Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-11-30
scott,s Proclamation.
The Charleston Courier does up' the
late thanksgiving proclamation of Gov.
Scott in the following manner:

The Charleston Courier does up" the
late thanksgiving proclamation of Gov.
Scott in the following manner:
We confess some little surprise at this
proclamation. We knew that when south
Carolina had Governors who were citi
zens of our state, who had the fear Of
God, as well as the respect of our people,
who knew the Ten Commandments. and
what is more sought to obey their teach
ings, it was usual to set aside one day for
thanksgiving and prayer. We also knew
that the day so set aside was observed by
our people, because they were prosper
GUS and happy, because their rulers were
honest, and because they felt respect for
the men who, in their official position,
called upon them to set aside day for
the purpose of giving thanks for the
blessings which we had received. We
also knew that scott had attempted be-
fore to do the same thing in lmltatlon
of men who would blush to know that
he is their successor, though ne IS Gov
ernor in opposition to the intelligent,
honest. tax-paying citizens of the state.
| We further knew that he was, and is, as
much a servant of u. D. Grant as ever
was the humblest soldier to the most ty
rannical general. We knew besides that
Grant had made proclamation OF day
of Thanksgiving as well as proclama-
| ton of martial law in certain parts OF
South Carolina. We also knew that Scott
would be anxious to follow the lead OF
his master. We did not, however, know
that he was cool enough, in face OF the
recent developments, to call upon the
people of this State to perform religious
rites at his bidding. We have in vain
searched the proceedings OF the Senate
sub Committee on the Ku-Klux in South
Carolina to find that Robert K. Scott had
become religious. We in vain have eX-
amined his confession of fraud and guilt,
where he acknowledges that he has be
trayed his trusts, to lind even single
| word of repentance. We only can sup
pose that having been discovered and
caught, he seeks to put on the garb OF
religion to conceal further developments
of the frauds perpetrated by his admin
istratlon. He has replied to our honest
demand for the reputation of the debt
which has been contracted in fraud by
his administration, by call for day OF
thanksgiving. In that call he asks US to
remember the desolate and the oppress-
ed. Does he think that we Of South
Carolina can forget that we are oppress-
ed by Scott, of Ohio, by martial law, and
by the poverty, shame and disgrace
which he and men like him have brought
upon our people? Or did he mean to per-
petrate sarcasm upon us by reminding
us of our misery?'
He further suggests that we should
have mercy on the poor. Does he think
that we have no mercy on those among
ourselves who have been impoverished
by the frauds practiced by his admins
tration, or does he mean to say, that we
should pay the debt which has been con-
tracted in fraud, and by so doing bank
rupt the State, and save from poverty
those who own the bondswhich have
been issued.
The disguise of Scott is too transparent,
andrecalls to our mind the lines which
read,
The devil was sick, the devil saint
would be,
The devil got well, the devil bit was he.
Scott is now. His acts have been ex
posed. Our people will repudiate the
debt which he has contracted IN their
name. He has gained the contempt OF
honest men, and he seeks to deceive an
outraged people by putting on the mark
of religion. His proclamation disgusts
every proper thinking man. 1t but adds
to his infamy because it is PROCLAMATION
of all religious rites to have the recon-
mendation OF Robert X. Scott.