The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-18
A Nenal NeMspaper.

honesty, ana loudly demanding that ne be
punished, is the Neirs and Cbioier Of Charles
ton. The last number of that journal which
we have at hand says
M. CHAMBERLAIN had III. choice between coming
unfairly To south Carolina and brought here by
state constable. Naturally cnoush, he preferred the
former taking care Al tho same time to make
such statement 10 the press attracts 10 him public
attention and him 10 be regarded. at tins early
stage asa victim OF South Carolina prejudice and inol
erance 80
This is all very true. The Neirs and
Courier goes on TO say:
what the newspapers have always insisted on j. that
Mr. shall be- brought TO tuAi, II tie state
posses, the evidence Of his cnmua's The state be-.
hcycs that there good against him. aud Dee Will
BE- tried az the Of the Court q General Sessions
Tor Mchland Countyn
Some Of our contemporaries here NJ the
North. who have not closely followed the
march Of events in South Carolina, are sur
prised TO find the Noes and COurier barking
at CHANlBEELAIS's heels. They remember
that when CHAMBERLAIN ran for Governor
IN 1874 and arrayed himself for the occasion
In the costume Of n true rciormer, his impu-
dent pretensions In that respect were warmly
supported by this same Nclrs and Courier.
As rcmniscencc OF that memorable swim
die the following extract from the columns
Of the Nccs anil Courier Of May II, 1875 is
now going the rounds Of the Northern
press:
lie was an onlcehoidcr during the four years when
Wholesale stcang by pHDlc officers the rule AMI not
the exception Nevertheless GOV CnANntElAtN has sat
ished the masses OF the people IN uis state that he Is
steel In III heht asanst public dishonesty In
the eht Of his acts since he has been Governor
that however much appearances were against him.
It is morally impossible that he should have been,
Atornc General either faoe corrupt The people
South Carolina who'll all at stake who see and know
what the people out Of the STATE cannot know, saus
ned Of GOV CnsNHERAN's honesty They believe IN him
as well they may"
That was written long after THE Sun had
exposed CHAMBERLAIS's active part In the
wholesale plumber Of the State. The fact
that the Neos and Courier, Democratic
journal, profcssedly the organ OF the honest
people of South Carolina as against the
brgand carpet-baggers, proclaimed CHAM
BERLAIN's good character so emphatically
in 1875, is naturally confusing TO the minds
Of our Republican contemporaries here at
the North. 1t is not strange that they
should inquire whether the Ners and Courier
Of Charleston was not right ana sincere then
and wrong and insincere now.
To clear up all doubts OF this nature we
will state for the information OF the North
ern press that the Charleston Neics and
Courier is a venal publication. 1t never was
the enemy OF the public plunderers in It's
own State. The only ambition Of its pro-
prietors was TO make all the money that
they could. To this end, while openly de-
nouncing the thieves at Columbia, the Nelcs
and Courier privately sought to effect a
partnership with those thieves, in order to
share in the plumber Of It's own subscribers
and readers The value OF the Ncirs dirl
C0wier's endorsement OF CHAMBERLAIN' =
integrity cannot be better illustrated than
by reproducing two letters written to the
notorious WOODRUFF by +. w. DAWSON, then
as now ono 81 !ts proprietors and managers
Here Is the first letter:
OTFicr oT TIN DAuY NEws,
"CHARfFsToS, = C.. Nov. %, 1874
my DIAN WoopRvTT The enclosed is reply TO yours
received tins evening YoumAy show Il when necessary
but do not ettb copied or kept We nK 1t will do all
you want The fHctis that to make all we can
and viii go rs far ~ We 10 support scOrT and the
Government If we are treated well We cannot be blind
advocates That would he 10 ruin our influence. II We
could bring ourselves to adopt such course We must
be independent but Nc Will always more than lust "a
our friends aud never personally abusive because II i,
contrary 20 our views Of proprey Send us all bills &C.
that are printed, and post rs about any scheme that
| wants puihng or crushing. All this confidential