Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-10-14
om Hon. II. B. Carpenter
c'President b Grant.

E d President Grant,
fs klf|ksAw, S. 9. September I, 1870.
Enclose please find published
III arespondence purporting to have
aH 4bctween your Excelenoy and D.
al terlan, Esq Knowing your love
III I'D justice, | feel confident that your
/Hrtten under misapprchcnsion
8f"' Tcts, and without acquaintance with
factcrs of the men who are now ruling
.Rp Carolina; men who are bringing III.
~ Y/upon the party of which you arc the
iohded head and to which 1 belong.
Tko years ago, when Governor Scott went
TO office, the people of this State were bank.
5pt; the planter had neither stock nor ag-
q % M5tstasurassinplemcn nor even seeds, and
fjTItt}{}Yaborer was without food.
jsSHhe liabilities of tho State were nine mil.
GEF Of dollars; they have becu Increased
EHSIe than ten millions
nMFhe Executive officers and prominent mem
ITS of the Legislature were all poor, and now,
ith one or two exceptions, they are rioh
|rlbery has been the ordinary inducement to
lako' laws, and open and shameless corrup-
! lon has stalkcd unrebuked through the State
tai. ,.
perpeta4t,ss ...::::.-.-.tate of things Governor
tt, in violation of tho State and national
bstitutions, and of an Act to organize the
[yeNitia, has raised an army Of fifteen thousand
G&,red men,, quartered them IN the various
2eAnties, armed them at vast expense, and
distributed ammunition as if on the eve of
YNttle. 1aa N'a
Y Under an infamous law passed by the last
lAssembly, the Governor has appointed three
Infection Commissioners in each County; Mcv
hppoint the Managers Of Elections to receive
lAe votes, fix the places for voting and receive
4 Vnm the Managers all the votes cast at the
q EGercnt places, count and destroy them; and
AYsir certificate is the only proof of the num-
Of votes and for whom they were given !;
ssQNG they are a2owed ten days to make Meir
ANsturns
nv Governor Scott was applied to officially by
Ne Union Reform Executive Committee to
point one of our party in each county.
kclined. Of tho ninety. three appointed,
{ | 3 n four arc members Of the present infa-
S3Sfi legislature u large majority of them
= adidatcs, and they are all with insight
||}|9 RECEPTIONS tho corrupt tools of the pre-
ylgraoeful administration.
i = Convention TINT rcnominated Governor
So 6as packed with his creatures, and
sY a%EAis process did not succeed, the regu
|ESY n Natcs we're excluded and his friends
~ }@ IS as in the case of Senator SAWYER
~ Ia No delegates from Charleston. Tho
go of the Committee on Credentials
( P, 291sm, the prime mover in these out
~' pynrty organization and usage, was
EfStno KcV ~ Wbitfomora ,ubo h,,;,.o
oeen ignoniously rejected by Congress,
Conventionnd who is now candidate for
the State Safe from tho County Of Darling.
ton. La brf tho nomination was fraud
neon upon people.
!, have The honor to be the standard bearer
o. tho Union Reform party; its platform is
ySs 81 lltrbfall mon before the law, with.
out regard to color or previous condition. It
is,a union of & BOD men against, bad, of the
honest against tho dishonest, and its object is
to reform the State Government--"onlyt this
and nothing more"
.sg have oanvasscd, in conjunction with rcp.
resentative men, a large portion of the State,
and II have yet to hear from any ono on the
STUMP, orAin private conversation, any attack
made upon your administration or yourself.
Tf this5 movement had been directed against
the Republican party, neither my namo nor
;nauencs would have given it the slightest
snpport. On the contrary, L have every.
WhSre announced myself member Of the
National Republican party, and that had
labored foryour election, and sustained your
aJn,;1istration. A largo majority of our can.
f aiahtes forTthe General Assembly are Repub.
I;eans:Sunder the circumstances it is difficult
~ a;sooyer how our success, would tend to
ii o;yo Nthe control Of the State to,the enemies
syJbprty :. tba marty, which supported our armies and
am,aintaIosd the Union" Am wrong in do.
.,no;nu on the stump, the concealmcnt of
nsoy.aSsnd fraudulent transactions BY which
IsSss, ,Hsoelloncy was induced to writo to Blr.
rlsi1a. ,,s.,sss4.. 4
si Ssss The honor sSI remain, ''@ g,S
opr /, slafst oediept,aervant,
s. 5 2, q ;CARPENTER ! y 2 NJ