The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-01-06
A Strong and Earnest Protest.
CHARLESTON, S. c., December q

CHARLESTON, >. C., December ~.
To the Editor of the Upion-Rerola ::
SIR-.As citizen and as member of
the Republican party, 1 wish to place
myself on record as denGuncing with my
whole soul the outrage upon decency and
civilization perpetrated by the Republi-
can majority in the Legislature in the
elections of Moses, Whipper and Wiggins
as Judges of the circuit courts Of this
State. A majority of those who did this
thing will douf less live to repent of it,
even if not penitent already, but as put
lie men they must ncucr be t0rgiven By the
people.
A man who says that he votes tor +. ).
Moses, Jr., sjudge because he is Repub-
lican proclaims himself SO destitute OF de-
cency, or political wisdom, as to make it
the height OF absurdity to speak or think
of him as g. Republican. He is simply
en- ignorant ass, or political bandit, and
such in the future, if not in the present,
will be the verdict of the people with
reference to the men who, by their votes
last week, made the Republican party IN
this State q stencil in the nostrils of the
whole country.
For those who, through their ignorance
and prejudices, were excited to the point
Of committing this great outrage, one can
feel nothing but pity and contempt; but
The intelligent white and colored scoun-
lrels who conceived and carried out this
plot agains! all that is decent and honest
in the State, deserved and will ultimately
receive condign punishment at the hands
of an outraged people. 49,
There was not an intelligent man
voting, for Moses, Whipper or Virgins
who did not know perfectly well the en-
tire unftness of these men for the posi-
tions TO which they are aspired. 1t is
safe to assume that neither Senators
Whittemore, Nash, Swails or any other
intelligent member Of either house,
would trust Moses to act for them in any
private business transaction involving
the value of fifty dollars, and yet they de-
liberately placed him in q position where
he is 10 pass upon the rights and properly
of whole community, and this, too, In
the face of the fact that the knowledge
of his admitted reputation is not confined
to their breasts, but is in the possession
of the whole country.
Take any possible view of the situation,
and it must be conceded that the men
who have committed this crime against
the people can no longer be tolerated in
public life. If they elected these men,
as many of them say, to save the Repub-
lican party from disaster, then they de.
serve to be buried out of the sight and
nearing of men for their blind folly and
stupidity. If, on the other hand, as !
fully believe with reference to many OF
chem, they did this thing under the cry
Of danger to the party, while their real
designs were power and plunder, they
still more richly deserve the fate certain
ay in store for them.
Let the Republicans of the State who
have the Intelligence to see and the heart
10 feel the enormity of this crime COM
lmitted by those who, under the guise Of
.Republicanism, are simply organized
public robbers, or the aiders and abettors
Of such, repudiate them utterly.
Governor Chamberlain, both as Gov
,srnor and as the representative of the
Republican party, has done his part, and
it is now the duty of those who elected
him 10 Office to come to his help against
the men who are carrying both State and
party to ruin. Of one thing we may be
sure, if the Republicans themselves do
not drive from power these traitors and
thus save the State, some other political
organization will; for, in the nature Of
things, the misrule and corruption which
have eliminated in the election of Moses
Whipper and Virgins, must come to an
end. Respectfully,
REUBEN ToMLINsON.