The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-09-05
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them were sent for. Mr.. John J. Patter-
son was sent for, and Humphreys decis-
ion has been quoted here. Now, there
was tallcabout bargain with Pat.er-
son. 1t is utterly and entirely false, 30
far as Governor Hampton or the authori-
tles of South Carolina are concerned. A
distinguished counsel, the gentleman who
80 NV .nredecessos ard ,ghnaa nnaitinn I
now fill, iongo intervai!o, and' ne il one oi
the first lawyers in the South, and o: dis
tinguished lawyer in Washington, known
to some of these gentlemen here, Mr..
Lowndes, went before Judge Humphreys
and argued with ability, vigor and knowl-
edge of the law, but with failure, which
cannot account for on any principle laid
down in that decision.
=
~ ask you, Mr. Attorney General, and
l ask his Excellency, the Governor oi
this illustrious Commonwealth, with your
state putting itself voluntarily into the
position of private suitor in its courts
consenting to be made party defendant
for the simple and express purpose nl
testing the validity OF alleged obligations
of the State, with no desire but one thing,
and that its honest debts should be paid
and with no desire, on the other hand,
but that its fraudulent debts should be
shown to be fraudulent--if there was one
man in New York, Massachusetts,, or out
OF it, whose testimony could throw light
on all these dark spots, and illumine all
these caves and valleys of fraud, and show
TO you and to your Attorney General and
your Legislature and, the people of this
grand old Commonwealthi whnt was the
right and what was the wrong in regard
TO those transactions, / ask you if you
would mot be justified. by every principle
of law, human and divine, lby every
known, recognized maxim Of legitimate
'statecraft, to say to that man: Come,
bring your books, bring your papers,
bring your clerks, make clean breast,
not only, mark you, of these bonds, but
OF all your knowledge of the financial
transactions of the State, and If. that
knowledge is valuable and it Ia used Yyon
shall be put back irs statu quo.H where
is there anything dishonorable in that?
! ask If it is not wise craftsmanship, if
1t = not prudent management, if it is not
conduct befitting the Chief Executive
and tho law officer Of an honest Common.
wealthy
Suppose this man, whose testimony was
important--and it was important not only
Tor these bond transactions, but fo- the
other financial transactions Of the State.
aud no human being has eyer; tria kirnp::
ton that if he would testify in these bond
cases he should get of--suppose he should
? counsel, invoking the aid of the gentle.
a man who now fills the highest post ol
9human ambition, the Presidency of the
United States, and said that he was q
fugitive and an exile from home, that his
! business was being ruined, that his aged
to GO. back and look after his affairs and
could not stand being pursued from pillar
to post, and suppose tina. the Presiden,
of the United States should refer such {
communication to you, who 80 worthily
fills the high Office OF Governor OF Mas
Bachusetts2 ask would It not be in th,
interest Of humanity. would It not be il
the interest of the State, would it not b,
wise and fair and kind and mercift,l Il
say to this man: Come here;. YOU tall
about being arrested under civil suits
under the law, you cannot be arrestec
. under civil suits If you come as q witness
Come and make full disclosure of al
your knowledge Of these bonds and finan
Il cial transactions of the State And
ask you if 1t would bo an unwise exercise
of executive clemency to sag to him
You shall have fifteen. days' immu
nifty ,4fe ,5-1'H
' "This man talked about the State O.
South Carolina not keeping its oblira;
tions. The crowd that fastened upon he,
J :,sta!s ars not tha State or ...:s asoala Q,
South Carolina; but every pledge which
has been made by Hampton from tho
moment hs2 took the stump in the cam
paign IN the autnnas Of 1879. q st..nn or
which Mr. Chamberlain, though repeat
edly challenged, never dared to meeth
until to-day, there Is no Single sofficia
:, bic F.sags yshi4h hs haE snsaa I.
J Democrat or Republican, white man ol
4 colored, which has not been kept In The
letter and in the spirit. So fearful was j
that 1t might seem to Kimpton or any.
body else to whom this Iyomise had beer
made that he might be interrupted. TIM
sent Q dispatch to Mr.. Tunstall, q dis
tingnished lawyer at New York, and
asked him TO see Kimpton himself, and
did not even put the limit of fifteen dayy
to it. Why did wo not arrest him IL
6 new j urk r. 6ecauue ivadie fiaInptte...
word is his bond. We did net srrest him
: IN New York because when the State oI
: South Carolina honestly administered
$ says to o man, I do not care how great .
criminal he Is, For such length Of time
you shail not be touched" ," we would per.
mib the Stat9 to cfumble into atoms and
be plunged into SO deep en- abyss that ths
cub bbles. would ney ,sr, rise TO tell where Il
sank, be fore hat pledge shoGld be brokGn
{ Cannot these gentlemen understand what
honor Eleans2 Is it necessary in thi.
grand old C0mMonwes,tS; where 'priscd
5fiGes 1t dnfiq,sG vsritas' still flourish in
perennial youth, .sg5 should be ofi;Eed
60 explain 70 counsel why the Go-erno,
ota State, When be pledges his word. will
not violate ;t2 Well, the time ELAPSED
4 the time was up aud ne wanted another
day, ] sTHa not In Columbia, hat anothet
EdaY was granted to hiIl, Subsequently,
he was arrested, not in New York. but in
Westdeld. s e. ,3sss ;is'ss -. s
~ N N0v, counsel said they would pSodtlce
iha proof that Calender was the Counsel
ss0E the State, and TINT they Weufd prove
\ it Under my hand. They have proved ma
such thing. The Legislature OF South
Carolina Sus go q xic..s in the establish.
n1ent and composition of this court that
I fairness and Justice should prevail. that
! they did not do what il ordinarily the
case, and what they have lone in every
other suit, and that Is to ALLOW rae to SO.
Z lect my own associates, but they elected
by joint ballot of the General Assembly
the two counsel who were Ito be associR.
< ted With me, Mr.. Meetze and Mr. Pope,
and and Mf, Mestzp and Mr.. Po,ne are
tho cniy counsoi iLr .Jne F5lAts. ...Iti nj; !;
RtEteulenfg that Ctavendhr Ia co,1vaal fo.