The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-15

could bring, than the vote | received
in the Convention"
AS | have advocated, and had ad.
vocatcd, long before either of our
State Colleges we're reorganized, that
they SHOULD he consolidated, and
that the Citadel should be rcorgan.
lied in Columbia under the Agricul.
tural and Mechanical Land Grant
Act, (Which required military train.
ing and disciplinc,) ! feared that
some parties might cndcavor to use
!h"t against me, as the Adjutant and
Inspector General is eH oDicio mem.
Der Of the Board of Visitors of the
Citadel Academy. With view to
prevent this added "confidentiap'
postscript to my letter to Captain
Dawson telling him that although I
had my own peculiar views as to the
system Of education which should
prevail in the State, and had given
proper expression to thcm--stlll that
/ had never opposed the Citadel, per
So, or its system Of education, and
that, moreover, rs Adjutant and In
spcctor General would be under no
necessity to agitate the question,
though | had not changed my views.
The Executive Committee Tor fif.
teen members Of IT'D met in Columbia
on tho 18th August, and after com.
plcting their regular organization
proceeded to the nomination of
successor TO General Manigault.
Quite number of gentlemen were
placed before the Committee as can
didates, for whom | have the great.
est respect, and any one Of whom it
would have given me pleasure to
support under ordinary circum-
stances, or if they had appeared be.
fore the Convention to test their
strength before the people.
1T soon became evident to my
friends ON the committee that not
only was the endorsement Of the
Convention to be ignored, but that
the sole object Of the members from
Charleston [or more particularly +.
W. Dawson aud Wm. ii. Brawley)
waS t. defeat my nomination. Sup
porting for Il time Captain G.. r.
Nolmcs, or pretending to do so, they
soon showed their object by desert.
lnr hlm, and coquctting with the del.
c~atcs supporting Major Mills. whom
.hcy eventually carried with them to
Join Tic parties supporting Captain
Honhan, whom they thus succeeded
III clectinY. The excuse they gave
for their opposition was that / had
opposed the Citadel Academy, and,
rs Major Brawlcy afterwards said,
had voted against the appropriation
Cor Tie militia which is not true.
It waa thus that my defeat was ac-
accomplished and the will of the
Convention---which represented the
pcoplc---dcfcotcd, for after General
Nanigault's death | was virtually
and rightfully the nominee of the
party. Strange to say, if am cor.
rcctly Informed, ten out of the fifteen
present.. e., Messrs. Hoyt, Shell,
Clark. Izlar. Talbcrt, Hart, Allison,
Ice and Dawson-had supported me
in the Convention, but only the three
iirst-with Mr.: Mower, of Newberry
came to my support in the com.
lnittcc; and would like to know
what changes had occurred in me, or
III my views, after the Convention,
to give them an excuse for deserting
me.
+. W. Dawson and w. III. Braw-
ley are, however, primarily respon.
siblc for my defeat, and their oppo-
sition was based, not on my oppo.
sition to the Citadel, but on my uni.
form opposition to, and exposure of,
their bond, railroad and other stock
iobbing operations, by which they
have CONTROLLED, oppressed and plum.
dercd the State. For the ormer |
confess that | once entertained, not
only respect and admiration Of his
ability but ~ warm feeling Of friend
ship. based ON his services to the
Contedcrac and belief in his sin.
ccrity; but q gradual realization Of
his true character has forced me un.
willingly to the conviction that he is,
as | II W describe him, an imported
English lunkey, totally devoid of
principle, whose American expe.
rience, as we all know--in spite of
his shrcw,lncSs and ability--has
evolved him into genuine political
prostitute. Such man has no right
to II vote, cr o0icio or otherwise, on
our state Executive Committee, and
his position on the National EXccu.
tive Committcc--obtained by tlatter.
ing and !awning around our IIamp-
tons, Butlcrs, ctc--is standing
disgrace to the State. Circumstan.
ccs compel me to touch Mr.. Brawley
more gently, but it is sufficient to
say that his eloquent voice, since the
Umc he occupied a doubtful position
as Solcitor-.~undcr Radical rule
has never been heard Gn any Of our