The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-30
Promise and Performance.

amendment are pleasant LnlDS5 W Leal ouV
the Conservative citizens OF South Carolina
have taken q practical turn, and value more
an ounce OF performances than a wagon-load
;oi sounding oatbs and glittering pledges.
When the half a dozen dissatisfied Radicals
withdrew, under the leadership OF Judge
iOrr, from the State Convention, the Conser-
Ivatives watched the proceeding with deep
Interest. When it was announced with
,efuslve rhetoric that the sole purpose OF the
Boilers was to put down fraud and purify
the government the Conservatives held
their breath and hoped 10 find a CLEAN Of
hope in the not distant future. But, until
they should see, they declined to believe.
They gave the Boilers credit for possessing
some OF the material with which Hades is
said to be paved. Nevertheless, they refused
to commit themselves to the movement
until Its practice as well as precept should
be known. This was sound sense, as the re-
sult,unhappily shows. - atI'5
The State ticket nominated by the Boilers
was as weak as water, and the speeches in
the Convention were ~insolent and insulting.
That a band OF i%ncorruptlbles should sepa-
rate themselves from the Radical army was
natural enough. That they should formally
announce that they w1a return to the
ranks, and clasp naked corruption to their
breasts, if the Democrats entered the field,
vas sufficient to damn their cause forever.
They confessed that the integrity OF the party
was more important than the prosperity OF
the State; that they preferred q :Republl-
cen sinner to o Conservative saint. Two
other significant facts were developed. One
was that the real leaders Of the Boilers
movement are the Federal officials, who will
be un-cerenoniously kicked out OF office If
the regular ticket is elected. This was
shown by the prominent position occupied
by Messrs. Corbin, Clark and Merrill in the
Boilers meetings. Think OF It'll Reform
from Collector and distributor Clark, Ku-
Klux prosecutor and prosecutor Corbin, and
the shoulder strapped satrap Merrill. The
other fact was that the Boilers, from the
first, were ready to pander to the negro and
take votes, at any price, wherever they
could get them. This is shown by the nomi-
nation OF the notorious G. @. Bowen as
chairman OF the State Executive Committee.
Ponder it WE'LL The s'True Republicans,
the apostles OF reform, commit the manage
ment Of the campaign to an individual who
is charged with every. crime Ia the deca-
logue, and had no other claims than his sup
posed control OF the dense colored popnla-
ton of the parishes and islands in the
COUNTY of Charleston. This was almost
enough; and the recent action OF the Bolt
ers-Bowen County Convention has 6llst the
cup Of shame to the brim. ag
It was promised that the convention
would nominate sound and honest Repa6ll-
cans, but would put on some respectable
Conservatives who might represent the
seven thousand white voters In the county.
The very names OF the Conservative candi-
| dates on the Bowen ticket were known.
And what comes OF it all? Bowen, to BE-
| cure for himself the nomination for sheriff,
| aba.ndons the rest OF the ticket to the rab-
bic, showing himself an apt imitator Of his
I ofice.holding colleagues, who have no other
thought than their own profit. Look at The
ticketl For sheriff, one Of the most impor-
tant and lucrative offices in the State, ID
nominated G. G. Bowen. For coroner is
nominated Aaron Logan, an illiterate and
impudent negro, whose deviltry has already
caused infinite annoyance to the white
planters in Christ Church. For county
commissioners, M. Mclaughlin, who is now,
we believe, under indictment for malfeasance
in Office, and who is cognizant OF, il not re-
sponsible for, the frauds or extravaganza
which emptied the treasury and LETT the
county hundreds OF thousands OF dollars In
debt. With him are nominated two igno-
rant blacks, who will be as wax in bis
hands. Out of the eighteen members OF the
Legislature who were nominated, there are
only five or six whom any honest Conserva-
tive can swallow, and not more than two or
l L1E66 WuUIu uC Cau SOto Aoh WILL GUY RAooo
ure to himself or advantage to the commu-
nifty. Strike out three or four names, and
the ticket is rotten irem first to last. 1t Is
far worse than the ticket which was elected
two years 60. It means more bribery and
corruption, more selling votes, more long
sessions and swollen pay certificates, more
unequal laws and miscellaneous swludling.
In only one particular is it square and above,
i board; it is an unmistakable Indication OF
the manner and measure OF Reform and
Publication expressed by the Boiling move.
ment.
And, after all, why should the Conserva-
tive voter be surprised or disappointed
No better thing could have been expected
from the Orrs, the Corbins, the Bowens, the
Whippers and the Clarks, who are the lead
ing reiormers.: The movement was born IN
sin, and conceiyedin corruption.