The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-01-26
RICH DEVELOPMENTS.
Bixamist Bowen ON Scott, the Ohio
Carpet.Bagger

Biyamist Bowen ON Scott, the Ohio
Carpet.Bagger
Scott, Of Henry county, Ohio, fraudu
lently chosen Governor Of South Caro-
lima, and Bigamist Bowen, pardoned
out of the Penitentiary by Grant, lead
the two rival divisions of carpetbag
gerry, scallawaggery. and negro barbar'
ism in South Carolina, precisely a.
Carter and Warmoth do in louisiana
On the 18th, in the South Carolina
House Of Representatives, message o.
Scott's, in which be abused Bowen
fearfully, came up as the special order.
The Bigamist then took the floor, and
proceeded to arraign Scott for official
corruption and gross immortality.
After proving his Excellency a liar
(that was the word used,) in his
attempts to cover up his bond frauds In
New York, Bowen came down to SCOTS
private character, and scene ensued'
We quote from the Charleston Courier
report, and remember all this took
place in an open session Of the House:
MORAL TURPITUDE.
When Robert Kingston Scott talks
about moral nakedness let him remem'
Der the poor school mistress who was
epticed from Walhalla under cover Of
a certain letter, and who came under
the roof OF his mansion, and whose
room he entered on one dark night
and
At this juncture a point Of order was
raised as TO the use OF the language.
S. j. Lee, a member from Edgfield
being temporarily in the chair, ruled the
point well taken. Whereupon Bowen
arose to a question of privilege, saying
that he had been assaulted by the Gov
ernor, aud had a right to assail his
character in return.
The Speaker (Moses) having re-
summed the chair, Bowen preceded.
There are men to-day, said he,
serving out long sentences in the peni,
tentiarv, who would not have done
half as much as Scott did to that poor
woman under the gubernatorial man
SION; and this is the man that talks
about moral nakedness 1t i'll becomes
him to open his mouth. Why, then,
was no one beneath the roof on that
night but himself and the poor woman
who had taken shelter there.
STORMY SCENE.
Here half a dozen members rose to
their feet on points of order. The point
raised was that it was unparliamen-
tary to use such language in reference
10 the chief executive of the State.
The Speaker ruled that while he
thought the language in bad taste he
knew OF no rule which enabled him
to prevent a member from attacking
the character of any State official under
cover Of a question Of privilege. The
Speaker having by dint of vigorous
assault upon his desk with his official
ravel succeeded in restoring order,
Bowen continued:
| know, said he, that this effort to
gag me would be made, and were it not
Tor these Interruptions i should have
gone on to enumerate the ten or a
dozen victims Of this kind dragged
down to ruin by this man, who talks
about moral nakedness. After taking
advantage of this poor woman, he
wrote her letter, in which he threaten
ed her if she ever divulged what trans
pired on that night. After his victim
reached Charleston the proof Of this
monstrous crime came out-the proof
that the Gubernatorial Mansion OF
South Carolina no longer afforded
protection to the virtue OF an innocent
woman.
SIDE SCENE.
Hereupon Byas arose, and in words
of indignation, that were expressed In
his usual violent way, and accompanied
bv gesticulations OF the most violent
kind, denounced the language used,
and concluded by threatening an eX'
pulsion il Bowen did not desist.
Bowen replied as follows: / care
nothing for your threat. | am not to
be bullied by man whose vote can be
bought for five dollars.
Byas-Mr. Speaker, l rise to a
question of privilege. The gentleman
saws my vote can be bought for five
dollars.
The Speaker-The gentleman is mis-
taken; how does the member from Or
angeburg know that the gentleman
from Charleston refers to him ? He
has not said so.
Byas-I desire to ask the gentleman
if be refers to me?
Bowen-Ifyou will ask that question
outside Of this house l will answer it.
As was going on to say, that woman
came down to Charleston, having in
her possession letter in Scott's hand,
writing, threatening her if she ever
opened her mouth about what had
transpired. 1t did more; it described
the vile deed that had been con-
summated.
Jones (of Georgetown)-Where is the
letter.
Bowen-The party who had it
carried it to the Governor and made
him pay a sum of money for it, and j:
thus got back into his possession.
An indignant member here arose and
wanted to know whether we were
sitting here to discuss the Governor 6
private character, or as legislators to
make laws for the people.
No one was found to undertake the
answering Of this indignant question
which was certainly poser, and Bowen
once more resumed.
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