The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-13
POLITICS IN THE STATE.
THE VAR OF THE RIVAL RADICAL
FACTIONS.
Those Pay Certificates Again-A "Reg-
ular'' Republican Replies TO n Can
didatc OF the Virtuous Boilers.

To INF. Reuben Iomtinson:
In your communication Of the 9th instant,
sto the editor of TIE NEWS" while answering
certain charges made against you by Mr..
Cardozo and Mr.. Melton, you have thought
proper to refer to charges against your op.
ponent, General Moses. The taste and pro-
priety of this course must be q matter entirely
for your own Judgment. As a Republican
standing by the regular nomination l have q
right to arraign you for your most dlsirgeni-
ous course In your charges against General
Moses in regard to the pay certificates. No
n knows better than yourself that 1t has not
been s.Judlcially proven that there have been
fraudulent Issues of pay certificates" The
case to which you allude stands yet for trial,
and your language, therefore, Is we'll calcu-
lated to deceive, whether Intentionally or not
you can best answer
Again. your intlmation Is that the pay GER
tiacates referred to by Mr.. Parker, on his re-
turn, were all Issued on behalf OF the House.
Now, you certainly know that they included
those OF the Senate also, over which the
House had no control, and That they are said
to he largely in excess of those Issued by the
latter.
Partlsans in heated debate might be ex-
cused for usurping q latitude not warranted
by the truth, but a candidate for 30 high an
Office as the one to which you aspire, writing
calmly for the public, should be cautious lest,
p~eradventure, he might transcend 1t.
A REPUBLICAN,.
spTRTy OF TIE STATE PRESS.
From the Sumter Watchman.l
We confess we have been astonlshed to ind
Judge Orr declare, that should q Democratic
ticket be brought forward, he and his support
ers will at once return to the supporter Inc
Regulars. We did not believe him 30 far in
sensible as to pronounce a party q thief and
robber, and all his promises and protestations
of honesty for The future unworthy OF conslde-
ration, and with the next breath declares that,
In certain events, he would lend his name and
influence to the support of said party IN Sc
curing his election to Office.
From the Clarendon Press
Having nothing, we honestly believe, to gain
by the triumph of either party, for both are
stepped in corruption, Te may we'll afford TO
be silent and allow them, like Kilkenny cats,
to devour each other.
From the Sumter NewsI
The keynote Of Reform, sounded by the Orr
Convention, is q delusion aud snare, TO entrap
honest men into the support of the Pniladel-
phia nominations; that Is the true meaning Of
the Bolt, and nothing else or more. Neither
wing of the party has the slightest Intention
of pproopting corruption or purifying the sd
mlh1slration Of municipal affairs. These facts
are placed beyond denial by the declaration
recently made by the leaders of the Bolt, that
any attempt OF the part Of the white people
TO put forward a Liberal Republican ticket
will produce immediate reconciliation and re-
union between the diSJectd men,orQs or rival
~factione of Radicallsm. This announcement
demonstrates the utter insincerily and
falsity of their professions, and cOnvicts
them of fraud and moral perjury. II any
principle was involved In the breach that
took place in Columbia, or any reform con-
temp!ated, how In the name % reason and
common sense can any acuOn of Liberal Re-
puDlIcans change or modify such principle, or
snnul the solemn obligation assumed there BY
Its leaders to prosecute the war against cor
ruption and 'corruptionists II they now re-
unite from polite considerations, they stultify
themselves, falsely their unsolicited pledges,
and shamelessly declare TO the world that
their object was only 10 practice . sheer I'm
posture upon the public. We never mad any
faith In the Boilers from the beginning, and
therefore feel no surprise at their announce
ment. The well known character of the lead
ers of the bolt, and their reputation for rascali-
ty and crafty practices, convinced US that refor.
nation of abuses was NO part Of their pro-
gramme = = When the Devil becomes
disgusted with vice and immortality, we may
then hope that his imps will abandon their evil
courses. Men who, like Corbin, Bowen and Hur-
lev, have sounded the lowest depths OF corrup.
ton, cannot be trusted to inaugurate the work
of reform. We have no faith In the repentance
or conversion OF sinners who insist upon re-
tanning possession of the wages OF their past
inlauity. Thieves must make restitution of
ill-gotten gains, If they expect to inspire con.
fldence in their professions of entering lpon
q reH life. = ~ There Is no choice be.
tween the Regular Moses ticket and that of
the Boilers, and decent people cannot, con-
sistently with their sel-respect, vote for