Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-08-29

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But it appears that the Radical
posies in South Carolina fall in nocks.
A biblical writer says;
"when the wicked rule the land mournolh."
The truthfulness OF this remark has
never been better Illustrated, than in
the case OF South Carolina, from 1865
to 1877, The editor of the Philadel-
phia Times, elaborates this subject in
this way:
"When we read the reports, now
daily filling the columns OF the South
Carolina papers, of arrests, imprison-
ment and fight from justice, we can
easily understand why the carpetbag-
gers, who once governed that once
proud but long.prostrate Common
wealth, fought so desperately to pre-
vent the restoration of honest govern
ment. The story of corruption in
South Carolina is familiar to all in its
general features, but the country will
never know all its sickening details.
Piece by piece, however, the truth is
coming out, and every piece brings the
rascality of the dethroned carpet-bag.
gers into stronger light. TO say that
no northern State would have tolerated
these vampires for single executive
or legislative term is to put the case
mildly. Tweedism, with allits burden
of guilt, never descended to such petty
knavishpess or involved bolder con.
ceptions of organized crime. Now that
such words can be safely spoken il
may be said, in all calmness, that had
the people of South Carolina risen in
blind fury and rid themselves of the
whole set by day of bloody revolu
tion, history would have born I'M
answerable witness to their justifca
ton. No wonder that in the last cam
paign they fought as for dear life, anC
that when victory camc to then
through peaceful methods the song o
their rejoicing was sung in words anC
ways that seemed extravagant tC
those who knew not how great wai
their deliverancc.
"The carpet-baggers recognized tn,
handwriting on the wall in the Presi
dents order removing the military
prop of the Chamberlain government
At once the exodus began. The pre-
text was the fear of political porsecu
ton, but the sequelproves what every
body suspected, that the cause wa
fear of criminal prosecution Nearly
every prominent member of the Office
holding class in the Republican party
of South Carolina is now in prison
on bail, or fugitive from justice. Leslie
the Land Commissioner, whose rob
berries amounted TO hundreds Of thous
ands Of dollars, first disappeared
Whittemorc, the cadetship- broker anC
head devil Of Legislative plundering
sought home in Massachusetts
Wright, a Justice Of the Suprem
Court, awaits trial on charge of drunk
enness and incompentency, preierre
by members of his own race. Carper
ter, ex.Congressmen and ex-Revenu
Collector, stonds indicted for forgery
Cardozo, the State Treasurer, VIII
made fortune by discounting tb
credit.of the State, being arrested fc
fraud, gave bail and has disappeare
from mortal vision---to be speedily 70
lowed in fight by Hayne, late Seer
tary Of State Glcaves, ex-Lieutenar
Governor; Hoge, ex.C Congressman an
ex-Judge; Corbin the present DistriC
Attorney; Scott, Ex-Governor, and
dozen rogues of lesser note. Lee, Q,
Clerk of the House; Montgomery
State Senator; Woodruff, ex.Clerk {
the Senate, and others, composing
ring that drained theStato Treasury b
fraudulent pay certificates and prin
ing claims, are in the clutches of Law
And so the list might be extended an
more than doubled in length. 1t is
catalogue that would almost put ii
Newgate calendar to the blush, an
and yet these men were not long ag
filling the high places Of the Stat
and the bayonets OF the United Stat,
were used for months and years
keep them there.
"For once the cry Of political pors
cution cannot be raised to shield Il
rascals from the penalty of the
crimes. II is not upon tho eviden
of Democrats alone, or of white m,
alone, that they are arraigned at Il
bar OF justice. 1t is the old story--tl
thieves have fallen out. Men on
high in authority among them ha
crept out of the ruins OF the ring
beg mercy on condition that their ov
crimes be not counted against the
States evidence is drug in the mar
ct at Columbia. Day after day Mos,
once the Governor and the robb
chief, is closeted with an investigatil
committee, making q confession th
covers years of villainy and implicatil
another so-called Republican ail
every clearing Of his throat. He W
business-likc in his rascality a
seems to have kept record of his c
deeds, with explanatory notes a
memoranda, 80 that documentary Q
dcncc is forthcoming most opportunC
to sustain his rather puny AFFIDAVIT
What the end is TO be no one know
but no cheering vision confronts t
wretches at whose door lies the n