The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-03
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Friday Morning. July 8. 1874.
1Ir. ID. HI. Ohamberlain Discussed
Again.

In discussing the pretensions OF Mr.
Chamberlain as reform candidate fol
Governor Of South Carolina, We hav.
picked the most moderate langusg.
that we could find. he is a. public
man, seeking . public position ono.
held.honorable, end il .is sonrsighs.sad
duty to examinelnts ,his.ylzimH. We
wers disposed to wait before saying
anything more until some honest effort
veai madA to relieve Mr. Chamberlain
from the position in which We have
placed him,s Having indicated diff
culties in the 1sy OF accepting him Of
. reiormer. We proposed to rest there
and make excursions into other and
more grateful fieldAi This purpose We
have 20 abandon to-dsy, In order I'd
say . mild word to the Union:..H .Hsrald,
snai47 glance esa;n st Nj. 4ghemherE
lain's record, or want Of record, astl1e
case may be. What the UnSox. Herald
says may be true. that If tha Damp
orats hate Mr.. O. semost bitterly, p
''they must have some good reason for
it," and. therefore. (that' isy lbscauseihs
has given Democrats good cause il to
hate him. che is pretty safe! man to
tie to in the coming campaign" i This
sort Of argument in'his Afsvos, may be
accounted a'good one in Radical cir.
clos and With the .Union- Herald. but
we are sorry for Mr.. Chamberlain il
ne has to depend upon spoh ammu9i,
zion as that. It is more likely to hurt
than to help him. Hurt him it will,
and badly. too. As for us, We are not
on this plane stalL We havs no can
didate for Governor, neither Radical
nor CONSERVATIVE, and although the
Union. Herald says so, it is not 80, that
the Conservatives are aiming at office
'in any way. It can think OF nothing
but pefty and Office. We have no
party but the State, we wanE'no office
E,ut that OF overthsowipg the dirty set
who contaminate her service. This is
our work. We are in earnest about it.
But in discharging it. we shall pursue
q course not laid down in the chart by
which the Union- Herald is steered.
Nc. Chamberlain being q so-called
reform candidate for Governor, we
have called his attention to his own
views on proportional representation
by cumulative voting, expressed in the
Tsx-Payefa' Convention in May, 1871,
as We find them in the proceedings
and copied into "The Prostrate State. +"
Is there anythigs sq bitter in that?
He promised the taxpayers at that
time. to secure them this right. It
conceded. it would be ons Of the
most valuable and practical resources
OF the Conservatives of the State. Its
advantages ware then shown by Mr..
OhambeSlan 20 be such as would enpre
70 the Benefit Of all classes, including
eyen the Radicals themselves. he
urged that the measure would result ID
shaming f,rasoals and rogues into, de.
cenoy, and in frightening them from
otiifs. But he stopped just there.
We have never heard, in all this weary
stretch' Of time from May, III, to the
present day. that he has attempted to
make good his promise. He he's had
many opportunities. but not improved
them. He even now preserves q sus-
pioious silence upon the whole matter.
He says nothing about it in his talk on
reform to the Times correspondent.
We sought ourselves, some weeks ago.
to elliott his present views on it. We
were anxious to lave him pursue the
line of advice to his party. to adopt a
measure which he had himself indi-
GATED as wise, just and right. But he
keeps mum. Now, what has the
Uniom- Herald to say about this equivo
cal position Of Mr.. Chamberlain? Il
says that the Democrats hate him; tha
we, ''the PHOENIX in particular "out
rageously abuses" him. II that were
SO. it would not help Mr.. Chamber.
lain's Inconsistency and forthcoming.
Bat the Union. Herald, il it knows any
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