The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-03
CHA r L ES ON
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1868.
Governor Scott and the Veto.

The extreme Radicals in the so-called
General Assembly have failed in their at
tempt to pass the bill to amend the city
tchafter over the veto Of the Governor, and
il is not likely that any municipal elections
will be held before! November next. Sur
rounded as we are by embarrassment and
uncertainty; living, as we have done, upon
> mine, whose explosion would. be the de-
struotion Of our dawning prosperity, it is
cause for rejoicing that the Vaccinations
Of our enemies have been of NO avail, and
that, Charleston has been saved--we believe
forever-froii' the hand Of the robber and
sspoiler. This relief is clearly due to the
manly and sensible conduct of the acting
Governor of the Stste.na gl25 s.:4.79 - -!
Governor SCOTT is, Of course;:a thorough
Republican, L. 1T was undsr-a- Republican
:admiiiiistf ration tkai he became an officer Of
the FfeedmlilsHh's d mlilsHh 8 Bureadti;; and he obtained
under Republican Laws that. control in the
State. which secured his nomination for
Governor, and made his election certsin.
To,Republcan-R Rsaicslism Governor SCOTT
owes ell that he now is. With Radical as
,cendancy, he is Governor Of South Caro-
lima; without it, he Is nothing. It Tas,
therefore, expected that he would stand by
his friends in all their troubles, although he
had declared that he. was resolved to use,
for the. benefit Of the State, and not of a
political party the powers entrusted to
him." No one expected that Governor ScorT
would be dangerously impartial, and no one
felt disposed to condemn, as unnatural, the
looked for partiality. 1t is only proper,
thea, to acknowledge now that Governor
lsooTr has, in more than one instance, acted
with a fairness and disinterestedness which
are greatly to his credit.
In Yetnina tha hill TO -Ad--- -'i' etHvunS
of the bonds Of public officers, Governor
scoir opposed logical common sense and
an expressed desire to uphold the public
credit, to the pleading Of a few Radical
leaders WHO were hungering for Office, but
could no. give the. bonds. required by law.
In vetsing the bill.to amend the charter Of
the City Of Charleston; Governor sUoTr has
planted himself squarely in opposition to
the extreme members Of his party, and has
exposed himself to q morstrous torrent; of
denuhCiation and abuse. Itmustn mot be for
gotten, however, that the path which Gov
ernor SoorT is treadiug is the only one
which leads in the direction of liberation
and recognition Of the existing government
Of the State. The Radical. party in the
State is 80 incapable of politio and wise
action that no Governor OF governm ent sup
ported by it can stand for long. Respec-
liability and intelligence are necessary to
tho existence Of the party, and Governor
SooTr doubtless hopes that an infiexibls
adherence, on his part, to moderate and
even, handed policy, will secure for him per
sonal consideration, and for Republicanism
those recruits without whom it will inevita-
bly, fall to pieces. We do not believe that
this hope will be realized; but we do not
fear to express our high opinion of the
courage, sagacity and moderation shown
by Governor ScoTr, in his treatment of
measures which were rich in their power
to injurs the State and destroy the fair pros
poets of our people. g!..r..