The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-06
TONE OF THE STATE PRESS.
The Inauguraluf Governor; Moses.
~ rFrom the Columbia Caroliuian.1

Xh0 xnUuk UE0A
!. IRON the Columbia Catoliuian.l
Like Scott, Moses attempts: to place the re-
%sp0nEbility for thetinaneial failure Of '.tree
government In South Carolina" upon the
shoulders OF the Democracy, and like Scott,
too, he, dwells al, great length upon the terri
BILE deeds Of, the Kn,K1ux, and speaks 10
terms OF, understanding Cancellation Of the
misguided men who once formed the ruling
class in South Carolina, But we care not 10
He has enough to carry IN his past record
without being laden with fresh aspersions
nov. It Ia natural that these men should
seek for apologies to excuse their past mis-,
deeds. It they will only mend their ways ana
give us something which approaches decenG
and honest government In South Carolina, we
will forgive their former errors and consenC
even to allow them to ease their consclenceS
or soothe their "pride or personal cnaracer
by blaming the ..".former ruling class" 10 some
extentfor the present miserable state Oh snairs.
Stop stealing though. Let those two words
be the motto of the new administrator. rake
the money, We men who rule In South Caro-
lima, which the people pay into the public
treasury and devote 1t honestly and eeonom-
ically, or anything like honestly and economi-
cally, to the furtherance Of the legitimate
objeCts Of government, q you may say
pretty much as You please, such of yon as have
been associated withithe two past administra-
tiona, in e%xtenuation of the many crimes
against. good government nd,common hon.
esty, which you have committed. :
Tho Bsst Part OF the Speech. -
From the Columbia Phenix.l
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES at come length. His
language and style were superior to bis mat
ter, which was mostly OF the old staple, and
sounded In parts as If 1t had been plagier1zed
nor followed this up With some suggestions to
themen Of his own race to be more tolerant to
their dnsky brothers. In the hush of passion
and In the etIlling OF lnterneclne strife, the
dawn of q brighter future would be seen.
Immigrants and capital would follow the
he ia in the humor Of giving advice; and as he
has the ear of the colored people, It would be
well, and. keep the balance even, II he would
saga. word to them against the e1ecraDle
habit they have, Of burning houses, .cotton,
cotton!gins,;&c The Governor promised to
stand upon the platform of his party. He re-
garded 1t az the authoritative exposition of
his Official duty. This WAS the beat part; OF bis
speechs and. for this we commend him hearth
II. The oath was administered by Chief JUS
ticey Moses, the good book was kisse0, the
band struck q pSYankee Doodle, and followed
1t withE.Dlxie, and the ceremony OF tnangura-
tlon, vas over. 60 -.GEsi! 81.
v..g.,W : 70 II. OK "A
: 5G:2ili" from the Marion Start
The good work of reform has been ON
menced at the very beginning Of the Legisla-
ture, tand-H 1t ia kept up during the session
the members will be entitled to and will re.
cetHathe t.weltdonen of every good citizen of
the State. We shall watch the proceedings at
Columbia from dsyto day with much Interest.
and although the General Assembly is largely
Republican, yet whatever Of good they DO we
shall praise, and whatever we see to condemn
we hattnothesitate to speak of 1t as we think
It deserves.