The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-01
COLUMBIA, S. G.
Wednes lay Morning, July l, 1874.

Wednesday Morning, July l, 1874.
sins or Omission as Well as Commis-
=, "Our deliverer is at hand! Our
x And, OIL then we will have a
clearing out Of the temple; then will
we turn the streams that cleansed the
Angean stables through our stained
but beautiful capital. = The
child is born, and his name is Daniel.
Friends, prepare to follow your
leader. ."-Orangebury Ne,os.
It is we'll understood that Mr.. D. Fl.
Chamberlain is candidate for Go
vsrnor. He is so announced in one of
the Radical State journals, and the
New York Times correspondent says
that he is the most available Northern
man in the State, and stands fair
chance OF being elected. The extract
copied from the Orangebnrg Ncsos in
dicates that he is to run as reform
candidate, and the language ipputed
to him by the Times correspondent
implies the same thing. Under the
heading in the Times letter. "Reform
Deemed Advisable" Mr. Chamberlain
is made to say, that as result of mis-
government and official crime in this
State, and in consequence of the
truthful disclosures Of its condition
made by the Times, tbs leaders of the
party had arrived at the conclusion
that their political success depended
upon their reformation. We referred
to this sort OF reform q day or two
ago, as being OF an unpromising cha
racter, if judged by it's admitted origin
and professed purpose. But so it is
called.
-AMr. Chamberlain, then, is a oandi.
-date for Governor OF South Cerolina,
anda.reform candidate, too. whatever
chat may mean. It will be prudent to
take that term as we do the numbers
of acres >of land, with tue saving
words, "more or less" In quali6oa-
lions for high Office, 80 far as they de-
pend upon capacity. culture, trim ing
and study. we are free to eay, that Mr..
Chamberlain is among the most distin-
,guished men of his party. The impli-
cation of the Times, that he is likely to
incur native Conservative opposition,
because he is Northern man, is en-
tirely without foundation. There is
not now, and there never was within
our recollection, any such preiu-
dice. The Northern man, as such,
was always welcome here. It was only
in exceptional cases. when he was un-
worthy, or intermeddling, or disgust
ing, that he received the cold shoulder.
There is no trace OF sentiment of op-
position to Mr.. Chamberlain on ao-
count of his birthplace, and there Is
evident prepossession in his favor as a
man of talent. But something more
is required to satisfy ones idea of
what ought to be united in candidate
for Governor, and q man who sets up
to be reformer besides, challenges
examination of his record. This we
ehall make at our leisure. Meanwhile,
We shail to-day merely indicate the
sort of difficulty which lies in the way
OF acceptance of Mr.. Chamberlain as O
man likely to be equal to the task he
would assume. He has been active in
South Carolina political life for several
years. and, 30 far as we know, has
never resisted the food of corruption
which has poured its polluted course
through every department and into
every hole and corner of the STATE Go
vernment. What efforts did he wen
make to stay injustice? As Attorney
General and member OF the Ao yisory
Board of the Land Commission, he
was silent and acquiescent when rob-
berries and frauds were committed in
the name and ostensibiy for the bene.
1T OF the poor people of the State,
against those very poor people them
selves. He was, as member of this
board, authorized and required to ap.
point suitable Land Commissioner,
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