The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1874-01-08

A MODEL sEsAroR. There j. one dis.
tinguished gentleman now sitting in The
Senate ofthc United Etates the, yalus Il
whose oath and contscience can b esti-
mated from very complete data The lobby
may predicate Of him with perfect safsty
that while he will, under Ill ciroun.
stances, take everything that he can Ct,
he will also take anything rather tbas
nothing. We refer to the Hon. John J.
Patterson, Senator, from South CarolisA
some strange facts in whose biography Ne
presented recently to our readers. A
brief review Of his history ny not = oat
Of place now that Congress has begun ~
work and this precious law maker i
about for the FIRST time to take his had
in it. 80
The honor ofgiving Mr.. Pattsrsoa birtt
does not belong to South Carolina. We
believe thar the only native politicians she
possesses are Of the African racs, and Ghsss,
although strong in nunbsrs, sssn to
have been mastered, possssssd, and made
slaves of byparlor profssos Of statsersft
who swarmed in upon thsn from The
North as soon Is our armies led nsds L
safe for fellows Who hstsapowdsr a. mssh
as they loved plumber 10 50 thsrs. Mr..
Patterson was one ofthi band II snigrsnt
statesmen, and the Connosxsaltk out II
which he carried his lean eaTpetbsg, with
noble resolution to iillit somehow bsfbss
he set foot again on his native hath, was
Pennsylvania sfRss H
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Il is no wonder that when che tsrmina-
tion Of the war opened up to CHS restless,
hungry, disappointed patriot Common
wealth dominated by credulous blacks sss
field for the employment Of his talents.
he should have made his way thithsr with
out any delay. And his success has mated
tho dreams of his ambition, no matter how
wild these may have been. He has b.
come enormously rich. He has, without
a cent Of capital, bought and sold railroads
that belonged to other people, and hs
made profit out Of these jobs compared
with which the patrimony Of which hs
spoliated his sister is mere brass button.
He has had his fingers in every scheme Of
villainy directed against the streausury Of
his adopted State or the contested homes
Of its people, and has not scrupled when
he was done with stripping honest men,
to cheat his confederates in wickednsw
put Of their share Of the spoil. he hM
been one Of flock of political bug
yards which, swooping from the dark
and unclean places Of the North, have
pecked out the eyes, and eaten out the
heart, and consumed the marrow, and pick.
ed bare the bones Of stricken Stats, to
which they were lured only by The small
Of its decay. And better than all, he has
bought from the irresponsible negroes
who have got Carolina in hand the place
he now holds in the United States Ssnsse,
and a fellow, thousands ofwhose moral peers
yea betters-are to-day picking oakum
and plating chair bottoms in the psnitsn-
tiary site it the seat of John O. Calhoun
This man is not likly, even we're he %
bashful as he is bra1en, TO be ct al ont Of
when he looks around him at
the many potent. grave, and reverend gen.
tlemen who have got their seats precisely
as he got his, by paying for them. Nor d
he likely to lose in pocket in tAs end BY
reason of the largesse he scattered among
his colored constituents Of Caroias.s Hi
motto, like thut Of Capt. Simon Suggs, Is
that "sosnebody's got to suffer-" but that
"comebOdy" is never either ssess or .
Patterson, It is the lucklsss land, the b..
trayed Commonwealth, the outraged pso.
pie, who by the mysterious permission Of
heaven have either their liberties or their
purses put within reach Of rotten scoun-
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