The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-03
4 DISH OF POLITICAL GOSSIP.
what Judge Tom nhckey has to SAY
About the Prospect In Tho State.
From the winpboro' Eews

Judge Mackey was q town on Saturda,
last, and while here 70 sought him out TO-
The purpose of being enlightened az 10 what Il
transpiring "hehlnd th scenes" and of gain
Ing some Information as 10 what ia to be tht
idestiny of South Carlina. We will DOW give
our readers the benef of the interview.
He had recently refined from Washington
city, where he had beo sent as o committee
OF one by the Republican State committee Il
to complain before thegreat tycoon, Ulysses
First, Of the conduct o~certaln United States
officials who have ofened the Regulars" By
thelr Identification wit the "Bolters." Msjol
Merrill seems to have Rem the worst offender
and his case was the ub}ect OF special and
arfevous complaint. he Judges understand
Inc, when he left Washington, vas that Mer
rili would be requested0 communicate to the
wal department y Satisfactory explanation oil
his course, and In case I his failure to do 30,
q court OF investigate. would be ordered,
and the redoubtable ialor placed on trial,
By the by, 1t seems thu Merrill ''got Into q
scrImmage" In the earlpart OF the war, and
not coming out as weLas no went In, was
.bomb.proofedn IN. q ptvost-mdrtial1s office
during the remainder the conflict. This
circumstance accounts r. his gallantry In hls
crusade against the Ku-tnX.
The President. aocorhg to Judge ~, will
pardon all the Ku.KluI prisoners alter the
Presidential election. 3 regards State poll
tics. The Judge seemsIuite confident that
Noses would be elected 0Vernor by over s 0 ,c00
majority. he wasinclini to believe, however,
that the county tickets ould be considerably
mixed. he thought alb that the prospects
for reform through the legislature were very
%uniavorable, inasmu0hs the candidates put
forward In the various untles were OF such a
character and standings 10 oner no gnaran.
tee That they would aet the question OF
reform In the prop spsfif, and legls-
late With a view to remiylhg Inc ABUSES tnat
exist In our State government.
ConcerDIur the reportat he, Judge ackey,
would be a candldatefOr the Legislature,
he saId that only under 9tain contingencies
would he offer himseltr the position. If,
after ihe assembling oIihe Legislature, the
friends of reform were md 10 the minority,
and of not sufficient stlgth to effect any
him he would use hiIllfluence To have q
vacancy created, resig ls judgeshlp, and
endeayor to be elected che General Assem-,
DIV, In the hope of dot something for the
cause. He does not coemPlate pulling OH
his judicial robes In thisnctlon.
The Judge greatly p!eae US IN giving II as
| his opinion that GoverncPerry would defeat
majority. He says that Nlace Is nc doubt In
full sympathy with the ~'olters,n and that q
great many Republlcanall take no part In
Che congressional electloIThose who do sup.
po;t him are rather lukerm and Indifferent
as to The result.
Judge N. believes Thea better day 10 In
store for South Carolina, d that, In Q year or
two more, the chasm bgeen the white and
black races will be succellly brldged. The
carpet-baggers, he eays,ve been our ruin,
but he falls to explain " he has heretofore
supported them.