The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-06-21
from the Caariesto. Ne,cs aud Courier.
A Personal Hatfer. M.

From the Charleston Ne,cs aud Courier.
| F. A Personal Matfer.
The public, 10 take Il, care very little
70 know in what way our business is con-
Quoted, SO long ns We make the Ne,cs and
I0arter at once q good newspaper and
the faithful exponent Of Conservative
opinion and purpose. Nor do the public,
we juage, pay much heed to attacks upon
US which come from notorious criminals,
whose enmity we have incurred by our
exposures of their :apacious villany, and
whose support we might have, at any
them the mercy of our silence. Never.
theless it is right, for the sake Of tie
friends who have never faltered in their
confidence in the Neirs and Coarier, that
we should take some public notice Of the
letters of Capt. Dawson to Woodruff.
published in this city yesterday. not be.
cause OF what the letters say and mean.
but because Of the construction sought to
be put upon them by the malice and
envy or the sham Democrats, who see no
future for themselves unless they can
cripple or lessen the influence of this
newspaper. We therefore print the let
ters in question, with tho sworn statement
submitted by Capt. Dawson, to the Sem
ate Committee, on Saturday morning.
This statement, although hurriedly pre-
pared and with no opportunity to refer to
books or papers, is sufficiently complete
The only addition necessary is in expla-
nation of the position Of the Democracy
at the time when the first letter was writ
ten. Governor Scott had been elected !;
the Special Session of the Legislature had
| been held there was an intensely bitter
feeling in the State. Early in October q
| prominent negro Radical, named Ran
dolph, was killed at Cokesbury, and other
| acts of violence were con- ~ tilted. Gov.
ernor Scott issued o proclamation, under
date of October 20, Offering rewards for
the arrest of the perpetrators of the crime,
and appealing to the people to aid him
in his efforts to maintain the supremacy
Of the law. On October "a an address
by the State Democratic Committee was
published, signed by Wade Hampton,
J. d. Pope, 7. G. Barker, w. D. Porter,
]. p. Thomas, w. B. Stanley and w. NJ.
Shannon. ia this address these gentle
men repudiated the recent acts Of vio-
lence, declared that "no cause can pros!
per which calls murder to its assistance,
or which looks to assassination for suc-
cess" and appealed to the people to
observe the laws, ito be peaceable and
quiet, to lend their efforts to promote
harmony and to quell dissension." Sawyer
Corbin, Chamberlain and other leading
Republicans, on October 90, in publish
| ed address, "hail with satisfaction the
address of the Democratic Central Com
mittee as the, harbinger Of better and
more quiet times;" and the next day
Gov. Scott, warmly thanking the Demo-
cratic Committee, entreated the people 20
let "beai and forbear' &c their their maxim,
In saying then that he would 90 as fer nc
he could, in supporting Scott and the
/ Government, Capt. Dawson was in COM
plete accord with the Democratic polio !,
of promoting harmony and quelling dis
sension. Governor Scott, however, soon
threw off the mask, and instantly the
Charleston Me,cs displayed him to the
public in the old familiar guise. AS
early as March, 1869, Governor Scott was
branded by the CAarleston Hers as "the
Great Calnmniator," who scnnt his time
Gin abusing the white rat and pandering
to the passions of the d sis ded and ;gno-
rant freedmen" There was, therefore,
as the record shows, nothing in the busi.
ness dealings of Capt Dawson with
Woodrnf that prevented the Charlestcn
Neps from condemning Scott when his
conduct deserved condemnation or that
caused il to be silent when the public in
terest demanded that 4 skocid speak
plainly and boldly in defence of the peo-
pie. The letters to Woodruff are as
follows: fsf 5g5ss;,, ei- . 4
CHARLESTON, s. c., NOV. "a, 1868. -e
My Dear WoodruG':: The enclosed is in
reply to yours received this evening.
You may show it when necessary, but do
not let it be copied or kept. We think
it will do all you want. !,
The fact is that we want to make all
we can, and will go as far as we can to
support Scott and the Government if we
are treated we'll. We cannot be blind qd-
Socates. That would be to ruin our in
huence, If ace could permit ourselres to
adopt suck course. We must be i,,depen-
dent, but we will always be more than
just 70 our friends, and never personally
abusive, because it is contrary to our
views Of propriety.
Send us all bills, &C., that are printed,
and post us about any scheme that wants
putting or crushing. All this confden-
tial. Yours.
F. w. DAWSON.
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