Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-06-25
NORTHERN OPINION.


sufficiently answered US when they ask what
remedy we have to propose for the present
robbery and misgovernmeut in South Carroll.
ma. We do not deem ourselves bound to lind
remedy-our first duty is to confess the un.
deniablc facts If evidence Of great fraud
and wrong.doing is presented to US, we should
not be justified in suppressing it, simply be.
cause we do not see at that precise moment
how the evil is to be corrected. In reality,
however, the remedy in this case is tolerably
simple. Moses and his gang call themselves
Republicans, and Moses is working for a re-
election. The first thing to be done is to make
party cannot and will not he responsible for
their misheeds. They have shown themselves
unworthy Of the support of the petty whose
name they have abused. They must all he
turned out of office, and it should be under
stood at once that the reelection of Moses
would be denounced as great scandal by
the entire Republican party. We cannot
find that there is anything to be said in this
mans favor. He does not seem able to dis
prove any of the accusations which we and
others have made against him. There are two
sides to most questions, but to this there does
not appear to be more than one. Some Of
our Republican friends say: "Well, leave the
Democrats to expose Moses" We have al
ready repelled that base suggestion, and need
not waste any more words upon it. The Re-
publican party has always tried to redress
the wrongs which are perpetrated in its name,
and it is too sagacious to follow the example
of the Democrats, who tried to uphold Tweed
& Co. long after their robberies were exposed.
We are glad to find that all the able Re-
publican journals-such as the Buffalo Conn
mercial, the Albany Evening Journal, and
others-are heartily in favor of reforming
these abuses. We do not look at the question
in party light-if We did, we might point
out that it is highly desirable to get rid of
these scandals before we are called upon to
enter into the next Presidential contest. Let
US 70 into that fight with clean hands. But
our appeals are based upon higher considera-
tions-we ask for justice for community
now literally under the lule of horde OF
thieves. We hope no one will tell US that
South Carolina deserves to be robbed as part
of her "war punishment" 1t is rather late in
the day for that pitiless sort of talk, and be-
sides, there is no reason to believe that Moses
& Co. are inhicting punishment on the heads
Of the guilty. Moses himself boasts of having
hauled down the United States flag from
Fort Sumter, so that if rebels are 20 be pun.
ished we do not see why he should escape. 1t
is not, however, desirable to keep any State
in this Union in permanent condition OF
beggary and ruin. That would not bel any
part of the country. And if punishment is to
be insisted on, let it be punishment by legal
means. We must once more plainly tell the
Republicans of South Carolina that the whole
country expects them to get rid Of Moses and
all his crey, and to establish government
which is not based on organized pillage, and
which will, therefore, not be disgrace to the
nation.-Neu York Times.