The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-12
The Brand Of Cain.

The Rev. r: Il. Cain, ex-senator, and the
editor and proprietor OF the Missionary
Record, the colored organ, devotes the last
issue of his paper to discussion OF the con-
ditioiii Of the State. At the start he an
nounces that the financial disclosures recent
ly made 6x upon the State officials "a de-
"gree Of guilt which is without palllation," !"
and he demands that the honest citizens
rise up in their might and cause the arrest
OF the culprits $50 that justice may not be
sscheated by their sudden flight from the
"State." He cogently says there ls no rea-
son why the great criminals should not be
punished 'as we'll as the poor negro who
'ssteals q peck Of rice to prevent his family
sTrom starving" Nor will "the cry OF Re-
"publicanism" save the rascals in the future;
for that cry "has lost it's charm with the
"negroea, who are now starving for want oil
sTood, and are half naked after years OF
"labor spent in following hall-vagrant lie,
"waitipg for the fulhlment Of promises
"made, but never intended to be fulfilled, by
'those villanous demagOgues."
In Daddy Gains opinion, there has been
ga deep laid plan to plumber the State. ="
Every financial measure was presented as
being essential to the honor and integrity
s'of the State" and it turned out that the
-'iew leading men" who persuaded the col
ored members to pass each financial bill were
pecuniarily interested, and made thousands
OF dollars by the operation. He holds the
Governor and Treasurer responsible as ac-
cessories for severy fraudulent act" that
NAV have been committed, and urges the
people to hold them to q strict accounta-
bilty.
The Governors Message, in Gains
opinfop, ia tqhe most acrimonious docu-
..ment" which has come from the Executive
since Reconstruction, and init the Cover
nor ''arraigps everybody but himself" max
ing so good bid" for popular support by the
strong ground taken against The Z. K. K.
But the people will be at loss ''to reconcile
'his contradictions, both Of assertion and
faction, OF the last four years." 1t is true
that 1.-THE supple tools, who care nothing Tor
.'Lbe good Of the country, will believe all he
.ssays although they know his words are un-
s.mitigated lies, and will lick ind fondle as
ever" but the honest people know that the
Executive and his officers "are clearly re-
..sponsible for all the ills which curse the
"State." In conclusion, the'reverend editor
says that il the people had an Executive
"who loved justice. more than political
..power," who did not seek 'to pander to the
.sprejudices of theruling classee," who was
not ''bound up in every big job and every
"lillle petty perquisite stealing" then we
sheuld have a government strong enough to
command the respect of mankind, and "to
''strike down every villain who dared to put
..the laws OF the land at defiance" 4
Surely, when the leaders among the COL
ored men speak as plainly and fearlessly as
this, the time must be coming nigh which
shall witness The union Of the honest men OF
all parties, and all classes, with the sole OBJ
ject OF driving regues from positions of
public trust, and Of electing, in their stead,
citizens whom the whole State shall be will
ling to trust and respect