The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-09
ysketches Of Senator Patterson.

rho o~troct below are intended to throw some
luz non 1A1 the mast career of John J. Patter
- .the Senator elect, from South Carroll"
ma whose exploits in Pennsylvania thoroughly
frs;Ssd him Il ii ii the art of manipulating Legls-
isf;,res' and Isaining the confidence OF lmpecu-
t.;o,,s s,embsrsy, He isian old hand at the bus
ines. IS our readers will readily perceive;
From the Belletonts (Pa) Watchua".
John + Patterson, Esq, formerly Of Juniata
county. Pennsylvania, but tor the last tnree
or four years one of gang OF carpet -oaggsrs @
: Who have been robbing the State OF SCUM ,I "a
rolina. has been elected United States oenatoE
nom that State by the mongrel Legislature.
While figuring in politics here, fatteIson Wa' as
one Of the most unscrupulGus rascals ~ he
State and, if the truth were Anowi !. ountrvs mUuu
seen that he cleft his country f0r MS country
good" =. oe +h;s senetor;al
d;s5riSf DIR people can appreciate and under
st.SA, 40 deep disgrace that has fallen upon
- shelStase; ;Gf. South Carolina in his election to
s5e Senate of the United States. In the DO
r6SSh n r which Patterson lived while in this
Sfs bA cSnld not have been elected to the
rrios- paersial oficeln could he have succeeded
In securing. any position from the people either
In his county, or his congressional, senatorial
districts. In 1852 by the most ylilalnoqs
frauds, in a conference meeting, ne optaineo
nomination for Congress IN distrlcg ina: usu-
aIlv giveS about two thousand radica! majority,
.ana snch was the disgust for. the man that his
NC cor com pefitor, Gen. VIM. ID. Miller,
Svas1nlectea bwafI overwhelming majority. dis
ney.. effort, so4secnre a position, was q Httie
more successful, and by some means: or otner o'e
ba had hin;seif appointed Provost Marshal OF
M fl.h district. ftfn this position he proved
sarsrisnate; the: :.people7 of his district had
,,Isoed nnon him, when a candidate for Con-
Dress, correct. beyond any question, TOR n. more
coryInt. iacompetent, bare-faced, villalnous
ofSeial never 'disgraced any position. How OF,
tefg Eanl members of his board were tockea
mi in o private room the State Capitol notei'
at Harrisburg, to keep from beng arrested loa
fraudulent transactions In othce, IL Wouiu oe
EsT5 70 saw. For weeks at time we have
Known them to be hid away while other mem
hers of their. ring were in Washington hxlng
1n,atters mn How much he swlndled the
yovernment. how much he robbed those un.
f1Seky enough to fall into his clutches, IS known
onlv 10 himself and his associates. This, how
ever is known, that Patterson was poor when
he became Provost Marshal, and when ne was
t;cked ont of that Office, after having squan-
SsSs5ftbo6sands upon thousands of dollars on
IsgdIvonen. at gambling saloons, and IN r'ot-
Gus living. he was comparatively wealthy, -
IT was This same John j. Patterson, now U.
g Senator from South Carolina, who acknowl-
edged to a prominent citizen OF this state snort
G.meron by Mr.. Boyer, of .Clearield, that ne
6a5' offempted to brbe members of the Legis-
Eaf5rI to vote for him for United States Senator
-StAat had he Patterson sworn the truth, Cam
,,,on xvould have gone to the penitentlary. IL
,~os th;s same Patterson who laid about harris
S;,rg JnIirJp the winter of 1868, hiring witnesses
fsSsIinrs, themselves, when giving testimony
d, thai contested election case OF Shugert 0s.
Peh;nson. and who, when he succeeded In TINS
the most Infamous Of all, political trlcks-iQp
g;yine the seat TO man who had been relecteo
SVsthe people, admitted openly that II the Dem
asratsthada paid him ten thousand dollars, ne
Wo,iId dihaye, Rebinsen withdraw from the con.
tsstand acknowledge he was ia tairly oeasen s' a.
sfT IN S4h;s Seate We have never heard him spo-
te.i ofbvsny one, friend or foe, but as a. low,
seir,thv: yiHainous trickster, common politl-
cal tbisf who never attempted anything but IN
noanner Honorable men would desplse ana
,sssunnoss the same disgraceful efforts he made
hsgSIke has followed in South Carolina, In
Pnnnsvlvauia he. neper, could have risen above
his natural level, because he was too well
tnoSn !. Init down in the crushed and bleeding
P.Jnnetto State among the niggers and scala
waps he passed, of his tinsel and varnlsh ior
pure gold. BY means of his money, OF wnicn
he had plenty, be succeeded ln manipulating
tSs dnsky legislators in accordance Wlth ms
dss;Sss and the result is seen In his eleetion 10
,vsi,osition, that was formerly CONSIDERED as
hepersble as any under tins. American cons'l'u7
I'VE We az, az MT desire to say anything harsh or
,7,fi;nSl oF Mr. Patterson, but when he lived
aae,I bnre II, Juniata county, we have distinct
recollection that he was considered !oW;down
and nlayed out Morally and a politically ne
"a aSwfeck, and Ike Morton Of Indiana, tile
aims Of his past life were fevenging themselves
,srJsrt hia b6dy: iAnd,this is theman whom the
tbe.mrIperel Legislature of the proud old state
has 81 chosen to represent her in the United
States Senate. A Pennsylvania outcast who
bss SesnIint the South scarcely four years Is
II any wonder that the country is going to the
uaif a IRON, the Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot. ),
tN;rtpe has had most signal triumph in the
.oaa of John J. Patterson, the Senator-eect
oSSontb Carolina. After a hearing of wit
nasSsss Patterson was dismissed amid the ap-'
,,ia,ise of q great crowd of people. The teie'
1rash agent at Columbia announces that 'the
proof was overwhelming and conclusive that
no attempt at bribery by Colonel Patterson or
SGends II hsd been attempted" This remarkable
negative proof of the virtue OF Patterson con-
sisss @ of the testimony of the two negro mem
hers | of the. Legislature, who admit that they
had periured themselves in their affidavits
ors;ast him. IF the recantation of the wit
y,esses iss to be believed, they had merely
brought the charge of bribery against; Pat5er r.
son in order to obtain what they considered to
t Se fha he value of their votes for United States
Senator. The vindication of Patterson then
Consists in this denial of two negro Legislators
who admit that they had deliberately perJured
themselves. On this rests the overwhelming
and conclusive proofs of Patterson's innocence.
Mr.. Orton, of the Western Union Telegraph
should look to his Columbia agent, else sus.
n;c;on NAV arise that the Establishments of
Psttsrson have been successfully practiced on