The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-04-13

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald says that the following
letter was addressed to President Grant
some time ago by Governor Chamberlain,
of South Carolina, and that South Caro-.
lima Republicans complain that it has
received neither reply nor attention from
the President, while the organs of Grant
continue to abuse Cor. Chamberlain and
misrepresent his political aims. A copy
of the letter is given for publication now.
but it is not stated who furnished the
copy. The Governors organ, the Union,
Herald, states that no copy was retained
by its author, and it is reasonable to con-
clude that some one connected with the
White House has been instrumental in
letting this document see the light. The
letter uses some strong language, and is
as follows:
To His Ercellency the P, csident::
SIR: am induced by recent extraor-
dinary circumstances occurring in this
State to address you by this communica,
ton, as the head, in certain sense, oi
the Republican party. The General AS,
senlbly of this State on the 10th inst
elected w. J. Whipper and F. j. Moses,
ir., as Judges of the Circuit Court OF this
State, the former for the circuit en-
bracing the city of Charleston and con-
stituting by far the most important cir
cult of the State in point of population,
wealth and business. The character Of
F. J. Moses, jr., is known to you and to
the world. Unless the entirely universal
opinion of all who are familiar with his
career is mistaken he is as infamous q
character as ever in any age disgraced
and prostituted public position. The
character of w. j. Whipper, according
to my belief and the belief of all good
men in this State, SO far as | am in
formed, differs from that of Moses only
in extent to which opportunity has
allowed him to exhibit it. The election
of these two men to judicial offices sends
a thrill of horror through the State
It compels men of all parties who respect
decency, virtue or civilization to utter
their loudest protests against the outrage
of their election. They have not even
the poor qualification of such degree OF
legal learning as to qualify them for the
intelligent discharge of any judicial duty
The least of all the evils inflicted on the
people of this State by their election is
the fact that it compels all Republicans
who love or honor the principles of their
party to refuse to countenancc or tolerate
such representatives.
I am a Republican, of just as many
years standing as I have seen years OF
discretion. 1 have been a strict party
man, adhering to my party here in South
Carolina through geod report and evil
report, never for once quitting Its ranks
amid the greatest discouragements arls,
ing from the bad conduct and suicidal
policy of many of its most prominent
members; but the time has now come
when no self-respecting Republican can
tolerate the ascendancy of such men as
in this instance, have been forced upon
us. For you or me, as Republicans, to
countenance the election of Moses and
Whipper is as impossible as it would be
for Governor Tilden, as a Democrat te
countenance the election of VIM. M
Tweed and George G. Barnard to judi,
cial positions in New York. | cannot
and will not do it, be the consequence:
what they may politically: And yet
know there are men who will charge me
in this crisis as they have charged me
hitherto with treachery to the Republi'
can party, because 1 cannot keep silen,
and still support party loaded dowr
with such men. The newspaper ir
Washington which has sometimes beer
called your organ, doubtless enormously
will quite likely denounce ME with re-
newed vigor for what simple self-respec
will compel me to do in view of this out
rage. I tell you, Mr.. President, no ac
of mine, if l were the greatest living
traitor to my party, could be so fatal tt
that party as the election OF Whlppel
and Moses has been and will be. l wan
above all things to save South Carolin;
for the Republican party in the coming
Presidential struggle, but | cannot save
it. nobody can save it, if the party here
or the party at Washington, or in thu
North, do less than denounce this thing
unsparingly, and join their efforts to those
of the honest Republicans here in al
effort to overthrow the power OF suci
men as Whipper and Moses and thei
aiders and abettors.
Our only salvation is in cutting loos'
from all contamination with these men
and requiring all who are amenable tt
our influence to do the same. Io Try t
.o,,o tbo aovnn electoral votes of SOlltl