The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-10-11

when the liberties of che people are
endangered.
Mr.. B. concluded, by saying that the
present had 5asH;waFned
that the eighth cou3mandusenk--
shalt not steai--had been delivered by
God himself to his chosen law-giver,
amidst the thunder of Mount Sinai; that
the sixth COMMUNICATION shalt do no
mnrder-is likewise Of the Decalogue,
and that the awful lightuings that
flashed around the sacred Mount, upon
that solemn delivery, will not slumber
forever; that the living God is tho God
Of the shelterless, as we'll as the God Of
the mighty.
Judge B. would entertain no argument
upon this occasion, but as promised,
would allow his fellow citizens to hear,
las he had heard from the mountain to
the sea,) the burning eloquence and
cogent logic of General Butler.
The Chairman next introduced Gen.
Butler, ms one whom all desired to hear
from; as n Carolinian, who was devoted
and progressive in peace rs lie has been
patriotic. brave and enterprising in war.
Gen. Butler came forward amid the re-
peated cheers of the enthused meeting
He snid, that speaking in Columbia. the
headquarters of the Ring, it was, of
course, presumed that he must speak with
bated breath! In presence of "his High
ness," Gov. Scott, of his "Winchester
rifle valiancy," he must, of course, speak
with measured words! He had felt it his
duty to arraign Gov. Scott in his official
capacity before the tribunal of public
opinion. He had made ngainst him ton
distiuct charges It had been said that
he did not dare to make them in Co
lumbia. This evening would show whe.
ther or not this was the case. He had
said that, Sin his own good time" he
would accompany the charges with proof
and specifications. That time had come
The charges had now been Gin soak"
for some time, and he did not know that
they had lost any of their savor by that
fact. He hoped that Gov. Scott or his
minions were present. in order that they
might hear for themselves what he had
to say in behalf of this outraged state of
ours. Gen. Butler then proceeded to
/read the following charges:
General Butler said:
1. I charge that Governor Scott has
violated the we'll established and acknow-
lodged principle of law which prohibits
a trustee from speculating, for his own
benefit, in the funds of the ceste qui trust.
2. / charge that he has infested this
State with paid spies from abroad, reck-
ing with hatred of our people, and
established a system of espionage dan
gerous to public liberty and free institu-
tions; that he pays these spies with the
public money, under the pretence that
they are peace officers, when they are
simply his political partisans, and en-
gagged in stirring up strife among the
people.
3. I charge that he has attempted to de-
moralize the public virtue and prostitute
the public morals by introducing into his
house, as Governor of South Carolina,
persons of ill-fame, he knowing them to
be such, thereby Offering reward for
prostitution.
L. I charge that he has connived at, if
he is not Implicated in. the murder of
citizens Of South Carolina for political
effect.
5. charge that he has violated the
laws of his own creation, or the creation
Of his own party, in not requiring the
Land Commissioner to make report of
his operations, and has defrauded the
State of large sums of money, by appro-
priating to his own use mouey apprOpri-
ated to buy ''homes for the homeless"
and Glands for the landless.''
6. I charge that under his administra-
tion the public debt has been trebled.
taxation become burdensome, immigra-
tion prevented, the resources of the
State undeveloped, aud public education
neglected.
7. charge that he has encouraged
violence, (see his Winchester rifle
specify fomented discord between the
white and colored people for political
effect, farming the militia, and has de-
feated the ends of justice by the impro-
per exercise of the pardoning power
8. charge that he has discharged the
duties of his high Office, not for the good
Of the whole people, but with an eye
single to his own preferment, political
and pecuniary; that he has misrepre-
sentcd abroad the good people of the
commonwealth, and attempted to bring
odium upon their fair name.
8. I charge that shortly precedent to
tho late Presidential election, Governor
Scott said to General Hampton and two
other gentlemen, that he not only wished
this State to go Democratic, but would
use his influence to that end: that he