The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-08-29
What Senator Corbin Knows about the Radical
Candidate for Governor.

In speech delivered at Greenville G. b. on
the 4th of July, Hon. d. T. Corbin gave an es-
innate of the character and antecedents of f.
J. Moses, jr who was nominated for Governor
last week by the Radical State Convention:
Now, fellow-citizens, desire to pay my re-
spects to F. J. Moses, jr., Adjutant and lnspec-
tor General of the State and Speaker of the
House of Representatives. This gentleman is
a candidate for Office, Like all the rest of them,
and therefore spreads his record before us for
examination. In his Office as Adjutant Cen
eral and Inspector General, he is charged, un-
der the direction of the Governor, with the
general supervision Of the enrolment of the
militia. The Act authorizing enrolment of the
militia was approved March 10Th, 1869, and by
looking into the expenditures reported, we find
that about $110,060 have been expended for
this purpose Now, does anybody know any
thing of the labor done? Has there been an
accurate enrolment of the militia of the State ?
If it has been, have never seen the man yet
that said he knew the fact. Mr.. Adjutant Gen
eral and Inspector General Moses has never
made a report, that am aware of, and we are
left to conjecture the transactions of his office.
1t is very certain but few companies. OF mill
tia, or few regiments, at most, have been Or
ganized throughout the State, and, in most in.
stances, these organizations have been effected
through private enterprise. But, in his posi-
ton as Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, We know more of him. AS tie presiding
officer of that body during the past four years,
in addition to his duties of presiding officer, it
has been his duty to countersign the pay GER
tiicates of the members and officers of that
body, and the pay certificates or orders for all
other expenses of the House. The House of
Representatives consists of one hundred and
twenty-four members, and they have hereto
fore been entitled to receive SIX dollars per
day. The sessions have continued usually about
four months, and the members, consequently,
were entitled, for the session, to between six
and seven hundred dollars each. The last ses,
sion of the Legislature lasted one hundred and
was entitled to $642, making the whole amount
required for the session, for all the members of
the House, $7960S. Now, there are connected
with the House considerable number OF en-
ployees, such as clerks, messengers, doorkeep-
ers, porters, pages, &c.,-numbering probably
ffty or sixty. We will call them q hundred,
and that their pay was equal to the pay of
members. This would give us S64 200. This
added to the pay of members would make the
expenses of the House $143, ,S0S, for which MIR.
Moses could countersign pay certificates. Now,
fellow-citizens, the number and amount of pay
certificates signed by Mr. Moses, am credibly
informed, exceeds the sum of one million dot-
yarsl These pay certificates are to be found
in every County of the State and even IN the
city of Washington. Persons have them who
could never read nor write, who were seldom
near the legislative halls during the whole ses-
siof, and who have not done one single act OF ser
vice for the House of Representatives over which
Mr.. Moses presided. I am credibly informed
that two or three hundred thousand of them
have been redeemed at the Treasury by Mr..
Parker. Now, fellow-citizens, what have you
to say of such record as this? Can it be pos
sble that such man, who has recklessly, law
lessly, and, as I think, criminally certified pay
certificates in this manner, can have the audaci-
ty to present himself as candidate for your
suffrages in the coming election understand
that Mr.. Moses does not deny the fact of this
tremendous issue of pay certificates, but bland
" says, II admit have been extravagant in
this matter, but am candidate for office
against Scott, Parker and the rest of them, who
have the State Treasury at their back, and it is
the only way that l can meet them fairly
They will use the funds of the Treasury to Sc
cure their reelection, and must use my pay
certificates" Will the people of this State toll
crate such rascality? Will such man receive
O single yotc2 Cries of "No, no, not one"
also say no. The probability is that the State
will; at some future time, be compelled to re-
deem these pay certificates, and you and | will
be taxed to pay them.