The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-09
Ipsoa OUR owS CORRESPONDENT

OObUnDla, Aus3 eI.- -
Early Yesterday morning our party LETT
Unionvlile for Fish Dam Depot, on M the i spartan
pointment for the Union Reform candidates TO
address the people.
TJnon our arrival we ascertained that Mob
lev and one or two others of Scott's mlnlons
had gotten up a meeting for the colored peo-
ple within a few hundred yards OF the place
appointed for the Reform candidates to speak,
solely for the purpose of drawing on the col
ored people, and thus preventing them from
hearing truths which, Ii heard, would cause
them to leave their Leagues and Join IN the
movement Of Reform aud Honesty. But these
minions only partially succeeded 10 their vile
purpose, as large number not only attended
the Reform Meeting, but listened attentiveiy,
and many gave assurance that hereafter their
efforts would be exerted against those who, o.
leagues and oaths, had kept them in slavery
more degrading than that of the days before
emancipation.
The place selected for the meeting was In
beautiful grove, a short distance from the
railroad, In which, by halfpast 10 oclock-the
hour of meeting-were assembled several hun
dred persons, Including quite a number OF
ladies. The meeting was called to order oy
Colonel Hill, who, after stating the oDlect OF
the meeting, introduced ColonelT Y. S!mo2s.
The Colonel, in his usual earnest, lucid man
ner, proceeded to show up the corruption Ct
the Scott Ring. During his remarks, he as
serted that Scott, Neagle, Parker and others OF
the Ring, had come into the State penntless,
had gotten into office, and With salaries OF
about $500 each, were now worth hundreds OF
thousand OF dollars. When, said ne. you pay pay
q man salary for his services, and at the end
u year or two he Is worth one hundred or
two hundred times as much, what Is TO oe
supposed /? [Ories from all sides THAT ne stole
money.nl Yes, said the Colonel. 1t is to be
supposed that these men, who, with nothing
TO start with and off Of small salaries nave
made princely incomes, have either betrayed
the interests of the State, or put their nanas ID
the pockets of the people.
After some further comments on the dis.
graceful proceedings of the Ring, which had
even caused its members to be repudiated by
the Republican party, Of which they claim to
be mart and parcel, he spoke OF the men who
formed the Ring, during which he mentioned
that A. s. Wallace twho has been recently
nominated for Congress from the Fourth Con-
gressional District was the only man ne ever
heard of who had attempted to pass bill
through the Legislature providing that all
colored men be always kept in slavery. In
1858 Wallace introduced in the Legislature
bill providing as above stated, and also to put
the free colored people In slavery.
General Butler followed Colonel Slmons ana
in addition to the charges heretofore made oy
him against Scott, charged that he was now
brinrinr uo his minions to use their best en-
deavors to prevent the c0lored people from at.
tending the Reform meetings. Scott was afraid
tor them to hear the truth, as ne vel! Knew
that if they did the two races would strike
hands together, and he and his villanous crew
be driven ont of the offices and State which
they had d!sgraced. Scott himself would not
meet the Reform candidates upon the stump,
~, ,,.l,ita opd roInrpd alike could hear hOth
sides and decide for themselves. He, (But..
Ier) was willing to pay the expenses OF
the t'picket line" Governor, If he would
come to the front like a man and meet the
Reform candidates, instead of sneakins about
the. country, and, under cover OF night, pour
ing his base slanders upon the white peo-
pie into the ears of the colored men, so as
to prejudice them against the white men, and
while The two races were estranged, TO plunder
both In showing up the swlndirg transac-
tions of that swindle Of oil swiudles-the land
commission-he mentioned that only one hun
dred and twenty acres of land had been Sc
cured in Marion Comfy by The land commits
sion. but not yet paid for, and then, instead OF
being divided into several tracts and given as
s'homes for the homeless had been sold 10
two Of SCOTS special pets, who arc already
we'll of.
Judge Carpenter spoke after General Butler,
and although limited in time because of the
expected arrival at any moment OF train to
take the party to Alston's station, dealt some
sturdy blows at the Scott Ring.
At halt-past IL O'Clock, special train, sent
by President Jeter, arrived. and took the
party to Alst0n's Station In Time TO meet the
Columbia train. On board were Ex-Governor
Orr and United States District Attorney Cor
bin, all bound for Columbia, at which place
our party arrived In due time. and prepared
for short visit, alter two weeks political
campaign in the Counties Of piekens, 0conee,
Anderson, Greenville, Abbeville, Newberry,
Spartanburg and Union, campaign of ardu-
GUS labor, but with most successful results,