The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-08-15
School Commissioner NlcKiulay-


Repudiate him, (Chcers.)
I agree with myfriend. Repudiatc
him: that's the word. A1oscs did
wrong to justice, equity and the people
when he caused the issue of fraudulent
paper to the amount of SIX MILLIONS
Of dollars. And yet lie wants you to
trust him ono mo c. The devil ia lie
the cheek Of such man. I think that
tho bonds in question ought never to
have been issued and tho people ought
tc see to it that they nre ncv-r raid
Noses has not been satisfied with his
salary Of S3,500, for k .ow to u Ger.
tainty that he received $4,000 from this
County, and it is said $4,000 from
another County Treasurer and $4,000
from third County Treasurer. Those
who were able, had to go to work aud
make up these amounts from their
private purses, or run the risk Of going
to the Penitcntiary. Altogether it is
estimated that Moses got about SiSrY
THOUSAND dollars from the various
Treasurers Of this State Do not
therefore, place Il man on your L,si,
lativo ticket who will MT bcfor,h,nl
soemnly pledge his influence to tn /,
passage Of q bill that will make your
Auditors, Treasurcrs and Jusi:cs OF
the Peace elective. The Constitution
provides for this, but the first Lcgisla
,ure being green, the Governor induced
that body to enact w giving him
the power to appoint these Off GERS. IF
llumheri had been elected, when Moses
sent for him aud asked him Tor Il loan
of six thousand dollars, he could have
dciicd His xccllcncy without any fear
of being removed. Wacn l clmc ID
here to the last Court, I found that
Moses wanted IIumbcrt to plead guilty,
go TO the Pcniteutiary, and say nothing
Of him, and he would be pardon ID.
said no. If one goes, the other must
follow. Was | not right? c" cs, ycs,"
from the audicnce.)
was three years in the Uai,n army
and dil my osst. Why? Because
believed that was in the right, an
do not want the support Of the rpg ucs
of any party; but have tried S, t. -.
mean myself 4: to merit the rlsp.ct Of
all parties.
One word now rs to our National
affairs. There are eight white men in
this Union to one black nan, AMI
s.iean to say TINT the Quo can't fight
against the eight. The Republics
party fought through the last war sue.
ccssfully;a Republican Congress gave
you the right to vote aud holI Office,
and yet to day they have heard SO many
bad rumors about you, tha. they are
almost inclined TO turn their blcks on
you. Grant and Congress say they
will shake you off if you don't 10 be.
ter.
| remember when was boy to In We
read in the back part Of spelin; book
of an old MN finding nau ,hty boy up
one of his apple trees The old gentle.
man being kind hearted first cudc.vor
ell to coax the lad to come down he
would no; the next pursulsion u,cl IS
turfs of grass, the youth laus shcl Mt
him. "Well," said the old man, II
will try now what virtue there is in
stones" Sui,ing his actions to his
words, he pcl;ed away at the boy with
stones, one or two Of which brought
him down III Il hurry S, with Prcsi :
dent Grant and Congress. They hive
tried to coax you, they have sent Unitcd
States troops here to protect yol, an
still you have disre gard ID their lvi.c :.
Now the last Congress became Il little
vexcl ut this, and resolve to try a lit le
turf onyou; they passed a lazy prohibit
ing any one from sitting upon jury in
the United States Courts who cannot
read and write; and if this does not m *
you do better, they will c,mc the stone
on you. Ify you were to turn the State
over to the Democrats, in my opinion.
there would be no use ior your childr en-
10 learn how to read and write. Prcsi
dent Grant, therefore, stil to your