, 1874-10-24

wealtllcat Columbian. uolt lin n;a2ooOo honeo
for lIalf-prico. Judge tircen, who III uow run
tling agninst him for GoSornor, accedei to I'LL
ton Of his otco lie started fatr. md get tho;o
iai!o reron} that Ito eyor opened h!s mouth, ~
nIl hts 1og Term of Attorney taenerat 10 a1fcst
any tfa1d, while Ito WAS steady aoienaer ot '.se
regular ticket, md on0 OF Tho tilfoo n!enpels OF
tho Financial lizard which performed efary EN-
acutivc act OF corruption In the state.
THO Treasurer, rarkcr. was mero r. raioon-
kcepor who bad "penoa o'r s 10
either profound or cultured. Chanbcrlatno waa
tho Attorney General. tue brains anil education
Of the ta a,n M' u 11ny ya o g. es
ing for tho ofco OF Governor. Ia order to correct
tho asrors OF Ills youth.
lltstaiIf uroN n1MsEIr.
Tie aays that Ito vaH very llald et1dent Of laW
willie Attorney .Genp1a', and things slipped rass
him. lie adtnitu that they wero monsssoua rob-
berios, but be wns dsop In tho boots. iEow
cuutd they have evndcd 1iiu. when presont sl'ch
letters Al his to Scott summarized abo!o?
Ono OF the g1eatest Berie3 Of fobberiea ~ ihe
state uaa ita Fnauclal Agency III tho City OF NOW
York, conducted by II. H., llimpton, q man OF
whom. II IA said, nobody e}ho bad any, knowleu$e
except C)'ambczlalnc, who wont to college IN tho
commissions alone the sun, Of 57oo, ,0oo nild,
whcn examiner, by Joint Congregational Com
xuittce, they remarked:
.'Iho Committee aIe compelled to SAY thEt tue
Financial Agent hau acknowledged to thom inc
iucorrectuess OF hin accounts, and admitted Tint
lie was directed by Tho Financial Board not 70
mako real but fictitious ontries, 50 fsiGht1aly
large were The oxponaeb q the Agency, I'm
Agency to bo shut up and ita accounts TO os
anppreaacd, boeause tic credit Of the State was
very low, aild exposuro would yet moro Teauce
IT.. Cha,nberlaino waa thu only lawyer on the
Hoaru. ~ ~ -.,,
Tho following account IL current concerning
E1,trToN'a TRANSACTIONS: ,-.-.
In 1870, ths Governor was ordered TO borrow
1l,0o01Q with bonds OF the stnte. + lie OBJ
tainea OIL, Is cents for every dollar q bonds, as
numbered in duplicate. red sud bluo, the same
n,tn,bers rupcated, to avoid discovery OF tlc
real number. Then apcther act WA paascd. to
call in all outstanding bona1, and H. exchange
~ o and pts m
place with nosr bonds. But the State Financial
Eonrd wore not Satisfied to savo tho old
ft.ud. They bogen to put out tho old
bonds, again and aEsin; y uneaneeed, @ oan afu
nD0. ~ Intended by ths original act. or This
81, SOD, ,o00, &C, ,GG0,CO0 was fraudulent, To }'or-
row tie ovigiral $1,000, 600 probably required 80
por cent bonus. II is changed that the ronsoisl-
tun r11a the Fipaneinl EoaId, Of which Chanabos-
laine WIS oEe Of three members. drscu, Hho
onicayorel To respnct Chptnbeflaine, thro1s it
in hia face on every stump. Dunn, Of alassa-
clluss.ts. like Chnnaharlaane. told me how it 'saa
ttone, as follows: .,...
"Parkor, Cl1nnlboraino i Co. used tho money
they borrowed under tie act Of 1870 for private
speculation. lilo thing leaked out In Wall
street, where everything ia Enown,, aud tho
hrokera called for moro margin, aa tho bonds
fell on in tho quotations. So they. iaaued
moro bonds to cover more money In. mud.
when the amount Of bonds was 80 immense ~ to
flighteu them, provided for tl,oir disappearance
In general conversion honfia But. still conteId.
INK agains. perishing credit, they converted
and rcconvcrtcd tho aauc old batcu OF bondn:
until South Carofina had to Join S1iasisspp and
,epntliato her 70 al in her onn courts"
And to thia Raid Gov. Scott who had, as Chief
Magistrate, to
FACE TIE AUDIENCE:
"We nuccerleA In borrowing Enoney at tho
rate Of 81 in houds for 81 in currency, the bolta
being rated At S25 cc,ats on the dollar, and At
| rates Of interest varying from 10 to 20 Per cent
addition to commissions a tss ss ~ rnamc n ~
money LAS cost tho Btate 514. COZ In bonds, it
! does not therefore follow that tbs Financial
Board have criminalIy conspirod, or still less
that any one member Of tho Board can justly be
| held up 10 public oxecrAtion."
Scott then charged tho hig1 price OF moneyin
New York to tho South Carolina hu-Klux. Cham
| berleiua got behiud Scott and ParEor, and
prchcd Scott 10 nigu more to obligo Tatkor. whllo
| I1fkef QtaQleu C0AHD4ElaMe 10 sGlcW up tAo
| courage vi Scott.
No fraud in all tho South has involved SO much
! plunder by few hanAs. Yet lii. Chafnbor!aino
sloolky expresses tue Following, opinion OF HIM
eelf before lilo hu-Klux Com.nittoe:
"I do not think I haro over beou politician.
/. AB an honeat nla1l feel bot,na 10 nd
init Tint great n1nny suaace havo teen allowed
to grow up untor the Republican Administratfo1l
& s1s ssste sss covo an ana az %5ss nopest an
| n nnfh hn1tora THAT Anrttn1Y fEarnRS 3r} al
dghones.y. havo always mingled in tho CAM
paigns BY say Of speech-,nalsnG. but ] do moi
cali nyso1f politician for ali that
QussI'o,m" o,,.' + Fave you been excepted from
AHs,cer-''1 do not mean TO saJ that Il
lie. not been sal that all OF liz havt
been corrupt. I do not recolloc: any occa
Eion when nus singled out; bnt nWeeping
charges have, OF course, been maa0 that tht
whole thing WE'D rotten aud corrupt"
Hero sou get alr. Chantberlaine'R oharacter
No politician, though ip oflca four years, can
li!ate to-day, and Tho peekSnif at tue carolinf
etunp. 1T tks moment, ho and his frienls srt
adtzeaaiug lettara to tho Nation and other jour
nails aud reviews, heagiug out. It II too lato
lie may DO elected, but, like Robesricsr
amongst Jacoblns, he may be tho last Rurvivinl
OF tho caypet-baggers. ind receive tha concan
tratel xrath intended tor the whole.
Tho Financial Doaro--of which he VA one 0
three, anl Massachusetts, mai with Plrker. til
other being Weateru man--presidcd over Vi
| tho great awindics cf tho state: the Blue NidG
scrp, 81, 800, 900; lla Commission, $:70o,
0oD; tho Kimpton Agency aud conversion bonds
Sc, 600, ,GcV; total, &5, 5,50p,oG0.
po.lEgTIu CArFsT-nAuGERH.
While in Office, Chanlborlaiue married bliss III
, Ceraoll, Of the Department Ut tho Comptroller Q
tho Currency tt Washington, T. daughter Of
former ,Attornay-Gcnosal Of Alalne. He sls
formed d w-partacrahip rith Samuel D. Mol
, ton, Iate Adjutlnt General Of the Coufctlerat
statcs' armies at Richmond, who nucceeacd his
In tho Attorney tionoratcy.
Thus IT elected Governor, tile legal patronag
will go to tho t!ru These two 1aeu control th
Republican politics Of South Carolina. Tho
make aueer yolsteltows. Motion waa coa1e
foresrd by Cilamberjaino from tho Iobel ranl
with o Jn<|goahip. Tllen followed the partner
!: ship, mud ChambotlaiAo made room for him @
, | his own Eoat.
"Melton is Ioet," said Gen. Kerahaw. III
has beou carried over bodily by theEo people, I
: give touch Of responsibility to their closin
> daye."
: Melton Ia T. young man Of force. warmth, ez
n good appcarapoe, reHrol ut tho University (
:3cutl Carolina. Chnn,berlaino IL y cold. pr
i ose. utccl-poliBhed man, OF bounaless alnbisc
: ai!d no EAiluor.
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