The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1870-06-09
SUNSIfINE ON LADIRK SPOT,
Some Comments of a Northern
Radical Paper on Men and
Things in South Carolina.

The New York Spn is lately paying
q good deal of attention to the course
Of men and politics in South Carolina.
We copy some random parsgr4phs from
its lively columns:
HARD on MASSACHUSETTS,.
But short time ago, Mr.. Dunn, the
Independent candidate for Congress i'm
the PiIst Congressional District of So.
Carolina, spoke in Florence. He said
that WhittcmOre was thief, having
pilfer,d several thousand dollars from
Mr.. Shaw, n merchant in Boston. lie
supported this assertion with authentic
Gated letters and atlidavits. When he
had concluded, Mr.. Flood, colOrcd, the
postmaster of Florence, mounted the
rQstrum and sail: "I do not question
that WhittCmorc may hc what Mr..
Dunn sa>'s he is; but I must inquire,
may not Mr.. Dunn, who is also from
Massachusetts, bc also q thicf?" 1t
seems to us that this is rather hard Un
Massachusetts,.
TIE RULE or THE RING.
On the urgent solicitation of large
number of white ncople who reside in
Darlington District, s. c., Captain
Lloyd, S"uthcnvr, who is man of
fine education and refinement, WAS APP
pointed II magistrate. \ case came he
fore him that under the law compelled
him to issue an order restraining two
col0rCd tenants from unlawtuiIy hold
ing over ON some property which they
had hired. The diSrCputahlc political
ring which exists in Columbia had
Captain Lloyd summariiy removed from
oilict hy authority of Governor Scott.
However ,r'' i I'D &dnHitNF,3%E nHitNF what was rignt,
higher courts of the state having de-
cidcd that thC tenants must be elected.
HOW wiIITTEMORE CoNDUC'rS THE
CANVASS.
The diSrcputablc Whittcmorc IL very
busy visiting the negroes in their cabins.
eating and drinking with them, and
otherwise successfully conducting the
nate probably withSGi- reelection to
COngIDS-. Mrs. WhittcmUrC il also nc
tive. Standing and campaigning for
her husband ON the rplatiorm OF the rail
road station i'm Darlington, she kisses
the negro wcnchcS whom she meets
there, and the dramatic effect j. power
! ful. The wcEchCs are very grateful,
and quickly balance the condCccn,.On
of Mrs. WhittcmGgc hy r,ciproCating
the favor in kind. This lipScry'icu also
nv ll~ VI ilS W ilIltllltlEt = StltfO)l HlOilU.
where she generously s. teaches the Vounr
negroes for twenty-five cents a head
per month. The pupils arc very nu-
mcrous, and the Income which She ne
cumuates is highly advantageous to
herself and husband.
THE BEST OF THE BUNCIT.
Massachusetts sent at lcaSt one man
OF personal good characrcr To South
Carolina. We mean Mr.. Sawyer. now
u United States senator from that state.
| lie graduated at Harvard College, had
charge OF n public school il BOSTON, WAS
| induced tO take charge of the normal
school OF South Carolina, remained in
that state during grCatCrpart of the
war, or so long as his salary supported
| him, was treated with great respect hy
| the South tarolinians, came North,
| again went TO Charleston, got the posi-
| ton of collector of internal revenue in
! that district, and performed the duties
of tho uilicc with great ability and in
/ the best possible spirit OF kindness to-
ward the people. When the nominn-
| tiOmS were made for United States sen
ntnr, one Of his opponents was Mackcy.
| VINO claimed 10 bc II worthy RCpubli-
can, and another was the Hon. James
i. Campbell. Mr.. Sawyer was elected
! by Cumpbcll'S friends joining their
votes with those who were Sawycr's
supporters.
WHITTEMDRE'S "CHAEITIIS.n
The Rev. Mr.. SnCddCr, colorcd. who
| breaches III Darlington county. =. T.,
says that some time ago Mr.. White
more came along with hcNy ofschooi-
mistresScs, and got dinner prepared for
! them in Sncddcr's house. One of the
mi9trcSscs made rcmari; which sub
| sCQuCntly induced SnCddcr 10 inquire
! of Whitt,more: "What did YOU do
with the dollar head that you collect
! ed of those SChOOlmistTcsscS for the din
ncr that they had in my housc?'' Il
| expended tn" money for charitable
! purpose" was WhittcmOrG's reply
! He said the same thing in relation To
! the fifteen hundred dollars which lac
received for the cadctshipgold i'm Wash
| ington, through broker, for two thou
! sand dollars. Yet the most careful in
vcstigation in South Carolina has failed
to show that he did anything with the
money except put il in his own pocket,
where he has it now. The public
school records in South Carolina cou-
clusively prove that he did not disburse
the money for the benefit QG any
of these schools, and contravcnc
the statement he made that he expend-
ed the money for the benefit OF the
! public schools in his district.
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