Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-09-05


ballot-boxes to Summerville, and afterwards
when they were opened in Charleston, only
five votes were found for Bowen.
Mackey only wants to use the colored men
for his own purposes. He only went to school
to get education in order to practice rascality.
His faction will drag any one from the stand
who speaks against it. Whisky and the bay
onet are the agencies they use to get votes.
That is the spirit of the whole dirty Mackey
family and the Scott Ring!
You help pay the taxes Of the State. Ev,
erything you buy is higher priced on account
of the taxes. When the merchant sells the
laborer sugar, bacon or dry goods, he adds on
to the price in order to pay his own taxes.
We want our schools opened. Give us
education and we can take care of ourselves
We don't want social equality. I don't want
to 90 into Governor Aiken's or Mr.. Moses
parlor. I don't want to cramp the white
man. I want to choose my own company,
and the white man has the same right. There
are some black men and some white men, too
that wouldn't let come into my house.
We have corruption in the Republican
party, and want to turn out the dishonest
men; but We intend to fight it out amongst
ourselves. If the Democrats put out a ticket
for Governor, all of US will vote for Moses
All we ask is for the Democrats to keep out
of the fight, and if they will do so, we will
try to give them an honest government!
The Chairman Of the meeting next intro.
duced
III. CAIN,
Colored, of Charleston, who is probably better
known to our readers by the pseudonymn Of
daddy" Cain, and is candidate on the Mo.
ses ticket for Congressman at large. The
Chairman introduced him as speaker in be.
half of the "Moses" or "Ring" ticket:
After speaking of the changes in the condi
ton of the races effected by the war, the
speaker said there is but little difference now
between the political parties of the country
The old Democratic party is merging into
Horace Greeley, who fol
forty years has been battling for the emanci
patton of the slaves, is now on the Democrat
ic ticket. It is happy thing for the Demo
cratic party that they have made this pro.
gress, but they have not yet gone far enough
The Republicans, on the election day, will
vote for Grant early in the morning, at noon
and just before the closing of the polls.
For the welfare of the State of South Car
olina there must be change in the State ad
ministration. The only difference between us
and the other party is as to who are to be the
leaders in this matter. We have fought the
corruptionists, we have overturned Governor
Scott and his cohorts, and they are now out ir
the cold. We want the government carried
on on the basis of equality and honesty, and
have nominated F. j. Moses, Jr., as our can
didate for Governor. On our ticket there are
few Objectionable men. The only charge
against it is the charge against Moses, and the
only charge against Moses is the charge Of is
suing too many pay certificates. Admitting
for the sake of argument, that he did so, tht
law of the State authorized it. The Legisla
ture gave to the House the power to appoin
attaches, and the duty Of the Speaker was tt
draw certificates to pay them. If he made al
over-issue oft certificates, they were giver
to the poor men and women fleeing from tht
ku-klux, and who had come to Columbia, anc
were appointed by Mr. Moses as doorkeepers
and attaches of the House, in order to give
them occupation and prevent them from star
wing. ii Here some one in the crowd asked
the speaker to give the name of any ku-kluz
victim from York county who had received
these certificates; but the speaker said hi
wasn't posted as to the names.
We want good and honest administration
for the future ofSouth Carolina, depend upor
it. We admit that there have been wrongs
and propose to remedy them. We propose tt
put safeguards around the Treasury so thai
the scenes of the past can't be repeated. But
we propose to effect the change in our OWL
party. No man on our ticket can be charged
with the corruption of the past. There ha:
been great cry against carpet-baggers. Oul
candidate for Governor isa native Carolinian
We propose an entire change Of the present
State officers. We find the schools closed and
the Treasury depleted. The Legislature has
made vast appropriations during its last ses
sion. Those appropriations were four-one
900, one of $15O,O00, one of 100000
and one of ,000-making a total ot
$580,000. These appropriations are enormous
and outrageous. We propose to scale the
bonds and pay of the debts. We pledge
ourselves to this and to an economical admin
istration of the government.
We claim to be the. Regular Republican
Party. Only ten men that were elected by
the people went into the Boilers Convention
and they bolted because they were dissatisfied
with the nominations and were not allowed tc
control the other hundred who were left. Il
is the duty of Republicans to stand by theil
regular nominees at all hazards.
The taxes should be reduced. We have
one hundred and fifty million dollars worth Of
taxable property. A tax of one per cent
will pay all Of our debts, sustain the govern
ment and restore confidence, in the. bonds
We need reform and demand it. Mr.. Tom
linson does the same. The only difference be
tween the parties now in the field is we have
one leader and they another. But Moses is 6
Carolinian and does not come from different
State He was honored in the Confederate
army-he was honored by Governor Pickens
Ever since he laid down his sword he has beer
faithful to the Republican party, and a fast
friend to the colored people. He is no public
thief The only charge against him is that ht
issued too many pay certificates. He issued
them according to law to the poor men who
had fled from the ku.klux. If it is crime
it is crime of goodness of heart; he has
been too generous. He is prepared to 60 into
the Courts and justify his course. The charge
is that s5OO,000 of pay certificates were issued
but there is no proof Of it, and we demand
that the books and papers be brought forward
which show it. :..-.:..,...........,.,, ......
The Republican party intend to inaugu
rate a new system. They intend to scale the
bonds, to restore confidence, and have low
taxation. The taxes are too high and the
poor as we'll as the rich suffer from it. Every
pound of bacon and bread is increased in cos
to you by the tax. We can reduce the tax
to ten mills on the dollar. South Carolina