The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-12-09

No", INC loes nave gone. nj oses
sleeps the sleep of The dcfunot official.
Tho gubernatorial chair is filled by
one who hus pledged himself against
tho practice Vi Is uing iudisrl inmate
pardons, ard the path is clear for
reform.
Tho d zen or two d,l:ugu,nt treasu.
rers, in fanoi.d so;,,ri.y have no.
absconded. The oppv'tnui y aud the
criminals a.o ut hand We there,
fore c"nhlcntly expect to SEQ the
erect Attorney General mud the port
ly State Treasurer, arncI caD
a pic, aud attouded BY F.lle~
brown as esquire, agaiu S"hyi, ( forth
with lance III lest against thuse dc
siLqucLt officials who havo 50 lous
,upIo ected by executive v.na.ity.
We are fast coming to the coLolu.
sion that these threats Of prosecution
were all bunccmb, aud that the ras.
cality IF CIV. Moses was merely an
excuse for ot doing what has nevvr
been intended. f$ll5,oOO ware
stolen, why were Smith and Hum
bert ulouc arrested. Wherein con.
sisted ,ho greater lcinousnc<s Of their
crimes The whulc attair emits an
odor IF ii b.
We see no reason Why the case Of
Mr Smith has not been tried. He
has been indicted for embeszlemeut.
lie has plead not guilty. |, is due
both him and public tn It this oues-
ton be set 1t rest. lIumbert is also
awaiting trial. The otter DELINQUENT
officials whose names have bvcu Liud-
ly concealed by the Treasurer aud
Attorney General are cvcu now, for
aught the public knows to the cou-
taTy, sitting at the receipt Of GUS
tom, with ,hc;r ca b..lAaco sheets
lot settled.
In the uame Of tic taxpayers oc
The S,ate, wc Gcmaul that tue State
Treasurer aud the Attorney General, -,
in their official c-p,ci les, Go proceed
Immediately against every .ficial
Suspected If malf asaucc, beginning
With ,he * governor him .ef.
Gc7ernGr Ch. mbarlsiG's Inaugural.
We pre- ~cnt to oar roalers this
m2i,nEinG 'yEcp y from the Green
vlHe No"s of the inauyur.l udll esS
Of H,". y. IA. Chamberlain, gpvetnor
Of So-th Carcliua.
THIS inaugural is all that could
be desired by eveu the mvst e.lnest
ad. uc"tc Of Ie'uru. Mr.. Chamber
lain has widely departed from the
cIstom Of hI, predecessors, eni this
is the cal ) State document We have
ever sren tIom =. radical tGat i, ens
tlrvlY f'ec from cap trap aid from
glazing surLisms. Mr.. Chamberlain
IN ackuiw led 4ing the past climes of
the party, and i'll advocating refor IN
has swing ever to the Conservative
platform, which dcAaadcl oul, hon.
eeiy and ccono'ny ia tho S,ats Gov
rru,ntnt.
Mr.. Chamhcrlaiu's uttcraners are
good. But wc led action. W..
w.sh 10 see soAetLing d,ne.
We have 50 uften been deceived
by ths hoaeyed words Of republicans
chat Alr. Chamberl in must purton
Us fer not iu.uc,iatcly cuIqgiz;ng
him. We must judge him Ivy his
fruits, .......
But bis able Mutesman>hip and
caud'd "td'ess have accomplished this
much We are prepared to view him
With iavor, aid to hope for good
from him. Ii he continue to urge
the mca, ures Of rcform liz has thus
recommended ho shall have his need
Of lraisc. Ii he disappoiut US, and
throw away the brightest opportuni
ty ,hIt has ever been oH,red to aby
man in Soath Carolina, we shall
pursue hin relcntessly. Bat we
hopo for reform under his admiui..
tration.
We append the Synopsis.
Mr.. Chamhe, lain, after stating
that he appeared before tho Senate
and House Of Representatives to as
sumc the Office OF Governor ana to
state his views as to tho action and
policy Of the State Government.
drew a comparison Of the two parties
IN tho recent campaign, stating that
both were aiming at the same result
economy in the State administra.