The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-01-10
THE
Th!s Rogue. 81 tho Ring.

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'T!9!.ls! T!h!s Ressss.ss ss!lss u tho Ring. |
THE vuhTy!gEs., gTgAT ARE PRoTscrEb
Bf oa1Nys MARTIAL Law.
CoLunplA, s. @. December 26. !
For onoe, the old adags has proved |
untrue, and tue history Of events In
the Legislature Of this Statps within
tho past fortnight has demoRstrated
that it is not always true that "when,
rogues fall out hoqest mon got their
dues" Fo r the rogues who wore
charged with the administration Of the
State Government have had serious
falling out. While il is true, however,
that the honest men of the State have
not received their dues, this row,
among tho members Of tho Ring has
brought to light many dapnable, facts,
that have hitherto lain Comfortably
hidden by the veil OF obscurity, aud
the we'll filed coffsrs Of w6s'dSlecta :
BILE oarpet.bag princes have; been made
to pour out their treasures oopiodsly
into tho depleted pockets Of their col.
ored brethren, who legislaf ca a0r their
constituency at the exoeedingl y cheap
consideration of six dollars per diem
THE cAsus .BELLt.
It will be remembered that ex-
Congressman G. G. Bowen, after, his
eyes toward tha GabsrnssAtoSriai GabsA S'f ohais
Of South Carolina. His first object
was to ruin GOV. Soott's chance for q
renomiuatior1i. : He took / seat in the
Legislature. This was easily, done.
Being aorts Of prinoo among the ,an-
lettered oolorsd iihabitatts' 81 SEA
islands, Bowen had merely to get one
Of tho Legislators to resign and signify
his desire to be elected. .~yUpon' pre-
senting himself for qualification in the
House some Of the colored members
entered q protest against his admis-
sion, and tho ex.Oongressman, rising
to explain, promised to expose tho
frauds Of the Ring and make the pill
ferers Of the public treasury disgorge.
Having obtained his seat, one Of the
FIRST acts Of his new official career was
to intoduce q resolution for the ap-
pointment Of q committee of FIVE to
investigate, tue alleged 4 pver.iasua of
bonds. The committee having been
appointed, with Mr.. Bowen : at, its
head. submitted q report in which they
Charged the Governor and treasprer
of the State |withshaving ffaudaiehtB
issued over six millions of State bonds
and recommended that the House
"take immediate stops to bring to JUS.
tioe those who had defrauded the
State and ruined her credit."
BowEN's FLANK MOVEMENT ON SCOTT.
The recommended contained in
tk:s report wssadepttssd aHsgthe gens Q
Of the Hoase aby Aa ovegwhelming
majority,'and Bowen ithsrsup6h i'm
mediately introduced o resolution to
impeach Governor and Scott Treasurer
Fraker Of high orimes and misdemean-
ors in office. This was the signal for the
fray. His Excellency at once per.
ceived that his time for action had
come, and as promptly began his pre-
paration1 for the fight His funds
were promptly arranged for distribu-
tions among his friends inti the Legis-
lature, and market forthwith open =.
cd for the purchase Of votes. During
the consideration Of the resolutions,
Bowen made. :, q speech, inFl which he
Statehouss Rmgs'aG aGehssas WRipper,
the black membsrp f,omf Beaufort,
fought by his side, md the entire bat
tie was carried on by tliese Two, assis-
ted by few, struggling aplored mem
bers and the handful Of White Demo.
orats in the House, '''5 "SN S'''s''f'
scorr's AMBuscADE. w X
Those twqsnewlya made lReformer ers
prolonged the battle until the 23d, on
which day the General sAssemblyyH lad
agreed to adjourn lfors tho Christmas
holidays. Their object was to ,staye
off vote until the rreassembling of
the Legislature, when they hoped to
be able to obtain o two third, vote d to
impeaoh tho Governor and Treasurer.
But his excelleaey wastoo' 9ah arp i'for
them. He poured out his money
Tim Hurley swears no spent $780,.
o00--bought votes right and left, and
issued q proclamation oonyeping the
Assembiy 10 sStra session Son ths s.fol
lowing day, and SO forced vote
whereby the impeachment resolutions
were defeated by Q vote Of 63 to. 81.
10 those, ,npnacqaaiptsd with, the wire
workings of che Iegislaturs Of South
Carolina, this action would app6af
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