The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-12
THE Eyf1 AND TIE REMFDY.
Losing Confidence In the Governor-Bsd
Appointments-Morc About n Con-
stItutional Convention.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIE NEWS.

TO THE EUlTOR Of LIE NEWS.
LAuRENs, 8. c., april 7.
Can You, or any one else, tell what was the
object OF Governor scottin calling t~ogether1he
ssGood and substantial citlzens OF the State Tor
tbs purpose oil holding q conference upon the
condition of things in South Carolina and ma
king promises of reform, particularly in the
matter ofhis appointments? I had begun TO
have some confidence In the sincerity of-tha
Governors declarations Of reform, parlcu-
larly as reform was for bis real interest; but
when | see, right upon the heels OF thai CON
ference and those promises, the set OF appoint
ments that he has made for jury commission
ers, the one in this county particularly, that
confidence ls totally destroyed, for 1t Is per.
fectly apparent that he cannot act indepen-
dent of party now In anything. Indeed. The
case Is become hopeless as far as the Cover
nor is.concerned when such a notorious cow
ard as Joe Crews can shake his finger In his
face ard dare him toilet that $500 hyestlga-
tion 20 on, What hope have we In The futuEe
hut In ourselves I? None that can see.
have been watching closely the articles. OF
s'Citizen" and like them, but there are stu
some things that have escaped his pen IN
these articles, whether he Is Withholding them
prudently, or they have hot occurred to him
Is not material. II he will. send me his -sd-
dress / will point them out. to him, or 10 80
privately TO H NEWS. a., u
Mr.. MemmiDger's plan will do very well as
far as II roes, II a convention can be secured,
but it does not provide for the two races TO
live together peaceably and equitably IN the
future; but let these same convention fathers
alter the constitution so that the whites alone
shall elect The Senate, and the blacks alone
elect the House Of Representatives. This
would be a check that could not be overcome
by either House or the Governor, and would
enable the TWO races to hold q perfect >feh
NEEDLE with either or both, until the bills they
had agreed upon should be presented for his
signature. u, .,o
actions Of the Chamber OfCommerce and. the
Board OF Trade Of your city. 1t is, however,
no more than we expected OF them u they
acted at all in the matter: Let US make a
Convention, and zee II all may not yet be
brought right. Men that despair never win.
II is reported that we are soon to have a
garrison here, but for what reason we are un-
able to see, unless 1t is to disturb the perfect
ouiet that now reigns here. We are not una
ware though that Judge Bonds charge to the
grand jury in your city has something TO 40
with it. Let them come. We have no hostility
to the United States Government or It's SOLD,
iers. 80 long as they perform their duty. l
wonder IL the Hon. Joe Crews comes along
with them ? Nous ue7TonS.
The spring Is opening fine here; the farmers
all ut work; grain all looking well, and tne
fruit crop safe 30 far. As usual, there IS going
to be 100 much cotton planted TO the exclusion
of provision crops, but not to the e4tehs
of last year. When will our farmers learn anu
practice wisdom tn this matter Go ;.
The views OF Taxpayer" OF sumner, N
YOUR issue of last Tuesday, are well conceived.
These free interchanges Of thought is just
what We want. LAuhrss'