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the sheriff of the county is empowered and directed 

 to make such assignments of his deputies and other 

 peace officers to the other polling-places, as may in 

 his judgment best subserve the purposes of quiet 

 and order; and he is further required to report these 

 arrangements in advance to the commander of the 

 military post in which his county is situated. 



10. Violence, or threats of violence, or of discharge 

 from employment, or other oppressive means to pre- 

 vent any person from registering or exercising his 

 right of voting, ^is positively prohibited ; _ and any 

 such attempts will be reported by the registrars or 

 judges of election, to the post commander, and will 

 cause the arrest and trial of the offenders by military 

 authority. The exhibition or carrying of deadly 

 weapons, in violation of General Orders No. 10, of 

 1867, at or in the vicinity of any polling-places during 

 the election herein ordered, will be regarded and 

 treated as an additional offence. 



11. All bar-rooms, saloons, and other places for 

 the sale of liquors by retail, will be closed from six 

 o'clock of the evening of the 13th of April until six 

 o'clock of the morning of the 17th of April, 1868 ; 

 and during this time the sale of all intoxicating^ li- 

 quors at or near any polling-place is prohibited. The 

 police officers of cities and towns, and the sheriffs 

 and other peace officers of counties, will be held re- 

 sponsible for the strict enforcement of this prohibi- 

 tion, and will promptly arrest and hold for trial all 

 persons who may transgress it. 



12. Military interference with elections, " unless it 

 shall be necessary to repel the armed enemies of the 

 United States, or to keep the peace at the polls," is 

 prohibited by the act of Congress, approved February 

 25, 1865, and no soldiers will be allowed to appear at 

 any polling-place, unless as citizens of the State they 

 are qualified and are registered as voters, and then 

 only for the purpose of voting ; but the commanders 

 of posts will keep their troops well in hand on the 

 days of election, and will be prepared to act promptly 

 if the civil authorities are unable to preserve the 

 peace. 



Nominating conventions of both parties were 

 held, to place candidates before the people for 

 the State offices. The Republican nominations 

 were made by the Constitutional Convention, 

 sitting as a nominating convention, and with 

 one exception were taken from the members 

 of that hody. For the office of Governor they 

 nominated General R. K. Scott, a native of 

 Ohio, who had been for some time Assistant 

 Commissioner of the Free.dmen's Bureau in the 

 State; for Lieutenant-Governor, Judge Lem- 

 uel Boozer ; for State Treasurer, N. G. Par- 

 ker, formerly from Massachusetts, who had 

 served as an officer of colored troops in the 

 war; for Comptroller-General, J. J. Neagle, 

 from New York, originally, however, a North 

 Carolinian ; for Secretary of State, F. L. Car- 

 doza, a colored man of intelligence and educa- 

 tion ; for Adjutant and Inspector-General, F. 

 J. Moses ; for Attorney-General, D. H. Cham- 

 berlain, a young man from Massachusetts, who 

 had served in the Federal army. 



The Democratic Convention met at Columbia 

 on the 3d of April. The attention of the del- 

 egates was given, soon after the opening of the 

 convention, to a series of resolutions represent- 

 ing the views of the party. The following 

 were adopted without debate : 



Whereas. In the opinion of this convention, the in- 

 terests both of our State and our common country im- 

 peratively demand the union of all good, wise, and 



conservative men, under the banner of the national 

 Democratic party a party faithful to the principles 

 of the Federal Constitution, as maintained by the 

 fathers of the Eepublic : be it therefore 



Resolved l That the Democratic party of South Caro- 

 lina do unite with the national Democratic party of 

 the country, and hold themselves ready, under the 

 Constitution and the laws, to cooperate with that or- 

 ganization in all principles, and in all measures, that 

 may be regarded conducive to the interests of the 

 whole country and of all classes of the people. 



Resolved, That the people of this State, including 

 all men prepared to act with the party, be earnestly 

 invited to form Democratic clubs in every section of 

 the State. 



The third resolution was in these words : 

 Resolved, That the people of this State be urgently 

 recommended to go to the |>olls and vote against the 

 constitution of the Eadical faction lately promulgated 

 in Charleston, and to vote for good and true men for 

 all offices within their gift. 



After some debate an amendment was adopt- 

 ed in the following words : 



At the same time, in voting for officers under this 

 constitution, we would put on record our protest 

 against its validity. 



A fourth resolution was then offered, which 

 read as follows: 



Resolved, That, under the action of the State of 

 South Carolina, heretofore taken, we recognize the 

 negroes of the State as an integral element of the 

 body politic ; and, as such, in person and property, 

 entitled to a full and equal protection under the State 

 constitution and laws. And that, as citizens of South 

 Carolina, we declare our willingness, when we have 

 the power, to grant them, under proper qualifications 

 as to property and intelligence, the right of suffrage. 



After some discussion, this was amended by 

 substituting the words " colored population " 

 for " negroes," and in that form adopted. The 

 nominations were : for Governor, Hon. W. D. 

 Porter, of Charleston; for Lieutenant-Govern- 

 or, Hon. T. C. Perrin, of Abbeville ; for Sec- 

 retary of State, Ellison Capers ; for Adjutant 

 and Inspector-General, Colonel J. P. Thomas ; 

 for Treasurer, William Hood ; for Comptroller- 

 General, S. L. Leaphart; for Attorney-Gen- 

 eral, I. W. Hayne ; for Superintendent of Edu- 

 cation, J. A. Leland. 



The commanding general having received 

 information from different sections of the State, 

 " and from members of both political parties, 

 that combinations have been formed, or are 

 now being formed, to prevent delay or hinder 

 the execution of the laws of the United States, 

 or by force, intimidation, or threat, to prevent 

 persons from accepting or executing the duties 

 of any office or employment under the United 

 States, at the election to be held under author- 

 ity of the law of March 2, 1867," issued an 

 order on the 6th of April, warning all persons 

 taking part in any such combinations that they 

 were " amenable not only to the penalties pre- 

 scribed under the authority of said laws, but 

 for the violation of the act of Congress ' to de- 

 fine and punish certain conspiracies,' approved 

 July 31, 1861." It was also declared to be the 

 duty of the civil and military authorities " to 

 secure to every registered voter the free and 

 full exercise of his right of suffrage, and this 



