The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-30
A POLITICAL PANDEMONIUM.
THE way TIE RADICAL CONVENTION
WAS PACKED.
The Negro vs. Carpet-Baggers. :
rrsoM AN OCCASIONAL ooRREsponDEnr.l

IFRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.
WA1rERBoRo,, 8. O., July Is.
We have just Witnessed the adjournment OF
the dullest and most Improbable court that
has ever sat in Colleton. In the few sessions
cases that we're tried, We think Judge Platt
presided with greater moderation and justice
than heretofore, and now seems to recognize
the fact, that the white man has some rights
the negro Is bound to respect. The unmis.
taxable preference he has hitherto shown FOR
the negro may be accounted for, we hope'
by his belief that they were being oppressed;
lbut now seeing they are the oppressors, ne is
willing that both eyes of Justice should be
bandaged, and the blind goddess trecentiy 30
curious) shall no longer be allowed 10 squ'nt
at color.
When e1-parson L-n-e, ofSummerville, now
q practitioner in the Sessions, imploIed the
} iury to disregard the fence as relic OF. bar
barism-an obsolete statute no longer to be
respected-a statute imposing an improper
restriction upon the rights Of the poor man,
the Judge administered an indignant ano
meri;ed rebuke, and eulogizsd South Carolina
criminal law in strain aB eloquent as 9ne1. .
pected. We have to regret that he did not
exhibit this commendable spirit IN all cases,
but allowed his partialty for his fayorites 70
put his best friepds to the blush.
Mr.. BuIrell sanders, highly respected and
public spirited olrizen, prosecuted before tne
| grand Jury, J. J. Klein. the chairman of sne
county commissioners. lat whose mouse Judge
journed during their attendance upon court)
on several specific charges, on ahdaylt giNoR
| .the names Of witnesses to prove each onence.
The foreman Of the grand jury, 10 making
the presentment and report, read these charges
| to the court; ther also presented sohcltof Tls.
gins for dereliction Of duty IN refusing 10
prosecute the county COMMISSIONERS as lno
last term OF the court. :.
Mr.. Sanders, VINO is better skilled ID tns ART
of making fine crops Of rice and cotton tnsn IN
dieting and s,ringIne together courtly PHRASES
| and legal specifications, called Oneness agalIsG
the law by their old fashioned names, ,ss fraud
"bribery, stealing &c. Judge r,atI SEE sSsSa ,Sa
foreman to Keep those papers pre:ented
aeainst Klein as his private property; That
the records should not be soied by any such
diseracefuI documents. he asked II ar. san-
ders was In court. On bsiug answered III .ne
affirmative proceeded to abuse him 10 genuine
Billingsgate, calling hum low pIaoH8usiu'
moved BIZ the worst motives.
or the charges against Klein, ne are unap'e
now to say whether wellor III founded. Juage
PIatt has cut off all chance OF investigation.
| III this officer is innocant. our autoorat OF
criminal law has debarred him OF Dis JUST yih-
dicatiop. II he is guilty, his frient, Judge
Patt has screeped him from mer ted punish.
mept, How long will this state Of things
continue? How long will We be cursed YIN
iudees who will Interpose judicial autnor1ty 10
screen offenders against the law, because Iney
happen to be their political associstes no"
long will hoaest prosecutors be drVen Hom
courts of Justice (ahere they have always
bsen specially protectel) by q shower OF low
eoithets and personal vli.hca'lon emanatlne
from an; ermlne protected Isrtisan
This week WAS busy one for tLose who nad
the PACKING of the Soott Convention. Ine
4arst attempt to appoint delegates Hom Tue
Walterboro' precinct was failure, op account
in the courthouse, where tie mass meeting
was held. The greater part OF the night was
aren't by the wrangling and contention OF the
two rival faosious. One, headed by Senator
Hoyt and the carpet-bsg element, attempted
to expel the white people from the mee'lne;
the other by McIntyre and the negroes, VINO
were opposed to any act OF dlscourtesy 10 tpe0
white neighbors and friends.
The new issue OF .'carp st-bagger Vs. negro.
was Joined and fairly tested, the result peng
the total discontinue of the carpet.baager aud
the adjournment Of the meeting 10 great con-
fusion, till the next day, when the deIegases
| to the County Convention we're elecVeo. @ dne
L. SSS.~S
| tion was the almost entire absence OF white
menIthere being but four in convention OF
,fftv or sixty. and one Of those 10 csrpet-oaG'
GER, was expelled because hailing rom pre-.
cinct where he did not live.
This convention was perfect pandemonl-
um-the most frantic and discordant scresms
Of aMr. Ohairnan"-the most violent personal
abuse-snatches only Of which reached outside
barbarians, such as "liar." ''fool," ,"'jackass,"
. "robbery, '..perjury." &o., besides o:her5 too
foul for ears polite. -,
|, MCINTYRE. the chairman, found it impossible
| to bring order out Of chaos, and after wearing
| out the Sessions docket az eayei, ne invited
the convention to adjourn to his house 10 sup
per. which was carried w1ti marked unanlmlty.
/ After supper the cha'rman's whlskey and Inc.
creature comforts by him provided dlspeiled
| ali dissension. and tho grestest good feohng
| prevailed, while Captain Mclntyre, tlate OF tne
| forty thieves, with great adroltness packed
his. .satelli,es as delegates to Columbia, to vote
for his master, Scott. ,,
| The carpet-5agsers who nave 1een 9otca ous .
are perfectly tree and out-spoken IN Their
abuse OF George F. McIDtyre and his colored
mipions and would join the Union Reform or
apy other party where there would be o chance
| of their getting Office pickings. The negroes,
satisfied with this test OF their sincerity as he-
IIpubhcans, propbesy o wholesale heglra as
soon as their present term OF ofhce mas ex-
pired.
Great dissension and bitterness exist among
tile rival factions. CriminatieDs and recrimln-
litiol g, disclosures Of past bribery. deceptlons
and fraud, are constantly reaching those VINO
l,are shelving them tor use IN the coming CAIN
ipaign. and their aggregate WILL make OUT an
indictment that will bring verdict Of co9vic-
|. .tlon before the people. SIS
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