The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-10-19
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Charleston. S. c., September u. ,

sesJCDGE cAR3ESrER'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT
;STo TaE PRENpENr:
q DEAR Sis-Eaclosel please find pablf>flrd
copy OF correspondence pWporting TO have
sstnken place between your Exccl!eucy and ID.
.ssH. Chaubcrlain, Esq. Knowing your lore
ssof truth aud justice, I feel coufdent that your,
Euute was written ander misrepresentation Of
ssthc facts, ard without acquaintance witt ihe
Scolracters Of the nea who arc now ruling
e South CAroliua-meu WHO are Bringing infa-
3my apoa the party Of which You are The hon
ssorcd head, apd 10 which os.oug.
S Two Years ago, when Governor Scott went
sSiato of]ce, the people Of this State were ba,tk-
srspt; the planter had neither stock nor agri-
.:cuiturai implements, or even seed = and The
s.iALOr,r Gas without food The liabilities Of
s,ibe State were niue millious Of dollars; they
:saare beca increased more than ten millions.
g The Executive officers aud promtuent menu
..hers Of the Legislature were all poor, and now,
sswith one or two exceptions, they arc nch;
ssoriSery has been tbs ordinary iuducemeut 10
:Smake laws, and open end shameless. corup-
,,SEtion hss staIked unrebuked through tie Sate
sssCapitoI. 30
q TO peTpetuate this state Of things, Governor
z Scott, In violation of the State and National
Z Constitution, aad of an act to organize the
: militia, has raised An army Of fifteen theusaDi
< co!ored men. Quartcred them in the various
Z counties, armed them at vast expense, and
& distributed ammunition as if ON the eve m
3 battle. Under an Infamous law passed by tae
.s;iast Assembly, the Governor has appointed
sss;aree election; commissioners in each county;
: they appoint the managers Of elections to rc-
s cei1e the votes, FIX the places for voting, end
sssreeeiye from the managers all the votes es>r
ssat ~ different places, count and. destroy
s:'asen, and their cert dcate is thAanIyano IL
) the nunter uf rvtes, and for whom they wefS-
= given, aid they are allowed ten days to make
S.thcir reFurns. Governor Scott was applied u
: officially By the Union Reform Executive
: Committee 10 appoint one Of our party in EACH
: county; he declined. Of sbe ninety>three ap-
s pointed, rwenty-iour are members Of :he pre-
I ent iofamous Legislature; q lsrge majority Of
8 them are candidates, and they are all, with
5insignifcsnt exceptions, the corrupt tools VI
!; the present disgraceful administration.
q The convention that nominated Governor
.1Scott was packed With his creatures, and
gwbere this process did not succeed, the regn-
s,lar delegates were excluded and his friends
[; admitted, as in the case Of Senator Sawyer
+sand his co-delee ates from Charleston. The
ssSchairmap of the committee on credentials and
.---nianorm, the prime mover in these ,oatrages
ssrpon party organization and usage, WAS the
sRev b. F. Whittemore, who, having been
signomniously rejected by Congress, found
geougenial spirits and labor in the State E0u~
ssyentiou, and who is now candidate for the
SsState Senate from rhe County OF Darlington
q In brief, the nomination was fraud upon
sthe party, as the administration had Been
!, upon the people. .-.-
. have the honor to be the standard-bear
J sof the "Union Reform Party its platform h
Z The equality Of all men before thelaE without
-rGard TO color or previous condition. It is .
ssun!on Of good men against bad, ,of the honest
S.sgsinst the dishonest, and its object is to re-
::iorin tie State Government. "Unty this and
.auothjRg more"
!: have csnyassed in conjunction with repre-
se.Scna,iYe mea large portion Of the Seate, ,snd
saSl have yet TO hear from any one on the stump
s5or ip private conversation any attack made
sEupon your administration or yourself. II
:, this movement had been directed against the
s;Republcau party, neither my nafne nor in1r-
ssepcc would have given 1t the slightest sup
esport.
3 On the contrary. I have everywhere sn-
-saounced myself mernbe, Of the Satioual
party; and that had lzborcG
:stor your election and sustained your admin
ssistra'ioM. A large majority Of our eandidates
ssfor rhe Gereral Assembly are Republicans;
s2uuder fae circumstances, it Is difficult 10 dis
q over bow our success wonld TEND 70 give
S The controiof the State to the ep"mies Of
.athe party which supported you, and which,
.s-npported our armies and maintained the
s3Uninn." Am wrong In deno1ncing upon
ssFhe stump she conceaineut Of facts, aud
:jfraudu!ent representations, by which your
ssssExceIlepcy was induced TO write 10 If.
q have the honor to ycnain,
4 Your most obedient servant,
a 2. B. CARPENTER.
q Chers~, s. c., September 7. ITO.
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