The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-09-21

more. who had been kicked ont OF Congress
u,as a candidate Tor the State Senate from Dar-
linrton, Scott had no fortune ~hen ne hs Iane 1n1
10 South Carolina. he was so needy tnaC 1en-
oral Dennis paid him twice monIn 10
enable him to get along; NOW me lSco.s|
and all the officials were rich. Last year OoMp
,-l troi,er. or General Neagle returned an income
~ etv.i. eIt nm IF the land commission was hon.
e.Iir q. administered, why did Mr.. Cardozo re-
tnse for six weeks to sit at the board and do
his dutyg The land commission had spent
500. 900 In buying lands not worth more tnan
$50, 900. In Charleston, a tract Of land, ricn
only In tadpoles and frogs, was bought lot
sl2i 900, but the man who sold it received
only s26, 900. Somebody made $4,000 upon
that transaction. And so it was all over the
State. He showed that Scott had organized
and armed fifteen thousand blacks anu oniy
one hundred whites, and that SCOTS law lor
South Carolina was winchester rlne iaM;
Ii the blacks held the whites responsible
for all, the past, there must be eternal war.
How could any cOlored man ask Goa TO ior-
give him his trespasses while sullenly refusing
| 10 forgive those who had wronSed nun! 1uuSS
Carpenter said he was Republican; naa Votsu tsa
| for Grant and for Scott, and. sinner Ilat ne
was, had voted for Cardozo. In regaTu 70 tae
| Orangeburr case, he showed that Wimousn
had ayailed himself of that very decision TO
get rid of case Of bastaTdy against WimDusn
| Himself There was no political issue in the
| Reform canvasS-the platform was honesty
alone. In conclusion, he eloQuently urged
the colored people to unite with the WHITES III
the cause ofgood government
The speech was powerful one, anu pro-
duced q visible effect. It was warmly ap-
plauded.
REMARKS OF GENERAL N. c. BUTLER.
A tempest of cheering welcomed the gallant
| n p,,fl phNS Ia 90
| TO-DAY as when he made his first speech lot
Reform, He explained that he had arraigned
Governor Scott, not because he was Repuoll-
| can, but because he was the Governor Oh tne
State. and as such responsible 10 tne peopo.
| The Reform party would not allow Inc WHITES
done everywhere. They would be distributed
fairly, and the colored people would nave tnelr
full share. In reply to the charges naae
against the South, he showed that ohlo, III
1868, refused, by majority OF 90, ,0O0, 70 give
the co.ored people the right to vote. ne had
been a Shareholder, and was resR9nsi9ie 10
God for it-not to puny man. why old not
General Worthington show you the truth
that Northern ships and Northern men brought
the slaves to the South, and now hold us re-
sponsible? Governor Scott says he was four
years on the picket line. When the line OF
battle advances, the picket line Is Withdrawn.
Governor Scott was on the picket line sui.
General Butler. Can't speak Has he never
spoken ? Did he not travel to washington,
did he not 60 seven hundred miles to SANDER
and tradnce this people? Did not Scott ID
Washington denounce this State as nest OF
assassins, and declare that winchester rlne
law is the only law for South Carolina Cen
eral Butler asked how the patriotism OF Gene
raj Worthington had been so suddenly devel-
oped, and then showed BY the record the
huge increase in the expenses OF the State
Government under Scouts rule. In PickenS
the county taxes were about $4,000, anu II cost
as much to collect them. There were hVe
officials to do what was formerly done by one.
As for just taxation, take the case OF colored
man In Clarendon. who bought tract OF land
at 81 and So an acre, and pays taxes upon an
assessment Of Sc an acre. The homestead law
was good one. and also the land COM
mission. But look at the administration
of the land commission. Leslie was asked to
in. But when he was put in. the bag was
empty. [Ransier. That's so."l The Board
gave Leslie sil, 900 to resign. Ransicr. Not
as much as that."] How much did he get (?
You ITO Ransier) admit that he Gid get some.
thing. He showed how the State was cheated
in the purchase OF land, and how the poor
were cheated out OF their schools. II The
colored people could not trust Democrats, how
could they trust Grant, and Sherman anu
Mcpherson, who were, all OF them, Demo-
Gratis? II is said that the Reform movement
is new thing, but look at the similar move
ment in North Carolina and Virginia. In con-
clusion, he implored the people, by their love
tor the old State, to act like tree men, and vote
Cor the best Interests Of South Carolina ana
her people.
General Butler was cheered yociiereusly,
His speech fa!r!S electrified the meeting.
REMARKS OF Mr.. A. J. RANsIER.
Mr.. Ransier, the Radical candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor, spoke last. He cnaIsea tnaI
the Reform party was cheat and aelusio4,
citing the Rev. Mr.. Hicks as his autnorlty, T IL
passed by the Legislature were good acts, and
lie Legislature was MOI responsible for tneic
mal-admipistration He charged that the whites
cheated the blacks out Of their snare OF the
cron He denounced Judge Carpenters con-
duct on the bench, and said that WaSe hamp-
ton Or KershaY wSllio have united the whites,
and Influenced the blacks, lar more than Juoge
Carpenters nomination would do. Governor
Scott did not 60 on the stump Ior scott did
not believe that stump-speakilg COM
ported with his dignity as governor
Of the State. He denied that the Radicals de-
sired 10 encourage war between the TWO races.
Had the opponents Of the administrator pro,
posed to join the Republican party. they WouIa
have been met half way; now they are peileV-
ed to be insincere Mr.. Ransicr spoke OF the
"Confidencial Circular. (which he at first treat
ed as a farce, or as way of covering up muir.
der. Upon reflection. however, he saw IN II
"a dagger aimed at the Republican heart" lG
conclusion, he eulogized his party, and urged
the people to stand firm.
When Mr. Ransier finished his address,
about two hundred persons of the original
1900 or 1000 were still on the ground. DT.
Goodwin lett the chair, and, subsequently, on
motion of Sasportas (?) the Ramp adopted
resolutions in support of the Scott ticket.
The meeting was highly successful one for
the Reform party, and did much good.
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