The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-10-31
Doomed South c arolina.

The triumph of what is term the negro Re-
publican ticket in this weeks election in
South Carolina extinguished all hope OF a
speedy Reform in the administration of that
State. Franklin J. Moses, Jr., Speaker of
the House and Governor, elect, .'is neither
better nor worse than Scott, whom he sue
ceeds. Scott was Union soldier and is a
carpet-bagger; Moses was furious Con-
federate, who claimed and was awarded the
privilege offrst raising the Palmetto flag
over Fort Sumter after her surrender by
Col. Anderson; but the two have worked
hand 10 hand throughout the last four years
of wholesale robbery whereby the State debt
and annual taxation have been swelled in
crcdiblg. A New-Yorker who bought for
$4,000 considerable plantation in South
Carolina. five years ago, paid the first year
$40 taxes on it the next year $3.50; and
this was swelled each year till the present,
when it was raised to 81 900, which Is more
than can be made out oft, and the estate IS
virtually confscated. Meantime the schools
are cloaea- -fer-Rant- of means to pay the
teachers, theinterest on the State debtggoes
unpaid, and the State charities are uIpro-
vided for, In short, the finances Of South d
Carolina lie in ruins, her property has no
value and her people Il are migrating in
quest Of locations where they may earn and
live. iT12'< js'".'a a'-2''.1 go ~ .'.5
p, So much for Negro Suffrage! says one:
mo, Sir not that. rIti is the pitting OF
race against race in; eternal antogonism that
does the hegmschief 4 National Reconciliation
would saye her even yet. But, the Blacks
are systematically trained to fear, distfust
and vote against the Whites after the fash
ion of the current appeals to- vote as you
shot" infthis section. lG The w hites;beingl IN
the minority, have abandoned the polls, as
their voting one way would be sure to con
centratethe BlackIvote on the opposite tick
ct. So they fold their hands and sit In
mute despair, seeing that all the machinery
Of elections is SO arranged and worked that
no majority on their side would prove efee-
tual. ., .,~, ..a..a- ..e. -a.. :
These fragrant wrongs are perfectly under
stood at Washington; for U, s. Senator
Robertson (and we believe his colleague
Sawyer also) is fully aware of them, and
does not hide his light under sbdshel. . Sew
eral of the Federal officers IN charleston and
other pats of the State afs ji6ibmical to the
Columbia aRing," and openly denounced its
iniquities. Ono frank, manly rebuke from
the White House would have crushed the
confederated rascals who have made the
States capital den Of thieves; But. that
word, it is feared, might cost Gen. Grant the
electoral vote of the State 80 it remains un-
spokal ~ a..-,, t.'IG-- tsN'a-s"s'RSi'S' -
We deem this silence mistake, even ,on on
the lowest grounds of expediency. The
Moses crowd threatened to bolt if Grant pro-
nounccd against them; but they would never
have dared to make good their menace.
Had it been proclaimed that the Pres ident
would confne his patronage and favor to, the
consistent champions of Purity and Reform,
a ticket conformcd to that standard would
have been nominated and elected, leaving the
plunderers baf1ed and impotent. But no
effort was made, no risks incurred, to rescue
the State from her spoilers by the simple OK
pedient of welding the Influence and
patronage of the Federal Executive against
them. Had Gen. Grant not been candidate
for reelection, we believe this would haye been
otherwise. se..-Meao York Tribune. b. y'