The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-09-19
Judge Graham OIL Moses.

Hon. R. F. Graham recently addressed a Re-
publican meeting in Marion, and in the course
of his remarks, ventilated the record of Frank
lin ]. Moses, jr., for the benefit of his hearers.
We COPY the main portion of his speech IN
reference to Moses:
What has Mr. Moses done? I'll tell you.---
In the first H.. .ce land refer to the records
to prove itl he sold a tract of land in kershaw
county to the Land Commission for fourteen
thousand dollars, and he has never made
title for it. and he can't do it, but he has got
the money in his pocket. Is that honestG-
Again in 1869, when the militia OF this county,
was to be organized there was a great deal OF
trouble about what should be done about arms
The Government of the United States gave the
State of South Carolina ten thousand stand OF
arms-Springfeld muskets. But that didn't
suit them; there was nothing to be made out
of that; it was a gift to the State Now what
was done? Were not these arms good enough?
No q plan must be devised to fix them up so
that something could be made; so that the
State Treasury might be robbed. :.
What was done? F. J. Moses, as Adjutant
General. made a contract with certain arms
company in New York to have those guns al
tered to breech leaders. The State paid for
the necessary ammunition and altering of those
arms over two hundred thousand dollars. And
what did the men get who made the alteration
They got between eighty and ninety thousand
dollars. Think of it The arms company
only got between eighty and ninety thousand
dollars So charge to-day that about one
hundred and fourteen thousand dollars have
been taken from the Treasury of South Carroll
na either by Mr.. Moses, or by his knowledge
and consent That is Il matter Of record (;
there is no heresay about it. Again, when
Gov. Scott was about to be impeached for the
very frauds upon the Treasury that Eou and l
condemn him for this day, we find, upon a
sworn statement of the Treasurer, that +. j:
Moses received elevcn.thousand dollars. And
what for, if it wasn't as bribe from Governor
Scott to stavc of his impeachment? But again
and his friends boldly stand up and say it is
the strongest card he is about to play, they say
# boldly0hc has issued-1 hate to say it. He
issued certificates to attaches and employees OF
the Legislature to the amount OF one million
dollars Enough to pay the expenses of this
whole government! And his friends boast of
It as being the strongest card he has got to play
that it has made him popular. Well now,
NV eighty thousand laboring colored friends.
how many of those pay certificates did you
nct7 He has issued those certificates and his
Friends don't deny it-they say it is true And
Won are asked to elect him to the highest Office
Now, nv friends, 1 have said all that intend
to saw. and challenge contradiction of my as
sertion. Mr.. Moses has issued card and de.
nies these things he says they are in part and
in the whole false. But any man charged with
such grave offences would say the same. His
friends say and with a great deal of force, that
J ,bo law presumes a man innocent until his