The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-05-28

ma, and was here to do his duty in times
of danger. Whether here or absent 1
have never known him to do or say any
thing that was inconsistent with the
soundest Democracy" - {
| As final answer to the charge that
Mr.. Morgan had proved himself a Re.
publican by writing the Blaine pamphlet,
/ Capt. Dawson said that, as soon as be
heard that this charge had been made, he
telegraphed to Mr.. Morgan to Sc to
Washington and meet it. Mr.. Morgan
accordingly went there and saw both the
President and the Secretary of State. 1t
would not be proper to repeat what took
Eplace in that interview. Mr.. Cleveland
knew what charges had been made.
And Mr.. Morgan proved his fidelity to
the Democratic party. The President
WAS satisfied, and Mr.. Morgan received
his final instructions and sailed for his
destination. "You will ask" said Capt
Dawson, "what is the proof that the
President was satisfied ?" "The proof is
this: that, if Mr.. Morgan had not shown
to the President that he was good and
loyal Democrat, his appointment would
have been recalled. But with full
knowledge of the Blaine pamphlet, with
the contents of that pamphlet before him,
and with full knowledge of all that the
newspapers could say against him, the
President-who believes in q sturdy
tisanship-continued him in Office
and wished him God speed on his
voyage. There is an answer to all the
stories as to the President being deceived
in this matter"
In answer to the question was Mr.. Nor.
gan citizen of South Carolina, Capt.
Dawson gave short sketch of Dir. Nor
gan's life. BE was born in Louisiana in
| lS45, and was appointed o cadet at An
napolis in 1860. Resigning his position
at Annapolis when Louisiana seceded,
he entered the Confederate service, in
which he remained until he left Rich
mond in 1866 as one of the body guard
of President Davis. He married in
South Carolina in 1865, and remained
here until 1870, when he vas appointed
staff officer in the service of the
Khedive of Egypt, which post he held
until the following year, when he re-
turned to South Carolina. Selling the
factory stock he held and investing the
proceeds in plantation near Columbia,
he planted there until 1876 when his
plantation was forfeited to the State, for
taxes, and he was constrained to sell it.
In 1877 he went to Washington, and vas
appointed to position under tie Demo
cratic Senate, which be held for some
years, and until turned out by the Re-
publicans. Since 1880 Mr.. Morgan has
been engaged in mining pursuits in
Mexico, and more recently in the prelim-
mary work upon the pedestal of the
Bartholdi statue in New York until that
work was suspended. It was his inten.
ton, until he received this appointment,
to return to Charleston and continue to
live here. "I have thus shown," con.
tinued Capt. Dawson, "that from 1866
to 1886 Mr.. Morgan was for eleven or
twelve years an actual resident of South
Carolina; that he was never away from
South Carolina except when compelled,
and, beyond that, l give you my own
assurance, for he has told me so, and has
the right to be believed, in the absence
of contradiction, that he has never voted
outside of South Carolina. The little
property which he owns to-day is in
South Carolina. If by your votes here
you say that Mr.. Morgan is not to be
considered now citizen of South Caro-.
lima, you leave him absolutely as man
without country. If this be not his
home, he has no home.
"Two of his brothers lost their lives in
defence of the South, and his own record
is before you. Can it be said now, that
here in South Carolina-in one of the
States for which he offered his blood-be
is to be denied the right to call that
State his home2 he has two children
here. This is their home. Their moth
ers were South Carolinians. They have
no hope or help outside of South Caro-.
lima. They have only known their
father as South Carolinian. Are you
prepared to say to them to-day that they
are nothing here; have no rights here;
that they are not to be called South
Carolinians For if the father is not
South Carolinian, they have no right to
be called so"
Passing to the question of MIR. Nor
gan's eligibility to Office, under the
Fourteenth amendment, Capt. Dawson
discussed the several points involved at
some length. The question is covered
by the opinion of The Attorney General
in Gen. Lawton's case, and further by
the fact that Mr.. Morgan was not an
"oficer" when he was required at Anna.
polls to take an oath to support the Con-
stitution of the United States.
In regard to his own part in bringing
about the appointment, Capt. Dawson
said that 80 far as possible for him to do
so he desired to assume all the responsi.
bility for the appointment. II asked MIR.
Cleveland to make it as q favor to me-"
he said, "and I hope he made it as a
favor to me, understanding that would
not recommend man whom 1 did not
believe to be faithful and deserving of
the honor. / have been accused of un.
faithfulness and treachery to the Demo
cratic party on account of this appoint.
ment. They have even said of me that l
am not a citizen of the United States;
that I have been committing perjury,
therefore, every time that l have voted
in this State in nearly twenty years.
There is hardly anything that has not
been said to my discredit. If had
stolen all the money in the United States
Treasury, turned the State over to the
Radicals, and been proved to be deser:
ter from the Confederate army, could
not have been blackguarded worse than
L have been because | asked for the ap-
pointment of kinsman to the consul.
ship at Melbourne. 1 think I may say
that have rendered some service to the
Democratic party in South Carolina.
My friend (Mr. Holmes) has kindly re.
ferred to the poor service I rendered in
the Confederate war; but it was not only
in the Confederate service that I shed
my blood for South Carolina. In the
riots in Charleston, Immediately after
| the election in 1876, was wounded by