The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-29

he has misrepresented abroad the good people
ofthis commonwealth, and attempted to bring
odium upon their fair name.
llth. charge that shortly preceding the last
Presidential election, Governor Scott said to
General Hampton and two other gentlemen,
that he not only wished the State to go Demo
cratic but wanted to use his Influence to that
end. as he was tired Of the negroes, and would
make enough of them resign their seats in the
Legislature so as to give the white men ma
iority in that body.
'o The General dwelt at large upon SCOTS
placing paid spies throughout the country, un-
der the pretence that they were only peace
officers. only that they might spy upon the
peopIe, and learn their opinions, and commu- |
nicate to Scott anything that could be dlstort-
ed and used by him Tor political effect. He
denied that there was any truth in Scott's
charges that there were bands OF Ku-Klux,
who were numbering aad maltreating people,
and that the consta6ulary force was necessary
to protect the people, and called upon Govern
or Scott to prove that any man had been ar
rested and convicted Of being q member of
such band, or of any other formed to resist
the laws Of the State. He asserted that Scott
mediately alter the murder, Tolbert, with his
hands still bloody, came to Scott and confessed
the deed Scott then arrested Tolbert, With
ont due process of law, and confined him In
the Pententiary, after he had made him con-
fess that other men, prominent citizens OF Alb
beville, had put him up to committing the
him to escape from the Penitentiary. He then
offered $4,000 reward for his recapture, but
although he was known to be at Greenwood,
he was not molested by the constahuary
force, members Of which came TO him General
Butler) and told him that they knew where
Tolbert was, and If they believed that the re-
ward was 8 b0naJfde one they would capture
him. Some of the same coLstabulary force,
some time after, took advantage OF Tolbert at
q bail. picked quarrel with him and killed him,
and sealed his lips forever, 80 that he could
never reveal the secret OF the murder Of the man
he had killed, colored Radical, at the instiga-
ton of the Scott Ring, who by this murder
hoped to array the people Of the North against
us. Colonels Aiken, Cothran and others, who
were charged by Tolbert with having insti-
gated this murder, were: arrested, tried and
discharged for want Of evidence to sustain the
charge
The land commission was next treated OF
BY the speaker. He showed that $1,000 had
been appropriated by the Legislature to pur-
chase lands for the landless. Leslie was the
man who first had charge Of this bureau, and
when he became so obnoxious to the Ring"
that 1t was thought best to get rid OF MIN ne
In q speech In the Senate asserted that u ne
told oil he knew 1t would be sufficient to send
Scott and others of the advisory board to the
Pententiary. After Leslie had made fortunes
for himself and the members of the board, be
was gotten rid Of and DeLarge, a colored man,
was appointed in his place, and Leslie cleared
out 1t is said that when DeLarge came Into
Office he asserted that all OF the money appro-
priated had been absorbed by the "Rlng." The
land commission used to buy lands this way,
said the speaker. The man having land TO sell
was asked what he charged per acre. j ne
said S., he was told to charge $40; II nc DID 30
hot ha
| money charged, he was told he could net get
| it, as it was for the benefit oil the commission
| er. In one case, said the speaker, the commls-
sion charged the State $4,000 for tract OF
land for which they paid only $4,000. thus
making 800, 600 for themselves.
The next subject treated OF was the State
| debt, which the speaker showed was more
than 'trebled since the Scott Ring had been In
power, and proved by figures that the total eX-
penditures in 1868, when Governor Orr WIS
Governor, was only sl54 300, and in 1870, when
Scott Is Governor, the expenditures are S6ll,-
| 800; that where three years ago sl50.000 was
sufficient, more than 5000, ,00O Is now drawn
from the pockets OF the people.
The Winchester rife speeehand the various
proclamations oil the Governor, the speaker
showed, were intended to foment dscord be-
| tween the two races, If not to create war be-
tween them. The speaker followed these re-
marks BY an appeal to the colored people pre-
sent to know II they had received the various
benefits promised them by their pretended
friends whom they had hoisted into power.
(They made no answer, but their looks plainly
said that they had been grievously disappolnt-
ed.l The speaker then briefly pointed out the
| effects of the high taxes, how they discouraged
people from working with any energy, and re-
duced them in many instances TO ablect poV-
erty. In this connection he related instances
where men had had their last morsels OF bread
L s~lxo frnyv, hor SQfiGtV
tax executions.
Said the speaker in conclusion: This ad-
ministration, which went into power under
| the promises that 1t was to make South Caro-
| lima an Ell Dorado and an Elysium, has made
| IL. In less than two years, almost nniDhabita-
bic, and in two years more it will be almost a
| desert. The ''Ring" made magnificent prom
ises. We were to have railroads everywhere
| the mountains and the sea were to kiss each
other. They promised universal education;
the commercial and agricultural resources
were to be developed; the laws were to be
| made plain and simple that everybody might
understand them; economy IN the public eX-
penses was promised; the poor man was to be
the special object Of It's care and considera-
| tion-butunone of these promises have been
| fulfilled Now, shall we stand still and see
all this plundering and corruption continue
for another two years, or rise up In our might
and throw of this nightmare which Is brood
! ing over us and criprling our energies
ADDRESS OF JUDGE CARPENTER.
At the conclusion OF General Buffers ad-
dress. General Easley announced that he had
the honor of introducing the distinguished
gentleman who, upon the invitation Of
the people, had consented to bear in this
campaign the standard Of Retrenchment and
Reform-the Hon. R. B. Carpenter.
Judge Carpenter commenced his remarks
by saving that, in accepting the nomination,
| he had done so with no selfish purpose; that
| If he had consulted his own private feelings,
he would have remained In the position that he
had held, which, though not one of ease, was
40 In comparison with the life he was now en-
terDg upon-one oil personal conflict and
political commotion. But as the body Of patrl-
otic. unselflsh men, representing the people.
and watchful of their best interests, had called
him from that place of ease to carry their ban
ner In the warfare against the corrupt crew
which administered the affairs of the govern
ment. he had accepted the trust reposed In
him, and pledged his every energy to lead the
movement until the "Ring" was oVerlhrown,
and its members dispersed in dlsmay.
He knew full well when he accepted the
trust. that the Ring and It's organ would use
their whole armory Of weapons, consisting Of
insult. insInuatlons, base falsehoods and per-
inry-tt weapons for such o crew, and only
snch az they dared to use He had expected
this, and had not been disappointed. They
had used every means to damage his charac-
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