The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-24
THE KINGDOM OF MlSRULE.
TIE RANK ROBBERTES or SOUTH
CAROLINA'S OFFICIALS.


-Tbe Cnsc Of the Republican frint'nH '"'
- AI.o the Lmiaration Report swin"ie'
Co1tuntA. 3. c., July 1G.-The pohtoai
.,tu,ti,n in this state 30 the present wtluhH y
reculiar For the past eieht years tine hefuo-
lean PARTY has bad everything It's own way.
There ia no necessity to inform the teaue's VI
Tug SUN that those eight years have witnesseu
,siyn OF misrule, the parallel to which cannon
ba found In any state In the Union. Nneh Gov |
Cham berlaln came into power, the state hau an
Indebtedness OF nearly t5,OOO.c0 at least bali OF
which represented the robberies committed by
her officials. Enterprise OF every character had
beeu stricken as with a palsy The very name
oi South Carolina was synonym for political
and financial corruption. But there was great
rtomse for the future. 1t was known that
Gov Chamberlain, upon whom the people re-
lied for reform, had been as corrupt as any OF
the faithless officials who had brought destruc-
Hon upon our borders but he made such nat
,ering promises. and bound himself by so many
soiemn pledges, that there was some hope for
him. 1t was understood that he had made
fortune out OF the State which he had nicely
and securely invested, and It only remained es-
yential to his happiness that he should make
record for responsibility equally satisfactory,
and as this seemed to be his object, ne was
trusted and believed. $4,000, 90 ,,o any,
II needless to say he was 20 of ,hs
row OF all who had. and have. the weli1te OF tne
State az heart He has proved himseit a ueiu-
S@ ana Sreies ea the hoiiowness and hypocrisy Of
which are at length becoming evident even TO
those who have trusted MIN most ana oeneved
cynical In DISPOSITION, with some natural
rhrewdness. But he is immensely eGottstic.
Eyen to his personal friends he never bstrays
the slightest symptom of warmth, but seems TO
regard them all as objects Of SUSPICION. HIS
Thompson, his editor and stoo-pigeon, to whom
Is delegated the conduct Of bis organ, the Column
bia Herald, and Treasurer CardOza, WHOM he Is
said TO hate worse than a rattlesnake, but whose
hand IL so heavy upon HIN that he cannot snake
low. one If the BONANZA commissioners, and
lin Hurley, the Treasurer OF Charleston. Apart
from these, IL is not known that he ever con-
verses or associates with any living soul except
80 the most formal aud stately manner. He
never goes into society, and Is never seen ex-
cept az his office. That he has admirers there
cannot be any doubt; but he ts constantly dis
appointing them. lie has bean tolerated only
and solely because he represented an idea-a
sentimeut-namely, that OF Reform. From his
administration moro than from any other the
correction Of abuses has been looked for. He
has said and done some things which have
awakened the hostility Of the thieves aud rob
bers VINO elected aud afterward opposed him:
lie mas fought them for the past year In regard
to robberies In which he was not personally In
terested, ana won much prsise therefor. But
now IL appears that, after all hts display OF vir-
tue. the hypocrite and demagOgue were there
still behind the speciOus mask.
In snort, Chan berlain 3 fought hts former
ass uciates, simply to make a little capital for
himself lie has made them Tear hlm. Hc
wants 10 20 To tue l ulteu states senate. lie
don't like south Carolina or Its atmosphere. lie
IL as ambitious as ho is INSCRIPTIONS. aud all
mis- pretended reform h. had Tor IT'S objective
point tue Scnatorship. He Is likely TO secure II.
the party leaders, who have been North, are
gradually coming home. and with each return
formed at New York, Philadelphia, and else
where. Recently Judge X. h. Carpenter arrived,
aad trace almost directly ~ him report that
there Is Ia very truth II settlement OF all diner
oncos Gov. chamberlain Is going to tie MONT
mated again, with Carpenter for Lieutenant-Gov-
ern r. Next winter Gov. Chamberlain will be
made Senator and Carpenter VIII be Governor,
unless the Straight Democracy carry the state.
This viii secure the recognition Of the CONVEX
sion bonds aud Blue Ridge scrip, OF which so
p9sh ms neen wsn, s1 n wen 81
The OCCASION Is largely interested. Let them
deny /; as much as tnev Ike time will snow
tue credit Of having the best OF the bargain, and
once seated at Washington, precious little will
means OF turning the state over ag sin to the
L thieve.. with whom he formerly consented.
confess that was reluctant to believe these
| stones. for have been OF those VINO hoped that
The Reform Governor as Ire has been term ed
his past record But l am fast losing faith 10
him. and 4 verify teieve II to be the duty OF
every law abiding eitlLen oil TINS state 70 pre-
Yer, few people have any adequate idea oil
the hDld character Of the roboeries which nave
south Carolina. Few readers Of The Sun have
Raytbing more than general, Indefinite idea oil
tic extent ana chara ter Of these swindlins
| operations. For inst ince. there Is the case oil
| lne Republican Printing Company. Certainly
outside OF the parties who have participated ir
the plumber which has come into the Golfers Of
son. ,o XXI ste VINO are eoSniz.n, Of The
ex'ent and nature of the wholesale ROBBERY
whcn has been peroetrated. Your correspon
dent happens TO be one OF these, and for the In
formation Of this poor tax Ridden communitl
be proposes to expose II. small wonder Is !
that the state has 10 repudiate lis obligations
| and postpone the day OF payment Of even TIT
| Interest OF It's ACKNOWLEDGED Indebtedness, o
saar rs Of It's public seryants. when the treasur
Is roooed Of hundreds OF thousands of dollars a
one teal.
This Republican Printing Company, which wa
originally set Ia operation with view TO secur
Ing the contracts for pru ling the legislative AM
other public documents. was and Is composed
at Two or three individuals VINO mold prominen
oces IN sns and 9a MOI ase Of Ave 20 u
ones will dare deny my statements. wish Il
call attention to what was termed the Enigra
ton Report swindie. 10 print and pubiisl
this report, a bill was carried through the Legs
iature Ia 1873 BY which an appropriation wa
sum a, tins, It was necessary TO expena u grea
drsi. 1 have before me lizzie statement.
concern, showing that to ex edite and facii a.
Tue la-sags OF this bill, and tue payment OF IN
va. "' ps,d to TO senators, Representatives. an
II other state officers. Even the judiciar
VA, provided for, by reason of aDtici9ate
legal iocredinRs 10 enjoin tue payment OF tbi
s.u. Many II the Senators received as high a
800 each; SUM 1850, and Others all the wa
4
this ron Of honor. In the House the payment
/ were over sums ranging from a. 500 down
/ the iai,r. figure Of SIS were found. Eigtty-fou
| rrpr's -utauye- IN all were thus taken care Of
Out'lde OF the legislature, one official receive
| slDt another SlO.3 45O, and another eli,
~ ~ These mount, we're paid between DEF
aud Dec. l6 1873, over the counter OF the cou
p-hy, 10 nee cnao certificates, TO the individual
4 N person. 81 tn.t Of the appropriation mad
| by The Legislature Tor printing this report
| nancy $1,000 only 5000 WAS left-for what
| 10 PRINT he reportt bless you, no ; but TO d
II Nlur among tue Two or three owner OF the col
lern' ipr me ftJOrt lc1s neuer printed Nor
nus all An APPROXIMATION additional to this wa
Insisted on tue Little Bonanzt bill, at the la,
/ ses-l'n aud, oeheve, mas been Paid, aud sti
Il lie wufk h not done.
l. II not nigh time that the people OF the Stat
II WeIe awakened 10 these factsi
1 The Condition OF Affairs in u state WheI
the Bottom Rail il ON Top.