The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-29


The first Of these remedies might be best If it
were practicable, but it would be a wild, Crazy
Quixotism to attempt it. 1t could not be ac-
complished without plunging the country INTO
another civil war, and We have had enough OF
the bitter fruits of civil war.
The only practical way OF restoring gooa
government in the South is by thwarting the
too successful attempts OF the extremists TO
stir up JacobinIsm and animosties between
the two races. Their interests arf really iden-
tical, and If the conflict which l:-S Deen caused
by the Freedmen's Bureau and carpet-baggers
were healed, the best citizens of both races,
even in State like South Carolina where the
negroes are in majority, could control the
government and reform existing evils. The
only practical solution is to recognize negro
suffrage, and establish friendly relations with
The better part of the colored population.
When he concluded the reading of the eX-
tract, the speaker devoted few minutes OF
his time to the Sumter News which, he said,
had been hurting It's feeble arrows at him. will
state that this paper is published at The home
of several of those who are prominent men,
bers of the "Ring," and Franklin J. Moses, Jr.,
was at one time its editor. Two years ago 1t
became so shaky that everybody thought it
had gone over to the Radicals. Having craw-
fished cut of that position, it remains in the
Democratic camp to assail us.
After this DEPRESSION, the speaker proceeded
to show that not only was the movement en-
dorsed by both Democrats and Republicans in
South Carolina, but by those abroad, and read
letter from the editor Of paper Is Missis-
sppi, who was striving to inaugurate move
ment of the same kind in that State; cited the
editorials Of the Nation, which spoke most IA
vorably of the attempt to overthrow the cor
rupt "Ring," which had tranpled down all
laws for its own aggrandizement, and then
read the following letter from J. j. Wright, who
although he does not so state 1t, is believed 10
have been the general commanding the Sixth
Corps of the Army Of the Potomac:
Boston. July IL, 1867.
| General ]. B. KerShd1, Camden, s. c.
My DEAR SIR have just read your patriot.
ic letter of June 28th, issued In the Banner OF
the South of the 9th Instant.
tell you, General, that that letter will do a
vast amount of good throughout the whole
country; for it contains the sentiments OF an
honest and fearless gentleman.
Would to God, that the whole gallant South
! could see their real, true condition, and the
only wise remedy as you and other gallant
pointed ont to your Injured people.
am, General, a Democrat, and fought three
years against you, especially while connected
with the Sixth Corps, "Army Of the Potomac. !"
We often met on many field as deadly Toes,
but ], with the whole army Of the; United
States, at the termination OF the civil strife,
with, perhaps, few cowardly exceptions. be-
came your friends. We, the Union soldiers,
were then, as we are to-day, ready to trust all
such as you; and we would cheerfully hope for
you to hold any office OF trust within the gift
of the American people. We both fought for
principle, and for that alone. 1t is not Tor man
to say who was In the right or wrong. That Is
for God to decide. Why Should we, therefore,
be enemies? Oh If all the editors and others
throughout our country that keep misrepre-
senting both sections Of the Union were sunk
into the sea, then we, the soldiers OF the late
war, could be brought together as man, and
put to death Radicalsm and all other id
isms which crazy cats for the past thirty years
have been mewing.
am willing to stand by, to the death even,
all that you have written.
Respectfully, DC,
With few graceful and complimentary re-
marks concerning General Butler and Judge
Carpenter, who were to follow him, General
Kershaw closed his remarks.
ADDRESS OF GENERAL BUTLER.
General Easley introduced General NJ. G..
Butler as "that gallant soldier, pure patriotic
and unselfsh citizen,n after which General
Butler said he had come fer the first time to
counsel with the good people OF Pickens, as to
what Is best to be done for the State, and he
proposed to discuss dispassionately questions
proper to be discussed on such occasions, with
out prejudice OF malice.
He then gave q resume Of the provisions Of
the reconstructions laws, saying that If they
should turn out to be wise. We should thank
the lawmakers; If they were unWise, the re-
sponslbility rested not with us. Whether wise
or unwise, there they were, and must be
obeyed. Unless there were laws there would
be anarchy. and bad laws were better than
anarchy. These Reconstruction laws do not
take away from us any of our iuaiIenable
rights; they do not give any one the right 70 ar
rest me or you, or to seize my or your property
without due process of law They do not say
that you shall not impose qualifications upon
your voters, but only say that the Qualihca-
| tions you impose upon one color shall be i'm
posed upon the other. But aside from all
this, under the Reconstruction laws system
| toiSted upon us, which brings blush to the
check of feyery honest man when he thinks OF
1t. [Jnst here an ass commenced to bray, where
| upon General Butler said hear a representa-
! tive Of Scott braying again.] When in wash
lngton few days ago, ] did not speak TO
either Democrat or Republican who did
not condemn and denounce the corrupt and
dishonest administration Of affairs In South
Carolina, and assert that it was disgrace to
any civilized country. Yet tor this state OF
affairs our own people are partly to blame, by
sitting down and permitting Scott and his
minions to step between the Two races (when
there were no causes tor discord) and orig!-
nate discord and bring about this disgrace
full state Of things.
Have we had misgovernment under the
Scott administration say we have, and
| have been asked for the proof now present
these charges, all Of which I believe / can
prove. The speaker then read the following
| CHARGES AGAINST R. K. SCOTT.
| lst. charge that he has violated that well
established and acknowledged principle OF law
which prohibits O trustee from specializing in
the trust fund for his own benefit, aud charge
that Governor Scott has specnated In the
funds of the State, OF which he is the trustee,
| Tor his own benefit.
I'd. ! charge that he has infested this State
with paid spies from abroad, reeklng with ha-
tired to our people, and established system of
espionage dangerous to public liberty and free
institutions.
Sd. charge that he pays these spies with
our money under the pretence that they are
peace officers, when they are simply his po-
| litical partisans, and are engaged in stirring
I'D strife.