The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-22
S. G.
Saturday Morning. August 90, 1874.
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authoritative exposure, at Washington,
of the state of things which was pre-.
vailing in South Carolina, and had
been snubbed by the President and
turned away by the Congressional
committee, an unexpected reaction set
In. It upset all the labored figures of
the conference.-the and sternIy stig-
matized as false the declarations of the
Whittemore committee, that the taxes
OF South Carolina were moderate and
the evils which had been complained
OF were only imaginary. The extreme
Republican press, which had sneered
at the taxpayers, now found that their
complaints we're true and the evils
from which they suffered not half told.
Harper's Weekly and the New York
Times read suitable lectures to the set
of Radical leaders in this State, who
carry the State Radical party in their
breeches pocket. The order went forth
for rcform. The Times thundered
at them to throw "Moses and his crew
overheard and to establish a Govern.
ment not. based upon organized nil.
lage." Condemning the Radical lead
ers-the whole screw" of public
plunderers in lump-and exposing
many of their raacalities, it warned
them that they must each clear his
own skirts. and Gin some other way
tha& by bringing charges against their
associates. The meek and submis.
sive South Carolina Radicals, accord.
ingly, commenced to reform after their
fashion. The offiee-holders. the chro-
MIC aspirants. the whole host Of old
stagers, the deep-dyed political de.
bauohees, all took up and echoed the
cry OF reform. Not one OF them seems
TO have understood that he was to
begin with himself. It is, to-day, the
cry under which Office is sought for
plumbers sake. Amongst those of the
better class in accomplishment and
plausible manners upon whom the new
doctrine took effect. was Mr.. D. II.
Chamberlain. He was reused from
his usual placid equanimity to the
extent of saying that 'the leaders of
the party had arrived at the con nclusion
that their political success depended
upon their reformation" Following
this faint line OF reformation, Mr..
Chamberlain. has arrived at the point
whore he demands the Office of Go.
vernon, in order that he may achieve
further "political success But, alas
for the expectations of mortal menl
Just as, moro successfully than his
rival. he had secured an organ and got
it in good order. and it had oom.
mencei to grind out its tunes and to
wake the echoes of the smaller subor-
dinate organs, come untimely blasts
from the New York Eoening Post and
the New York Times. 1T is notori-
ons. says the former, "tbat Mr.. Cham
berlain was member OF corrupt
State Government, with the other
members OF which he was on good
terms, and she Republicans of South
Carolina who are really for reform
should refuse to support him." And
the New York Times. in speaking OF
Governor Moses Snmter speech, ad-
mits that she fixes upon Scott, Cham
berlain. Parker and Kimpton all that
they have been accused Of" It de.
mands that "some better Republican
candidate than has yet appeared" shall
come "to the surface of South Caro-
lima politics" And the New York
Tribune finds some interest in Moses
financial statement, "as an exposure of
the rascalities of certain members OF
his own party with whom he is not
just now on friendly terms"
Now, this is sad case of most pro.
missing. blooms being nipped in the
bud. These New York journals hav-
ing ordered and inspired a reforma-
tion in South Carolina, coolIy look in
upon it. after it has been inaugurated,
and as cooliy shy. "This is not the ar.
ticle We ordered. This will never do.