The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-06
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put on theyMdswaIk, and he, udey J
Danded attAohhent for contempt.
But, as the original Injunction had
been pronounoed untenable, the
Court ittiYnated that s'should;; saush
motion be pressed it would NOT bo
disoretionally eeaGtoa.. jWherqpponI
Hue for damages. f'he pafti6a to the
unseeply sqaabb Ighess naipes we
auppfeks aiterAhs i sshion. of the I'D
year books) tEeh fei'. They wore
suoceedod BY anotheriady, y, who was
Ssh,s Ss,1s examined ,iaYpdsa,. j4dgp'sps
debtvr process fur. tho .purscse
Of aScertaiuing, bel. g asse! !s.T
Sho objected to the aneptio,
"bked, apI argued briefly, but III Y
very excited ,nahher, agninst' its in.
lhstice. To. this, ooudssl1 replied
quito politely, .ahd, tho Judge was
eompeiled to DECIDE against her., but
With such chivalrio words as u ust
,haXe made her feel, with Sheridan's
creditor, thAt the, polite refusal was
better tkah 'churliShl pay mont oa 81 4
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Appointment versus Election. ~
Among Ss, ;'iGs,s 'tGe, sSSsay .slanors raised
BY the sSherirk taf.payeirs Of South
Carolina against tho + wrongs which
under the .guiso of republipanism have
beeh 'perpetratod ngainst them, none
has been moro Rersistently raised
than that against Tho 'fiagraht abuae
Of executive patronage y, ,. Governor
Moses. And iu, tho excited state
of tho public mind tho; only possible
redemption seemed to be ,the entire
abolition of this power, and the re-
turn Of it to the people. q Members
fresh from their rural Constituencies
hastened to the Legislature provided
with bills TO maize elective all tho
county Offices, and many newspapers
throughout the State advocated .suoh
a measure: As 'yet however, no
change has Been made in this respecs.
We, therefore, will cndeavor to pre-.
sent few reasons why such q Change
should not be made. i.
Tho great evils which Sonth Caro-.
lima has experienced, haye result cd
from the present system of universal
suffrage, by which the choice Of tu-
lers rests with an ignorant popula..
tion untutored in political oeonop.Y.
And it appears paradoxical TO "'eIi
deayyor tio5 Correct this ovtl by en-
trusting to the inssses still greater
poworS. Have: wo ally guarantees
that the mnsses win evilse any more
judg@eht II III; Tie selection of Audi.
tor, Treasurer and alja,tioes than
they have shown ia, tho election ,oi
their other officials I In our opinion
it is far better to effect a, change by
the election of,a Governor who has
some regard for decenoy tban by
dopriv!tg him of tho appoin,ise pow
or.
Even when tho masses are mos,
corrupt and ignorant the chief. OK
eoutivo Of st Ito must possess abili.
ty. Gov, Chamberlain certainly
possesses this qualityI and from hi.
conduct thus far, wo believe tha,
he really. desires reformation. Thus
far, his appointments have been~ far
better than those pad o BY tho il.
famou, Moses. It is much ni better
to leave to him the appointmeht Of
these officials than to trust to tn,
result of popular vote Audit is
much easier to fix upon him the re.
bii:ty FL: sSorraEpft Or iuccocmpe.
tent officials than upon the people.
1t is trus that in many counties in
the State '; .coaservativss might be
elected to Gil these responsible posi-.
lions. But tho advantage thu, gain
ed might be more than coun!erba!auc
cd in the other counties. We are
therefore opposed to the passage of
the bill dopriving tho governor Of the
appointing power, and hope that i,
Viii not pass.
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We append the following portion