctions in your man, be he black or white, shall bo in the laws on account of color. full, unrestrained possession of every right Let them feel and know that their old vouchsafed to him by the Constitution and masters axe their friends, and that they the laws. will if need be fight the world in arms to I cannot, however, close my eyas to preserve their liberty, notwithstanding it scenes of horror and bloodshed, of which was obtained against the masters' will. the Hambm-gh massacre is a sample scenes Your iH'ofessions will not do. These and otrtrages that would disgrace the sav- barbarities must cease. If they do not age. you must expect that the power of the Talk not to me about your clievaliers, Government will be exerted to its full your men of high honor, when they stand limit if need be to protect the humblest by and witness (and, as I believe, encour- African in your midst. age) the barbarities of Hamburgh. Lay not the flattering unction to your Are Mississippi outrages and tactics to souls that because you can give Tilden a be transplanted to South Carolina? Did united vote he will be elected. you sell out the solid vote of the South to The instrumentalities used to bring Tilden; and do you propose to i-atify your about a United South for Tilden will as bargain by scenes of bloody barbarity, a certainly give the Northto Hayes parallel of which can only be found in the We are as tired of Southern misrule as South where you prate so much of honor you are. This misrule is not a one-sided .and high breeding? matter South as well as iN'orth. .The rasLet mc tell you, gentlemen of Georgia. cals hunt in pairs, as thevdoin the North.
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My reasons for When you atch a Belknap you catch a threats made by leaving waa because I heard; General Butler's men to Pendleton with him. [Laughter and cries building up, and to send to Augusta for blow the cannon, (Ol^'on the Democratic side of and I knew we could not hold it if either of these of ''0 the House.] So in the South, the steal- moans were resorted t*. After getting out of the building with my men the company divided, and ings are divided between the parties. I took command of one portion and gave LieurenI beseech and implore you, men of the ant Attaway command of the other. The number South, to stop these outrages' 'upon the with me amounted to about a dozen or so of men Attaway had twenty-one. I vrent to the leTt of black man, thus restoring confidence in the building with my men and escaped. Attaway you in the North, and then henceforth we and his men were captured. This is all that I caa will dwell together in unity, peace, and speak of positively, as when I mad6 my escape I aiid the portion of men with me came right good-will. The horrors of the war will be Aiken. At the time I left I think there wereon to four Then we will go hand in hand or hve hundred men under General Butler, with, forgotten. re-en to roemcnts coming in froaa Augujla and exalting and glorifying the Republic. Kdgetield. Between twelve and one o'Clook at least t\VK) thousand men were present, armed to the teeth. 1 left for Aiken about three o'clocli Sunday morning. Doc Li. Adams, Qapt. Co. A, Etghteenth licgl. N. O. .V. 6'. C. Adams's Statement The Story of the Doc Tv;o-Haur3 Siege, and how he with a The above statement is signed with Adams' Detachment of his Company Escaped own signature. Ho seems to be a man of some
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[Froi our special correspondent.]

intelligence, and as 'mild-mannered" as possible. Jle gave the .statement without hesitation, and ina manner whioh convinced me of his sincerity. C. IVlciK.
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been rendered. I'nnfte iiivcr.s made the following written stateI am captain of Company A, Eighteenth IJea;!- ment In substance to Attorney (}encral Stono tonibnt National Guard ofUie State of SkuiU Caro- day: lina, vrhicti company has Been stationed at liamOn the affidavit of one Kohert IluUcr he issued buT^jii; in fact ix was made up there Irom tlie warrants as trial justice lor Doc Adams and th citizens of the town and vicinity. oiher eoiiimtssioned otiicers of a militia company OnSalurday, ilieStU day of July, al^out half-past in the town of HamburgU for obstructing the fo^r o'clock, G-oeral Butler, with ahout thirty or liigluvay and preventing the said Robert Butler forty men, assembled at the olhce of Trial-Justice Jruin pa.'isiiip. This was on the fill) of July, 187ff. liivers, in Ilutuburgh. The occasion of this was Owing to some confusion taking place in tlusofip': because at that hour the trial of I Ik; inilitiautricers on the said day he jost|oned the trial till Sat\Ji'was to take place. I went to Trial-Justice Klvers day, the 8th, at 4 p. in atwhich tlmoGeneral M. anfl stated to him that I amt the other odicers of C. Jlutler appeared as counsel lor Bobert Biitler.' the company did notwantto be tried beluro bim During the said trial l\t V. Huiler asked for mCro that evening, and that we would give bond for our lime, which was granted, hr, Hutler, prt^mising appearance before the circuit court. lV1yrea?on to be ready within an hour; but he neVer returned lor saying this to liim was because I had lieard to Kivcrs'otfice any more, but went to Augusta threats made against myself and others by the and returned with two companies of so'ldlers and forty or more armed men who were crowded round deinandeii the immediitle suriender oif the arras On making this statement to in the possession of the iniutia lo him. After some Kivcrs's olhce. liivers he told me 1 could use my own judgiacnt talk with Uivers he, (Jencral Butler, granted about llBe matter, as he was of the opinion hiinself Ihcui a half hour to comply tvit li his terms. lUverjf that it would be unsalo for myself and tlic other then went to the drill rocnn <.f the company and officers to be tried at that time. 1 having con- Consulted with the men who were there assquicluded not to go to the court, a committeo'catuG bled to get them to give up their arms sodYier from General Butler for me to meet him at tlie than h;ivc bloo<lshed. This lliry refii.sed to do,, house of S. B. Spencer, where a hundred or more saying that General ttutler hail no authority to armed white men were congregated. 1 refused to make them give up Ihcir iirm.s, 'I'he time having go, belitiving my life would be unsafe. The white cxjiircd (Jenoral Builcr gave the order tor thb men were armed with revolvers and sixteen, troop.s under him to hre, wliieh they did, and said shooters. I then made the proposition that if hro wa.=; not returned by the militia lor .some General Kutlerwould meet me halfway and keep lime. Butler lold nio he would have tliearmsor his men back I would meet him. and we would try burn the town. 1. Kivers, ollere<l lo box the guns anil seille the matter without any trouble. This and send them toChainbcr'hiiu, bui lUxiler would General Butler refused positively to do, ami sent not ai;tcc 10 ihis. a message to the effect that the arms of the company and the officers must be given up lo him, TIIB H.\MBUROH RICT OFFICLM, Rt;PORT OF ATantl that he would not guarantee any j)rotection TORNEV-IJENI'.KAI, STOiib:. whatever even if the anus and officers were surOffice OP tuk A rTOP.N'Rr GKNK-nAT-. rendered. 1 refCised to agree to this, as I saw if I COLliMlilA, S. v., July 12, 1873. did my men and myself would be at the mercy of General Butler and his men. 1 then, to preserve Sin: According to your rcquctt of Monday Ia?t the lives of ray men and myself, took refuge in a I have visited llamburgh f(>r the purpose ofashrick building we used as an armory. There were certaining llio facts connected with the killing of thirty-eight of u3 in all. We had hardly got in several men there on the nigbtol the 8th of July. and secured tUe entrance before General Butler's My Information has been derived chiefly from men-opened fire on us. At this time General But- Trial-Justice Hivers, and from the testimony of ler had about two hundred jnea. They kept up a persons who have been examined beloro tstie dorobrislc tire on the building for over half an hour ner's ,iury, now in session, and Uoui those who rebqfore we tired one shot from the building. Gen- ceived w.ounds Irom the arniel body of whito i&eQ eral Butler's men were posted under the trestle of who had taken them jirisoners*. the Chariotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad From tliis information ho twUowing facts seem and under the abutment of the bridgeof the same to be clearly established company. This was between six and seven o'clock During the administration of f Governor Scott a We remained in the building until about company of State mliltla was organised at Hamp. m. eight o'clock. burgh, of which I'rince Rivers was captain. This

AiKKK, South Garolitca, Jidy 12. send yoii a statement of Doc Adams, the capt.ain ol llic uitljlla couipany,just as it liais been given by liini. lie saw a part ol' the affair and was quite au interested paity. Here is his siaieI

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PRIKCE RtVEns' STATEMENT. The testimony was closed at this point, and though many other witnesses were waiting ihiswas deemed sutticieat. The verdict has not yoE

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company was kn6wn as Company A, Ninth Eegi- should refuse to give up the arms. To this Adment, National Guard of, the State of South am's replied that General Butler had no right to Carolina. Anns were at thajt time famisheij to the,guns; that the cornpany held them, and ha *t, and Eomo ajiunnnlUon. This Company, previous proposed to hold them, unless General Butler to May, 1878, had for some time but few names on showed some authority to take them. * its roll, drilled rarajy, and scarcely kept alive its After this Interview Rivers returned to General orga"ni^aiion. But in Blay of this year the num- Butler, with whom was Robert J. Butler. He ber of members increased to a'hoat eighty, and told them the decision to which the company had one Doc Adam^ was chosen captain. come. Then Robert J. Butler said that General On the 4ih of July the company drilled on one Butter was his attorney; that he had come to of the public street? Hn the lami of Hamburgh. settle the matter. If the company would apolThe street on wiiich Ihey drilled was between ogize for the insult to his son and son-in-law he one hundred and one hundred and fifty fet wiiJe, would do nothing more. But the whole matter bjit it was irtile used, and was ovetgrown with was in G-eaeral Butler's hands. General Butler grass, c.Kcept tn that portion which was used as a said that, as the men would iw5* meet him, he <jarr4age road. While the copapany was thus would have no more to do with the<3i. General drilling Thomas Butler and Henry G^tzen, his Butler was asked by Rlversif he wouluguarantee brother-in-law, came along in a carriage and de- the safety of the town should the militia surrenmanded that the comjjany sJiould mfiSe way for der their arms. He said that would depend on them. Adamshalted the company, reaaonstrated how the men behaved themselves afterward. with Butler and Getzen for thus seeking to interThis statement is confirmed by S. P. Pixley. fere with the company, and called their attention "While those negotiations were going on t!i.j to tlie iact that there was plenty of room on each armed body of white men in the town were cm side of the company to pass. centrated on the bank of the river ne^r the Sibley Finding them unwilling to turn out of their building. Soon alter they were broken off tiring course, Adams finally opened ranks and allowed began. JMen who were in the building say that it them to drive through. was commenced by the whites tiring upon the This incident seemed to have angered BTitler buiWing. Adams g.ive his cders not to shoot unand Getzen, who made complaint before Trial- til ho directed them to. The company had very .Justicc Rivers against the militia company for little ammunition, and all thej had was a portion obstructing the highway. Triatrial justice on tlie of that issued to the company when it was first following day issued a'warrai, against Adams, organized. as ho was the captain of the company, and After the firing had begun It was returned by had him brought before him for trial. During the militia, and one of the attacking party, Mcthe progress of the trial Adams was arrested by Kie Merriweather, was shot through the head and the trial justice lor contempt of court, and subse- instantly killed. Alter this a piece of artillery, qtwntly the case was continued until four o'clock said to belong to the "Washington Artillery, ot Saturday at<jrooon, July 8. Augusta, was brought over irom Augusta and <A.t that timio Butbr and Getzen, with General four charges of canister were tired from it upon M. C. Butler, who hiwl been employed by Kobert the armory, but without injuring any one. The J. Butler, fa,thor q{ the former, as their attorney, persons lu the armory escaped from the rear by repaired to tJio office of the trial justice, but Ad- means of ladders, and hid in under floors of adjaams did not appa.r. cent buildings, or wherever else they could find General BuUer Inquired as to the nature of the shelter. charges agaiiiet Adains.and askedlf the trial jusThe first man killed by the whites waa James ttee was to hear iho eaee as trial justice or in his Cook, town marshal. Ho had been in the armory, oflFlcial capacity of major-gcoeral of militia. but was not a member of the company. He had To this the trial justice re[)lied that ho was to gone Into the street from the rear of the Sibley hear the case as a ti'ial justice, but if the facts bulling, and was at once lircd on and fell dead inshowed that a military olfonse had been com- stantly, pierced by hvc or si.\; bullets. mitted, Adams would have to be tried by a courtAfterward the whites began their search for the martial. members of the company, Thoy succecrfe^ in general Butler then staled that he thought the getting about iwentyfive colored men as irisimcase might be arranged, and at his suggestion ers, some of whom were never members of the lUno was given him to see the parties. company. As fast as tho men were captured they After, this the trial justice did not sec General were taken to a place i>#ar the South Carolina Butler at his oHlce, but learned that ho had gone Railroad, where .a lar^ party of armed mea over to Augusta. stood guard over them. In the mean time the trial justice had been inNone of those thus captured had arms in their formed that some two' hundred oi three hundred hands. armed white men were in Hamburgh, and that a Subsequently, and at about two o'clock a. m., demand had been ma'ie by them that the militia six men took A. T. Attaway out of tho "ring." shoulil surrender their arms. After a consulta- He and his mother begged for his lllo, but ia tion with Messrs. .Tclferson ^md Spencer, Rivers vain. He was hen toltl to turn round, and waa sent for General Butler. He rode uii to the iHick shot to death by tho crowd* David Bhillips was next taken out and waa gate of River's, house. The two had a conversation, in which General Butler said that ho had similarly killed. g^ven orders to have he guns given uj) in half an Fompey Curry was next called out. He rocojhour, and the time was nearly up. nlzed among tho bystander's lleory Getzen and lilvers asiicd it some other arrangement could Dr. Pierce Butler, and called on them to keep the He ran, and was not be made, lo which General Butler rei>Ued in other men from Killing him
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if he woulil not consent to have hiin receive the arms, box them up, and send them to the governor. To which General Butler replied that ho would box them up and send tlicru

the negative. Rivers then asked

shot at as he ran, one bullet striking right log below the knee.

him

In the

to the governor, and if he, the governor, should return them to the comj)any it would be at his own Rivers then asked if they would give a bond for the arms, to which General Butler said that ho wouM stand the bond, and turning to another persdn I think R. J. Butler asked if be would not go on a bond also, to which he replied ttM.t he would. Rivers then asked for time before fire should be open ey on the militia, so that he might have a conference vrttli the militia ofBcers. 'This was acceded to, and Kivers then went to the building known as the Sibley building, in the second story cf whicli the company had its armory and drillroom, and where it was then assembled, and told AUaptain Adams what might be expected rf he
risk.

Allerward Albert IVlynlanl. Moses I'arks, and Hampton Stevens were killed. Stevens did not belong to the company. Nelder .I(din Parker, who has been commonly referred to in the newsi>aper
reports as John Tliomas, was corporal in the company. "When he was arrested and taken to the spot where the other prisoners were, he recognized among the party two gentlemen of Augusta, named Twiggs and Chatfee. He appealed to them for protection. They said he should not be hurt. Butler asked him If He states that General M. he was one of the d d rascals. The rejUy was In affirmative. He was then shot In the back. the Messrs. Twiggs and Chatfee then said il' he waa shot again they would shoot the ones wl>o did it. They took him off, and had Iwm taken to^ugusta. He was shot before Attaway waa killed. He may recover Irom his wounds.

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One of the white citizens of Hamburgh heard a One Batler Edarards wa taken as a pnaonor. says ho waa taken before Greneral Butler, who conversation between David Phillips and Gelieral that Umc was in the street near the Sibley Butler in the afternoon. Phillii>6 talked very at "big," as the gentleman sid, and General Butbuilding. This was about twelve o'clock. Threats were made to shoot him. General But- ler told him that they wanted those guns and

He

ler directed that

recognized

talk with the former. He waa among the prisoners who were let loose and told to run as they ran they were flred at and he was shot in the head. He was not a member of the company. Willis Davis, one of the members of the company, was taken to the place where were the other prisoners. The men stated that John Swarlnger, of 'Edgefield county, had charge of the prisoners. He states that he saw General Butler before the
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he betaken to the others. He the crowd one Captain Carwile Dunbar, of Augusta ; said he liad a long

were bound.to have them.

among

In the afternoon Colonel A. P. Butler went to the various stores in town and told the proprietors that they must not sell any liquor to his men. In spite of this, however, some of the men compelled one of the storekeepers to furnish them liquor. From the same person they obtained kerosene oil to use in setting fire to a house. The whites were armed with guns and small arms of various kinds, and many of them had axes

and hatchets.
It
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proper to state that the intendant of

Ham-

doing, and told him he would have enough of It before he got threugh. He was shot in tuo arm, near the elbow, when about twenty paces diatant from the crowd. The ball is still in his arm, and he suffers much pain. He also states that some of the young men from Georgia remonstrated against Shooting the prisoners, but in vain. Besides the killing and wounding of the men herein named the party broke open several stores and houses and, in some instances, robbed the inmates. They took from Mr. Charles Koll, the postmaster, and a very respectable white citizen, a gun whicn he had in his store, and his private property. From an old colored man named Jacob Samuels, in his employ, they took a watch and set fire to his house. They broke open the house of TriaS-Justice Rivers and did much damage, as well as robbed him of clothing. They obtained kerosene oil and attempted to set fire to a bouse, but were preveuted by Colonel A. P. Butler from doing so. The ropes of the public wells were cut and some fences were torn down. So far as I can learn the primary object of the Whites was to take away from the militia their

men were

killed,

who asked him what he was burgh, Mr. Gardner, was informed by General
Butler, in an interview with him, that the arms of the company mnst be given up. Trial-Justice Rivers is now holding an inquest and taking testimony of witnesses. Until their verdict is rendered, it will be impossible to tell who were engaged in the attack on the militia and the subsequent killing and wounding of the colored men. It may be possible that a careful judicial investigation may show some slight errors in some of the minor details stated in ihis report. But making due allowance for .ch errors, the facta show the demand on the militia to give up their arms was made by persons without lawful authority to enforce such demand or to receive the arms had they been surrendered that the attack on tho militia to compel a compliance with this demand was without lawful excuse or justification ; and that after there had been some twenty or twenty-five prisoners captured and completely in tho power of their captors, and without means of making further resistance, five of them were deliberately shot to death and three more severely
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It further appears that, not content with thu3 satisfying their vengeance, many of the crowd added to their guilt the crime of robbery of defenseless people, and were only prevented from arson by the efforts of their own leaders. Yours, very respectfully,

arms.

The man Parker, who was wounded,

states that

on Friday, the 7th instant, he had a long talk with one Harrison Butler (wliite) on Broad street, Augusta. Butler told him that if Rivers did not
give orders for the militia to give up their arms they would take {"hem any way on the next day.

On,Saturday rumors wero abroad

in

Hamburgh

William Stone.
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that there were armed parties coming In to take the guns, but little credit was attached to them.

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Attorney- Generai SovUh Carolina. H. Chambeklain, Governor.

SPEECH OF HON. ROBERT SMALLS,

IN

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JULY 8,

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Mr. ScHLEiCHKK.

HOW renew my mo- from Texas

tian that the Hottse resolve itself into the committee of the whole on the state of the Union for the purpose of resuming the consideration of the joint resolution (H. R. No. 96) to provide for the protection of the Texa.s frontier on the Lower Rio Grande. Pending that motion I move that all debate on the pending section and the amendments thereto be limited to twenty minutes.

will at least consent to allow thirty minutes. I think that will be satis factory. Mr. Schleicher. I accept the suggestion of the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. motion accordGarfield] and modify ingly. The motion to limit debate in committee of the whole upon the pending section and amendments thereto to thirty minutes

my

Mr. Smalls. I ask the gentleman to allow a little more time. Twenty minutes will allow only ten minutes for each side. I hope the gentleman will agree to give at least an hour. Mr, Garfield. I trust the gentleman

was agreed to. The question recurring on the motion of Mr. Schliecher that the House resolve itself into committee of the whole it was
agreed
to.

The House accordingly

into committee of the

resolved itsetf

whole (Mr. Monroe

in the chair,) and resumed the consideration of the joint resolution (H. R. No. 06) to provide for the protection of the Texas frontier on the Lower Rio Grande.

The Chairman. When the committee

had under consideration an amend1, offered by the centleman from South Cax-olina, [Mr. Smalls,] which will be reported by the Clerk.
rose
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ment

to section

at Hamburgh, South Carolina, and would not have given ten cents for his life, for General Butler, the gentleman who was attempted to be made a saint of in this House, would at onge have organized another band of Ku-Klux and hunted him down. I will tell the gentleman from New York that I was vouched for by nearly fourteen
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thousand majority of loyal men to this The Clerk read as follows Provided, That no troops for the purposes Government, and, sir, I will say men of named in this section shall be drawn Irom the native State, the State of South CaroState of South Carolina so long as the militia of lina, where I was born and i-eared. I wiU that State peaceably assembled are assaulted, disarmed and taken prisoners and then massacred ask the gentleman in God's name who enin cold blood by lawless bands of men invading dorses him, whether the people of tbe State from the State of Georgia. York or the people Ohio
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Mr. Smalls. I offered that amendment and desire to say a word upon it. The Chairman. Debate on the pending section and amendments thereto has been limited by the House to thirty minutes. Speeches have bl??n^made for and against the pending amenc";^ jsnt, and it will be well for the gentleman therefore to preserve the proper order and sitbmit an amendment to the amendment. Mr. Smalls. I move as a formal amendrf

ment to strike out the last word. Now, Mr. Chairman, in offering the amendment which has been read by the
it believing that the race to belong are being outrageously treated in the district I have the honor to represent upon this floor. Notwithstand-

Clerk

did

which

the gentleman from New rose upon this floor and attempted to state to the House and to the country that I had introduced this matter for bad political piu-poses. If it has been the custom of the gentleman from New York to bring in matters here for bad political purposes, it is not so with me. That gentleman early undertook to s4ate to the House that South Carolina was the worst-governed State in the United States that it was rotten to the core rotten all round* its borders. I agree with the gentleman from New York that South Carolina is rotten all round its borders, and for that very reason I have offered the amendment to this bill to cut off that rotten part all round South Carolina so as to let the core stand. It is those rotten parts which are troubling us. We are getting along all right ourselves. He stated that I vouched for the author of that report. I state again to this House that that report which was read from the desk was signed by an honorable gentlemai), a loyal gentleman, one who risked his life for the protection and defense of tliis Government. I say again I know that ilfi had given his name to this House in the next few hours it would have been
ixig

that,

sir,

York [Mr. Cox]

of ? Mr. Cox. Both of them. [Laughter.] Mr. Smalls. It is a good thing if the gentleman is endorsed by both of them. I do not desire to take up the time of the House, as gentlemen on that side have only seen fit to allow ujs ten minutes to debate on this question. Thank God, I .hold io.^ my hand the official investigation of the attorney-general of that State, and if that ~ report does not place everything charged in that former letter upon General Butler's head, then I do not know how any man can be proved guilty of any crime within the borders of the United States. I have nothing to say in reference to the complimentary remarks of the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Jones] in regard to General Butler might General Butler. have been in the days he knew him everything he has stated in regard to him, but I can tell him that since General Butler left him he has either got into bad company or has been badly advised, for there has not been a row or riot in South Carolina since reconstruction in Edgefield that General Butler has not led ; he has been the leader of every riot or outrage perpetrated upon the good people of that State. Why, sir, this military company is a regularly organized body of the militia of that State. It was celebrating the Fourth of July, and men having no authority at all asked those men to give up their arms.
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The Chairman, The gentleman's time has expired. Mr. Smalls. I ask that the report of the attorney-general of the State of South Carolina be printed as a part of my remarks. The Chairman. The Chair hears no
objection.

Mr. Smalls. Also the statement of the coroner and other papers. The Chairman. The Chair hears no
objection.

The papers
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(JFor these reports see

referred to are as follows : pages 13, 14 aod