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V,. OL* *. V. I..PCE.TUS (From the Charleston News and Courier.) The Record of Radicalism-Governor i Chamberlain on the btand. No man in South Carolina knows better than Goyernor D. II. ChamI- I 1,rinaj. the iniquitous character of d Aho.ary of 1hich, as the cai.didate for Governor, he has become the head and i epreseltal ive. F, r eight years or inore he has beeii coiected t in'on'e way or another %i ith the bas- I ;d Imiain of South Caro lia. What to oihrs is a sealed book r is to imn easy of perusal. The ins- t anud-outs of the party, its rottenneas I and rascality, are as faiilior to hii I ps:'he withetic triunphs of Greece t pr the pride and pomp ot R ,ine. A s ie wrote to Senator AWarton, he is "a Republican of as many years stand- i ing as ltu has seen years of discre, tioun." It is his boast that he has f never had any tffiliation or sympa%. ( thy.ith ady other party tL.au the I Rel'iblican party. Tie ptiblic are, e therefure, warranted in believing 2 thatl shher he condemns and de nonnees that party, generally or in r particular, he does it wit riucta;nce, a towcliig the tus eritig sores with gentle iand, and telling always has c than the whole shaietilI truihl. Gov. I C. aspbrlain, agaiust his own party, Sati uniiiwm peachable %% itnezs, and as C .r stivih we put hiil on the statid. At v preent we will tjot totich upon i.is v -ayings or do;jngs bet-orel he was el- i fcttkd Governor. fu begiii with, we Il Iy befoie t he. ountry asage-s taken 1 irui his addre.sUS, Ietlert and speceh es, since ii his ii s allation. p'ot t ie e#videice thieie4giveti of the nowi! linig.ise and( i natbility of thle RI 'pub lilan pat y to a mu II it-elt, the ul. lowais of Ilampiton, whether Demo- t crata or R,epliblicant1s, CaI bidely reSt- h their cate. The C iqizo extracts for to y.'eadi g are a- ftil ws: '1i CONti GrNT FUND S-TAL:- V "DrutinsItIe past ,ix years there has il beet a .i rol-riated an,i p:id fur co Lilgenlfit ttids t the astiotinding stuit ot s $$6,b32.4 I v .te the opin on a Lhat t..e S.ate wouuld have received egnal] bentit from ne1 fifth of t hatL soam if ex~penaded w itha economylI t upon proper ulhj ets."-Inagural ad- y iress, 18 44. L.LsA'rIvE I'LuNDoa: "Since 1863 i SIX regulart anud two special sessbions I of the G3eneral Assenably have bJ.en held. VTe tolal cust of these sessions e has be.e4~ $,147,430.97. Tao aver- lI age cost of eatch reg ular session has t been $320,4u5.10. Th~ke lowest cobt, il of any regnhir session was that of' the c Sregular sessio~n of 1868~--69, amount- B ingpo $102,005 .79, ad the highest g cost, was.tba 9f the regniar session of 1871-72, amounting to abouat 3 $61762?10 t-OBesides these amuounts. now specilled there are out8stnding te of bills. payab)le, issued on atcconut ofi legle ae es Aning t he same per iod, $192,275 15. - These figm es 2 htit aad e,1874. LONG SEisswNs "I. haud the nyer- V age tengith o the.r,egular' sessions (of f fi e Gsuer i AeedmIly) since 1868 1 hasb.ee.10I5 days. * * * I can- a not see at p)resent any reason of a r pubtla nature which can reqnire a I sep n of more thani thirty days." Laugural, ad4dress, 1874. aoJDImnIA GIIaBn: "Tfhe average ( ex penditure at each regular 8ession, c sirice 1 868,for ttacheesancot-v 4 ent or i ncideal expenses has beenI C a (4 . I tilese figui-es 1 donoi tesjh their owi l0son, te argumeaant would -be- idle. Let it be' igry pttidlo thht the amtotnnts I now mised represent onliy the actual, i SPVtV.f 6d..There remaint a r Wast madttoft .tnid claims inu tbe h .f:"r3dige paiy expenses, qa- I - ti?rrat)4t ut4aese .lan $5000,000O.t (of p4uhe: P;rirQg)whicir1 has pre-- t vailed for the past three years is ut-t terly incapable of defernce or excuse. 3 rhe looseness oftile system in theory e only equalled by its extravagance n practice. * * * The cost of lie permanent and cut'reit printing ron 1869 to the present time. was '843,073.59. The cost of advertising he Statutes, that is of printing them ii thle newspapers for the sname pe iod, was $201,496.32, making a to al cost to the State of $1,104,579.91, Juring the past three years the cost o tie Stiate of current and perma levrt printing was $743,33 20, and he cost of pa iiting the laws ill nOWS oapers fur the same period was 074,(.96.66, making a total cost to be State uf $918 629.86."- luai'g19 al addreEs, 1874. NoT PAYING AS YOU Gn: The exist% ng deflCiencies, runiling balck to 868, are simply enormous. The de ciences for the fi;cal year etidilg )etober 31, 1874, were $472,619 54 'he deficiencies for tife fiscal year nd ng Octobur 31, 1873, were $540,, 28 -Inaigu rtal address, 1874.. TRIAL JUBTICEs: "Ot the Iractical esults of the Trial Just ice saystem, 'heretofore viainistered, I hear ut one opiilion, n :mrely, Ihat it is Jst1y, inefficient and opp1ressive.' lia)g1ral addres, 1874 SUFEERING CrIZINS: '"No injury an be so great as thatt which we now Itheis il or ciizens who have olked ftr the S:kate, or lnt their loney o1 credit, anld are now wait g 1ald tulf erlitg beeise l e Statt iade ai propriation.3 whien she had 0 flu uis Will h which tO Cdeem her r0imisc."- LI-tter to Seiato C ms jil tee, Febi 11Nr 15, 1 7~>. COUNTY 11A-CAL11Y: "1 al co: fi ent that there is not o;.e capuaty in Lbis State( inl which' money)C3 enlough as ntt beetn c4illec'ed by taxntion to a4 evry dolla .t lgit anat ex j1ete 1 m1alintlaiiig the givet nment (if tile oty."-Veo of Ed.-efield Reso Lition, Fcbruarv 24, 1875. THE FL''ATING DEBa: "I w;is per 11aded that tle State had the right, Id that her condition demanded biat she shouldh, post pol.e set tlemnen ,n il she could h recover from the et. i'cts of a long ct'nrSe of extrgva anace and profligacy ini thie e penid i iire of puIIblic funds and thle coumratct-i nig of piablic obligations."-Yeto of kunanza Ball, March 17, 1875. Tu1s COVRR OF VAST FsIAUDs:-"That er itiuc.s tor' legislative expienses are been made the cover for vast. randa no man wvill dispute. Th'iey re univer sally regarded as the Jlast ahiniating evidenice. of a prevaihinag t emn of corruption wvhich hats diss raiced our' State and offended the lition."- Vevo of Binanza Bill, l1anrch 17, 1875. BRoKEN PLEDGEs8: "ilhe party has ver beeni go in tin to camaign l)rornI Bin g retrencliuant and reftl in, and ever perfo rmuing it."-Inater'view, J1ay 24) 1875. DIsAPPowNTED LUNDERERs: "The ~luanderers ini the last Legislature vere grealby disapapoinated. For the irst tme in1 thir oilat Jives they 'ad to go home withowut haviaa n mge nything but their salaries and little lanrl p)icking~ "- nter v iew, mtiay 24, 875. 1'HE SALE OF VoTIs: "A 'eay large Iimbter vi I he meiamal>era &sf t.ha.suth arolinaa Legislatur'e coine to the apital for thie'purpose of selling their' oles and mnaking alt they' ce n out t't h oftice."-I ti'view, Maay /24, 875. ERAI A S"LUTELY .N ECK8ARY IRefuirm, if it was niot of itself righit, as became absoltely neCcsary, or Lie Stai. wvil sink. Altters catnnot uk) tut' six yeais to come as they avie for. th~e past six years. * * * 'arm thie cdntir geht iunada alona', in be. Iast aiK year's,. therie bhas beeni ikena the astoisingl surn yf $3i6, 32 74. ( ino fifth of that slum would ave been .Irmple-'hIe rest wng ht to e put down to stealag."-ljter view lav 24. 1875. STEALWG PURE, AND SIPL19: "The last oi.x sessions. up to the time I was Inagrated, cost the State, nnder the head of Legislative expenses. the enorimous sum of $2,147 97. These figires, I may say, are unparalled in the bistory of American legislation. It is stealing, pure and simple." Interview, May 24, 1875. EoNRMous AND DIsGRACEFUL Fia. URs' "The average expense of the atlachei and contingencies of the South Carolina Legislature per Ees sion has been $258,424 65. and these enotimous and disgraceful figures represent only the actual payments made." Interview, May 24, 1875. THE BIGGET STEAL OF ALL: "The cost of printing and advertising for six years $1,104,569 91. * * * And what has the State to show for it I Absolutely nothing! For three years 1871, 18-2, 1873, printing and ad vertising cost the State * * * about one thousand dollars a day. And this inl a State the entire taxable wealth of which is less than many single counties inl the Nurth."-In terview, May 24, 1875. A FARSIP AND A FRAUD: "The du tiea of a trail justice here are pre ciselv the same as the duties of jus lice of the peace in other States. Yet previous1 Governors had appoint led and coiniissioned over two itun dred men to the important dutics of this OffiC,e Who C m1ld not wI-itO or read a word of tihe English Linguage. It v,is a tai cc and a traid; tor l()%v call Ien thus ign )rant intulligently try Ctis, civil an11d crimiinal, brought bot re them."-Irview, May 24, 1875. CANDID CWIFEzSsUIN: "N mian will dispute that our S-ate needs re torii in nearly every department of tihe puiblic service."-Sieech inl Char leston. Novenber 4, 1875. PUtiO MONEYS WAsTD: "Our Piblic moneys are largely wasted, and that is worse even than the bur, den of taxation."-Speech in Char lestoni, Novemb)er 4, 1875.* A GLARING LVIL: "Lvery person who looks to the State for salary or pay is now, and has been for years palst, obliged to necept such p)art onily of wvhat is due hun as may be realiz ed from taxes which are due him, with a certainty that he will at best received only a pai't. In the case of p)ublic instit a tionis the evils atre still greater."--Veto of Supply 13ill, No vember 23, 1875. A TnAvX?s-rE: "What a travestie it is to see men filling the ofilee of' School Commnissioner, to pass upjonl the qualitications of school teachers, when they can barely trite their ownl namnes."-Speech .February 2, 1876. ULACK T'IUUIDAY: "The conspira-. cy (for the elect.ion of Moses and Whipper) appeara to have been care, fully concocted. The color line, the party line, and the linwe ot antagon - ism, to my administrationt, all were shah ply drawn. * * * I look upon01 their election as a horrible dighs'tr. * * * This cailamuity is infutely greater, inl my judgment, thani any which has yet fallen upon this State, or, I might add, upon any part of the So~uth.-neriw Decetuber .19, 1875. CIVILIZATION IN -PaCult: "The civ ihi,mtion of the Puritan and Cavalier of the Roundhead anid the iUngenot, is in peril. Cou rage, Deterin zation, Union, Victory must bo our wvatch words. The grim Puritans never quailed under thr'eat 0or blow. Let their sons now imnitateo their exam pe."-Tekgramn to Newv England So. ciety of Ohairleston, Decenmber 22, 1:875. A TnRILLr oF IlouRoR: "Their elect ion (i. e. of Whipper and Mosee) hans sent a thr~ill of horror Ibhrough, ont the ,State. It hae split the Re publicans in twain.".-Letter to Senas ter Morton, June 19, 1876. DOOM OF.RADICALISM: "No par ty can rule this State that snpportE Whippor and -Moses. * * * There i, but one way to save the R1epublican party in Sonth Carolina, and that way is to unload Moses and Whip, per, and all who go with them * * * Neither the administration a Washington, with all its appliances civil and military, nor all the denn ciations of the world heaped upor me can save the Republican party here from overwhelming dofeat thiE year, unless we can pursuade th< peol)1e of this State that such thingi as these judicial elections will be un done, and never by possibility be re peated."--Letter to benatoi Morton Jane 13, 1876. In Mr. Chamberlain's own word the people real the horrible tale o the extravagance, fraud and(] profli gacy which have "disgraced our State and offended the Nation." Oul of the mouth of its chosen chieftair is the party judged. When Govern or Chamberlain spoke and wrote the burning phrases that now come back to plague him, lie was fighting witi might and main the rongish cre%u who nlow, for the second time, slip port him. They are the men who "gc with M1ses and Whipper.', They are the con,pirators who plannet and cariHed out the horrible work o Black Thursday. Tiey are the ham who go to Cu1tmbia to sell their voteE and who revel in legislative plunder The party cannot "inload ithem," foi they are "tle party," now that Mr Chamberlain consents to lea(l tfhem And n1)1) that party we invoke th( do,im that Governor Chamberlai: oresaw, "the overwhiehning defen douring this year" that he predicted Givernor Chainberlain and bit associales will go 1o)(I1 "thie stin, and there the Democraiic canvasserk can meet them. There they cau riing the charges non the citati(omj we have made from the ietters anc speeches ad nessages of the chief candidate; and*so hoist the engiinee with hiis own pe;ard. Thatd will d<. the b)usiness. A BAo RuLLm 'IIAT WON T WORx [BoTu WAYs.-Tom lamuilton, o~ Beau fort, an independent colored rice planter, one of the most libera] of the centennial legistators and e recont delegate fr om Beau fort to the~ Republican Conventioni, in a conver sationi a day or two ago said, in rc ference to the proposed plan of dis charging employees who vote against the interests of' theirt employers, thai lie considered such a course fair' an) square. IIe said lie knew it was done at the North in large factoriu and with the tenanitry of England and, more to the point, lhe expectec every man emp1loyed by him on lii rkde fields to vote with him, and( i they did not, lhe would get men wvhc would. Ilamilton is a regular Re puablican , was the man who tnmin. ated (Chan berlain in the con vent ion an.i is a man of considerable inftin eoin Be5autfort County. Ini addition to then letter to Gov. Cuaam'>erlain found( on the person ol Representative Cokcr, therie were' other papers showinug the names o: the leading white men who were tC be murdered, anid the d wellings and plantations to be burned. It was tic suddeJn outbreak. The attack 01 Mr's. Ilar'ley w'as an ariranged pilot it be cart'iesi out all along the linte o the Port Rloyal Railroad, for, in fewv lhours after t ho ou trage, the mo groesC were' i for'ce ('n th'i 'line tr'eii Jackson to Mil lettv ille. Anot hem str'ong vciczimstance to show preme ditat ion. Al any of' the arms capt uret f'rom thue negr'ocs are new gouns, WNin chustetr repeating r'ifles. The men wh Io br'ing in .hue iniformtion sa) they are perfectly new and bright. Char'les Fr'ancis AdamsH has accept edl the D)emocr'atic nomination fo Governor of Masisachunm. An Officer of the Army Discusses the Taft Order. Yesterday morinii)(g a reporter of the Consfiitution, Met upon the trainl a very affab'e and intelligent ariny officei who wqs passing through the State upon oflicial business connect ed with his command. After pass ing a few Comm1i1on places i) Coniver - sation, hle was gradually drawn into Comlimentary utpon t1he political con dition of the countiy, and particuliar ly with reference to the state of af fairs in the South. le stated to us thet lie was and had beei foi tho last sixteen years, aii eariest aid faitlifhi Repiblican inl politics, and had leit his uipport to all tho acts of the party that he believed jist, constitutioial aid pa, triotic, tor- the pleselvation of the government and the ECeCrity of tie results achieved by the war. "Well, M ajor," we asked, "what do you tliink, asidle froi all party feeling, of the Tat orde ?' "To speak candidly, sir, I thiiik it ipirecedented in the bit4ry of the govermen11t. A man wio feels an reprard for tle decenicy of his go. ernment, and tle rights of his people, Calilot Ieer to it with 1'ecoming pa tience. If it, had elleated fr1om11 the 1nillistry of a uoinR11ehial party for1 the puilrpose ot plrveil!nilg at revolt, we m111iglit Eou wvisdomll and political sagacity inl the movemeni; but re gar1ded as it stanlds, it is a declara tionl against the rhlt of the citizen and a virtulal repeal (i the bill o, riglts and the Cn'i: itultiol oif IhIC cou1try. I annot ;peak Ily sentmi A M1U1Dl1ZtUs PoWER. ";Then, ouil are opposed to its ex ecut ion? "Most emphlaticallj! V hi, sit! just think of it for a m11omilelit in this vie%\: ier is an irestrained Comm11issionl )I of polvw ()Ver- tle Irights of ia presuiledly fice people; O\ el tle life al d p1oroperty of sAvevLrignl citizens, over the civil local govern menits. Is timat not a mu rderus power to be enten ~sted to any comnpa, nv of meCn? A:ad to wvhomi is it de legated? To thle marshals and deputy' miua rshials of the genieral goverlnent; a set 1.1 men none1 too Scr u illous us to means anld none too jealous of the irighits of i ndivi'iduals11, aiid to wvhose act ion s thle goveriiiient gives the sanctity of presumliptive julst ihiCion. Thiey too, in' the very naturle of their oflicial1 being aire the suppbort ers of thiri par'ty; and thleref' re arme pre judied( auOthiority fromi the begining UnTider such ci rcu mst anices. t here can be no quest ion of the daunger' of placingt such power in such a body of mc.'' IliW 'TikE S 'LDIERs FEl,. "DIo t he armny ollicer s gene r.dlIy fed a s oui do?" '"So far as I ha1veC lat ne0d fr'om them, withiifew excep t ions, t hey do. I believo that nine tenths of' the ar my oflicers ini sevice would delClore liol' delC)y t i:1i1 theyC do t hiis wvai ton bus of pIOi Cr wve:-e the miission, gi've, to th:e array1 insteadl of lie miar shlals, yet I thinik the cit izenis of the eoInst ry would pirefr to seeC the( aitrmy rat heri th an thle ma:irshals, in vested with the~ authority.'' ThEY ABn lTikE DUTY. "H owv do they regard the part that is assignied them11 in thle se,eme ol "TlIiB&l to(1 asltelyCA abhor alor mef ofi~i ~ 'reon rctin duty,' a the e phrase i)t N io more &s unraiusi tsi the soidier, however, and1( they sub. huit to it hoIwe\e(r l'eluletaliti).'' ' Whant effect wiill the alddiutionlL anir'iog t hiahest posmihin o,.i',. befoi6 action, hinve ..u. pra tions under the Taft orderf!" "That proviso is the one ray of hope, in hm' whole 'p46 jt gives certaity to the m1oteme e and actiows of thle troopolslad e ,vr prudent officer'a measure of discretion in obeyuing the reelless or ders of ob cir an i1 rsp siA e, liy iasliala. Wiih this proviso in the imaticr ihere is les danger to be apprhcliended from the order than would othet wic have been the ci "D) the Imlen as well as the offl cers, sliare in Ibis disincliiation to be 1in11de partis4anl policeien?" "41 thi-k t ey do. The rank and file of the army is made of men of all shades of poities. Since the war souiteti aid northien incii have be. C01110e Oflicuirs and privates in the pr-esenit army, aid it may be said of it, il (truth, that it is the tmo3t conser vat i ve organi i m,III politically co Sidered(, that nlow exists in the Unlionl." TIlM MARTIAL fA mrATUICE. ",D,) you thiink the administration will go o far a3 to declare martial law inl anly portion of the Siuth.1" "I do not know, really, as to that Still, it is possible, and there may ariso cotditiuns in certain localities whic-b1 woll o:1ko it right to (o so. I !mpe no sch caia may ar-ise. It a suate of riot sho!'d plrevail,,bpV(d t lie p,>wer (it local aluthoritics to qi-elL an1d the State was eitheir tuo weak or tko corr.*tlpt to attMpIIt it, I thInk martial law wold be the ofly refuge of law abiding citizens:. oixr ICA L G AI,'. "Well, sir, what do you think wiM be the cifeet politically of theorder? I "I as a party man, fear the result, My opinion is ti.nt this ordar will Ver I11 nearly, it it does not actually, wuork the election of Tilden and Uon dricks. Of' course you undetatind that I do bot desir that,1f1T-dMr" nrd'ented fihrly and without danger to tll liber-ties and property of 'the people. I1 know there are med1 in the ariniy who would resign thieir come mfissionsB beforeO they wommlcI .l?eco: e( agents in the arbitrary seiznre of tle goverment and the subvgriop <( law and popular rights. I hopa tha Southern pe..ple will be wise and pam triotic enongh to priotect all 'mreu, b)lack and white, in) thieir franchise* and liberties. With this the interview ended, and the senItients we have written cana ily as t hey were spoken.-Atlanit* C~onsi i t lonl.. ' A writer in the Winnsboro NdWe gets off' thle following on Chlory: j Knouwing with what a vim OfW A ikeni will go for our good frie'n,t. Cs, anid feeling well assure&d that hd will have hhnii ready for potter's flid by i.he 7th of November, I propoe lhe following~ as his H er'e lieS benieathI th1is bunch of briars, Cass (Carpeniter, thle prince 0f liars. Of' im it truiily rn ight b. e said( The n ruh is ini him noi1w whii1 leGAd; Fori nt. is k nown,. beyond a doubt, '* Before hie (lied it ne'er' con1e Otb, : Ini the speech th)at Senator Jot J . Pat:erison maide in the State Rea pulicanu Conivention in South Carow hina, the other dayi certifyitng tootWi good chafralcter' of Uh:amberlatin, ble told his h:earers that Albariy pe~n1a tent etry wonuld hold a good tnMmdj af the South Carolina Democrats afted thle elect i n. We wonider if it hib ever' IccurredC( to hioneCst John,' the carp&eit bagg'er from Pennyelvai to thinak oft what will p)robably ben comle of Ihim, anid others like him, i( the elect ion should result ini the over bro w of G ran tism.-Neow York Sun., IOhio, which at first was concedod to the flepublicans, is now Of)nsidered safo0 for the Demrocracey. It is stated on the stree6ts of (joInut bia that .I1. K. Scott and many othe priomUinenit lIephubl)icans will Vote for I h:npt on a-al hiis tickot. T.ihe tidal wVave is rolling on.