Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-09-05
Judge Mackey Holds up the Boilers
iii Review.

iii Review.
On the last day Of the Convention
of the regular wing of the Republi
can party, Judge T. J. Mackey tool
the Boilers" under his especial care
and his vivid pictures of many o
them in their hellish hideousness anc
loatlsome depravity is true to the
letter, And for the information Of
those who put Their faith in the Re.
form Boilers; and trust to them for
the salvation, Of the country, We
herewith submit JuHg.. Mackey's re.
marks. Read, and then tell MS wherein
you have hope through the Orr
Bowen-Hurley Boilers, for any i'm
provement in the administration Of
the State government
T. J.. Mackey' rose to privileged
question, and said propose to reply
now to the attacks of the Reform or
Boilers Conve stion. My first assail-
ant is D. T.. Corbin, and I shrink
from touching him with the loathiag
Of a surgeon who dissects putrid
corpse. He is an index of the meas
ure Of reform proposed. On the
banks of the Nile stands column,
the Nilometer, which marks the rise
and fall of the waters Of that river
by the mud line. Corbin is the Nj
lometer of the rise of corruption in
South Carolina. His first appearance
was as provost judge on Wadmalaw
Island, in 1865. His chief confeder-
ate there, as now, was G. c. Bowen.
His conduct there was so infamous
that an Investigation was demanded.
Bowen, who was less guilty, but more
unfortunate, was sent TO prison for
stealing the funds of the freedmen !;
but Corbin escaped. He next ap-
.peared as State senator, when his
first act was to champion the bill to
fund the bills of the Bank Of the
State, the courts having decided that
these bills were not receivable for
taxes. Goblin worked the bill through,
thus beginning a new debt for which
the people Of the State had absolu ely
no benefit. Senator F. A. Sawyer is
rcgster-d'as having forty-six thou
sald dollars Of these bank bills, for
which he paid ten cents on the dollar,
and, through Corbin, those bills and
hundreds Of thousands Of like bills
were funded at par. Next he ap-
peared as the manager OF the phos-
plate bill, which gave an immense
source Of State revenue to private
corporation. By a system of debauch-
cry heretofore unknown, he succeed
ed in getting the bill through the
Legislature. Scott vetoed the bill,
and Corbin telegraphed, Damn the
veto. | have money enough to pass
- ne did
pass it. Others have dallied with
Corruption, ,ebu5 Corbin has clasped
her naked form to his bosom. When
Corruption stalked through the legis-
l2tive halls, she leaned on the stout
arm of D. T. Corbin, and her dia-
monds shone with the tears of an
outraged people. As soon as the bill
passed. Corbn was registered as the
owner Of forty thousand dollars worth
Of stock Of tAe phosphate company.
He next championed the general rail
road bill, for which he received as. ii
senator, not as an attorney, the sum
Of three thousand dollars He u .xt
figures in connection with th-. sinking
!NGd commission, receiving seven thou
sand dollars as sen"lor for the SER
ICES liz rendered. Like certain mir
cles Of vese;;stIog which grow forty |
reoi i'll one ntght, Cormn spr;lng from
poverty to opuence in the fash of an
eye. i deal with his pubic record,
and will hot rli I be veil which COW
ers his prive life 1t is sufficient to
say that he and Bowen might we'll
be appointed the two snperintsndepts
of marital relations in this State.
| now pas to G.. W. lark, who
endorses ]Reaben Tom!inson political
paper, and VOWS that Corbin is the
soul et truth. For the sake of a. gu
nent | will admit that Corbin is
truthful, and mere is Corbin's opinion
IF Clark. Judge Maekey here read
ind exhibited .he following autograph
ettet, written and signed by Mr..
}Orbin, unless the signatur.'be very
exact forgers,-:
Thus We have tc' smoke the rats
nut. Damn EN- They are worse
han rebels; for we know what to ex-
'ectof them Clark ir'my judgment
5 the most contemplate, dirty devil
n the whole gang. He furnishes the
'ackbone and animus of the whole
ght. For Gods sake kill him off for
ny appointment or promotion. He
'as low and mean enough to ask for
ny endorsement for the office of col t
ector a few days ago. I'd see him
4 hell first. He defes all law ald
Republican party and yet'asks them
Or an office. S
(signed) D. T. coRBrN. {
A month later Corbin endorsed c
lark as a staunch Republican and
ne soul of honor, and recommended q
i'm for collector. | pass now to R@u- c
en- Tomllnson, and again charge that i
| the House he was the special ad- b
ocate of the phosphate bill. As S
Jon as that bill passed his name also t
ppeared as the owner of forty thou t
md dollars worth Of phosphate Il
.oclS. At that time Reuben Tomlin- t.
IN, as the auditor of the State, was
,quired to receive returns CT the
uantity of phosphate mind. He +
as also employed by the Greenville a
I'd Columbia Railroad Company. 4 \,
nd at the very time was engaged as ~ !,
tate Auditor in assessing its proper L
: for taxation. As a pioneer of edu-
sticn. Tomhnson signally failed, as t.
is conduct in Beaufort, as freed II
ans hnraan commissioner shows :,