The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-17

l 10 not know, but will say en- pGSSGTt, lot
his consolation, that If his charges against me
have murdered as many colored people as he
pretends; have committed the crimes which he
lays to my door, Governor Scott Is very dere-
lict Governor, else he would have had me ar
rested by his constabulary, tried, convicted,
sentenced and hung. If they are not true, the
author of them Is simply liar. Which horn
of the dilemma will Governor Scott select?
But nv charges are made against Governor
Scott. Why does he not answer them His
responsibility to the people Of South Carolina
Is ten-fold greater than mine; my fight S
against him. Will he meet me on the stump,
before the good people of the State, and reply
Prints! w % challenge @ him him. and md have m INC no idea Of
allowing him to make his fight by proxy,
either on the stump or through the press. But
he will not meet me; he does not think the
people worthy to be addressed, and he sends
his minions to address the people and circu-
late lies about the good people OF South Caro-
lima.
AS regards the Ku-Klux. do not believe
there is one in the State; If there Is one. do
not know of 1t; and 1 believe that they exist
only in the fevered mind of this picket-iine
Governor. He knows that the murders ne mas
charged upon the Ku-Klux are on his own
shoulders, and that he instigated them or con-
nived at them for political effect.
]. J. P. OWENS SEVERELY HANDLED.
In referring to the leaders of the Radicals
who were doing incalculable mischief to the
colored people, the General spoke OF Joseph
said, had purchased for $50 claim of O school,
teacher against the State amounting to SO.
He had then put the figure In front OF the ~,
thus making the claim sl70, and had attempt
ed to collect that amount from the State, put
the school teacher, hearing 1t, had exposed
!, fpiIo ftarf fh,,c
Ter Owens, the General proceeded to show the
people how the educational matters were con.
Quoted by the "Ring." He mentioned that
two thirds of the educational fund was ex-
hausted in salaries. and asserted that few, II
any, persons conducting schools for the color
ed people, outside Of the courthouses, were
paid.
SPECIMEN RADICALS.
Judge Carpenter followed General Butler,
and spoke at length of the corruption of the
Scott Ring, and gave brief sketches of some of
the men who composed 1t. He told how Hoge
first wanted ali Of the negroes confined in a,
ten acre lot, where he could play upon them
with artillery until the last one was killed; had
then used them to elevate him into oflce;.
aiterward called them brutes for not ren0mi-
mating him, and epdeaycred to get into the
Reform party, and now was promised the
United States Senate by Scott-the twenty
sixth one he had promised. OF Wallace, the
Judge said that he was the only man he had
ever heard OF who had attempted to sell the
free colored men into slavery. Whittemore,
said he, was kicked out Of Congress twice,
and not caring to risk being kicked OUT the
third time, had been promised by Governor
Scott the office Of State senator from Darling
ton County. These men, said the Judge, are
the men who, with Scott, Neagle, Parker and
others, are engaged in plundering the State OF
South Carolina and disgracing her citizens.
ANOTHER CoRBIN.
1t is a notorious fact that outside of few
men (fve-sxth Whitley who live about the
county seat, no one Is appointed to Office by
Governor Scott. These men constitute small
Ring inside of the Scott Ring, and receive all Of
the Offices and emoluments distributed from
the larger ring, and some Of them hold three
offices. At this place there is a white man
named Freeman who Is county auditor, school
commissioner, census taker, &c. Judge Car
penter called the attention of the colored peo-
pie TO the above fact, and asked them why the
Governor gave all Of the offices to few men,
mostly white, about the courthouse, and gave
none to the co'ored people in the county A
colored man n the audience replied, "Be-
cause the colored people amt competent"
What, said the Judge, the colored people are.
not competent? I know better than that
There are many more competent to hold office
people in the county to Office. He knows
that you are too honest; that you will not aid
and abet him and his horde in their nefarious
transactions. He prefers to have the court
house Ring.
GENERAL J. B. KERSHAw.
In concluding his speech the Judge said he
knew that great many In the audience were
disappointed In not seeing and hearing the
gallant, distinguished soldier and patriotic cit
izen, under whom many of the audience had
served during the war, and whom they low
was unable to be present. He had labored
earnestly and effectively in the cause Of the
Union Reform movement until he broke HIM
self down, and then went home to rest and
and pray for the success of the movement
which was so dear to his heart. He will come
all Of us know that man who does that Is an
ugly customer to handle, and when he again
returns to the stump you may look for some
telling blows for Reform. Enthusiastic ap-
plause.]
At the conclusion of the Judges speech,
Colonel W. D. Simpson, who was elected TO
Congress, but was not allowed to take his
movement, and predicted the most successful
results.
LOYAL LEAGUES AND GOVERNOR SCOTT:
The meeting to-day was one OF, If not the,
most successful we have yet had, and its effect
most gratifying, especially with the colored
people. After the meeting the loyal leaguers
had a session, when several colored men arose
and announced their intention of leaving the
league forever, and then left. They state that
they were advised not to leave, and their
lives were threatened if they did. One Of the
arguments, according to their statement, used
by one of the speakers to keep them In the
league and prevent others from leaving, was
that if they remained in the league and worked
for Scott, he would pardon them out OF tne
penitentiary If they committed crime anu
were sent there.
LAURENs COURTHOUSE
is village of about eight hundred inhabitants,
with two hotels, several fine stores and dwell
ings. The courthouse building is the most i'm
posing building of the kind In the State. It
is far superior to the county courthouse IN
Charleston. The whites here and in the county
| will all vote for Carpenter and Butler, as WILL
also large number of colored men. In the
county there is majority OF about Two nun
dred colored men; but at the last election,
when there was a fair test, several nundreo
| colored men voted with the white people and
defeated the Radical ticket.
A Row In the Radical Camp.
NEwBERRY C. H., August IA.
On Saturday last the colored people had a
grand picnic at Jalappa, about seven miles
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