Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-02-12


Iational Republicanand the Uuton lie.
raid. In February, 1878, it w4s laid upon
tho desks ofathe members Of the General
Assembly Of this State, while I, with others
was engaged in the fight against the RUG Of
fraudulent bondholders. ut tho timo rose
to question Of privilege, and replied 70
this malicious falsehooi against Senator
NJ. O. Butler and myself in a complete an-
swer, which silenced tho Radical press,
aud satisfied our friends, but it seems that
some of our Democratic enemies arc trying
to burn this pmmuuitiOn second tmo to
our disadvantage.
As to the second charge, that engaged
to aid in securing the approval Of the Tax
payers Convention to tho relinquishmeut by
the State of its first mortgage on tho Blue
Ridge Railroad to private parties, would
say that would have stultifed myself as
lawyer had l agroed to aid in any such
proposition. The Taxpayers Convention
was u voluntary body aud had no legal exs
istcnce or Constitutional powers and could
not have nludo such II rclinquishmcnt The
charge that ever entered iuto any suoh
ugrcemeut or that l ever received pay for
the same is as false as it is malicious.
The third charge that'yl was the constant
defender of NlcDevitt, tho Radical treasurer
of Edgrfeld, is ulso false. never de-
Tended McDeytt on tho criminal side of the
Court On the civil side of tho Court |
defended j. II. McDevitt, county treasurer
of EdgefeId County iu the celebrated case
of George 2. Curry and llnrdy Wall,
| plaintiffs, vs. Harrison Strom, Wesley Jcf
ferson aud Doc Martin, county commis.
sioners, and Johu ii. McDevtt, Comfy
treasurer, defendants. 1t is also false
that "one of tho indictments against
McDovitt was for frauduiently paying Gen /.
Curry large sun of county money" The
only money that McDevitt, rs county treas
urcr, ever paid me was $500 for Gary tG
Gary, attorneys for the county tire surcr in
tho case above stated. The amount of our
fee in this case was reported by Chancellor
Carroll, to whom it was referred as u spc-
ca referee to inquire aud report n reasoua,
bic fec for cur work in this case; and he
reported, after taking testimony US to tho
value of our services that we were EMIT cd
to ice of $1,000, which report was con-
frued by the Circuit Judge
| The fourth charge is also false. I never
did ad: locate that Gen. Butler should be
withdrawn and Whit.cmorc should BE- put
in his place. This is the same charge thu,
| ! answered as question of privilege in
the State Senate when it appeared i'll the
newspapers at that time, as can tc seen by
referring tc the files Of the Columbia Rcg
iStcr and the Journal Of the Senate. ln-
stead of trying to Withdraw Grn Butler. it
is well known that when he was virtually
deserted by IIrmpton and others whn
should have supported him, |, at his request
gave him my support and assisted in 80
fcating the Patterson resolutions which. il
they had passed would have pl,cr,i him in
the awkward position of an migrate hy lore
ing him to take the initiative step To IN
seat Patterson whose vote and inilnau c
helped to secure Buffers seat ano defeated
the claims Of Co,bin.
have again answered these stplo charges
which originally sprunu from my Radlca
opponents, and l um now willing for tn,
public to decide Us to their truth or fulSity
will suy, in Conclusion, that have never
sold out the State to tho fraudulent bond
holders; haze made no burgnlns will
Radicals in State or National pnli,ics no
made compromises with them in any WI,
whatsoever, no: do belong to any ling in tht
Democratic party.
1t Senator llampten is not satisfied unt
wants to go on with this discussions: if h.
wishes to wash all the dirty linen of IL,
party in public and let it hc known who la!
and who has not donc thcsc things | an
also willing to submit the public and rri
vate character of Senator Ilamptor aut
myself us to truth, fair dealing, honesty
integrity, pluck aud PATRIOTISM to
thorough investigation. This is the GLOW,
that ;hrow down, aud if it is taken up b,
Senator Hampton | shall say: clay Q,
Alucduf, and damncd be he who first cries
hold, cnough!'
took occasion to cal! Gen Gary's attcn
tion to the charge that he was said to have
made an attack upon Senator Hampton at ,
time when lie was thought to be dying, nst
to the statement that with his usual taste
his last assault was made while Senator
Hampton was absent in Mississippi at the
death bed Of his son.
Gen. Gary expressed his sympathy 70,
Gen. Hampton in the recent affliction which
had tcfalleu him, and said that if Col
Haskell could afford to select an occasion tt
assault hIm, he could see no reason why ht
should be expected to remain silent.
at tie conclusion of the interview tn,
daily papers wero brought in containing
sensational telegram to the Assocatct
Press mentioning the probability Of per-
sona encounter as the result Of the Has
kel' 'cttcr Upon reading this Gen. Gar,
made some torciblc remarks about rtcr.
views and ncwsp 'pers, which do not fee
called upon to report.
w. II. Nick.