The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-01-13
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. Attorney.Gensral AEaiu-H
Record Reviewed, ,fi r,,l 4 i

Now that Attorney, General Chamber.
lain has concluded his valuable services
in behalf OF the United States Govern
nient against the poor Ku Klux,, who
were led TO take a false. position by the
sins Of the regime that Mr. Chamberlain
helped to introduce here, we propose
again to call his attention to the part he
has played in the swindling operations
Of the ring, Of which he nyss great
part-great iniorime. though vsry small
IN motalitS, The patio from p, Mdassa- q ..
chheetts, who came here to teach US be-
nighted OsrqliRiaps how 70. Have the
right kind Of o. Btate Government. seems
to think tAstthe can. set up :assaaiinst 1all
the 'chhiaA1 laid at his door, the, shield
.oi his ,chsracterl We say ssens to think,
for he Knows better. Whatever Mr..
Chamberlain be wanting in, tits not in
brains or -affectaiion. He goes, we sup
'poss, on the Shakspearian suggestion Of
.':aasbme g. = Virtue it you have Il pat.ss
We tell Mr.. Chamberlain that there is
NO man in. sdaA Carolina. seye9 .16 she
manner horn,a"d ,,!ll!ss elsewhere b9Tnr Who
can afford TO- Disregard and iighofe, the
a5s:4 a ~ hi. sss.sl aAsstIkst lstt
him. He remaiHH mate. He esnaSima-
gine. ar RSJa tfpki. f5ii that Ills iii i isa afs4en d94
Hynagadth, {, ffs Il. ~ 'Ezaa al .fh1sl
saRenp.". .tAat sha '1HsteS uatioh - .Hszn 81
standing but on plymouth sand, and the
house ihat Els legal hands b,slIpaeSdi a. to
qaiys 5 5tAHh iall,i4s ,i Ho iso,on as the rains
of avenging jussiee'begin to beat upon it.
As asSss ,pA ,ppASsis'siat. sent Developments widen
and dpsh, it appears more and more
evident that. upon this legal member of
the corrupt State regime. rests all the
responsibility thAt we have attached to
him, and much more besides.
We have, already referred to Mr..
Ohamberlsin'a g. Chester speech, in the
simmer of 1870. In August. 1870. at
Chester. in this State, he, asserted that
the whole public debt OF the State was
but Sc, 1873. .340.17. In November. 1871,
he assists the Treasurer, the corrupt
Parker, in putting the State debt at
$15, 767, ,908.98. At the same time. this
unblushing man said: ~ an. here to de-
.fend the policy and acts Of Governor Scott
and his administration In the management
Of tho funds and credits Of The State. 1
an, a,0are that this is the pital point of our
cause; The rock on which We split, if at
all"
Aud then he adds: "F any one fr0udu-
lent dct, one instance Of Encouragement or
misrepresentation Of public funds, under
The present administration" is proved,
then ''let your swiT condemnation fall on
our heads. drive as from otfce-dye, d,ioe
US from the Siate."
Self convicted, self-condemned, self
sentenced man, we refer to the sentence
of Chamberlain upon Chamberlain him
self. 1t is said. that when person be.
comes his own lawyer, he has fool for
his client. What shall be said of him
who becomes his own Judge, and SEN
tences himself to grievous fate?
The Attorney General also said in that
Chester speech, which now rises like
some ghost to confront him, that when
ever there is made good one single
charge or one single fraud in our history
for tic past tro yeurs, let rs descend to
merited i'yamyr'
Self-denounced. self-soiled. self-repu-
diated. we refer the case of tho Attorney
General-the highest law officer of the
State-to the Attorney General himself.
We hare not been more severe upon the
Attorney General than he has been upon
himself
But this is not ALL We call the atter-
ton of the public to some points that
We desire to make in connection with
Mr. Chamberlain's career last summer.
In DIsy, 1871. just about the time
when the Ku Klux sword was suspended
above the heads Of the guilty officials,
State and County, OF South Carolina,
the Attorney General addressed letter
on public affairs to w. L. Trenholm,
Esq, OF Charleston. he pretended at
T.