The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-23
SOUTH CAROLlNA'S CHARMING GOV.
ERNOR

[Donn Piatt in Washington Capital
We gave only one day to the rogues' rem
d zvous, called the 50 summer CAPITAL" by
the salt sea waves and returned to New York
On our way back we fell in with gentleman
from South Carolina, who, although a carpet
Dagger, was a very decent sort of "a man. He
gave us what would have been an amusing
account OF affairs in that State had it not been
so horrible. This man Moses, the Governor
of the State. h rs committed every crime known
to the calendar except murder. His reign is
"a carnival of crime. Resting upon mass Of
ignorant, brutal blacks, elections have ceased
to exist, and offices are openly sold for money.
There is no part of Africa or the wilds of
South America, no island i'll the West Indies,
where such a beastly state Of affairs eX-
lists. Moses has not only his family
in places where they can plumber with
impunlty, but an army OF worth
less unprincipled retainers, who, as
chiefs of the negro league, march the negroes
out to vote as cattle arc led to water or labor
He does not hesitate, however, to prey apon
his own family ii occasion serves. He had
made his cousin Inspector of Phosphates at
heavy salary-an office of as much significance
as if he had made him high custodian of
the Governors boot-jack, and he bled the
young man to such an extent that one-half OF
his salary was taken by His Excelency. Not
withsta' ding this, he called upon his cousin
for thousand dollars. The Inspector of
Phosphates hurried around-we believe it is
called shining in Wall street-and, Dor
rowing the thousand dollars. duly paid over
the same. The next day, to his intense dis
gust, he found himself removed from the
pleasing and lucrative business of inspecting
phosphates and a man put in who paid
twenty-five hundred dollars for the office.
On another occasion he took "a fancy to a
likely mulatto girl, and although slavery has
BEEN we are assured, abolished, and the
emancipation proclamation is celebrated with
music and banners, the Governor offered Il
thousand dollars for the dusky piece of lowell
ness, and, horrible as it seems, the mother
accepted OF rather agreed to the price Sub
sequently this potentate either repented OF
rendering SO large a sum, or probably not
having it at the time, he managed to make
the girls acquaintance, drove her about in his
carriage, and ended in saving the heavy ex-
penditure The fact coming to the knowledge
of the mother, there was a South Carolina
scandal created, all the facts
getting into the journals OF the State. They
did not seem to disturb His EXcellency.
Gov Moses is a gorgeous gentleman,
rather handsome in his personal appearance, |
one of Lester WallacA-well, |
rather a corn-fed Wallack, and resembling
more the huge colored wood-cuts OF that cele-
brated actor than the actor himself. Like his
illustrious chief, Gen Grant, Moses seeks re-
taxation from the cares OF State. But instead |
of going to a Long Branch, he comes to New
York. There is great excitement and rejoic-
ing among the ladies of the pave and the gay
CHANDELIERS" when it is known he is in town.
He generally takes suite of rooms at the
with large retinue of humble
followers, whose time is occupied in procuring
with their magnificent master and
the tairest of girls to be found III certean To-
calities of this great metropolis. On this
occasions he filings money about in the most
4vish manner He has been known to pay
for entertainments at the rate of a thousand
dollars day.
We could fill our journal with choice stories
IF this sort concerning our South Carolina
Turk. And this is reconstruction and let
is paint it an inch thick, to this favor must it
come at last. Built on Il foundation of brutal
ignorance, it rears aloit its shameless front OF
Deastly indulgence that makes one wonder if
le does, indeed, live in the nineteenth cen-
ury and make one OF a civilized community