The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-29

July 90, 1870.
say that such an indea was the freak Of dis
eased brain. Do You think Scott is the only
thing in the party No he is only the head
and front of the band. Just look at them.
There is the omptroller-general, who mas
falsifed the records of the State. Perhaps
some of you may have been a sheriff, and,
like others, went to the omptroller-general
for settlement of your claims, and were told
by him that he would not settle with id
rebels, and. after they had gone, sent out and
bought up the claims for fifty cents on the
dollar; and now he. and others there at
ing in wealth. buying lands and building
houses out OF the spoils wrllng from down.
tro1 1den people by every system of robbery,
legalzed and otherwise, that could be con-
ceived Of After further exposing some
of the thieving work of the King"
and showing into what filth and mlre those
# M no. would be plunged, the Judge gave brief
history of the corruption Of the Legislature,
with which all are so familiar, and said that
Scot,'s dirty organ in Charleston had accused
him of bribing that body, and that he himself
had received q consideration for every OIL
which had been passed. If this be true, does
it not prove that no bill was passed Witaout
bribery and corruption? After denying tne
charges made against him, the Judge asserted
that the Governor had recommended the pas
SAGE of the Gold and Insurance bills, Whlcn
were passed BY the most outrage GUS Drloery
and corruption. He knew that Treasurer
Parker, sent by the Governor, went Nortn anu
pawned $4,000 of State bonds, and with the
money thus received, OF portions OF 1t, Drioeo
the members of the Legislature to pass the
Railroad Consolidation bill and Sinking Fund
bill. These charges, said the Judge, he could
prove. Ofall the legislators, very few had the
honesty to refuse the gold of the "Ring," to
pass measures not for the good OF the people
of the Slate, but for their own aggrandize-
Nov it proposed Dy aew 10 ros
pect of its being weakened by internal dlssen-
sion; when they were falling out with one
another. He only hoped that when they did,
the old adage would be verified
"when rogues fall out.
Honest men will get their just Dues"
Down in Charleston County and other sec
tions. said the speaker, the colored men are
with us in this movement, having thrown on
the shackles placed upon them by the men
who had only used them for their own per
sonal ends, and given them none OF the Things
offices, mules land, education-so laVlsnly
promised, These colored men, as nave sald,
have Joined their real friends. the white men,
in this movement, knowing full wen that Iney
will not be deceived as they were by their pre-
tended friends who came down South only lot
cpin. This is no political movement, said ne.
fought against you and did all could 70
maintain the cause | sided with, and am q
Republican. But the time has come tor oil
bitterness engendered in the recent strife 10
cease, and for oil, Democrats and Rep1olcans,
Confederates and Federals, whites and blacks,
to unite and establish an honest government,
with no politics in 1t. The Scott Ring" nave
circulated reports that those who support
this movement will deprive the colored men
OF their liberties. The rights OF the colored
men have been given them Dy the Unlleo
States, and cannot be taken from You Dy us,
and all the assertions OF the king" thaC you
are protected In them by the king" Is equally
false. Neither the. "Ring" nor we gave g,I;ae Ine
rights or can interfere in any way to deprive
YOU of them. Those rights, given by the ma
ton, are as immoyable as the nation, and un-
til the nation falls will they stand The present
state Of things Is not the result OF war. Ihe
whole world Is throbbing to give the masses
power and universal suffrage. The interests OF
The two races are Identical, one needs the brains
and capital and the other tbe iaoornaetther T. ne
can get along without the other, anu II pc :
hooves all to Join hands and aid In restoringth the
State to its former glory and prosperity, when
with the two races united we Will nave an non
est government The Scott Ring nave cone
its best to foment discord and incite hostlllty
between the races, and his hordes OF spies ana
Winchester rife speeches have TENDED 10 IN
cite a war Of races. He e-has spent s5o,ooO ~ ID
arming the militia, and who are they! The
colored people. There is no objection 10 that;
but is all the intelligence, virtue and patriot
ism confined to this class alone, that they alone
should be armed, while OF the white companies
which have rendered their services not one
has been accepted. He has said that the WIN
chester rife was the only law for South caro-
lima; said this while off at safe distance IN
Washington, when he himself would run OF the
sight of one. II this political race Is to be won
by living, perjury, bribery and detraction, the
Scott "Ring" can have it; but 1t cannot De won
by Winchester rifles-two sides can play at that
game, and take 1t that South Carolina's sons
will never see their rights taken from them by
sucn method. No, Governor, winchester
rifles cannot win this battle
The Scott Ring knowing that II mas the ap-
pointment of the commissioners OF eiecuons,
and that they, under law Of its Legislature e,
have the power of keeping the ballot-boxes
three days, during which time they. can SUN
them. feel assured that they can win by this
method; but we will block that game for them.
Amer showing by figures that the debt OIL Inc
State, since The Scott "Ring" came into power,
had been increased So, 100000, and now IL nad
sQuandered the pu0uc monies, Tile JuuSo e,oo-
ed his remarks with an earnest and affecting
appeal, for the soldiers Of both armies 10 for,
get their differences, for the whites anu
Blacks to bury their prejudlces. and all unite
in this movement, and thus secure an honest
government in South Carolina.
at the close of the speeches, the audience,
which had been one OF the most attentive we
have ever seen, applauded freely as they had
done frequently during the addresses when
the speaker gave them home thrusts against
the Scott Ring. Beyond doubt, Picken's Coun-
ty will vote for the Reform movement nearly
to man. Numerous persons who had ex-
pressed their doubts Of the movement at first,
signlfcd yesterday their Intention to support
it with their best interests.
On Monday next o Reform club will be Or
ganized in the county.
PENDLEToN, July 26.
Learning while OF PiHkens that the-peope OF
Pendletop, on the Blue Ridge Railroad, expect
o5 Tho canditlases TO speak there on Tuesday