The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-10-09
COEUMBIA e g.
Thursday. Mornipg. ooSs sber O., 1878.
oharleston nlsoiian Prot..ted.

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Charleston Elsoiian Protested.
When the result OF the election for
Mayor and Aldermen in Charleston was
declared week ago, it Was hailed as a
success procured through! the interests
and efforts Of Governor Moses. He
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journals aa the yigilant head OF the
''party." whose splendid manipulation
and jadiciouslappoiptment of ,Oommis-
sioners. OF Election, had drought about
the victory, Bat the people Of Charles
ton, who have tasted the .fruits OF good
municipal government for the last two
years. ia q dsstease of debt, in the re-.
storation Of oteait and: confi idence, in
the expansion OF trads, Ia the develop
ment OF new branehes OF business, and
in the good order ,pts society and har-
mony Of Ill CLASSES. are not 80 we'll
pleased to SEQ all these advantages
thrown away or jeoparded. The means
by which the result was achieved wore
repugnant to the old time spirit and
honor Of the substantial citizens. They
have taken steps to trepudiate and pro-
test against theni!f They are unwilling
to submit to decision which appears
to have been determined by boat loads
Of Edisto Island voters. brought in to
vote under the auapices OF @. G. Bowen,
and by the stufllng OF boxes secretly
opened on the morning of election in
obscure aud unannounoed places, to the
number OF as many as 800 at one pre-
Sinos, before Conservative citizens GOULD
ascertain its whereabouts. These things
are known and are sufficient to vitiate
the election, u which requires, with other
conditions, sixty days residence by
voters in the city just preceding it.
at a mass meeting held last Monday,
embracing the best elemonts of the
population and combining the sedate-
nesaf or age with. the fire OF youth, it
was declared that there was no election
according to law, and that the one held
on the LIST instant was fraudulent, illegal
and void. Aoommittee, of five was ap.
pointed to .sontest 1t, and take all the
legal steps necessary to vaoate and an
nui It. The present Mayor and Alder.
men we're requested to retain their
offices until the rights Of the olaimants Is
had been established by the courts; and
it Was further resolved to protect and
support them against apy illegal attempt
made, ontside OF the courts of law to
oust them. ,Thie 'sotion WAS at once dig.
niied /, ,drmi and laRnabiding. In view
OF the palpable dfsands Of the eleotion,
Charieston'' could Have done nothing
}ess.:, # is peculiarly to her credit, and
in acpofda9ee with her, honorsd tradi-
tions,and aaaees.. that the proceedings
of the meeting were so temperate, that
the action sagreed upon and oontem-
plated Is all within !the Law She owes
it to herssh and her imperillad interests,
and to her fair name, throughout tho
whole country. to hsSd the matter tho.
roughly sifted. ands righteous decision
rendered. SupihenesS.yan the conduct
OF the protest ,lssnot ofs course, to be
expected; butsboldness, vigilance and
steady resolution will be required to
undo ,thetnkty work, and drive back the
rapaolons grew Who are grasping at. the
oontEfoll!s l!sosi thSs oiss & well gbehooves
Charleston & to save herself from their
clutches, Our neighbor of the Union
Herald seems disposed to take hand in
this contest. Can 1t in fairness credit
the recovery of the lost ground by the
Republicans to- legitimate steps taken
by the leaders apd the masses? Docs it
not knoW that boat-losde of voters came
from the islands. and that one suoh
vote is sufficient ID law to set the eleG.
ton aside? The Herald asks, "Have we
not had enough Of temper and hot
blood in this State to do us for the next
500 years?" We are sure that We have
had frauds, illegalities. and villainies
enough. in the last Eve or six, years, to
last us the next 5000. Charleston and
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