The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-09
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WRTTTEMORE AGAIN.
More Broadsides from the independent
,. s9aea Republican Press. -


rs,om the New York Tribune, EditoriaLl
su.II, cRIArNALs BE PRoMoTHR OR y:PUNIsHED2 2
We read in the Charleston ,papers that q
strong pressure Is brought to bear ON their
G'strict attorney to- induce him to do his duty,
;We. respectfully yc inquire OF Attorney General
Aksrman why g. more cogent pressure has not,
before this rbeenf applied from more influ.
entlal quarter. 49,.
mother words, why has not the ex-Con-
igessman whom the House pronounced guilty
of penitentiary offences been, ,Eiad ,for them
and Sent to the penitentiary Personally, Mr.,
cWhlttemore is Of nc: sort of consequence: But
I'VE decidedly object to having the House
.nlaced again in the position Of determining g
whether he is to be. admitted to seat In Its
chamber, instead Of cell 10 the penHentlary.
Mr. Whittemore, as an Individual, Is lnsignih,
can't; as a criminal. at large, untrle9, anu
bent.npon securing place OF; hono5 ana trust
among the REPRESENT tatiYes Of the nation, he as:
siImes such Importance that; II the people OF
South Carolina don't care to have the crimi-
nails tried, we in New: York have right to IN
sist. that the Law, not their wishes, shall be
obeyed. u 81 r.ii -ii,u.. i..t. -! ~
-..Why .rerseCute Whttemore. who only
sttook a few hundred dollars, for MS 0uclal
"aetioD,- when there are so many 0tner you,
.'sSressmen. so much more guilty "; As wen
Inquire. why John Real is hung, Whiie the ist
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large. Mr.. Whittemore has been detected ana
pronounced guilty by the body, OF Wnlcn ne
Was.;s member When any 1other congress
man has as much proved against him, we VIII
call inst as earnestly for his prosecouonEes
pecially If he have the impudence TO- Keep
himself before the public IN the ros OF mar7
tyr; and persist in running again for Con-
gress. The law SAYS that the member OF Con-;
gress Bho sellsan office. lin bis gilt shall pay
iine of $4,000, and 60 to the penitentlary Tor
two years: and be thereafter disqualified for any
office of profit, honor or trust We.call ior
the enforcement. of. the law. ,'tee'f 80. T.. :
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If what, has already occurred In. the dis
graceful cadetship business had not surpassed
all belief, we should pronounce the; effrontery
now attributed to Whittemore, Of South Caro-
Ina; entirely incredible: The Columbia Is. %
correspondent of the New York Times writes
that there t'seems to betno doubt ab0ut White
mors's, getting the nomination to, Congress
from, the First District, and this Is tanlamount
OF course, should this outrage take place,
Congress would reject the dlsgracefulS cadet.
,peddler as promptly as before: but It rs none
the less infamous thatheshould evenbe nomi-ii
mated. :. The convention at Columbia, which:
has lust adjourned, was that OF the ,Scolt,
wing,n as 1t Is called. 1t is evident that only
by scme strong influence could Whiltemore
have been brought to the surface of the sea OF
politics again. Thee correspondent Just quoted
tells us that. this. pressure was produced
by the question of s'.color,n, which has NJ,
ways been Whittemore's strong point. We
are told that the State central committee
appointed 'sconssts of A. J. 'ansIer,
mulatto; w. B. Nash, negro; F. L. Car
dozo, muiatto; and only one white-E. W. NJ:
Mackey The chaIrmen Of the district coz
mittees are S. A. Swails, muiatto; w. j. Wbip-,
per- negro; Samuel B. Thompson. mnlatto.
and one white man-Joseph Crews" The coI.
ventioa appointed B; F. Whlttemore its chair
man Of the committee on resolutions, and he
figured largely in the proceedings. L-s,s5i 4
Whether we shall see any more OF White 4
more at the door of Congress remains 10 be 1
built is clear that his constituents \
have now thoroughly and permanently fixed l
upon themselves the contempt dnd disgrace
with which they were already doubly-dyed. 80