Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-07-30
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
Personal Of State and County Ohiosrs.-
Idiosynorasy Of the Southern People
What They Have Been and What the y
Want.
Nrwnrnny. s, q. JuIv 2otb. 1875

week here and there is quite a gathering
Of people and lawyers. An important
murder trial Is the principle cause Of ex-
citcment-the State vs.. A. A. Glover for
the murder of Gomiilion. The trial is
suspended for the present through mis-
take" Of the Jury. 1t is truly lamenta-
Bile that such is tho state OF society, but so
IL il, and at every court there are murder
cases dp for trial Of the most revolving ma
ture. The only way to put a stop to it is
a rigid enforcement Of the law.
STATE OFFICERS.
For the information Of your readers, /
will give the personal of the present State
officers and their nativity.
ID. W. Chamberlain, the present Gov
ernor OF South Carolina, is from Massa-
chusctts. lie graduated in Harvard Col
lcge with distinguished honors, is n very
able man, with unusual fine intellect and
| fine speaker.
X. II. Glcascs, Lieut.. Gov, is a colured
man Of deep copper color, and is from
Pennsylvania. lie is man Of some edu-
cation aud expresses himself very intell-
gently.
s. w. Milton, Attorney General, Is
native OF South Carolina and a graduate
OF South Carolina College; is lawyer by
profession, and once edited the Yorkvilie
| Inquirer. He is a man OF fine social quail
ifcations, and an exceeding strong and ell
oquent speaker.
T. G.. Dun, Comptroller General, il from
Maine; was n member OF the Legislature
at the time of his election. He is Il man
afflicted with good common sense and fine
business tnct
f. l.. Cardozo, State Treasurer. is a
largo, nldermnnic looking mulatto n ma
tive of Charleston, S. G. lie was educated
Mt the North and was a Reverend OF the
Methodist persuasion, until after recon-
struction wien he throwcd off the clerical
robe and donncd the political. lie is
man of very fair nttainments, with voice
that can make the WELDON ring from the
! political stump.
| Il. Il. Elliot, Speaker of the House,
| former member Of Congress, is n full blood
ed African, black as old Cloutie, and hnils
from Boston. lie is decidedly superior to
any Of his race in the South. He is we'll
| educated, good speaker and well versed
in parliamentary tactics.
II. L. IToyne, Secretary of State (col-
| U,
Of the old white Congressman who repre-
sentcd South Cnrolinn in days Of yore.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
The officers OF this county are all West
! ern men.
II. 9. Corwin, Senator, is n nephew of
"Old Tom. Corwin," and is native of
! Ohio. He was once L. S. Assessor of this
district lie is a clever man, by no means
inhcriting the oratoricnl powers of his UNI
Gle, but has good business qualifications
and is very attentive to the interests of his
constituents.
J. c. Leahenv, Probate Judge, halls
from Ohio. lie is an Irishman and came
here ms one of the c0nstabulury force un-
der ExGuv. X. K. Scott in his day and
has been elected through the popular uofc to
the office of Probate Judge twice. He
makes n good officer and has discharged
the duties OF this office we'll
j. c. Smith, Treasurer, is also from
Ohio. lie is connected, think, with the
Corwin family. He, too, is very good Of
| ficcr
J.J. Carvington, Sheriff, is from some
point in Virginia.
II. C.. Moses, Clerk, is from South Caro-
lima, and il the son of Judge Moses, the
presiding Judge Of this Circuit and the
nephew of Chief Justice Moses.
The County Commissioners, School Com
missioners and Auditor are all colored.
You have here a catalogue of State and
County officials, except Judges, and proba.
| bly, can arrive at some conclusion how
matters are working.
Some new and strange revelations are
made The Republican party have to bear
the burden of the day; but it is q fact that
the Democrats are not free from tant.
There is scarcely matter of any import
ance comes up but they have finger in
the pie" though they manage to move
with the undCrcurrent. Some of the Off
cials while they were in power have shown
the cloven loot to the tune of many thous-
ands of dollars, and the parties implica-
ted were acquitted. Persons who live in
glass houses should not throw stones.
We are disposed to admit that the Re-
publican party have done some things
it should not have done; but notwithstand-
ing its faults it has been the great party
| that affected the salvation of this country !;
preserved itintact at sacrifice of sea OF
blood. Purged of the corruptionists that
have crept into the party we look to it to
carry forward and firmly establish true Re-
| pubiicanisin throughout the land.
| IL,
poured out the vials OF his wrath against
the North but he belongs to that old party
of the lonbs, who, Bourbon like, never
learn anything and forget anything" Such
men were once the rulers OF the people,
held all the offices, the slaves and wealth,
and still labor under the delusion that
they are lawfully entitled to all these
privileges Poor old fossils, they are
played out and belong to another age.
The system OF voting has been entirely
changed and n new view OF matters thrown
forth. When slavery went up the old
| Democratic slate was broken.
Let us contrast Gen. Forest OF Tennessee,
in his reply to Lou Lewis. colored wo-
man OF Memphis, at the Fourth of July
celebration. lie is n man who engaged
in the bloody conflicts; who exposed his
life and some of his blood. He was not
savage, nor bitter, nor violent. lie was con-
ciliatory, kind and friendly. Gen. Forest
WIS fighter; Gen. Preston was a talker-
a conscript officer who sought to plunge
the people into war. Here is the differ
ence between the two. The Southern peo-
pie have no use for Preston or his ilk.
THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
are peculiar people, distinct in many
features from those of other States. Be
fore the war there was no immigration
there, it was not allowed, except the immi-
grafton of the black man. Raised MP
with peculiar political ideas, living under
a State Government somewhat arstocratic
in its nature, with but few elective officers,
the people, it may be said, knew but little
of real Republicanism. Their ideas, that
is the ideas of the wealthy, were extremely
selfish and they looked upon themselves as
decidedly superior to the people Of the 9TH
or States, while the common people OF the
State, bound and trodden down. had no
courage to shake of the incubus The ar
istocrats looked upon the immigrant or
Yankee, as they called him, with distrust.
They were opposed to the building Of man.
ufactories, construction of railroads, argu-
ing that they were an agricultural people
altogether, and that manufactures partic-
ularly would have n tendency IN make