The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-13
G H A RI e S ON.
FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 1s, 1859.
Thief. For1s and Murderer I'm
Congress.

| Republicans Of South Carolina are led by
men Of doubtful character, whose integrity
\ in nearly every case is in the inverse ratio
OF their smar'ness and party skill AS
there are but handful of decent Republi-
cans in the State, this was to be expected,
| and the pickering Of rival demagogues
would possess no public interest only that,
when rogues fall out, damning facts come
| to light which would otherwise be covered
forever by the broad black mantle Of Radi-
cal party charity. In this way public at
| tention has been directed to the wordy duel
between United States Senator Sawyer and
| Congressman Bowen ON one side, and the
Mackey family on the other. The Mackeys
| denounced Sawyer and Bowen as traitors.
Sawyer and Bowen denounced the Mackeys
as wholly unworthy Of trust Very little
was said by either party Of the personal
antecedents Of their foes, and it was matter
for surprise that Sawyer, Bowen and the
Mackeys ehould have foregone 80 brave an
| opportunity of using with effect the deadly
spear Of truth.
Expediency and desire to save the par
ty from the seorn and contempt Of even the
luokless colored people, who are its stay
and strength, caused the disputante for D
time to hold their hands. But, apparently,
even Radical endurance has it's limits,> and
Alderman. T. J Mackey, in his reply to
Congressman Bowen, throws modesty TO
the dogs, and proposes 'sto show from the
| record that G. @ Bowen is not credible
witness upon a questioned fact" Tie let
ter ls, In truth. an arraignment Of Con.
gresham Bowen upon charges as serious
as have ever been brought against q public
| officer in this or any other country. Con-
gressman Bowen is branded by Alderman
Mackey, the president OF the Union League
Of this CITY, as Q thief, forger and mur-
derer, and we print these charges that the
Republicans Of tho North may read and
judge for themselves. AS q member Of the
United States House OF Representatives,
Congressman Bowen has voice in making
laws for Illinois, and Ohio, and Massachu-
sets, and Pennsylvania, as well as for the
States Of the South. 1t is proper that the
whole country should know the character
of the men who control the destinies of the
nation, and it is proper that every honest
citizen, whether Republican OF Democrat,
should know who and what are the men
who, while representing" the South, hold
the. balaISS of power between the East and
West. .a
| The charges brought against Congress-
man Bowen by Alderman Msokey ara as
| follows: T
l. That G. G Bowen stole valuable set
Of faro checks from q gambler in this city,
which checks were sold by Bowen in New
York, where they were identified and ulti-
mately recovered by the owner. attaT
q That q. c. Bowen was imprisoned in
Castle Pinckney in 1867 by Governor
Scott, then Assistant Commissioner Of the
Freedmen's Bureau, ON the charge Of mis-
appropristing the funds Of athe Union
League.
g.. That G. G. Bowen, them Captain Of the
Z1st Battalion Georgia Cevalry, was tried
by court-martisl, found guilty, and cashier
cd for forging pay rolls, the resalt being
announced in genersl orders from General
Beauregard's headquarters. -n,...
4 That @ G. BowsR was arrested upon
the oharge Of having planned the murder
Of Colonel White, at GsorgetowD, s. G,
in November, 1864. that he escaped punish-
ment by the flight OF his accomplice. and
was released from Jail when the Federal
; troops tooks7possession of Charleston in
1866 4s4 s.4a G.a.e- s9es saeaiss4#
Some Of these charges .against, .. g
Bowen have already been published; other.
are altogether new. What we. now desire
ls TO show the people ths character Of one
|, of'the leaders Of the South Carolins Radi
! cal Republicans; one Of tne trns.ed chief
tains OF the party; ono Of the men sent by
, negro Radical votes 70 represent South Car
olina in the Congress- or the United States
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