Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-04-06
:. lFFOHtTNt -VeNH 0HH CDHITtT'
FSHBRNlK As A NOUlDRGl,
A COVERT ATTACK ON nAMP-
TON sCHARACTER EXPOSED.
Roliin A. Kirk the Tool Of the Revenge
full bastard. Ex-Secretary-Aamp-
toms Magnanimity.

and a pecuatcr oil pubic moEe;S
few people doubt alter the develop
ments of the last Presidential cam,
paign and the out:urn Of the traas.
ury investigation; but here is RSeo
that he carries his scoundrelism int
privateas as we'll as public life:
Every knows that since Senator
Hampton convicted William Tecum.
sch Sherman OF lying, in regard tc
the burning Of Columbia, the Seer
man family have been very bitter
against him. 1t will also be re.
membered that during the last Pres
idential campaign. John Sherman
then secretary Of the treasury, laid
bare his vulgar spite by replying to
a courteous letter Of inquiry from
Senator Hampton With an open let
ter, most offensive in its terms, and
very insulting to the people OF South
Carolina. Soon after this the noto'
rious South Carolina Radical and
renegade white man, Rollin H. Kirk,
then employed in the treasury here
published a scnrrilous and libellou
attack upon Senator Hampton,
charging him with having aided in
numbering score o! negroes in Mis-
aissippi, and with such other offences
as a villanous imagination could con-
jure up. This letter was circulated
by the Republicans during the Fast
Presidential campaign throughout
the West. Upon Sherman's exit
from the treasury Kirk lost bis place
there. A month or two ago he was
reinstated, and almost simultaneous
ly his wretched campaign lies were
republished by scavenger sheet IL:
Charleston.
Upon this several Of Hamp on
friends determined TO lcok into The
matter. Here was an employee o.
the Government occupied 10 circu-
lating the moat abominable falsehooGs
against Senator. The attacks wei
personal, not political, and as such
could Justly be objected to. Secre-
tary FoIger Was seen and the Gact-
laid before him, He promptly ad-
mittedi that Kirk s.course was a snlii
cient cause for hie discharge. He
|; ;-ie.:s te:.r for Kirk and Intercepted him.
letter Rut begged the secretary 0:F
tears IN his eyes not to discharge
him as he had wife and six child
rem to support. The attack, he de.
cIared, was ordered ly a superic,
official.
Mr.. Folger communicated these
facts to Senator Hampton and offered
to discharge Kirk lrolu office for it
Senator Hampton replied that he
would spare him, but that he wished
to know who had iucited the publ
cation. Kirk, upon hearing this
stated that the official was Secretary
Sherman, and produced a letter iroa
the Secretary to prove the TACT
This letter was read by Senator
Hampton sand others and wHs re
turned to its owner.
1t seems that Kirk first wrote IL
the secretary, who replied IN sub
stance as follows: "ln ny position
I cannot notice these things, lut
wish that you, or some one else
would make a formal statement c
the kind against Hampton. " Kirl
said that coming from the highes
treasury officer he regarded the lette
as An order, and he also asserted tina
Sherman promised, ii he was dis
charged from the treasury, to ge
him place at the Capitol:
These facts have been leaking on
gradually, and they are now known
10 several Senators, who declare i
the Inost dastarlly act they eve
heard Of. Here was the secretary o
the treasury Of the United State
employing the venom Of his snbordl
nate to strike at the personal cha'
acter Of Senator. The cowardi.
brute who hires the service OF al
sassin 10 murder his opponent IS Il
respectable. N. U. u.
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BRrpDEe GARDNER ON LAWYERS
-"I nebber heard dat dis club en-
tertp ned any sich superstishun,
said Brother Gardner, in reply. -
f.. ae 10 aueraoa lawYnr Uo,s. dl