The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-05-23
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whe7eonpose tho Republican party ca
pointa63 Isl centered and ooncentered in
tho rortly form Of our present State
Treasarer. .Eyon Democratic news
papers gash haye given him credit for being
o mighty-nice fellow. According to
mapyos them, he is q paragon of all
thatis good, and could not be tempted
to doEu mean act by Venus herself.
ne g a. r(aser wanted his wife to be
-aabegye abg dEF suspicion,
!. Bptniust for the fun of the thing,
and thatswe may not be like all the
world beside, let US examine into his re
cent var upon County Treasurers, sev,
eral of = yyhofm f919.,, have been arrested tried
aPsa s,,l ,aonyiatedt- gsygs .ii,in n..s,-3. ..
egoIoit, Cardoza is honest, and has the
right toiurrsstr County Treasurers, who
aratBshidd in their settlements, is it not
his plaA8S duty 10 take them all IN at
one hapI Pns Why hs should !, he be respeo
tor OF persons? He should not. make
vicaeipus sacrifices Of fdw in order to
scree6fKiaj pets.
anahis report to the last General
AsssabiE for the fiscal year. ending
October 31at, 1873, we end tlat there
are taultinaE,onny zxeasu
s.eszl.ss s.esz tis<1E aud that the enormous
amount of nearly:Joa' hunarcd thousand
dSladfs is as yet .unaccounted for Aud
yet out If This thirty two, but three or
:, fqur, have been brought to justice.
Why is this thus? We put the question
to Cnrdoza: Did he have some persoual
spite to crafty against Eichclbcrger,
Allen, Smith and Humbert? Or was
it that they did not work to please tn e
mfinisterial Treasurer?
Mr.. Cardoza, in his printed report to
! the last Legislature, in speaking of
: Eiehelbergor's and Aliens arrest uses
this language:
ia.It Was my unpleasant duty, in occor-
datieo with Section 36, Chapter XVII,
Of the Revised Statutes, to arrest the
late.P. A. .Eichelberger, ex. Treasurer Of
SEdeefeld County, and James NJ. Allen,
ex.Treasuyer Of Grcenville County, for
defalcation. The law under which they
were arrested was pronounced unconsti
futional by tho Circuit Court. It was
then my duty, in accordance with Sec
ton SO, Chapter XVII, of the Revised
Statutes, to inform the Attorney Gener-
afoftie defalcations. 1 didso and Mr..
n Allen was prosecuted by him and con-
~ yieted MIR. .Eichelbergcr, in the mean
time, had deceased, Their accounts
\. shayo not yet been settled, as will doubt
less be seen from the Comptroller Gen
esals report. T. ~ Ssl
Now, Why did he not treat them all
alike Z + Surely an honest desire to serve
the State would have suggested an untir :
ing perseverance in cause SO laudablo
q Butsno, mr.. Cardoza must raise great
q hiiid and nry about these four unfortu-
mates, make "a c''eap reputation 70,
honesty, and then fall back in his easy
chair and puff segars which We holpe j
It's 6 Pay for. ;ias
gsHeHayBLh law makes it his duty to
4 turn gaae slefauitihg County Treasurers
: OYER to tho Attorney General Has he
obsyed tRo Law, may it please Tho Court?
R %, what prompted +. L. Cardoza
TO begin work, fraught with SO much
gegdtstAe State, and abandon Its prose- :
cation before It's fruits were enjoyed
sYhess are hard facts, we are dealing
y with, and wssare entitled to straight
forward cry answer. # 1ftho,4A the Attorney Gen.
eral, knows che, number Of defaulting
County Treasurers, and hat officer has
failsafto doihis duty, let Mr.. Cardoza
sfisJt tao rasponsibility from his shoul.
sdefs BY inforhing lis Of the fact. AS
things nov stand, Mr. {. doesn't look
exactlysike the inosbipipus os-ministsr
sin the world, We havo it over his, own
signature that sSsre are thirty two de-