The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-09-21
ORANGEBURG.
4 GRAND POLITICAL RALLY.
The Speeches of the Reform Candidate
and the Radical Canvassers.
A TRIUMPH FOR Reform.

The political meeting held on Monday wa!
the largest gathering Of citizens which Or
angeburg Courthouse has seen since Sher
mans soldlery burned out the heart Of the
thriving village. From all parts Of the county
the voters came streaming in, and, BY the
time that the Columbia train came in with Its
load OF human freight, Orangeburg was as busy
scene as its best friend could wish. Upon the
train were Judge Carpenter, General Butler,
Judge A. P. Aldrich, Major W. T. Gary, OF
the Reform party, and Messrs. A. J. Ransier,
FL Cardozo, Worthington and Hubbard, OF
the Radical party. AS soon as Judge Carpen-
ter was seen, he was wildly cheered by the
crowd which thronged around the depot. The
colored citizens were especially loud in their
applause, and one enthusiastic freedman
shouted out, 1--WE all right now-Judge Car
penter done Gomez Preceded by the Colum-
bia band, the visitors and their followers
marched to the village, where it was arranged
that the Reformers and Radicals should speak
alternately, each speaker being limited to one
hour OF time. This seemed satisfactory to
both parties.
The speakers stand was erected in the Court
house square, and at IL o'clock the speak
ing began. From 1900 to 1000 persons
we're present, more than half Of whom
were whites. The meeting was called
to o.der, and the chairman (Dr. Good
wyn) exhorted the audience to preserve
order, and to extend an equal courtesy to
all the speakers. DR.. Goodwin then intro
duced Nr. F. I. Cardozo, the Secretary Of
Slate.
REMARKS OF MR.. cARDoZo.
Mr.. Cardozo declared that the Scott admin
istration had been wise, economical and hon.
est, and argued that the Radical party had in
creased the State debt only $100,000; that the
taxation had been low In comparison with the
work done; that the system Of taxation was
now Just and equal, IA Reformer remarked,
just here. that he owned building which cost
$500 and was assessed for taxation ut $40O0;l
that it was absurd to say that the increased
taxation prevented farmers from paying their
laborers better; that s350, 900 had been appro-
priated for school purposes; that 625 common
schools had been opened, in which Is, 900
children were taught; ins. inS. the financial ad-
ministration Of the State had teen eminentiy
successfQ, ana that Il Governor Scott had
grown rich 1t was by investing the fortune
which he brought with MIN rom ONO, IN state
securities at q time when scarcely any one
bsd confidence In them. These statements
M. CardoEo sustained, as well as he could, oy
the officIal reports. III conclusion, ne eXhort- a
Cd his hearers to sustain the party OF liberty
And progress. With the exception OF occa-
sional hints at 'sslayery" and the "lassin,1 the
speech OF Mr.. Cardozo Was temperate, II
nIinteresting.
REMARKS OF MAJOR GARY.
Naior Gary, Of EdgeReld, (Retormer,) was
neYt introduced He explained the course OF
nolitics In the State since the close OF the Wal,
showing that the South objected to the tnteentn
amendment not because Of what IL secured 10
the freedman, but because 1t dlsfranchised the
most henOred citizens OF the late Confederate
States. The Fifteenth amendment, also, was
opposed. not because it secured to the colored
man the rirht to vote, but because the South
held that the States themselves, and not Con-
press, should determine who should ENJOY the
privilege of suffrage. He showed that lne
had deluded the eoSrea peUped Sd upon hpen
to set, blacks against whites and whites against
blacks In glowing terms lie praised the coll
ored people io- their conduct during the war.
which conduct he could never forgee. He then
read the report OF the Senate Committee ex-
onerating judge Carpenter from me = cnarSess Ss
brought agaiEs; him, and explained tAe record
and standing Of General Butler. In conclu-
sion. he urged The meeting to think the mai
ter over and vote as they thought was right.
Let Reformer and Radical so to the polls arm
in arm, and each defend the right OF the other
to vote according to his convictions.
The speech Of Major Gary was very effective.
and was frequently interrupted BY applause.
REMARKS OF GENERAL woRTHINGToN.
The next speaker was General Worthington,
(Radical) who endeavored to show that the
Reform party was the old Democratic party IN
disguise, and that the Democracy were always
opnosed to the interests Of the colored people.
AS set off to the report made by Senator Cor
bin in the Senate, he read that officials new
charges against Judge Carpenter. He declar-
ed that the Reformers were willing to give the
negroes only those rights which could not be
denied, and said that the General j. 3sembly had
never endorsed Judge Carpenter because mo
charges had ever been brought against him."
In regard to the land commission, he said that
Messrs. Pope and Haskell, Of Columbia, mad
advised Governor Scott that he had no authori-
ty to proceed against persons charged with
crime, and that his proper course. for the
present was to do nothing: He, did not say
that the Reform party, If elected, would at
tempt to repeal the Fifteenth amendment, but.
judging their future by their past, they might
pass some general laws which, while appa-
rently fair and equal, would really lnjure the
blacks alone.
REMARKS OF JUDGE CARPENTER.
When Judge Carpenter came forward to adj
dress the meeting there was storm OF hearty
applause, which lasted for at least five min
ntes. After calling the attention of the meet
inr to the fact that the Radicals had never
dared to put Governor Scott on the stump to
meet the Reformers, he proceeded TO analyZe
the financial statements Of Mr.. Cardozo. He
showed that the State debt had really been IN
creased as was charged BY che Refcrmers; The
old bills of the Cank OF the State: which the
the Ring had funded iu Safe bonds were used
to carry on the Confederate war, and had
been paid by the Ring in defiance OF the
State and Fedora! Constii ltlons. Why? Sena-
tor Corbln told him (Jndge Carpenter) that
Governor Scott held 100000 OF those bills,
bought at about len cents on the dollar. They
cost the Ring ten cents, and the people must
pay one hundred ce2ss. More than this the
records showed only Sl,2l3,000 OF bills ont
standing; vet the Ring had funded sl,246, 600,
or $4,000 more than were in existence. The
Ring, as o mask OF economy, had agreed to
nav the interest on the debt In coin, thus
adding q fourth or fifth to the burden OF the
people. Greenbacks were good enough for
the people, but the Ring must have gold. He
had the authority Of Congre. man Bowen for
saying that this gold bill was passed oy
briblng the Legislature. The money was
taken from the State Treasury with Whlch
to .bribe the members. Treasurer Parker
pawned the State bonds. raised $4,000 and
with this the bill was passed. Judge Carpen-
ter showed by the statement OF Governor
Scott that the 81, COO. 600 of Blue Ridge Rail-