Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-10-03
Reuben TOmlinS0n.

mere IcllalilS llDN DuG wv NNShS e''
til our State election, when the voters Of
South Carolina will be called upon to de-
eide which OF the two, Reuben Tomlln-
son or Franklin J. Moses, Jr., shall be
our next Governor. 1t is high time,
therefore, that the Conservatives were
settling upon the course which they VIII
pursue. We desire to say something to-
day in favor Of Reuben Tonllnson; for,
being ourselves thoroughly persuaded
that h is incomparably superior to his
comyetitor, we are anxious that the IN
telIirept and well-meaning citizens OF the
State should regard him Ill the same
Trht. and should give hi ii a general and
hearty support at the polls. We are
well aware that it is but ordinarily weak
commendatiOn Of man to say that he Is
better than Moses. 1t would be diff
cult task to ind any man who would Sut-
E.r By comparison with tbs renegade
South Garoln!an. But more than this
cln be said for To:H!insOn. He Is not
only far better than Moses, but there l.
no Northern man in his party who has
been in anywisc associated with pubic
affairs during the past four years, OF bet
ter character than he.
InmlinS0n is as acceptable man a. we
could reasonably have hoped to see nom
mated BY the Republican party. Wccan
see Eoth;ng which can be urged unon
iu>t grounds against his integrity. The
very worst that can De said o. INN Is,
that he la, been III tiiHo' !,a%t the pollt-
ical aly of Moses, Paik.r d Co., whom
ne is now sighting. PrcyiouS y to his be-
| int brought to!war,l a. an oplo ing cam
dbtatc TO Moses, not a word oT harm was
eve! whispered about him. lie vas
pointed out as the wonderful carpet Dag
ryr that would not steal Dor participate
IN schemes oflcgiaIative corruption. No
sensible man can place any reliance upon
the statements made By Noses and hi.
followers against IomliHson. Their
charges do not amount to a 1rath-:' :
weight. They have every induccmcnt
which could influence 4 base mind TO as
prrsc the GOOD name of Tomlmson, and
no one who is acquainted with Their acts,
during the past four years, cln imagine
! for - moment that thry would Scrupic 1T
| the use Uf any means to secure new
lease Of power. He who will waatonIy
vioiate the eighth commandment viii rot
hesitate at an inliaction Of the niuth. 1t
Is an axiom as Old as the hills, that he
who steals will lie. There IS but precious
little doubt on that point. and conse-
upentIy We assert that whatever Moses or
his associates may say about TomlinSon,
or about anybody or anything else which
it * their interest to mlar2pIes mt, Is un-
worthy Gf the loas; consideration.
Tomiin.on has some bat men support
ing him. beyond all Question, but that
could not be avoided. Without their as
sissancc there could be no opposition
movement in the Republican or Radical
party in South Carolina. 1t is one OF the
miSfortuncs of the times that bad men
mostly have political control in South
| Carolina. There is not enough Of good
material in the Republican party i'll thl.
State to organize and carry ON reform
movement without: giving place and pro:
mincnce to questionable men. But bad
rs were some OF the boilers, thcy are not
to lie spoken Of in the same breath with
the Irregular roguc>. The former >c!ct'
! ted their best man a. their Standard
bearer; the latter gave a b00HS 10 rascal
| itv hv selecting the worst OF their lot to
be Governor. We publish in another
column an article from the NqtjOR upon