The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-19

by which KING ol luScdlS louu'u Nputu
Carolina with n fraudulent debt Of more
than twenty million dollars has n certain
value, however, for II corroboratos the
charges made by THE Sun against CHAM
BERLAIN before he became Governor,
and repeated with some persistcncy
during n period covering several years.
At that time THE SrN was almost
alone In its estimate Of CHAMBER
LArNs real character. The Attorncy-Gcn-
eral and candidate for Governor had as
sumed the role OF rcformcr. Standing
forth in u mantle Of fraudulent honesty, he
had the audacity to dcnounco the Ring Of
rarpet-bag thieves of which he hi".self had
been and still was the master spirit. Our
friends of the Democratic press, both inside
and outside of the plundcred State very
generally accepted CnAMBERLAIN's prctcn-
Bions. The Republican newspapers, without
exception. pointed to him with pride ne liv-
ing proof that a man might bc a Republican
politician and n arpct-hnggcr and yet hate
thieves and expose villainy. With the hon
orable exception OF the Nation. which dis
covered CHAMBERLAIN's rascality not long
after THE Sun had printed facts to show it,
the independent press applaudcd the cour-
age and virtue OF this true rcformcr; and
Yale College took the rascal to her very
heart.
We have been gratiled to receive assur-
nnces from prominent citizens Of South
Carolina, including honest men Of both
parties, that the downfall of CHAMBERLAIN
and his associates, and the redemption of
the State from their Infamous rule, was
largely due to THE suns battle against the
plundercrs. Ii is also gratifying to observe
that PARKEI's confession, so far as it goes,
confirms in every essential particular the
charges long ago made in this newspaper.
Indeed, had PARKER's memory failed him
when he undertook to unbosom his guilty
secrets, he might readily have gathered the
material for his statement from the files Of
The sun, from 1872 TO 1878 inclusive
Like the other carpct-baggers concerned
In the wholesale robbery of the PROSTATE
State, DANIEL II. CHAMBERLAIN lacked
both money and principles when he went
needy adventurer from the North. Unlike
his pals, he was a shrewd, clear-hcaded and
far-sighted man, with the manners OF a
gentleman and the intellectual habits of n
scholar. Being incomparably the ablest of
the lot, he was by far the most dangerous.
He soon mastered the vulgar thieves around
him, and became the Acknowledged brains
Of the Ring. When the history Of events In
South Carolina for the ten years following
the war is adequately written, the pluck,
perseverance, and executive force OF the
New England lawyer will command a ccr-
tain kind Of admiration, notwithstanding
the base uses to which he applied these
qualities.
1t is not often that n man Of CHANBrr-
LAINs brains writes himself down n thief,
even in confidential communication with his
confoderates. The Charleston Ncrs and
Courier, II Democratic journal which sup
ported the Ex-Governor at the time Of his
appearance as n reformer, and which itself
proiited by the Rings plumber, has recently
published the following letter, written by
CHAMBERLAIN TO PARKER during the prog
ress of the great bond steal under SCOTS
administration
"DEAr p Yours Of tho cisi to M tins c,cnlnr
Twas glad indeed Ia hear rom you amt ooaily that
The nnanoos rron.., "a wraicr the storm have
ne Doubt was well to defer the statement until oc
There is special news h re. For a few days We
have had tears Vi outbreak iuron- and seWbery.
About the United STATE, Scnaiorshir don't know
what 70 say know very well ,hatii- n every way
term sun ! am called candidate nlr, ady, and my
ssndidae Tor the SAKE Of secprns The party rom .os
over to Metropolitan viii stand but = no such need
chances are lave no means Of guessing now. VIII
serve my friends in any way IN my power and especially
DO the commissions Got up pretty we'll En- Re.
cards to X Yours faithfully, ChAAnLklAlS'
This is one of the documents which the ne
gro ELLIOTT producedand threatened to read
10 the Republican State Convention of last
year. and by means Of which he forced
CHAMBERLAIN 10 provide for himself and for
DUNN. PARKER says that lac sold the letter
and two others to DUNS for $4,000. The
"K referred TO just after the oXulting al
fusion to the division OF the spells l. klNIP-
TON, CHAMBERLAIN classmatc in college,
and subsequently the agent chosen by him
10 sell and hypothccNtc in the New York
market the fraudulent bonds issued by the
million by the confcdcrates at Columbia.
We have in our possession letter written
BY CHAMBERLAIN 10 KIMPrON in the early
part Of the same year, and which affords
Still stronger evidence Of his guilt Several
of the thieves now under Indictment for
other crimes had dcviseda colossal scheme
for stealing the entire railroad system oi
South Carolina The handle which pre-
scented itself most conveniently WAS the
Grccnviilo and Columbia Railroad, at that
Time heavily mort4ascd to the State. While
the details OF the job were under discussion,
CHAMhERLAlN wrote as follows TO HAMPTON
Ia New York:
"CCGts Of The 9Horn,l General,
"coleNniA. O. Jam h.I-7p
"Ny DEAN HlvHoN rARtiH arrived last eycnlng aud
roAe of ucG 4 e.. matter &C tul hin that haa
~, wunony S.. ud on that matter ana a,o about .l,