The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-11-11
Correspondence Of The Camden Journal

o. 90
Mr.. EDITOR: None Of your subscri.
bers can be ignorant Of the discredita.
bic events that have transpired OF late
amongst Us in Charleston. u But few
words moro Upon the subject may serve
to impress it upon their memory, and
it is expedient that these things should
be remembered by oh true men. Be-
sides the shooting affray, the subsc-
quent trial Of 4. j. Mackey, not to
speak of the previous scenes in Council
have been altogether so disagracefu and
revolving that it is hard for any one not
upon the spot to realize the truth Of
them. The scene in Council when the
attempted wholesale robbery of the
Treasury, for the benefit of the chief
scoundcl Corbin, ended ip the collision
of the two Maekcy's, has; never in The
annals of the world been equaled. That
body supposed to represent the digni.
ty and respectabiiity of a community
should permit such disgraccful icon.
ire temps" in their midst, and while as.
semblcd for business, to all honest men
must be almost incredible. But, that
two members of that body, which in the
good old times, when South Carolina
was justly proud ofall other rcpresen-
tatives, whether local, Judicial, OF lcgis-
lative, was used to be called "Thc ven:
cradle City Fathers" bearing the rela.
ton to each other Of funclc and nephew;
should, durisgtae debate and upon q
purely personal issue, draw and frc
pistols upon each other, surpasscs in
disg,accfulucss anything that ever was
upon record. Since then, and since
the farcieal trial of T. j. Mackcy on
Thursday night k.st; it is said, and
pretty generally believed, ,rthat the
whole affair was gotten up between the
two Mackeys for some shrewd purpose
of their own. 1t may very we'll be iruc,
for the most dangerous feature in the
composition of these men is that as we'll
as being consummate scoundrels they
are remarkably intelligent, and we'll
educated men, capable Of anything. T.
j. NJ. seems to be exceedingly intelli-
gent and his cloquencc is remarkable.
His speech at the trial on Thursday
night when he resigned his position,
was master piece of clocution. There
is rumor afoat that as he has made all
that he can nut of the radical party, he
is now anxions to join the democrats. /
don't think, however, that We would
accept of his services. His talents are
rather too varied and his conscience too
obtuse for such simplctons as VIC honest
Democrats.
What n strange conversion Of terms
it is to call rs "Dcmocrats." &ho are,
strictly speaking, truly Republican in
principle, while tho rodral Repnbli:-
cans are decidedly NOR, democratic in
their views and tastes than we arc. It
must be only one more Of those curious
"Americanisn s" prevalent in this new
world. -, 80. ... A".,,.a a.
A few nights ago, the Chief Justice
Moses. Adiutant General Moses, Comp
troller. General Noaglc, Congressman
Bowen: Mayor Pillshury and others
were taking tea with their friend Mr. ~
Whirper, and qufe accia"ntaHy i hap
pened that the "Comet Light Infantry,
Capt. Sam Dirkrrson" came accompa-
MED by band Of music to screnadc
Whiprer. Those worthcys were Of
course called upon to address the gen.
tlcmen (?) of said "Iniantrv." which
they did. headed bv the Hnintant Cen
eral. 1t is pity that there was'no one
presept to take down accurately the
speeches made. Moses commenced
with string of congratulations upon
freedom and the right ofsuffrage, which