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

of race, color OF previous condition. 1t Is,
therefore, settled fact that our colored friends
are as much entitled to a vote as any one else,
and they should be protected In that right 1t
is not even Republican doctrine, for 1t is the
law of the land, and beyond the control Of any
party. No doubt there will be political issues
enough hereafter There will be questions OF
national banks, protective tariffs, revenues
and taxation, which by and by will divide par
ties with sharp, well defined lines; but to-day
there Is not solitary issue between the Union
Reform and the Republican party, save that OF
honesty against dishonesty, and frugality
against extravagant expenditure.
The speaker then proceeded to review the
course of the present administration; showed,
by the official acts of the Legislature itself,
that State debt of six millions Of dollars had
been increased, within two years, to nearly
fifteen millions OF dollars, and pointed out the
folly of paying its bonds in gold, when every
other State in the Union, but three, paid in
greenbacks. Doubtless there was cause for
1t, but lit had an explanation when one remem-
bered the remarkable speculations in which
certain OF the officials OF ihe State had seen
fit to engage with the public funds. The I'M
mense debt thus contracted was to be paid
at last by the merchant, the planter and his
employees, and, in proportion to Its oppres-
sion upon the rich, the poor would suffer. 1t
was not matter of Immediate inquiry, where
these eight millions OF dollars had gone, or
how they had been divided, and, before the
campaign was over, the public would proba-
bly, know how; but the colored people, who
constitute the bulk Of the laboring population,
should understand that instead of being pro-
tected by the State administration, they were
practically being, every hour, enslaved and
made poorer.
Great as was this enormity, there is another
infinitely worse. 1t is the attemp of the adj
mlnistration to antagonize the two races. The
colored man has always shown remarkable
disposition. During the war there was no dis
turbance and no unkindness; and since the
war, while the white man was denying to him
the right of selfgovernment, and the inceudl-
ary from the North was preaching robbery,
the colored citizen still maintained his integ-
rlty, and deserved for his industry the COM
meudation of mankind. Yet the adminlstra-
ton had worked steadfastly to array the color
ed man against the white man, to make him
believe he had no friends, to doubt the honor
of his old master, and to hate those who
might differ with them in political opinion.
This was crime, and one day the co!ored peo-
a.. IN, tn fho
peals of passion and ignorance, and yielding
to these unnatural prejudlces, they were
building q wall around themselves which
would eventually shut them and their children
out of the pale of public sympathy.
Referring to the prospects of the future,
Judge. Carpenter said that if the white people
would only do their duty, and act in ..-shful
cooperation, there would be no difficulty in
predicting the result. If sixty thousand white
men could not by argument and personal en-
deayor secure the votes Of. twenty thousand
colored men, they deserved to be defeated. If
the life Of the State, if the welfare of the peo-
pie, were not worth the struggle, let the victory
go by default; but, for himself, he believed the
God of Justice was on the side Of Reform, and
if a common Interest were manifested in the
cause, If, instead of sleeping upon opportunity,
the people would go to work, they would see
such an uprising of public sentiment as would
shake South Carolina from centre to circum-
ference. [Applause.l
Truth Is omnipoLsnt and public Justice GER
tain. A great deal was against US. The thieves
In the penitentlary were against US. The thieves
out of the penitentiary were against us. The
thieves that ought to so there were against
us. Every fellow :7ho expected to make q
fortune by plumber was against us. Every
rabid of1ce-seeker, fresh from the North, feast
ing with his eye like a carrlon crow upon the
vltals orpoor old South Carolina, was agains t
us, and, In Gods name, let them stay there.
Laughter and applause.] He wanted no
such agencies to win the battle of Reform. 1t
was enough to him that the prayers Of the
widow, the faith Of the orphan, the hopes OF
the poor, and the encouragement ofall honest
people upheld the cause; that the young men
Of the State, on whose broad shoulders now
rested It's responsibilities, and the old men of
Carolina, (who, having held her honor in e
precious grasp, were passing away,) would
unite, shoulder to shoulder, in phalanx,
whose power would bear down all opposition.
For himself, he craved no greater boon, and
asked for no higher reward than the satlsfac-
ton of being even an humble instrument in
the work of rescuing noble people from the
clutches of the deVll-fsh who are feeding upon
their strength. Tremendous applause.1
The above Is only o skeleton Of the speech OF
Judge Carpenter, and affords but q poor idea
of the sharp, plthy and eloquent style of one of
the most accomplished stump speakers who
has been heard in South Carolina for many
years.
REMARKS OF GENERAL NJ. c. BUTLER.
The candidate for Lieutenant Governor was
called upon to follow Judge Carpenter, and
was enthusiastically received. He said:
Fello,o- Citisens-My physical condition Is
such that ought to be at home, but 1t Is due
to YOU and to myself chat I should briefly eX-
plain the position which occupy.
Ihave heard it whispered that number of
my friends have gone 80 far as to impeach my
motives In this matter; but there Is something
in my heart, lellow-citizens, that tells'me am
performing public duty, and now, as on pre-
vious occasions, when the honor, the interest,
the dignity of South Carolina are involved,
respond to the promptings Of my own nature
and yield to the prejudlc Of no man. [Ap-
plause.l I stand here to .ay with my record
known. planted myself upon what believed
to be the right before; plant myself upon
platform which believe to be right now; and
II, In the providence Of God, South Carolina