The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-06-24

Is an easy task, but it is not an i'm
possible one. Moses commands very
great resources. He controls the
orimina! by his pardons, he buys up q
certain number of the journ ais of the
State ; he is in league with tho COR.
rupt politicians of both races he uses
the peoples monoy against the peo.
pie themselves he is in many Ways
desperate and powerful Criminal.
But ho is not worse than Tweed was
in the zsnith Of his power, and his
overthrow, with that Of tho gang
which he leads, is only n question Of
time. 1t is true that the percentage
OF ignorant voters is greater in South
Carolina than it ever was here, and
tho difficulty is proportionately
greater than that with which New
York had to contend. But public
opinion can ultimately he INSTRUCTED
and aroused, and when that shall
have been dune, tho fate of NJ oscs and
his people is scaled. The Rrst step
in that direction is complete repu
diation of the man by tho Republi.
con party at the North. Let it bo
understood that his profession of Re
publieanism only makes him 50 much
the more offensive. let his s,,ppor-
tsrs know that they oan 6nd no favor
for the fence they arc committing
against decency aud public virtue on
the score of their nominal attnch,
ment to the Republican party. Tho
vast majority of that party are
honest aud lovers Of honesty, and they
desire no fellowship with rogues. If
the RcpublicaDs Of the South can be
made to appreciate the henrty scorn
with which their Northern associates
look upon the career of Moses, they
would regard him differently. Thar,
We are conadebt, is tho FIRST step, and
we appeal to all Our party friends for
their aid in getting it taken.''
Commenting upon this, the News
and Courier Bays:
1t is certain that Misses can be
defeated in thr Republican C,nven-
tion, or before the people, but it is
grave question whether tho New
York Times and the respectable press
in general may not, by devoting so
much of their time to Moses, allow
other offenders to escape attention,
and so pave the way for the election
of some person Who is equally or
more Objectionable. Moses is not
by any meaus, the only Off ,ial crimi-
nal in South Carolina nor Is he alone
responsible for the lyiug and steal
ing which characterize the govern.
ment Of this State. 1t is true that
the storm has burst during his term
Of office: but the clouds began to
gather years ago, when the State
Government was controlled by the
very sooundrels who now affect to be
scandalized by tho fantastic ruscali-
ties Of Moses, and who, cloakins their
own sinister designs with the cry of
Reform, are busily plotting to oust
him from the Govcrnorship 40 as to
make room for one Of themselves
Without Scott and d baMborlaiu
there could have been iio VI ose4; nor
would he be held up to scorn had
not the American people btoome
familiar with the history of the band
Commission swindle, the Blue Ridge
Scrip swindlo, the Sinking Fund
swindle, the Bank Of the State bills
swindle, and the Six Million Conyer.
sion Bond swindle, with which Moses
had very little. if anything, to do.
For him. 10 punishment can DO too
sharp but wo warn tho New York
Times that South Carolina needs
som ething more than the overthrow
Of Moses that there oan be nnithcr
safety nor prosperity for her PEOPLE
while any Of the Statebouse gang
hold the reins of power, and that, un~
less tho delinquency of Nloses's old
friends and familiars, ex-Comptroller
Ncagle, ex-Treasnrer Parker, ex.Ats
torney.Gencral Chamberlain aud e&.
Governor Scott, be exposed as Tint of
Moses has been, South Carolina will
fall into the hands of somc rogue who
is more dangerous, because more
SNUG and subtle, than Moses is, and
80 shall her last state be worse than
her first. There are honest and able
Republicans in South Carolina who
would be acceptable to tho whole
people, but these are never mention
ed among the so called Reformerr
who are "to purify the "pnrty." On
the contrary, the principal candi-
dates spoken of by the Radical news.
papers are as deep in the mud as
Moses is in the mire, and such
mockery of reform as they would give
tho people would be more costly and
more hurtful than the braaen rascali.
ty whose extent is known and under