The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-09-01
The Progress of the Reform Campaign.
From the Charleston Courier.

1t IS not surprising that Wnlttemore, Scott
and Wimbash should have desired to prevent
Judge Carpenter from being heard. They knew
that he would fully expose their administration
of affairs iH this State, and show that the Gov
ernment ofsSouth Carolina has been for two
years conducted in the interest of a few men
who have made enormous fortunes, while our
taxes have been trebled, and our debt doubled.
They knew that the people would have learned
that taxation reached every hearth and fireside
in the State, while the wealth which has been
accumulated by the State officials, through the
oppression of our people, has benefited none
but Governor Scott and his co-adjutors. They
knew that their power would be destroyed if
the people of the State should hear of their
misdeeds, and set in judgment upon their work,
and they determined that the voice of truth
should be stifed, even if the attempt should re-
suit in riot, and cost the blood Of q number
of our citizens. Alarmed at the progress of
the Union Reform movement, forced from them
this confession of their weakness. Organized
force is argument, and argument OF the most
convincing sort, but it is argument against the
party so using it, and always succeeds in max
ing converts to the party which it attempts to
silence. Holden tried the same thing in North
Carolina, and the result was an overwhelming
defeat. The Scott Ring are using force in
We, however, must thank them for warning US
in time, as we'll as for making converts to our
cause. General Scott may organize his illegal
militia, he may, through his partisans, insti-
gate riots, he may pardon prisoners from the
penitcntiary as the election draws nigh, but
we will certainly have a fair expression of the
popular will. Our people love law and order,
but we cannot be intimidated We will con-
tinue to speak in spite of threats, and we feel
sure that every man in the State who desires a
dicious, economical and honest administration
of the Government will vote against him who
has been tried and found wanting, in spite of
every threat and Vaccinations of Scott and his
entire Ring.
We do not object to the course which he and
his friends are pursuing. He remains silent
under infamous charges, but he organizes armed
bands in defiance of the laws which he has ia
ken solemn oath before God to execute. He
and his friends are dumb when the charge is
made that silence on the part of Governor Scott
is plea of guilty to the Indictment of General
Butler, but they, in spite of their solemn
pledges, begin a riot so that the truth shall not
be heard. The people of the State understand
this, and General Scott and his friends will soon
learn, if they have not already learned, that
their power for evil is rapidly passing away,
and that the day of reckoning is at hand.
Against one thing however, our people must
guard themselves carefully. They must not
feel so confident of victory as to feel that the
individual aid of every man among us is not
necessary. Victory is certain if we use proper
exertion, and in this contest every man is
equally interested. We should each and all
apply ourselves to the work. Every man can
influence some one, and every vote is impor
tant We wish not only to see the Whittemore-
Scott party defeated, but we wish to see it over
whelmingly defeated. Wewsh to see the good
people of this State rise up in their might, and
condemn, by their votes, those men who have
administered the Government of this State in
the manner in which it has been administered
for the last two years. We urge upon every
citizen who loves his State, to work actively
and vigorously in favor of the Union Reform
Party. We should all be able and willing to
spare the time, and if we do work, our success
is certain.