The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-01-25

peachment on the part of the Legislature, bu
deserving of prosecution in the criminal court
of the State The $2,50O,000 referred to, salt
he, which the Governor admits were Issued, h
attempts to justify under false construction
Of the Acts to redeem the bills receivable, ant
the Act authorizing the negotiation of LOAF
to pay the interest on the public debt; but tn
greatest fraud had been perpetrated under colo
of the Act to provide for the conversion
State securities, about which his Excellenc.
had been strangely reticent. $40 ,0OO,0OO o
bonds, as shown by the books of the Treasurer
had been issued under that Act, whereas Du
81, ,I62, 600 of State stock had been converted
Another item, said he, in the financial portion
of the Governors message, to which ne desiret
to refer, was in relation to the $780, 600 OF bonds
bought up by the sinking frnd commission
These bonds said he, the Governor informs us
must be deducted from the bonded debt of the
State. He would have us believe that they art
assets Of the 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 tol
$4,000 which he claims is due him for com
missions. He then turned to the agricultural
college land scrip fraud, and, iii feeling and in
dignant terms, charged Governor Scott and the
Financial Board of robbing the innocent and
INDECENT children of the State of the charitable
donation of the General Government intended
to supply their educational wants. In proof
of the charge that the land scrip had been sold
for 84a cents per acre, and not 72, as returned
by the Financial Agent, he handed in to the
Speaker, and had read by the Clerk the follow
ing letters:
CLEVELAND, OHIO, Dec. 5, 1871.
hon. job" B. Dennis, Chairman, &c. Columbia
s1R~Yours, of November 20, is received
During the fall and summer of 1870, | fire.
ouently called on Mr. II. H. Kimpton, Finan-
cial Agent of South Carolina, in reference to
the purchase of the college land scrip about to
be issued to said State. The scrip was retail
ing at S155 per piece-about 81 cents per acre.
repeatedly offered to pay Mr.. Kimpton SlS5
per piece-about 843 cents per acre-tor all OF
the South Carolina scrip. also wrote and
telegraphed to his ExcelIency Gov. Scott, de-
string to buy the scrip. None Of my communi-
cations 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 John Thompson, of the
First National Bank, of New York, with whom
Kimpton had lodged the scrip. went imme-
diately to Thompson and there completed the
purchase of large portion Of the scrip at Sl35
per piece, of 160 acres-about S43 cents per
acre. have several bills of purchase from the
First National Bank, of New York, similar to
the enclosed. Had the State officers dealt fair
ly with me, should have paid them 81 cents
per acre for the whole of the scrip. ! psid the
States of Texas and Louisiana 81 cents for all
their scrip, and the States of Alabama and
Mississippi so cents for all theirs. The latter
States received only $4,000 down, and gave
reasonable time for receiving and paying tor
the balance. Eighty.seven cents per acre was,
at the time, fair price for all of the South
Carolina scrip. l have been informed Mr..
Kimpton reported that he received only ~
cents per acre for South Carolina scrip. The
enclosed bill cannot fail to show the contrary.
The First National Bank acted for Kimpton.
There was no use of his placing the scrip at
the bank, and no commissions should be al-
'N" G. F. LEWIS.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, December %, 1871.
Hon. B. F. WhiAemorc, Columbia, S. c.
SIR: Yours of the 11th and 18th is received.
I purchased from Kimpton about $4,000 acres
of agricultural college scrip, and paid for it
through First National Bank OF New York, at
an average Of eighty-6ve cents per acre. Ihe
balance, except 100 pieces, which were saved
for some private friends Of Kim,pton, was sold
to 81. Thompson, President First National Bank,
St. Paul, Minnesota, and Lunt Preston d
Keene, Bankers, Chicago. Both are honest
firms and will be glad to aid Justice, KlmP-
ton can be made to pay the State what the SCRIP
was worth, and what l offered him for the whole
of it-eighty-fve cents per acre. The laws OF
New York will allow you to arrest him the same
as they have Connolly.
:, All honest men will gladly aid you, and hope
you may rid your robbed and oppressed State
from all such rulers. Who are your attorneys
in New York?
Yours, with respect and esteem,
A letter from Mr.. John Thompson, referred
to by Mr.. Lewis, was also read, saying that he
had paid at the rate of eighty-four cents pei
acre for the land scrip.
The speaker then referred to the items of eX-
penditures entered upon the Treasurer's books
as made under authority of the joint resolution
authorizing the Governor to organize an armed
force for the preservation of the peace, &c
He charged that S150,0O0 had been expended
here, not for the organization and employment
of an armed force, as was contemplated Dy Tue
resolution, for not single person had ever been
called into service, but in support OF various us
private speculations-one item being $1,000
pao bald to certain agent of one Of the newspa;;
pers in the State. In closing, Whippcr, stated
that he intended again to introduce resolutions
of impeachment against the Governor not TT thai ia,
he expected to effect anything, Tor he well knew y
the power of Scott's gold upon majority Q!
the members, but ha wished to have for himself
and to afford to other honest Republicans, al
ODD opportunity of recording their adherence o.
the the fraud and corruption that had rendered for.
ever infamous the character of the present adj
ministration.
rose on a question of privilege-not he said
to assail the report of the Joint Investigating
Committee, or to deny the facts and figures sci
forth by them, for he believed the Commtte!!
had conscientiously discharged their duty, ano
were correct in their statements, so tar as theil
,,,on+. Int tO 1ofan0 himself