The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-10-31

The State Press on the Recent Election.
We make the following extracts from among
our State exchanges, showing how the election
of Moses has been received:
From the EagefeA Advertiser.
Whilst we note this victory of the Moses
Ring over the white people of South Carolina
with sadness and humiliation, and without the
faintest confidence in their party pledges and
personal promises of reform, yet we are re-
ioiced that, even in the election of a Moses, a
death-blow has been given to the carpet-bag
bummers who have so long wronged and robbed
our people, Of the men elected to Office in
Edgefeld, not one is q carpet-bagger. And
this, we rejoice to say, has been the case, nota-
bly, all over the State By this, the colored
people prove that their eyes are open, and that
they are beginning to exercise some judgment
of their own. The sooner they let the carpet
haggers slip back to the North-or sink into
merited obscurity if they remain-the better
will it be for all of us.
And now that Moses is to be our next Coy
ernor, what are we going to do about itf Or
what is he going to do about it? Will he ob-
serve the party platform as adopted oy the
South Carolina Regular Republican party, and
of which he is the considered head and front?
And will he keep his solemn promises of re-
trenchment and reform made by him time and
again during the canvass? If he sustains his
promises, and conducts his administration in
accordance with the proclaimed pledges Of his
party, his administration will meet with en-
couragement and support from the good people
of the State. And peace and prosperity will
bless the old Commonwealth once more.
From the Grcenville Enterprise.
That such would be the result those who
knew anything at all of the public matters of
the State, had no difficulty in foreseeing The
Boilers movement from its very birth, gave
unmistakable evidence of weakness, and it
grew no better fast. The result is, the candi-
date who has been held up to public view by
the Boilers as the worst man in this very cor
rupt State, will walk into the Gubernatorial
Office of South Carolina with the least bit of
trouble, backed by majority of votes that
evinces that what was so extensively charged
against him was not believed, or the voters
themselves were as bad as he (Moses) was said
to be, or that those exercising suffrage in the
State are too ignorant to know how to vote
which, we are not prepared to say.
Whatever may be said to the disadvantage
of Franklin J. Moses, jr., mis- being native
and to the manor born, will commend him in
the eyes of many who were opposed to his elec-
ton. That this fact will have tendency to
control his course in administering the govern
ment honestly and fairly to all alike, let us
hope. Gov. Moses comes into Office at time
when the services of good and wise man are
needed at the helm of the State, and if he will
but correct few of the great evils, from the
effects of which the States existence as an
honorable commonwealth is sorely threatened
he will deserve the thanks and grateful ap-
plause of every one, be he native or no, il
matters not what may have been his past
record.
From the Chester Reporter.
Of the State officers elect it is sufficient to
speak of the principal figure in the picture
the Governor Franklin J. Moses, jr. He is
the man suited to the occasion of a thoroughly
demoralized state of society, such as now exists
in South Carolina. Timid by nature; weak
and vacillating in all good intentions and pur-
poses yet he is bold and fearless to do wrong,
and shameless to face public opinion. A man
who can forget not only the past history of the
State, but his own; and who with ease can
turn his back upon his own race, and glorify
| himself in so doing; he is perhaps the fittest
of all men to take the lead at time when it
looks as if we were passing into a condition OF
mongrelism, such as is enjoyed by some of the
South American Republics: If he has spark
of conscience or feeling left (which we doubt)
it may disturb his ease for second to know
that, with his election, the sun of the prosperi-
ty and happiness of the people of South Caro-
lima sets in a night of impenetrable gloom.
From the Union Times.
But, in our opinion, the defeat of the Boilers
n l,
importance than the defeat of any of our can
Radical party. Had we united and elected the
in that party that could never have been united
again. But the apathy of the white voters has,
we believe, again consolidated the Radical vote
of the State against US; and, mark our predic-
tion, two years from now that party will be
more united and stronger than it was before
the late election or is at the present time.
We can hardly expect any considerable mum.
Der of influential men of the Radical party in
this State to cut loose from its ranks again, with
the hope of securing the encouragement OF the
white voters. They have tried that once, and
although they did not present to us as fair q
showing as we desired or thought ourselves en-
tited to, it was the best they dared to ofer with
any hope that any number of their former po-
litical associates would follow them. 1t was an
''entering wedge" into the Radical ranks, but
we refused to lend our strength to rive the rot
ten trunk asunder. We shall now find that all
the leaders of the Boilers party will be made to
"do penance" for year or two. They will then
become penitent, acknowledge their political
sins and be taken back into the confidence and
patronage of the party.
With Moses antecedants before us, we fail to
appreciate the policy of helping to elect him
Governor of the State by refusing to vote against
him. Nothing will give us more pleasure than
to be able to chronicle the fact that the govern
ment of South Carolina, under the administra-
tion of Gov Moses, was characterized by hon.
esty but we are not one of those who believe
that the Ethiopian can change his skin or the
leopard his spots.
From the Km5stree Star.
rrho oroot ctruorlo hotvoon tho tuo Radical