, 1877-04-23
CIIA1fDERLAIN
Ills CHARACTER ~ 4 CAnPKT.rA10ER uHFAV0H.
AHf.Y HBYIEMEn.


St,o York Nation. Aprt.s 70.
The Withdrawal Of a1r. Chamberlain from tho
contest In South Carolina Immediately aftcr tho
disappearance Of the troops from the State
Housc probably marks the close Of tho fcsolu-
tionary period Ia Southern pottltcs, inasmurh ak
1t Is oil hut certain that Packard In LouisIana
will, bcfpsh many days, hare 10 follow his Ct.
ample. Most Of tho papers which support tho
Administration arc 10 much relieved, however, ny
his taking himself oil without giving further
trouble that they are ready to rCward him by a
general eulogy on hts political easccr III South
Carolina. VIC are fully awaro OF the difficulties
hc has had to contend With, aud have no doubt
that he made At QUO time an honest effort 10
produce a good government In that State;
hut the cause ot good gevcrnnent every
rfas caoaa sa'sss ssoaa i n''y yaas n eaoe sa
Ing cvtn him, the beat al the carpetbaggcrs,-
for such NO fully acknowledge hin 10 90. We
ara asked, however. to Judge h!m not ~ 4 car.
Est-,sEges simply but e po'lcsn assn wotthy Of
from this paint Of view, he suggests good
many observations which 60 to the root Of tho
wholo question Of csrpct.haEgcFy, aud which NC
shah lake tite liberty oi making.
Impossible to avatd thu conclusion that = man
Of tho highest scf.rcspect and sense Of political
l,onor could hardly ~ any tlnle s!.'ca ls6s have
accome wt!at Is called : caroct. .0auscr in a
Within threB years after the close ot the VA It
had becosne very plain that tile suifrugo which
had been secured lor tho negro ~ weapon Of
defenso was likely to bc converted,
.acktue civilization ltself BY placing tbs
property and governmental machinery of th,
States at tho tllorey of all utterly ignorant md
psuIertyltas ctAss Of the population. The Con.
.entIon Of ls'iS, which drew up the Constitution
nj AHstth FAfa11nn t.nmn1kt6 n{ RrTfnfH-
two negroes and torty.nlnc white mon, and of
tho Acventy-two negroes only thirteen paid
taxek; aId yct the Convention directed t2x~
cent. Tho character Of the Convention Easc
fair warning ~ In the character Of tho Goxern-
tnent which would , hs organized under It.. IN
thu Legislature OF 1850 there wore twclvc black
:nd twenty white Senator; e'fht Of the twelve
elrhly.dx Llack and th!rty-sc*en white mem:
ID, taxes. Afterwards. things got rot.c
iss1usa tsa tSs9 ra 9s sai
tho negroes, u,dpr ttIclr gaidauce, bcSams moro
consetous nj their power. In 1870 ths tax.levy
was e, 33d5, MI, or more than the whole aMolInt
l,cfore tile War. In leta1 South Carolina, ii, tho
.sjs9is. ass ID I'll! tts @ lse:h. ri % q sa. @
sho paid 10! tAcso sams objects *5sl:N0, IN
sT1 {ear.: aSl, si.sn : ' Wste p44 ,s out. ,oF
mittec-sou,ns OF the Acld-hands, BARRIERS, and
waIters newly converted inta legislators we're
attad up With barbArte magu!ilrenec.-tlcir
cost u apiece, sud large quantities Of thc gu.
gcous furniture anl carpets wcre carried homo
BY them to adorn their private apartments.
AZ tha bead Of this lnonstrous system Of
spo'htion were tho Northern earpet-hsgxers,
who, however, vxre amusing the negroes With
small lu1ur!es while they werc raising enormous
sums on the credit Of the State, which they
divided among themselves. During this wotst
served on boards with thu thieves and peculA-
tors; he denies having shared tn or been coRni-
1aut VI their tnlluttics. ard tho publt; Il Dis