The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-29
,sDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1869.
pended his energies in securing the removal Of
the only Republican who hold Federal ap-

pended his energies in securing the removal Of
the only Republican who hold Federal ap-
pOintment.
BOWEN DENOUNCED AS A TRAITOR
Fellow-citizens, standing here before you as
o Republican. one to whom many OF you have
pointed as watchman on the tower to look
out for the safety OF your rights and liberties,
l, ia the name or the great Republican party of
| South Carolina, whom he has deserted, de-
| nOunce the Hon. @. G. Bowen as o traitor to
| his party,
Idenounce him because he has aided in the
removal OF Republicans from office.
denounce him because he has assisted in
the retention and the appointment Of Demo-
Gratis.
! I denOunce him because he has treated the
remonstrances of the Republican members Of
the Leglsleture, expressed IN caucus and the
| resolutions OF his own constituents adopted in
| public meetings.. with rudeness and contempt.
denounce him because he has stood bv as
| an alder and alb ttOr, and seen every Federal
office in this city IN the hands OF Democrats or
| OF men OF no political character whatever,
while his constituents, the men whose votes
| gave him the power which he now wielus have
! been LEFT out IL cho cold.
denounce him because the men with whom
he now associates politically are men who have
| never been recognized by the Republican par
| ty, but men many Of whom he has himself de-
| nounced on former occasions.
| a. nounce him because he has become the
tool OF q senator, whose election he opposed
| III,
represent the Republican party, and whose
| seat in the Senate OF the United States he con
tested on the ground that he had given aid
| and assistance to tho rebellion, and could not
take the irou-c!ad oath without perjury. or
| this accusation. made on oath before macis.
| trate Of Washington, the original is on file In
| the Senate Chamber.
| BOWEN DECLARED GUILTY.
| And, lastly, denounce him bee luse since
his election. he has not attempted to perform
| one act for the bene6J OF his people. With
postotfce to be built, customhouse to be re-
paired and comDleted, and other public works
or great Importance to be begun. he has not
made an effort to obtain an appropriation by
which employment would have been supplied to
our starving populati m.
On these charges arraign him, Republicans
less to all the pledges he ever made to you, and
| treacherous to the party who elected Sim.
How say you. is he guilty or not guilty
Guilty, say you; then let him be taken ON
| polls, and there let him be politically behead-
ed. And until then. let HIM be kept in the
| close confinement OF an intercourse with Cop
perheads and Demo traits aud weak-kneed Re-
publicans. And may the Lord have mercy
! upon his soul.
THE DISEASE AND REMEDY.
| And now, fellow citizens. we have discovered
the disease; let us apply the remedy. An at
tempt is to to be irsugurated TO make another
uniting IN that State with the Democrats. ] .i have
recently given . political victory to the latter
SAID. our friends at the North thoroughly un-
| derstand the game, and are not decslved by
any declarations OF the Walkerites. A victory
| like that Of Virginia in our State would hand
ces OF the Democrats. This ID the game that
Messrs. Sawyer and Bowen are prepared to
/ play. Are you ready to lend your countenance,
| your aid and assistance to the unhuly scheme
l n pdar
| rights which bitter war Of four years. and
scarcely less bitter political strife Of four years
more, have secured to you?
STAND TO YOUR ARMS.
| II you are not, then stand to your arms.
| Oppose these first attempts with vigor and
maintain your opposition with perseverance.
OF Democrats nantuily fighting us in open
| field as brave soldiers should 90, We have no
fear. Twice have we conquered them and vic
| tory still hovers over our banners Still less
need we fear cOrporaps guard Of turncoats,
who having once sold their friends are likely
at any time for consideration" to sell their
| the Democratic party were waged under all
! the disadvantages OF an administration at
Washington hostile to our political princi-
| pies. Now we have at the capitol q President
seat and on administration of Republican. min
ieters They may have made few blunders,
tor ~hioh ia they arc e.ousable, because they
ators and representatives, protesting to be
Republicans. would be false to their party.
| But time, which subdues all things, will soon
overcome this baneful influence and DESTROY
this misplaced confidence. I have every trust
| In the termination of the President and his
Cabinet to sustain the Republican party in it's
struggle, and until this trust is shaken by
| some overt act shall continue to sustain the
President and the administration.
DIDN'T DENOVNCE THEM
1t has been reported that I have denounced
| the President and the Secretary Of the Treasu.
Mo- ~ p<u tt%n Sr
| stand by the present administration. I am
not the man to abandon my principles because
OF an act OF personal injustice; and moreover,
/ acquit the President and he Secre ary OF
anything more in my suspenson than the
commission Of mistake for which they are
fully excused by the circumstanc ,s Of the IN
fiuences that we've brought to bear upon them
AS for Secretary Boutwell,, no man IN this
country has better record as Republican
than he; and am ready now, as I havs ever
been, to fight with him under the same
banner. - ,.-
THE PARTY CAN'T BE DIVIDED.
And T have been accused too OF dividing the
Republican party. My friends the accusation
is too preposterously absurd to ed retuta-
ton. But IN fact the Republican party is not
divided, and have no fear that 1T will ever
be in this State. at some future period, Hea-
yea grant 1T NAV be far distant, we may be
conquered, but If we are. we will go down with
our Il ag flying and every gun fr,ng. We are
now an unit, aud we intend to remain so. The
detection Of one leader e IN do us no harm
He did not make the party, the party made
him. As W. made him, 80 can we unmake nlm
Without his seat in CONGRESS he is less than
nothing. With 1t. having now shown his cards,
he can do no more than, speculate in a lew
paltry offices. The highest market value OF
them all, aggregated into one sum, will not
be- sufficient to purchase one honest mans
vote.
And our HONORABLE, senator clustering around
him q few score OF ofice-seekers, may throw
him self into the arms of the Democrats, brit
the gift will neither, from responsibility Of
character. amount Of inteIligenoe, or magEi-
tude of plumbers, be worthy OF acceptance.
true Republican; Mr.. Bowen. by hls want
Of political integrity. has forever lost tie
affections and forfeited the confidence of
has constituents. Who then, for one mo-
ment. would suppose that these men could