The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-03
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| WASHlNGTON reuTudis Lo'
The Rev. Mr.. Whlttemore, of South Carroll
ma, as he Is known since his expulsion from Con-
gress drew the last OF his salary on Saturday, &C.
lccted such Of the documents as were allotted to
that part OF his term which he was permitted to
serve and, In the course OF the next ten days, he
contemplates returning to Darlington to run for
Congress rs his own successor II he Is renomlna-
ted. his counsel, Mr. Benjamin F. Butler, undts-
MAYED by the unanimous vote with which his
client was turned out OF Congress, intends to re-
pair to that district and make speeches In sup
port OF his reelection. But II Butler does White
more as much damage In his own district rs he
did In the House Of Representatives, then the
candidate OF his own succession will not receive
VOTE 1t will MAKE no difference,
however, II Whittemorc is renominated
and elected, he will not be received by the
present House, which has declared him
unworthy Of q seat as the representative OF the
people, and 1t Is the greatest exhibition OF folly
for him to run again. 1t will not help his case in
Washington to come back, endorsed by an isno-
rant negro constituency, whose votes were
bought In his second election, according to his
own substantial admission, from the rro-
ceeds OF the sales Of offices within his gift fon
will notice that In the farewell speech which
Whlttemore was prevented from delivering in
the House. but which he furnished the New York
Associated Press, he laid great stress upon the
charge that his case had been prejudlced hy the
newspapers in the Misrepresentation OF the tes-
timony, &C., and that he fell q victim to this So
called manufactured public opinion. Pending
the secret Investigation OF the case by the Mill
tary Committee, there probably would have been
some reason for such an assertion; but when
all the testimony IS read officially to the
House, and it then appears that no newspaper
statement had begun to make out 80 bad case
against him, 1t adds very materially to the many
weaknesses which Whttcmore has exhibited. So
far as the newspaper dispatches were concerned,
there was absolute fairness-thes special kilograms
of THE NEWS giving him the benefit of his own
statement to the committee as to what dispos-
tion lie had made OF his illgotten money. Nor
did the House act hastily. They gave the evidence
two days consideration, and were unanimous at
the end Of that time for his expulsion. White.
mores attempt to manufacture public sympathy
on the ground that he was prosecuted by the press
is quite tuo absurd Whlttemore's expulsion, or
compulsory rcSlgnaliOu l;lS uOle lnucn 10 aQ't 10
the ong-growing prejudice, among Republican
Congressman, against the carpct.bag ami scala
wag class sent here to represent the South.
The Reconstruction Committees so.called Gen.
eral Amnesty bill, synopstsof Which has already
appeared in TIE NEWS does not meet with mHcll
favor in Congress, and hardly any without. The
Democratic members OF the committee will pro-
badly support it on the ground that it is the very
best bill that can be pushed through the preseut
Radical Congress, though, Of course they will
give united support to General Farnswortl's
proposition for granting universal amnesty. The
latter's substitute for the committees bill pro-
vded for removing the political Disabilities of all
persons WHO resided in States where the LeglSla-
ture had ratified the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
amendments, and would have cut or several
hundred Southerners residing In New York City.
General F., however, says he will modify his bill,
when it comes up in the House, so as t.
make it general in all the States by striking out
the conditions about the amendments to the con-
stitution. Mr.. Beck, OF Kentucky, also has tho
leave OF the committee to move to strike out Of
the general bill the exceptions therein named Of
all who have served in Congress or the army and
navy Of the United States; and an attempt will also