The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-01-18
Lna1snAr1vn MAryEns.-The debate

M. Whipper, whp was 10 the midst Of
his speechswhen The motion to,adiouen
was passed Tuesday, resumed his re-
marks. He said chat the message of the
Governor, admitted the over-issne OF
bonds, rs charged, but attempted to ex-
ouse himself under the miserable subter-
fuge that the laws authorized such me,
thod OF raising Funds. and the oxtzavass
giant appropriations of the Legislature
rendered the exercise of 7suoh authority
necessary. The figures, however, did
not accord with the Governors asser-
tions, for the records of the Oomptrol-
ler's Office show the entire appropriations
for the years 1858, 1869 and 1870 aggre-
gated but S3.613. 1876: 81; the taxes COL
lected amounted to So, ,085, 1876. 40, leav-
ing on excess of appropriations OF only
S52S, 900. 40; and yet the Governor tells
us he had to borrow $3, 200, 600 upon the
bonds of tho State to meet necessary ex-
penses. +'' ,' .,'s
The Constitution OF 1868, said Whip
per. expressly provides, in Article TX.
Section -, that no money shall be paid
out of the Treasury, unless pursuant to
mn appropriation of the General Assem-
bly,; and yet the Governor has, by his
own showing, used over $4,000, 900.
without any appropriation whatever by
the Legislature, acting thus in Hagrea:
violation Of the Constitution which he
had sworn to support, and rendering
himself not only liable to impeachment
on the part OF the Legislature, but de-
serving Of prosecution in tho criminal
courts of the State. The SO, 500, 900 re-
ferred to, said he, which the Governor
admits were issued, he attempts to JUS
tify under false construction of the
Acts to redeem the bills receivable, and
the Act authorizing the negotiation Of a
loaR to pay the interest on the public
debt; bat tho greatest fraud had been
perpetrated under color of the Act to
provide for the conversion Of State secu-
rites, about which his Excellency had
been strangely reticent. $10,00O,OO0
of bonds, as shown by the books of the
Treasurer, had been issued under that
Act. whereas but 81, 10000 of State
stock had been converted. Another
item. said he, in the financial portion of
the Governors message, to which he
desired to refer, was in relation to the
S200,00G of bonds bought up by the
sinking fund commission. These bonds,
said he, the Governor informs us, must
be deducted from the bonded debt OF the
State. He would have rs believe that
they are assets OF tho State, or have
been Cancelled, whereas it is we'll known,
and can be proven, that they are pledged
to the Financial Agent, and held by him
as collateral security for 5000, 600, which
he claims is due him for commissions.
He then turned to the agricultural col
lege land scrip fraud, and, in feeling
and indignant terms, charged Governor
Scott and the Financial Board of rob-
bing the innocent and INDECENT chill
dren of the StAte of the charitable donR-
ton of the General Government intend
ed to supply their educational wants
In proof OF the charge that the land
scrip had been sold for 8411 cents per
acre. and not 70, as returned by the
Financial Agent, he handed in to the
Speaker, and had read by the Clerk the
following letters:
CLEVELAND. ONO, Dec s, 1871.
Hon. John B. Dennis. Chairman, &c,
Columbia, S. c..
SIR: Yours. OF November 20, is receiv-
ed. During the fall and summer of 1870,
I frequently called on Mr.. 81. 81. Kimp-
ton, Financial Agent OF South Carolina,
in reference to the purchase of the COL
lsge land scrip about to be issued to said
State. The scrip was retailing at Sl55
per piece-about 81 cents per acre. 1
repeatedly offered to pay Mr.. Kimpton
$l35 per piece-about S4% cents per
acre-for all of the South Carolina scrip.
I also wrote and telegraphed to his Ex-
cellency Gov. Scott, desiring to buy the
scrip. None of my communications to
Gov. Scott were answered by him, but
Mr.. Kimpton told me he had the sale of
the scrip and need not communicate
with any one further except Jno. Thomp-
son, of the First National Bank, Of New
York, with whom Kimpton had lodged
the scrip. went Immediately to Thomp-
son and there completed the purchase OF
large portion OF the scrip at $l35 per
piece, of 160 aores-about 841a cents per
mere. have several bills of purchase
from the First National Bank, of New
York, similar to tho enclosed. Had the
State officers dealt fairly with me,
should have paid them 81 cents per acre
for the whole of tho scrip. paid the
States of Texas and Louisiana 81 cents
for all their scrip, and The States of Ala
bama and Mississippi 90 cents for all
theirs. The latter States received only