The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-12

which he may entertain Of the social equality
of all persons without regard TO previous
character. Ifnay, then his friends have done
him great injustice,
[At thiapoint, there was so much Interrupt
ton that the police interfered, and arrested
the nolsiest of the leaguers. Sheriff Maekey.
swung on to the most turbulent of the ereH,
and handed him over to the care Of the police
This officer behaved with equal propriety aud
pluck.] --a
9Th. charge that he has connived at, H he
Is not implicated In, the murder of citizens Of
South Carolina for political. effect. The facts
can be stated, and let the public render YER
dict. T----
B. F. Randolph, q colored Radical senator
from Orangeburg. was killed at Hodges Depot
Greenville and Columbia Railroad, short
time previous to the Presidential election.
The Radical leaders had not had tsGn. outrage
for some time. This one was consequently,
seized upon with avldity, and the .!loyal heart
voters" were excited to q proper pitch for tho
approaching election. Governor Scott and hi4
friends spread the report far and wide that
Randolph had been murdered by the bloody
Ku-Klux for political opinion sake, and
''curses loud and deep" vengeance which
knew no bounds, were vented against them.
one example would be enough to Strike terror
into the clan-such would be the horrors Of
the punishment for this bloody outrage.
One example -loas furnished. The murdereE
went In pfoprid persona 70 Governor Scott and
confessed the bloody deed. Governor ScoW
confined him ia the penitentiary without even
the form of q trial or sentence. he procufed
q confession which, 1t was supposed, tmplicat-
ed several prominent citizens The confession
was published and used to carry the election,
and the murderer was allowed to escape, and
20 at large In The neighborhood of his hom8
for some time The citizens of the surround
Ing country began to murmur at this fagrant
conduct of his E1cellency. Public indignation
was beginning to ebe heard, whereupon - ais
bogus reward OF $40, 900 for the arrest OF the
murderer. Some of his heHchmen were dis
patched to arrest him. They sought the GRIM
inal in the night time, and Instead OF securing
him as witness against the kq-klu4, ne was
shot to death, and his lips sealed forever.
Now why was the murderer not tried an9
sentenced why, and by what authority;
was he committed to the. penitentiary before
trial and sentence Why was he allowed to
escape after having committed so heinouse
crime, being. as was alleged, the repository Of
such valuable testimony and willing to diVulgo
1t? Why was he not arrested earlier and be-
fore the public demanded 1t And why was
he killed rather, than arrested Did ne pos
Governor Scott In the murder of Randolph and
others for political effect? The testimony OF
the murderer might have broken up the hu-
Klux II they had existed. Here was q long
wished for development. Why was 1t not pre-.
served It might have saved the lives OF
others, or perhaps as Governor Scott had his
heart set on carrying the. State Radical, Us
might have implicated him In certain ugly
crimes to effect it. Who Knows? The muir
derer cannot speak. Governor Scott can
Let's hear an explanation from him OF this
mysterious transaction. .. 5s.-.. ;;9sr,,..g
A similar attempt to murder innocent colof.
ed men has been made IN 1870 tor political
effect, but fortunately for them, the Infamous
plan was discovered by white citizens In time
to prevent it. e ~ ~
6. charge that he has violated the law o.
hjs own creation, the creation Of his own
marty. in not recurring the land commission
er to make report Of bis operations, and has
.defrauded the State OF large sums OF money,
by converting to his own use money appro,.
priated to buy "homes for the homeless anu!
sslands for the landloss." s.r -"
ON. this point have always noticed, In my
travels throughout the State, that the RadicaA
speakers always reserved the land commission
until the last, and generally wind up their
speeches by saying that, II they only had time.
never vet seen oneo OF them who had either
the time or the inclination to do so.
Here is man clothed with almost
dictatorial powers, with $700,0 to be
spent through a land commissioner. Although
one OF an advisory board, he pretends, how.
ever, that he had no power to control t1e'
commissioner. And who was he? A MANI
named Leslie, from New York. The money
was put into his hands, and when, In his an
nual message, Governor Scott had occasion to
review the operations of the State Govern
ment, he touched upon every subject under
Heaven, even to the business of the State
housekeeper, but all that he could say COB.
cernIng Leslie and his commission was that
he had bought 5000 acres of land. Some
of the senators subsequently, called on Leslie
for detailed report, but Leslie told them that
he knew enough about the land commission to-
send them and Governor Scott to the peniten-'
tiary, and they had better not s'crowd the mon.'
key" Well, If you remember, they didn't
sscrowd the monkey" [Laughter.l But they
did the next best thing. They went to Leslie
and asked what he would charge to get out Oh
his place. His reply was: If you put IN ne
gro I shall charge you big price. But Il yoG
charge you anything. Subsequently the Gov
ernor appointed DeLarge, but when DeLarge
took possession of the Office he found THAT
every dollar Of the money was gone.
General Butler, amid many Interruptions,
continued his comments upon various subjects
connected with his charges against Governor
Scott; explained to the colored people present
| Gl6 meauluS duu CIiuloClCi Va ohS AsSAo1o -
movement; answering In good way
the many questions put to him by persons ID
the crowd, and closed his speech With the fol-
| lowing remarks:
It has been said that the people of Charles
ton are apathetic and not fully up to the de-
mands of the hour. But I do not believe y.
On the contrary, feel assured that when the
hour arrives the people Of this glorious old
| city will rise In their manhood end, catching
that breeze which comes from the mountains,
send back all Its ,sl'-iy influences as vel
come to the noble citizens OF the upper .por-
tions OF the State Tell me that those around
whose history cluster 80 many associations of
wealth, patriotism and manhood, are lag
CARDS when everything Is at stake that
| honorable and good and grand, while yam-
pres are feastlng on our vitals, and robbers
are plundering their city and State Tell me
| that the citizens of Charleston can sit with
folded hands and look idly on while such inl-
quisy Is in progress No (! No!N lCrles or
| No /! No from the entire audlence.l In Heav:
| ems name, No ! The manhood ofthe country VIII
not permit it. IbelieVe they will come up, give
their time and money, and repudlate and repet
the accusation which has been made, ana so
prove to the world that they are as strongly
Identified with this movement as with any
other that has ever stirred the hearts OF tne
community. The w.-ole State Is IN danger,
and appeal to every honest man to WORK q 9
| little, to spend little, to make one long pun,
strong pull, and pull altogether, TO LIT our
| old commonwealth up, and move her forward
towards that grand destiny which Is In store.
[Great applause.l
REMARKS OF COLONEL RUTLEDGE.
Colonel r n. Rutledae being next intro