The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-22
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- a fnll belief that all was well In the
Sta+s Sp that II was never more cheaply govern
aT enS that. to keep 1t so, 1t was only neces-
serv for the colored people to adhere TO the
Radical party, and he appealed to them TO 90 IL.
REMARKS OF LEE, PURv1s AND ToMLINsoS.'
The Attorney General was followed by John
Lee, colored, who spoke briefly OF the necessl,
ty for movement such as that 1naus9[ase99
nv the Reform party, and earnestly ADVISED
his hearers to support it. The time allouea
for this speaker was not fully colsumeu ,ha'. dmr
Purvs, bright-colored man; anu a,,ditor
from Lexington County, and State Auus.1 l.nSa
TomlInson made brief speeches. Purvis naSe aus
feeble attempt to throw rldcuie npom pol 'ro .o
Reform party, asserting that u WIS ot ne" :" he
him new to everybody. and was nos W Ge
found in the dictionary. He contl1ueu III hars .l.s
strain until even the county coloteo uus ,,S;
showed their disgust anu 1, ne Sups iutEoueed only
made an explanation, which was, orleny'
that he was politically opposed to Judge Car
penter. s,. q
GENERAL BUTLER's REPLY TO TIE ATTORNEY
Yfs, i.4'3-s GENERAL.
at the conclusion of the Auditors remarks.
General Butler,Wa introduced, and aiter tne
cheering which greeted him had suosldeo' ne
expressed his satisfaction in being aole 20 nleet
the.whole people. He believed, knew iuat IN tLe !
Scott administration was n9t ihaS!I of t,e e! af
fairs of the State, and that he, as cltllen;
had a ripht TO complain OF it. He had invited
Governor Scott to meet him and discuss IDEAS,
bnt he had not come. 1t was new feature IN
Republicanism for Governor 20 answer Dy
proxies. Against Mr. Chamberlain ne (butler)
had no charges to make, ualess ne was lmpll' pt1
Az aAn
which he had made, and be would prove IN
good time. As regarded the question OF pnr-
yis.whether the Reform party wanted to reform
Democrats, he had only to say no, nor hePuoll-
cans either; but 1t was movement 10 reform
those people who were once Repnphcans, out
now are no he Gid not object aat man eefaos aose
men who, under the guise of Republicans, mad
foIsteref themselves upon the people OF tnls
State. and 30 acted that they were repudlateo
by the Republican party and regarded as nls.
Grace to civilization. The reason Pur!ls a!oat
Snow of Reform party outside Oh tne Ssa.e us
Was because there was no sucn state oi aualls
elsewhere requiring o reform. Ine as Snsefime ta
of Puryis at Rev. Mr.. Byrd was unca'iea .l iot'
bnt r. Was like the Republicans to do tnat,
they never wished any one TO speak WHO o
onnoeei to them. especially colorea nan,
UearIv ALI of whom they desired TO Keep IN
hack seats. AS regards Pnrvis's charge tnas
the Reform party was middie paity, ahu Shansd ns
advice that all Of the oid Democfais ha sned sa;S
he wonld like to know Of him, or
-ss "uo.N "ra' what had the Democratic par.
any aona for the people Of South Caronna
Y aSne =! For ave long years 1t had Kept the
notna; aneca at war. and now the people proposed
,a. Ivy ca-a nj themselves, and let tne Noltn-
eaanF asa f,emncratB do likewise. In 1868, Wnen
eimost ready to accept whatever telms " weae s,S
,,rnnosed. we did all that was requileu VI nS u.,
being committed by AndreW SV1nsyu ,ar"red "IS Nc
James l. Orr the later aesomstrnetop Sl TnS laws Mr.
fSsmHerlain rSs has; talked considerably OF tle
Sash of slavery: does he not know thaI tne
iaah was used more freely by the Northern
mon who owned slaves than BY the Soushern-
ers.ssWfiat did he do to free you! 20
more than did. Both OF us wers oniy s.ae sne
instrnments in the hands OF God 10 Iree
,Ir,i Tn,, The lash is no where applied IN the
{Eontb AZ for the true Republican party, ne
sbsiievad that It was the friend OF the colored
nennle. he would have become member OF u
bsS he Seen colored man. The League itself
|asi doubtless Intended for q good purpose
that Of organization for political purpQses-oue
It had been perverted tor the lowest OF pur-
poses giving puFvs sgn1 n@as saR aaRored ,e5
man. (Jonass Byrd,) and voting Tor tne
reverend rascal Whittemore, who was twice
!. Sicked on. Of Congress, General Butler
proceeded TO tear to pieces the argu-
inepts of the Attorney General IN regard 10
- THE STATE DEBT.
sssHe conplimented Mr.. Chamberlain for his
ability 10. presenting his case. He admitted
s thSt TO certain extent the assertion OF tne
4 gAttorney.Genera that 81 900 OF the state
dabtwas q contingent liability, and that Il was
mot a debit It was not a debt If the railroad
was able to pay it, but no one supposed tnat
the road Wouldpay 1t. The Attorney-Generai
could not deny that in bankrupt sched9ie
contingent liability must be set down as dent.
III. Chamberlain here remarked that the state
was not bankrupt, to which General Butler re-
plled that 1t would soon be. The liabilities lor
otherState roads should not be counted IN, De-
cause they were live corporations, which were
responsible for the debt, and were making
money every day; with the Blue Ridge Rail
Road this was not the case. After comparl-
SON Of the salaries Of officers under the Scout
and Orr, administrations, showing tnat unaer
Orr's government the salaries were more than
three-fourths less than under that OF SCOT,
General Butler said Mr.. Chamberlain had tal6-
ed considerably about paying the interest on
the State debt contracted by the Democratic
party; he should know that the Democrats
have not been In power since the war. anu
that Generals CANDY and Sickles were the Stare
government.
REVIEW OF THE LAND COMMISSION.