The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-06-10
''Facts." !"

The Charleston Meacs and Courier submits
what itsknows in regard to the Parker frauds,
and seeks to supply us with "facts." 1t de-
clares that "Gov. Chamberlain is using all his
influence, personal and official, to forward the
prosecution of Parker and others of the same
stripe" We are not chagrined to learn this
fact" and in previous articles have emphati-
cally declared that such conduct was essential
ly necessary to establish his claims to our con-
fidence as a genuine reformer. But we do not
look at this matter through the same spectacles
as the Neaos and Courier. If we understand
the situation, this prosecution of Parker is q
civil proceeding, inaugurated by Comptroller
General Dunn, and is not inspired by Gov
Chamberlain or any of his particular friends.
It may open the way for disclosures, and it
may end like the criminal prosecution of Ex-
Gov. Moses, in which the present Governor
was counsel and adviser. We want to see
aParker and others Of the same stripe" made to
answer an indictment in the Court of Sessions
for their theft and roguery during the four
years of unrestrained plundering, when the
honest people of South Carolina were made to
suffer for the benefit of impecunious carpet
baggers and INSCRIPTIONS natives. And the
News ead Courier recently expressed our SEN
timents on this subject when it said that "a
cloud must rest over them Including Cham
berlainl until it is dissipated by the conviction
of Parker, or by the proof of his inability to
shift the load of crime on to the shoulders OF
his old friends or colleagues" Gov. Chamber
lain's record and department since his inaugu-
ration are not involved in this opinion, and we
are resolved to let the result justify or condemn
him. The expectations of the Nesos and Cou-
rier may be realized, and the sincerity and
faithfulness of Gov. Chamberlain may be am
ply demonstrated before the trial of Parker is
concluded. But we prefer to stand aloof just
now, and when the proper time comes, we
shall be ready 70 ascribe due honor to every
man who will work for the discovery and con-
viction of noted criminals"
The difference between the Ne,os and Cou-
r;er and ourselves consists in the "fact" that
the Governors record during the last six
months is accepted by that journal as amply
sufficient evidence that he was not connected
with any of the frauds and vilainies of the Scott
administration; while we do not and cannot
ignore the "fact'' that he was an influential
member of that administration. He was the
legal adviser and confidential friend of its f.
nancial officers, and it was upon his recon-
mendation that the notorious Kimpton was
made the Financial Agent. He was mem
Der of the various boards and commissions
which perpetrated such unblushing and unmit.
igated frauds upon the State, and the Nescs and
Courier has always heretofore held him respon-
sible for full share in these transactions.
This statement of "facts" is not exactly in &C.
cordanee with the tenor of articles, "whatever
their intention," which have lately appeared
in the columns of our contemporary, but there
are numberless issues of that journal from
which we might quote to sustain the statement
when these "facts" were regarded as "good and
substantial reasons for suspecting him of more
than bad faith in the premises.