The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-05-04

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We clip the following !. sssisl q IS
tho nation Of March ,ho8laks
cal paper published in New sYosl II ss2S
Tho so called anti. .Radtcs ssdit tSss
South Carolina have set q ny&S
which many Of US a,ay live "a 'sSS
orally followed, by assembling tGs
fercnoe:o decide upon the
political policy which they shalE
in urging upon the voters Of the SIT y
Hitherto, tho CONSERVATIVE" pap6f
South Caroliua have not been stnSG kij1 =
with entirely acoordant. voices 5 s
fest as it hos boen for some years 4
negro absolutely must be nude q ffiSSSlas5
there was still left, here aud thGy8$
bitter negro hater who counsellcd 6Slf
war to the cnd-"a square dShton pNMyS&
mans platform until, per advSSfs d 4
q national Success for the Dom octAslU3
party should give the "ConsefvakixSssN -
u chance to make over their srsc6kSJ!
structed State. In the confsrSDHxSa
however, more politic views preylgiS
and the platform adopted Is xlfssthKS
anybody has any right to ask for.
attendance Of editors, though nglgaf
cally small, is said to have rcpresenIe
the feelings and opinions Of noarly
the counties in tho State. Thny 6fS1dS
by passing resolution to the ytfags
that "tho conference recognised
legal right Of all the citizens, white Sss
colorcd, to suffrage and proceeded Il
pass another to tho effect that theyss'
ought to be "no limitation of the r;gNSSs
to hold Office except such limitatioHs,
aro imposed by personal character apSS;;
fitness" A convention is to be. .,hela
which organize party pledged to ,thesSS.
dogmas and acting in the hope of aatsM
ting government which shall nff4sSs
"some degree of security, prosperisyS
and good government" These = pfg4
cccdings seem promising, md We $40
not disinclined to believe that they 3
taken in good faith. South Gsrolil4a &
events have logic, whether or not tkss3
is much sense aud logic in that SohfkS
Carolina Democrats, and how other
conclusions could have been reach ad 4 its II
is not easy to soc. Yet, in the same
paper which gives US an account, Of thisB
sensible conference, we 6ud set forth 1S;
scheme, looking towards immiXIStioHs
which would seem to show that the,
average South Carolina landowner can;ss !,
not rid himself oi his desire to hold
baronial possessions in land. The tnfS
migrants he wants are the lowest alasa &
Of white European farm labnrsrs, ], apdss
lie would have them distributed d!
bureaus and sub bureaus to the plant
as they are needed, employing them or q
an experimental farm till they are callSa 4
for. We up here distribute, laborsfsg,
from Castle Garden, but we send foutss
men whom we know to be seeking.wcfksss.
first, aud farms afterward. sS ss'
That there is need enough chat, some. B
how South Carolina should, get a. new
government, is not to be doubeedssS
There is no dispute among observerssoM M
its performances that the LegislatnfA
which has just been adjourned -.wag one !;
of tie most corrupt assemblagess Of msny:
that ever legislated for State, and soDa.
of the most contemplate 10 point 81
ability. The Senate was better than
the Lower House, for, though its;hs1ss
members who looked for bribes, tlh4y
did not make show of thcir spoils, asdidSs
some representatives. No bill, howayeT8
uuobjcctionable, could pass, it lie saiS, q,
unless it paid contribution to the "H6ftys
Thieves"-an organized band, some off
whom were white, some colored,; tontas
Democrats, aud some Republicans
Luckily, this precious crew did not rSiussss
itself at high rate. and would legislstsE IS
after being "recognizcd," or. getting
"l;ght" to the extent Of fvo .or-tGiiasl
dollars head. These gentiemen@ ara |;
said to have had captain and. othefs
officers, to have regularly sold them
selves, aud to have divided gains accord
ing to mnk iu the organizations. Inss
this indulgcnt atmosphere, Mr, BIZ I
Whittemore, by the by, is now labssi M
to secure return to his seat in GonsT
grcss. The Republican leaders oppose
him. aud the meetings that he adAressss;
are rot SO numerous ns his auiiYlGkSS
in old times nor so enthusiastic.S Itfs
fact, they are rather quiet butssthas.
feeling OF the negroes is said to BIO, .oiiS
tho whole, in his favor. Ii is probablSss Z
then, that we shalt have him back ines
Washington, in view of which probs-S
bility, VIC would refer any me,nb or, swi,osss
wishes to look up Mr.. WhittemorsSs
thoroughly to Mr.. Dirk Tcnpksn, ofg
Salem. Mass, who reports, that when
Mr.. Whittcmore was chaplain of thA A.S
Both Massachusetts, he had some : flesi
ings which Tcnrkcn. much TO the peannisss3
ary disadvantage ofthn foreigos Or, WIN \
had previously thought that olctgams1A
could be trusted. n
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