The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-22

! Nor Is this all. This infamous
deed OF the legislature is, if possible
eclipsed By another act of enormity
+. j. Moses, Jr., the robber Cover.
nor has been elected judge Of the
third circuit. Sumter, Horny
Clarendon, Williamsburg, George,
town and Marion compose this cir
Quit. OF Moses nothing need be
said save that he stinks with cor
ruption, He is known wherever
tho English language is spoken as
u moral ulcer. When he was thrust
into obscucity last year, honest men
breathod freely. Now that ho has
again been called to preside over the
fortunes of large community, in
h@n:tlon must have vent. Search
history through all agos and nowhere
VIII he found II moro damnablo and
dHmning outrage than the investiture
OF Moses with the judicial ermin .
In comparison with tho election
of these men the election OF the
other Judges however roprehensiblc
sinks into insignifcance, except that
for tho second circuit. judge
Naher was a conservative, but in
his administration Of justice he
knew no distinction botweon par
ties races or social standing. And
yct, by tho snmo horde who elected
Moses and Whipper, he was de-
featcd and the ermine thrown upon
one p. L. Wiggin, of nothing is
known snvo that ho il carpet
baSgcr and office seeker.
Judge Townsend was re elected
without opposition. Hc is q good
judge and has given satisfaction
In the fifth circuit Judge Carpentc,
has been reelected. Ho has never
yet been able to OBJECT any reform in
Edgefcld, nor has he givon salts.
faction to his circuit. judge
Mackcy has been ro elected. Judge
Maclscy is an able judge and would
give satisfaction if he would only
refrain from intormoddling in
politics. He nnl Judge Townsend
are the best of tho batch. In the.
seventh circuit, judge Montgomery
Moses has been displaced by L. c..
Northrop. Of Mr.. Northrop VIC
know nothing, but That he was once
editor of the UMion-XeyoM, and
Sh"t he has of Lutte beon city attor-
ncy of Columbia. Judge Cook hus
bocn TO clctod in tho eighth circuit.
The people of that section have only
to thank Heaven that they Jared nc
worse.
This then is the array in South
Carolina. These are the mon who
arc to preserve order and maintain
Justice. The Courts are the highest
power in the land. It is essential
to the peace and welfare of any
State that the Judges inspire con
hdcncc. When Courts nrc not
trusted, lnwlessness aborhds. md
vlGllnncc committees, councils o.
safety and other self protecting u.s.
soclatiohs are organized by the
people. Self preservation 10 the
first law of nature, and In obedience
to it's dictates tho dread ku klux
sprang into existence. What
horrors tho recent election may
entail upon the land cannot be fore
seen.
This shameless action of the
Legislature, although n sevorc blow
to the State is not without it's bene
llcnl results 1t has killed tho
rldiral party, as tho Uuiou-IIcyald
Indignantly asserts. That party,
when controlled by corruptionists
would not have lived day without
the intervention of bayoncts. 1t
was only whom Gov. Chamberlain,
by temporarily defeating tho thieves
began to infuse dcccncy into tho
government that he succeeded in
tr"nquilizing tho people. His work,
hike house built upon the sand has
been topplcd over in n day The
wmtcI sepu!chro has been removed
and the hidcolis fostering mass OF
corruption appears, and appears not
only to the people of tho State but
to the people of tho whole Union
Tho party is again in tho hands OF
the same villains who two years ago
caused u wholesale slaughter of the
national republican party. Will
this party receive that outside SUD
port, necessary for it's maintenance
in power Can Whipper and
Moses successfully invoke the mid
of federal bayonets IN seating them