The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-29

~ NEWS. THURSDAY
to our party, aud his perfect readiness to job
our enemies in selling us out.
| REPUBLICANS DIsGUsrlD WITH DowEN.
do not deny the original Republicanism O.
Mr.. Bowen. IL was because I knew him to bt
| Republican that from the beginning and
my family have fostered, sustained and elevat.
ed him. Undoubtedly. at first, be was good
Republican, but the amount oftemptation tnat
| man Withstand is the true measure Of his
| virtue. Judas Iscariot was once saint and
Benedict Arnold patriot. And Mr.. Bowen,
like these two worthless, had just 80 much Re.
pubhcanism as TO remain pure only until temp.
tation was presented. But all this is q pree-
nant evidence of the existence Of the political
course Of Mr.. Bowen's, from the time Of the
Inauguration Of our party in this s ate until
very recently, was such as clearly to identify
him during all that period with the Republican
party. But the party has made no change n
it's political prlnciples-it stands on its original
platform, and therefore it must have lett Mr..
Bowen behind. II he was true man, be
With us still. But he is not now among US; his
present allies are Democrats and Copperheads,
and men whom he himself has repeatedly de-
nounced; and the party which gave him Office,
now turn from him in loathing and disgust.
How can this bep What has wrought this
change over the spirit Of his dream?" The
answer is ready at hand. The thirty pieces of
silver have been offered and been accepted.
G. C. Bowen has sold himself to the Sawyer
Dem mocratico-conservative party. But ne has
oyerreached hls purchasers 10 the bargain.
They supposed that IN selling himself he would
cell also the party who had trusted him. But
we denonuce the traltorous contract. BE has
no title in US, and we repudiate him and his
bargain.
BOWEN ooMPLIMENrED.
Mr.. Bowen, finding Oh bis arrival home that
his treachery had been marked, and was to be
punished By the parry that he had basely be-
trayed, has sou2htfn some weak way to clear
his skirts of uilt by denupclations Of me. all
of which are based upon falsehood, and to
which, therefore, I am compelled to respond.
He asserts that have persistently kept
rebels and Democrats in Office; that he has
sought to induce me to remove them and 10
nominate Republicans 10 their place, and that
I have positively refused to do 80. Nov, in all
tins there Is not one single word OF truth.
There ia not in the real fact5 that have o.
cured the slightest foundation on which, by q
misunderstanding or mlsapprehenslon, he
could be accused for making such statements.
And ha would have pursued more manly
course had he openly avowed his treachery
and not added falsehood and SANDER to the list
of his crimes.
EVERYBODY knows, who knows anything Of
the political history OF the country, that dur
inE the last two years Of the administration OF
Andrew johnson there was DO possible way Of
getting Dem ocrats out Of Office and Republi-
cans in. tried it repeatedly, but could never
succeed.
But General Grant having been elected as q
Republican Pi e,idenf, and MIR. Boutwell,, the
a - "a rooourv hQin1 q wall knnwn
Radical, T presumed that the time had now
come when the patronage OF the Office held
could be bestowed on the men OF my party.
Accordingly, as soon as had returned home
from Washington, whittier had gone to view
the inauguration Of General Grant, and as soon
as had recovered from severe illness which
confined me to my room for some weeks, I
made the first attempt.
IN the 15th Of April, 1869, I sent to the Be-.
cret,ry of the Treasury the nomination Of four
good Republicans, one white and three colored
men, and at the same time recommended the
removal t four Democrats whom the former
administration b ad compelled me 10 keep in
Office. did this on my OVID motion aud with
ont any consultation with MIR. Bowen. except
that in Washington had told him In the
course of conversation that such was the gem
eral policy which l intended to pursue. To
these nominations received no reply. notwith-
standing that I again wrote to urge come
action. On Sir. Bowep's arrival IN the city. I
expressed my surprise at the non-action OF
the Department, when. with duplcty that is
seldom equalled, he confessed his inability to
saw why no action had been taken, and ex-
pressed himself we'll pleased with the nomina-
tions that had made.
BowEN's JEWELS.
Subsequently, when went to Washington
to demand the cause Of my removal, I stated
1,a xysr M n q
April to the secretary, who expressed his sur
prise at the statement, and immediately sent
for the clerk in the appointment bureau. OF
this clerk nc asked. "Why were not these nom.
nations OF DR.. Mackey laid before meP" The
resly was, because Mr.. Bowen requested
that they should not, as he was opposed to
them."
One would suppose that this was duplicity
and faIsebood enough to fill the measure OF
any one mans infamy. But there are other
Jewels Of like value in Mr. BoGen's crown;
tt ere are other stain. upon his character in
these transactions, which the title of honors-
bic, prefxed by Congressional courtesy to
his name, can never wipe away.
MoNsTRous TBEAcHERY.
On the 28th Of May, Mr.. Bowen wrote me o
letter. ri have It in my hands) submitting q
list of persons to be removed from the Custom
house, and asking my concurrence. TINS list
contained sixteen names, onB or them being
black man and Q true Republican. Four out
of these sixteen were not under my control,
as the appointments were not made by me,
namely, an appraiser. who is appointed by the
President, two steamboat inspectors, who are
nominated by the supervisor at Baltimore, the
distrIct iudce and myself, and the appraisers
porter, who is appointed by the appraisers.
There renamed then twelve names upon
which could legitimatey operate. invited
MIR. Be wen to consultation at my own house,
and there in my library he and /, with two mu-
tual friends consulted on the nominations to
be sent on to Washington. Or the tualve
names that he had suggested We adopted
seven, and added, by mutual agreement, three
more-making in al ten Republicans whose
names was to send to the Department There
were one Democrat and cne weak k-kneed Re-
publicau left, who, for reasons perfectly satis-
factory to MIR. Bowen, we're to Do retained for
o BRET period.
TO the list thus made by Mr.. Bowen and my
self. ut nv library table, he promised his hear.
ty support. He stated that he would leave tor
Washington the next day, wllch would be Sum
day, and it was then and there sereed that on
Montay should mail the first batch OF nowi-
nations to Washington, and on Wednes lay the
second, and he promised to go to the Depart
ment and urge them through. Among the no.
mnatious upon which we agreed were those OF
three mon, who had been nominated by me on
the 18th OF April, being the representatives OF
the three classes--a white man, colored one,
and black one. Will 1t be believed that after
all his promises and assurances, MIR. Bowen
went to the Department and again opposei
the appointment Of these three men. men as
good Republicans as any that We have in our
ranks, and msn whom he himself had at my
honoa conourred with me in recommending