The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-01


bring about the assertion of the right OF self
government In the South, have proved so dis
astrous that shrink from any new expert.
ment 1t Is my deliberate judgment that 10
the present unprecedented condition o.
thlngs-the uRleaval and subversion OF all
that was-the 6bliteration of past institutions,
past manners and modes Of thought-it is
better that old men should stand aside and
leave it to younger men to solve the novel and
difficult problems as they arise. The instincts
OF the young are fresher and truer, and there
is greater adaptability to what is new, which,
in crisis like this, renders them wiser In
their generation than an honest old man could
be. / believe the young to be safer counsel
lors, and certainly they are more efficient In
action"
General Butler was next introduced, and in
his charges of bribery and corruption against
the Scott Ring and its minions, asked If there
was any corruption among the Radical ap.
pointees in 0conee County, and answered hls
question by charging, upon the authority OF
the county commissioners, that the county
treasurer bryce, white mani was default
er to the tune of 1891 SIS. Enthusiastic ap-
plause.
At this point, Andrew Bryce, disgusting.
featured individual, a local politician, and
father of the county treasurer, denied the
charge made against the treasurer. General
Butler gave the county commissioners as his
authority, and stated that when the commits
sioners charged him with being defanlter he
said, 'sue on my bond" Now, said the Gen.
eral, the bond was 'disapproved by the COM
worth the paper 1t was written on, and as for
suing those bond-signers, it is as useless as
suing bobtalled rabbit.
In alludlng to the Governors Winchester
rifle speech, the General said that if his Win
chesters were brought into use, as the Gov
ernor desired them to be, at the first click the
Governor, like q cowardly cur as ne is, would
would find hlna unless the gun which propell-
ed it would be able to shoot about three hun
dred and fifty miles-way into the State OF
Ohio.
Mr.. Youmans, of Edgefeld, was introduced,
and in a speech full OF eloquent, earnest Ian
guage, illustrated the sad and humlliatng con-
dition of the State, brought about by the
thieves, Scott & Co., and made heartfelt ap-
peal to the audience, to white and black, Re
publlcans and Democrats, to unite and drive
out the band of robbers who were preying
upon the State, and restore an honest and up
right administration of the public affairs.
Judge Carpenter was the next aud last
speaker. He, with his usual vim and In unse-
lected language, poured with telling effect
breadside after broadslde Into the Scott Ring,
until the thick walls of deceit and perjury In
side of which they carried on their base ope-
rations. were breeched and the mass Of cor
ruption exposed to the view OF the audience.
disgusting all, even the colored members Of
the league who were present. Charge after
charge he made, and brought fact.atter fact In
support Of them. The man Bryce made seye-
raj attempts to interrupt him by asking qles-
tions, but the ready answers OF the Judge
brought the ridcule Of the audience upon the
interrupter and sIlenced him. The great point
of the Judges speech to-day was the denuncia-
lion of the Loyal League; the slaylsh cundi-
rlon it imposed upon Its members, binding
them by oaths to vote as the league dictated,
and ruling he colored man, body and soul.
His appeal for them to come out OF the league
and vote as they pleased-as their consciences,
not as few unprincipled men, dictated-was
received by cheers from all, the eolored men
included.
The effect of these speeches iu Oconee has
been to unite the Democrats and r 'publicans,
white and colored, In aid Of the Union Reform
movement, and especially'to open the eyes of
the colored people to the trickery and thleEery
OF the men whom they elevated to office. An
derson, Plckens and Oconee Counties have
been visited by the leaders Of the Reform
movement, and only two men have acknowl-
edged themselves in favor of Scott--one Sam
Durham, was sent to the penltentiary for a
crime and pardoned out, upon 1t being proven
that he was or insane mind, and the other,
Bryce, who is the father Of the deiaulllng
treasurer of 0conee County, and who Is held
In contempt by the citizens Of that county.