The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-10
A Game In which h Whites Take no
Hand

The position OF the Radical factions who
FIGHT for the mastery in South Carolina is
thoroughly understood; and, taking tae
declarations of the State press as an uner-
ring Indication of the course OF puollc
opinion, it may be looked upon as settled
that, the Conservatives will have nothing TO
do with either of the tickets now in the neld.
Where the character OF the candidates Tor
the Legislature, or for county offices, can
he improved by making o local alliance
with the Moses or Tomlinson party, this
will doubtless be done. The people will
not be fastidious wherever any decided AL
vantage can he gained; they will not vote
for the "scalawag" ticket, or the "carpet-
sbag" ticket, unless it is to their Immediate
and positive advantage to do 80.
The Conservative citizens OF South Caro-
lima are sincerely DESTROYS OF obtaining q
capable and thrifty Legislature, and a set
OF trustworthy State officers. In order that
party warangling might not give the Radical
majority an excuse for indefinitely poslpon'
ing their promised reforms, no ConserVa-
tive State ticket was nominated. The reg
Mar Republicans met and nominated F. j.
| Moses; the Boilers nominated Reuben TOM
mlinson. Both factions promise a reduction
OF expenses, a lowering Of taxation, o re-
/ lection OF the unlawful debt. They are
swift to promise. and the Regulars promise
more than the Boilers. What likelihood Is
there that the pledges OF either faction will
be fulfilled in good faith Mr.. Tomlinson
is supposed to be q better man than Mr..
Noses, but the people repose no confidence
in the men who surround him and who are
the real leaders OF the movement. The Boil
ters could have nominated o ticket worthy
OF general support; they did not do it. Upon
all sides it is agreed that the Tonlinson
faction are far more interested in saving the
heads OF the Federal officials in this State
than in reforming its government. This Is
the only Interpretation which can be put
upon their haunting warning that, il the
OOUS6EfuLtf6S SuUulu 1 Wv
ticket, tho virtuous Bolte: would return to
the fold, and let the Conservatives bear the
blame OF all the evils which might befall the
people. The Moses faction are equally un-
worthy of confidence. There is, however,
the faint hope that the few upright men who
publicly support the ticket will, for their own
sake, compel Mr.. Moses, IL elected, to walk
steadily in the path OF personal and official
reform.
There is another consideration which the
people have not overlooked. The Moses
ticket, IL successful, will be elected without
the help OF the conservative vote; the Tom
linson ticket cannot be successful unless it
receives the votes and tie acti0e support OF
the large majority OF the conservative people
OF the State. In the one case the Conserya-
tives incur no public responsibility; in the
other case they, with their eyes open, shout
der the responsibility for whatever manner
OF government the Tomlinson party may FAST
en- upon the State. These last have said
again and again that they do not mean to
conciliate the whites; yet in the same breath
threaten to lay the blame on the whites
il their ticket is not elected. Doubtless they
will do. 30. 1t is the fashion in South Caro-
lima to lay the blame OF every fraud and every
failure upon the backs Of the Co nservative
Democracy. We are not yet fallen so low
that we will kiss the rod that smites us.
Look at the character OF the leaders Of the
Boiling movement! There is nothing in the
lives or record OF Orr, or Bowen, or Corbin,
or Merrill, or Whipper, or Tsmlinson himself,
which entities any OF them to our confidence;
still less are they the men whom we, Of our
own free will, would place at the head Of the
government OF the State. This is what
the Conservatives would do If they were to
support the Tomlinson ticket. They would
place the State in the hands OF men who
have no thought or feeling in common with
us; who are selIishly considering their own
interest in oil that they do. They would give
the State to men over whom, as they tell us
in advance, the very voters VINO eiecteu lhem
would have and should have no earthly con-
troll. This game of "Heads 1 win, Tails you
lose" will do very well for Corbin & Co., but
it will not dupe the conservative citizens OF
the State.
The public mind is made up. Neither OF
the two tickets is worthy OF Conservative
The Conservatives will maintain q
mastery inactivity; except when a vote for
Moses or Tomlinson will help to give the
counties n stronger county ticket and a
better delegation to the Legislature OF the
State.
A Burning Shame.
Nh ono oop roo,1 tho lnffar nf Dr EnoAr