The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-29
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| Oh uYe lOaVe6 6uu tHU uttIo tInuCs.
When he waa sn?o ntei By military a,thori
ty to the post Of the Mayor OF this city. did be
exercise the vast patronage Of that Office fol
the advantage Of the starving Republicans who
daily importuned hlm for bread2 No. An1.
ious to conclllate the aristocracy OF the city,
he sought 10 every way sfiliatlon with the
Democrats. He took Democrats for bis coun:
sellors, ne appointed Democrats to Office, and
be Torked. IN entire ignorance for the true
Democratic character, to gain the suffrage OF
that party.
| SAWYER ARRAIaNED.
Senator Ss syer. about as good Republican
as MIR. Clark, has recently boasted that not
one-swentieth OF the present members OF the
General Assembly will be returned at the next
of an entirely different class OF people. de
means, OF course. Democrats and Conserva-
| tives-In my opinion synonymous terms. The
wish of course is hero the father OF the
thought. Our honorable senator hopes to see
the change. and, therefore, thinks that by the
be can accomplish the, to him. desirable
change. Blu with the blessing OF Heaven. he
will be wofully dis s'ppointed.
rs CLARK DEMOCRAT?
So Mayor Clark, in similar short-sighted-
ness, supposed that Republicauism-the party
of the poor man-could not Withstand the al
| tacks IT wealthy Democracy. He, too, sup
posed that when the city cleo ion should be
ordered. and o Mayor was to be CHOSEN by the
people, that people would be Democratic IN
| their sentiments. He believed that the Demo-
cIats would poll the largest number OF votes,
and hence. as he intended to become candl-
date for that profrab position, his course OF
concilIaton towards the Democrats was adop:-
ed. The history of his administration Is the
| history of an attempt to couclliate men who he
| thought would soon be IN power, to atone to
them by his obseqqousness Tor the e. BIN Oh ms ms
| having been in the Federal army, aithou2 only
| in the harmless position OF sutler. Look at
his record. Surrounded by Democratic coun-
cil-bestowing all his patronage on Democrats
he finally sought the nomination OF the De-
| mocrats, and it was refused. Then, FOR the
| moment, in a fit OF spleen, he pretended to
come over to the Republican ranks and voted
Tor the Republican candidate, But hls hsppn-
lcanism was very short-llved. The Repubh-
cans carried their ticket. The Democrats
sought to vitiats the election, and 1 blame
them not for the attempt; they had been beat
en, and they sought to quash the victory. But
how would Republic IN have acted 10 MT.
CIark's place, and how did he actP A true
Republican would have lent all the power OF
his position to secure ths victory that his par
| ty had game 4. But Mr.. Clark, for months.
opposed, upon every legal bubble that our
Democratic combatants could urge, the install
lation of the Republican Mayor and Aldermen.
he retained the Office as long as he could-re.
tanned in Office bis Democratic employees, and
! kept starving Republicans from public EN-
ployment. We had worked ha-d for this vic
tory. and il for months the fruit OF it was de-
| layed, it Is Mayor Clark whom we have to
| thank that the tree did not bring forth.
At last, q Republican Legislature was COM
pelled to leglslate him out OF Office, and, even
then, 30 little respect did he pay to the voice
OF our party that he again resorted to legal
suStleties before he would consent to loosen
hls grasp on the beloved form OF his idol ofhce
And now, sfser thus served, !, q Republican,
whom no disappointments could ever wean
| from nv party, who has clung to It's principles
with answering fidelity, who has been de-
nounced BY tie Democratic press and by the
Democratic leaders, I am removed as q delrl-
ment to my party. and this man, who has no
Republican record at al-ali OF whose anna
tlons have been rendered to the Democrats-ls
made to assume my place. :.
TIE CONSPIRACY.
NV mere removal, as have slid before, is q
matter Of no importance to the party or the
nation, But accompanied by such incidents
it assumes q suspicious shape, which entities
il to our considerations. When Senator Saw
yer and Congressman Bowen said that my re-
tention in Office was detrimental to the Repub-
lican party they knew that it was an untrutp.
They used / only te:ause in NJ other way
u
tary. But behind this was concealed the real
reason which shall develope in very few
words. -
Ex NHu, NIHn FIT.
AsI stated to 4. cretary Boutwell,, the real
reason Of the opposition OF Messrs. Sawyer and
Bowen to me is to bs found in the fact that as
an active open and uncompromlsng Republic
can. cannot be managed by Senator Sawyer
and MI. Bowen, who, with few others under
senatorial msnipuat on, ara striving to estab-
Iish a Conservative party in South Carolina by
the detection Of such weak Republicans as they
can control and by combination OF the Cop
perheads with certain Of our native Democrats
This party. If successful, must be built up on
the ruins OF the Republican party. They know
Office nor iu,imidated by the fear ct losing it,
to aid their unhallowed scheme, and hence my
removal must be effected that the patronage of
the Customhnuse may be placed In more sub
serv.eut fands
Az explanatory OF this theory which pro.
pound, 1t Is necessary that should say some
talng OF Senator Sawyers Republican record.
attacked, and In my defence will use sword
as sharp as that Of my assailant. And yet
find 1t very difficult to say anything OF the
honorable senator's Republlcanism. The sub
iect matter ID too minute to afford much oppor-
tunity of discussion. The celebrated DR.. Swift
once, to show the versatility OF his genius.
wrote IAN Essay on BroomstIcS." And he
made o very good thing OF it. But it would
require o much greater amount OF genius to
concoct an Essay on Senator Sawyer's Repub-
llcanism." The writer would not know where
to begin or how to end. The eIordlum and
the argument and the peroratou would all be
comprised in one brief sentence. Et ntta,
nhlf Out Of nothing, nothing comes."
SAWYER Is PAINTED.
Let me enliven this address with o fimiliar
and pertinent arecdote:
A celebrated painter was once employed by
O woud.be patron OF the arts to paint on the
wall OF ono OF his rooms picture OF Pharaoh
and his host crossing the Red Sea. After
few days, the artist. having finished his work.
sent for his patron to view IT. Uaon entering
the room he saw nothing upon the wall but
one vast sheet of bright red paint. "Where."
said he in astonishment, "where is the Red
Seap" ''Whv, there" replied the artist, 1T
lies before you" "And where, then asked
the patron, "are Pharaoh and his hosl!" ''Wby
they are ali drowned IN ths sea-
sAwYER's BANK NOTE SPECULATION.
So, if 1 were called upon, supposing were
an artist. to paintupon some wall an alegori-
cal picture OF Senalo or Ss~yer's Repubioinsm,
should accomplish the task as follows:
should cover the wall from ceiling to floor with
bills Of the Bank Of tho State, purchased at len
cents and twenty cents on the dollar aud re-
deemed by Sawyer's manipulatlons OF their par
value by legislative act. And IT any spectator
were TO ask me where were Senator Sawyer's
politics. should point to the bills aud say they
lie before you; aud il were then asked where
we're his principles, I should say they are un-
der the bills.