The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-06-19
ed to him, had direct pecuniary value.
THE FOURTH CHARGE

Fourth. Because he obtained certain
letters, which there is every reason to
believe contained matter grayely compro.
mlslng him, from perfectly reputable
witness, Mr.. Mulligan, who was the prop.
er and lawful custodian of them, after
having vainly tried appeals TO his pitv
| by pledging his word Of honor to restoYe
them broke this pledge, retained them
by force, and subsequently read such of
them as he pleased to the House in aid
OF his vindication that this conduct. II
not legally criminal, was such as no man
aspiring to be the Chief Magistrate of a
great nation ought to be even suspected
THE FIFTH CHARGE,
Fifth. That both his short service as
an executive officer of the governments
ana the various efforts he has made du.
ring the past eight years to keep thu
pubic In mind of him, have been sensa-
tlonal and theatrical. Indicating q strong
love OF notoriety and an absence of the
settied convictions, the sober Judgment
and the steadiness of character which are
needed TO make him safe occupant of
any high or responsible administrative
oilice and that the means by which his
'booms" are started and p:omoted-of
which the Tianner in which his "history"
mas recently been heralded and produced
Is good example-bear too close an
approach to the advertising devices of
circus or other public show to make the
candidacy of any person eeaor,jng to them
anything hut humiliation lur ihe parts
producing him.
A PACKER OF CONVENTIONS,
LASTLY, 1t seems to us emphatically
the duty of the independent voters to
:efress in some signal way The rapidIy
growing. practice of packing conventions
under the personal superintendence OF
candidates for tho Presidency. It is Of
comparatively recent date. It is only a
few years since Mr.. Tilden excited The
horror of the Republican press by taking
charge of bis own canvass and starting q
literary, bureau" to supply pufs Of him
self to the newspapers Since then IL
has grown apace, and 1t now excites no
surprise &c near that any candidate ,is
actively engaged in using all his powers
OF Intrigue, chicanery and corruption 70
secure the election of delegates all over
the Union, pledged either openly or
aecretly to act under his orders at tho
convention, and, if casting votes for him
"ii 40 no good, to cast them In such O
es " enaoie niin 10 carry out any
bargain or IDEAL" with any other candi-
date wnich it may have pleased him to
make; The Nominating Convention has
already, through its size as well o. for
other reasons, lost nearly ali se,ublance
OF deiiberative body, but it has lot vet
become wholly the product of f'subsoi;;ne"
carried on by the various candidates
the'1,selvea. In this s5t of packing Con.
venions MIR. Blaine 10 now the irreatcst
mas ter in the country. His success would
make this art almost the only one which
Am srican statesmen would hereafter cul-
tivate or would apparently need to tu'ti-
vate; 1t Is high time, therefore, thas he
ana his disciples were made &c understa::d
that 1t Is not by such little g1mes that
the Presidency 10 70 be won.-From the
Evening Post, Aprii7. IN