The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-20
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SnITH rAR0TINA

hardly have. patience to state the
transactions of the black and white
scoundrels who are ,robbing the OPP
pressed people Of this State. The con-
dition of this State il without parallel.in
the history of America or any other civ
ilized government. There are men in
public positions who cannot read or write,
nor even sign their names, and have but
little more conception of their duties than
hog of the botanical properties Of the
plants and shrubs he roots up. And this
Is the rule, not the exception. The
whole government of this much to be
pitied State is the neutrality-suspicious. farce
in the world. That it is permitted to
exist is sin, shame, and disgrace.
The Governor what misnomcr?) of
this State is a man named Moses. To
show YOU how he manages the affairs of
one of the sovereign States of this nation,
I will give you an instance OF his fnan-
cial ability. He lately had occasion to
raise $1,000 to help one of his newspaper
organs. As the State treasury was in It's
usual state of emptiness, he had to have
recourse to other sources. He, therefore,
appointed an ignorant negro youth tax
collector for Orsngeburg county. After
this collector had gathered up the S6,OOO
Moses gave one Hambright an order for
it. The ignorant negro, thinking that
the Governor, like kings, could do no
wrong, cashed the order and returned 1t
to the State Treasurer as voucher. The
Treasurer would not take it, and the boy
was turned out of Office, his mission being
accomplished. His bond being worth
less, the tax payers lost the money. This
is the transaction for which Moses was
indicted in Orangeburg county. The in
dictment was quashed in due time, how
ever, the Judge holding that the Governor
could not be arrested for any crime until
after he had been impeached by the
Legislature. If the crime had been muir
der instead of robbery, the decision would
doubtless have been the same. And yet
this man Moses, who has done this, not
to mention hundred things that were
worse. is a candidate for reelection, with
every prospect of Endorsement by his
partv. And this is sample of Republi- |
can rule in the South. This is what the
great Republican party, the advocate OF
the civil rights BILL mixed schools and
negro supremacy, the party of great
moral ideas, has done for Southern
State where its power WAS supreme. Oh
shame where is thy blush!
The Comptroller-G General of South Car
DINA in his official report states the as
founding fact that for default in the pay
! mcnt of taxes in that State for 1877 alone. !
26S, 523 acres of land were forfeited actu-
ally. to the State. In the county OF
| Branfort alone, out of 1900 farms, 700 |
were forfeited to the State during the
last year for taxes which the owners |
could not pay. The history of the world |
shows no such mOnstrouS rate of taxation !
and increase of public debt all the time,
rs that of this State. 1t would ruin or
destroy any people on earth.
To give you an instance OF the amount
of legal wisdom these negro judges bring |
to bear in their decisions, | will relate a |.
couple Of instances:
A darkev had killed woman. 1t
turned out in the evidence that he kill |
ed her in attempting to commit u rape.
The darkcy had been indicted, rs Is GUS
tOmarv, for murder in the first degree.
The Judge. another darkey, however, in |
structcd the jury to bring in n verdict of
mot guilty." and assigned rs II reason,
that the prisoner killed the woman i'll
attempting to commit IL rape, henccth
motive was not murder and AS 1t was II
,rontan he killed. he could not be found |
guilty Of 0,auSlaughtcr.
Another: \ white man bought piece
of land. The deed recited the usual
clause, do hereby grant to a. B., his |
heirs, assigns, &c The white man
died and his heirs sold the property to Il |
third party. In the meantime negro |
squattcd on the land Suit was brought
in ciectmcnt to obtain possession ofthe
land. This Socrates of wisdom, negro
Judge, decided as the man to whom it
was originally decided and his heirs and
their assigns had all had the land in turn,
the provisions of the deed were fulfilled,
the title had run out, and the negro squat
ter was entitled to possession and so de-
creed.
The treasury of this State is worse than
bankrupt. The people are financially
ruined, and heartbroken, and unless they
obtain relief, all who can, must abandon
their homes And yet this man Moses
and his Government is called Republican
and is upheld by the general govern
mrnt.
Now, lot lis glance at the way the Re-
publcans manage elections in one other
Southern State, | refer To
As An instance Of the manner in which |
Gov. Moses retains his position, and |
keeps himself in Office, quote from Il
Charleston paper:
The Charleston Nc,rS and Courier has
collected II list Of all the convicts par
doncd, and il amounts during Il period of
ONLY 70 months to the astonishing num-
Der of AL. Besides these there were %
or 80 others who were pardoned in a
batch, and no record was made of the
performance OF the All, q had been
convicted and sentenced for murder, Is
for manslaughter, l6 for rape, 5 for in
fanticide. SO for burglary, "a for arson,
~ for malfeasance in office and the rest
for less hcinous crimes. Every county
official who has been sentenced for NAL
feasance in office has been pardoned.
ALABAMA.
In 1872 an United States Senator was
to be elected from this State. The Leg
stature was elected that fall, and it was
found that the Democracy would have
two majority on joint ballot. Now, see
how nicely our Republican friends, hav-'I
ing control of the Courts, worked this
matter On their way to attend the SEES
sion ofthc Legislature, three Democratic !
members were arrested on the plea Of
making fraudulent returns. They offered |
any amount of bail, but it was refused !
| This gave the Republicans II majority T,
of one in the Legislature, and they met
and organized, and declared the seats of
these three members cacdnt. Then, .
while these parties were being kept in
confinement by a radical Judge, they !
elected Rcpublican-Mr. Spcnccr-to
the United States Senate, and Radical
Congress recognized this proceeding and !