Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-06-04
LARGEST CIRCULATION in THE COUNTY
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s4s NuWHL HLhhC tle c;OuuS OF Dattie nave
drifted Of, and the suspense is oyer, we
may inspect a,P the late scene Of the grandest
farce, andsgiyea. spubliesopinion ON the
subject.sI In-advancei it canbesafely stated
that "the opportunity" ofall that have
presented themselves in NJ oses' career is
lost; the time to hive been improved to
convict him /, Of theft, and acquit tlle
people of inertnessss, 3wns neglected, or
shamelessly misimproved; and wo may
wait for d long time ere we catch the fox,
again mapping. The arrest Of Htimbcrt
County Treasur,er) necessarily led to the
indictmentof Moses Qhe Govcnor) Why?
. Simplyieon tho ground that Huml,ert
held Moses ordcr,for $4,000 (which lie
drew from the tax fund and applied to n
private transaction; Some contend that
this was the price. Humpert had to, pay
for receiving appointment be that as it
may; Moses got from the treasury, what
the people were wrung to pay for stipu.
lated appropriations, and the treasury
was rifcd at his instigation, and with his
instructions, he receiving the proceeds to
De applied tohis purposes. Again; what
were the purposes to be carried out; only
those of buying the political control of a
Rartizan newspaper to forward his ends
in a mission of degraded yillainy, and
I if needs be, to re.elect him to the. position
he now holds, as q branded and pcrjurcd
man. We write whatswe know; Isurmise
has no place here, and it is time that the
mask of dissimulation be torn from the
putrescent body polite, which whether
organized or disorganizcd, is now with
freezer and bolder hand polluting and
defiling the constituent elements of soci.
ETY. and law. Moses was indicted by the
grand jury of Orangcburg at its late term
upon which the Sheriff was sent with u
bench warrant from Judge Graham for
his arrest: His answer was a threat Of
his militia; his threat meant to plunge n
State in anarchy and bloodshed to shield
the MAN Moses from the demands of the
law. The following day his counsel ap
peared and expressing their willingness
to test the charge, on their motion a day
dhe 29th) was set for his appearance
(not as the King tjure divino" nor as
Commander i'll chicf) but as q citizen,
accused of violating the laws of the State
to which he and all others owe allegience.
Meantime he puts in the public prints
the message of defiance over his unofficial
name, "hc would not consent to arrest"
Then was the time; that was the hour;
an order repeated by the Court that first
signed the bench warrant, would have
brought the man Moses dead or alive
law would have been supreme, and the
piundering pirate who dared call his
crew around Him would have expated his
crimes before an nsultcd Court. Butthe
18th came, and II brcathlcss multitude.
who respected law, saw not Moses but
his representatives, and in open Court
despite the bold renionstuncc of The
State, Which demanded the accused, who
had bound himsclfto appear, lhcrc was
thrown ovcrtlle cplprit The acgis ,ofsacred
Office, and the limits already lcilcd by
the molistrons crimes of degraded
wretch, deficd the approach ofJuslicc.
Well did the bystanders turn away with
heavy hearts, seeing rs they did that the
State in its assembled mnjes' y, was kicked
from the Courtroom by tho creature
Moses; We'll may the people trcmblo
lest this man who repudiatcs law, should
be the first to call from its sleeping scab.
{ bard tho sword. Moses has triumphod