The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-05-28
THE MELBOURNE CONSULATE.
Capt. Dawson defends Maj. Morgan's APP
pointment, pnd shows that he Is u Clifton
: OF ti1IB state.

pointment, and shows that he Is u CItIzor
OF this state.
| a meeting of the Blackville Demo
cratic Club was called last week to con
sider the appointment of Maj. Morgan
as Consul to Melbourne. Capt. Dawson
went to BlackvilIe, and was invited te
address the meeting. He accepted the
invitation, and gave the reasons for Maj
Morgan's appointment as follows:
Capt! Dawson said that he had nc
doubt, when he determined to attend tho
Meeting Of the club, that he would find
himself among friends, for he had righ!
to consider himself among friends waen.
ever he was among Democrats in South
Carolina. He was present o.day because
Of the notice calling the club together,
which was published in the County news.
papers. 1t involved an appointment for
which he considered himself responsible.
II showed him, what, indeed, he knew
before, that there has q question III 10
the propriety of that appointment. 1t
could not be considered, therefore, with.
out considering hinigelf. To condemn
that appointment, no matter on what
grounds, or how tendcrly it might be
done, was to condemn the man who re-.
commended it. standing here to day"
he said, with the assurance that have
nothing TO retract, nothing to be asham.
ed OF, aud nothing to apologize for, felt
that my proper course was to come and
give my reasons for making that recon.
mendation; and then, when all the facts
shall be before you, I will submit myse
to your good judgment.
| "As understand it, the objections to
Mr.. Morgan are twofold in character.
One applies to his Democratic record ;
the other to his citizenship. AS to his
| Democratic record, it has been stated in
4 the newspapers, / believe, that he is, or
was, or has been Republican. That I
deny absolutely. AS evidence Of the
allegation that he is Republican we are
i pointed to pamphlet written by him,
and published last year, entitled Amer.
ica's Egypt
Unfortunately have not copy Of
that pamphlet with me, my own copy
1 being bound in volume with others.
l have, however, a letter Of Congressman
Aiken which has been published recent
iiy, aud In which he gives the paragraphs
in that pamphlet which, in bis view, are
4
Mr.. Morgan to be Republican. All of
you who know the kind regard which
| Mr.. Aiken has for me will appreciate
| this.
"Now I undertake to eay," Capt.
Dawson continued, "that if you search
that pamphlet with q small.toothed comb
you will not find anything more objec.
tionable than is quoted in Mr.. Aiken's
letter. 1t has never been asserted by
Mr.. Morgan that that pamphlet was not
published before Blaine's nomination.
The plain truth of the matter is that the
pamphlet was written early in the year,
and was made ready for publication i'm.
mediateiy after Blaine's nomination.
The illusions to his nomination were
then introduced.
Having thus stated what was in the
pamphlet, Capt. Dawson proceeded to
show what was not in it. There is not
q word about the Democratic party, about
Civil Serr'ce reform, about the Tariff,
about corruption in Office, about central
ization, about the need of administrative
reform. It Is simply plea for vigo.
rous foreign policy. When 1t was 6rat
brought to my attention by Mr.. Morgan,
told him that he was right in the doc.
trino which he advocated, but wrong in
the man that We did want policy that
would make an American citizen respec.
ted everywhere, and that the Stsrs aud
Stripes should be to him what the
English flag is to an Euglishman
in every part of the world; that we
would SEQ the need of this vigorous
foreign policy as we have seen it at Pan.
anna and in the Santos case and that
the mistake he made wss in thinking
that Blaine was the proper man to carry
it out. There is nothing unusual in q
Democrat being in favor of particular
feature of the Republican policy. 1t has
been seen again and again that Demo.
crat has believed that some particular
plank of the Republican platform waa
better than corresponding plank in q
Democratic platform, and has spoken
and written in favor Of his opinion. &c.
too, Republicans have preferred Demo.
cratic declarations on particular subject
to the doctrine or practice Of their own
tparty. But these diBsentients as to one
special matter stand by their own party
as rule, on election day. The test oi
Mr.. Morgan's political views is no,
whether he wrote pamphlet that could
be construed in advocacy of Blaine's
election, but whether he voted the Re,
publican ticket. Mr.. Morgan was living
In New York at that moment. and had
been living there long enough to allow
him to vote there If he desired TO do 30
He did not vote the Republican ticket
Could he have voted there, without
abandoning his citizenship here, he would
have voted for Cleveland and Hendricks
Tho publication of the pamphlet by
Mr.. Morgan was, in Capt. Dawson's
opinion, strictly literary venture. The
subject which 1t treated was one of grea.
public interest, and the vigorous foreign
policy which Mr.. Morgan so earuestly
and iptelligently advocated was in accor
dance with public sentiment II wa,
expected that the pamphlet wonld natur
ally. have o large sale, which did moi
prove to be the case. It fell fat. Very
few copies were circulated, and only one
| newspaper, published in the Northwest
40 far 90 ks Knew, ever condescended tc
notice 1t. i No substantial aid, therefore
was rendered Mr. Blaine by It's publica
tion. IS :s..,-. /. ~ ii. I'll
Even If it be granted that Mr.. Morgan
liked Mr.. Blaine, thst was no discredi
TO Mr. Morgan's Democracy. There
were reasons Why he should like him
lperhaps, since their ancestors came from
the came State, and their families hat
always been friends, but no objection
could be urged against Mr.. Morgan or
thisjaccouns. A great many other Dom
ocrasa have entertained and expressed 1
liking for Nr. Blaine. When tho new,
Of; his nomination was put up on tn,
bulletin board In Charleston, there were
nutibafs ofRood Democrats who aaii
that thsy intended to vote for him be