The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-02-03
Gov. Chamberlain md the Sen ate


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Gov. chamberlain md the Senate.
Gov Chamberlain recently sent to
The Senate u bu,cL of appointments
for trial Justices for Aiken, several
republicans aud one. conservative.
The Senate rej' ctcd the latter sololy
because Of his political vicss. With
the next batch, Gov. Chamberlain
sent message to the Senate protest.
ing against this pa'tisanship. lie.
,tated that In no matter was reform
more needed than in the system OF
trial justices. lie declares, "my dc
termination Is not to consent to the
appointment Of any man as trial Jus
tice whom do not upon my oous,icnc,
believe TO lie honest md capable.
THIS J. owe to my self, to my Office, and
to the people," IIo regrets tim.
there are differences between himself
and the Senate. While hc d, sire.
h,rmoDy between these branches Of
government lie can never purcha.e @ i,
by disregarding this principle. Will:
he is willing to hive his appointments
changed for others Of equal fitness,
he will never cu,scnt to tho an.
pointmcnt Of incompetent persons.
While lie will appoint from his part,
when he can do so without detrimcnt.
he will never hesitate to appoint con
scrvativcs in these ncighborhoods in
which competent republicans cannot
be found. lie concludes NJ follow. ::
81 am always ready, upon suitable
grounds, to recall any nomination
made by ne, hut most earnestly
urge Senators to consider these nomi
nations from tho high plane Of the
public welfare, and not to reject
nominations ma ie Of worthy men,
merely because their political opin.
ions are not in accord with those of
majority Of tho Senate, especially
when their places canno, be supplied
by equally comre,ent men from the
dominant political party" ;. .
The Senate has yielded to the
governor in thi s respect and thus fur
has coLfrmed his appointments. b,
this course, Gov. Chamberlain is CON-
fering lasting benefit upon the peo,
pie al large.
TO Liz Correctly is to: Iae sa5lim,ly"
Henry Ward Beccher is sublime
individual. Already hal his trans
ocndant eloquenco elevated him ~ a
lofty nicho in F.mc's proul Ts II plo,
when the worldwide scandal iu which
he SO prominently figures first sew
the light. Bat tbls, with profound
Contempt for all other achievements
in the lifting liue, has scoopcd him
up bodily from the perch whence
like the chorubs in the old churches
ho had smiled far down upo, the
vulgar herd beneath, anil bearing
him up, through and abv?s the roof,
has impaled him upon the very sum.
nit of tho spirc, to wri,gl, aul
sqnirm before, the u,li tel g.zs Of
millions. D,ocher'u lot,ors and
statement | ear evidence OF magn f.
cont genius and prove bim to be the
very prince of.erfsram.n,tit,a. Sa;h
expressions as the "ragged e1go,"
the "cavc Of gluom,' "steppIug down
and out,' 'ncst hiding" AID "trem.
bling on the Ltink Of u moral Nluga.
ra," stamped wish tho die Of Bsoch.
er's genius, arc eagerly seizod as
sterling coin, and command as
high prcmium as the new silver
,rado dollar.
But a new aphorism has just boeh
ssuod which is Of such absolutely
ouro gold, that all other coins are
'ut as base alloy.
Moulton, in his testimony, SAID, iu
peakipg Of his conversation with
3cecher concerning dcnial Of the
candal, "Mr. Boechcr said to mo,