The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-16

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companions of gamblers and others Of evil fame
how in all ways he brought shame upon his name his
party and his State known and spoken Of by all
! Chief among his associates a negro named Whip
per- member Of the Legislature Whpper came
from Michigan since the He gambler, as
he confessed in public speech, ignorant, brutal
pushing negro, with than ordinary courage,
but chief among those who have degraded the State.
When Chamberlain came into power he made certain
pledges. He would reform the State and introduce
economy and integrity No paid any attention to
him. Moses and Scott had promised In the same way
and had broken the promises He was said to DO
Of the same SCHOOL, carpet bagger-ony waiting his
turn to steal The that he Yale graduate,
lawyer Of ability, student and orator were only
against him. These gifts was said, would only give
| him moro power for harm SO the good men-the ma
tves-folded their hands in despair, and waited as
those who have hope for the hour of delivsrance
ELECTION wmPPER AND MOSES
II was found in the beginning that the new Cover
nor did good things "0h, we'll " said dsspairng
Carolina 'this is meant to blind US that he may steal
with security" But "the party" became
restless The leaders had schemes and aims for
"the good OF the cause" They went to the
new Governor and asked his aid He pointed
| to his record and said that he meant to redeem
| its promises There was dsmay among the leaders,
and the new Governor was plainly told that he would
be ruled out About year since q republican caucus
held to candidates for judges OF
the rank Of those your Supreme Bench. Whipper,
the gambler and vagabond from Michigan, who proba-
bly, never read even title page OF law book in his
life and does know whether Blackstone was mag
istrate pugst, nominated Chamberlain
arose. and in the presence of whipper and his party
! denounced him as Infamous ignorant and corrupt
The effect of the speech such that the nomination
was beaten and the matter postponed. When
l remind you that these Judgeships are among
! the most important in the State, that they have
criminal civil and equity jurisdiction, you can imagine
their value The safety of society depended upon them
and the character of the candidates The defeat of
Whipper, however, only postponed the question
Chamberlain had some business in a distant county.
The moment he left Whipper and Moses induced the
Senate and tho House to meet in joint convention, and
while the Governor the train he received u de-
spatch announcing that Whipper the negro gambler,
and Moses, the Infamous Governor, had been
elected by the Legislature of South Carolina to admin
lister justice. Whipper's court was that embracing
Charleston city. This the GROWING act-he last
straw. The State arose as one man. 1t could stand
equality suffrage, corruption; 1t could stand Moses as
Governor but with Whipper and Moses to sit on its
high seats of justice it felt that society was at an
end You cannot imagine-and you know great deal
would have been the effect of this act in Charleston
The Governor home and SAID that he would never
sign their commissions Joint Convention or not, he
would consecrate this act. They threatened
to impeach him. He would not bulge In the mean
time meetings held all over the State Grave
declared that law or no law, Whipper should
never sit the bench unless he was under federal
guard. Summary measures we're debated, and have
been told by the calmest and wisest of men that
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feat the Governor and open court they will BIO slam.
1t is hard patiently record such facts, but write
| what hear and believe.
SURRENDER,
Well, the party split and Chamberlain found himself
7 in q minority. Whpper denounced him on the floor
of the House vile that the newspapers sup
pressed the report II q coarse, vulgar, obscene
speech in which he said no power would keep him
from his the Bench. They say Whipper does,
lack in courage But Moses is thorough coward,
and feels already so keenly the execration that
rests upon him that only yesterday he called
on the Governor aud talked about resign
ing. In the meantime the Governor has gone
on. The party which opposed him and which threat
ened to throw him crumbes. The best of the nc
groes Elliott, the Speaker among the number begin to
that they have been duped; that after ALL the Gov
ernor is right Already about third OF tho party
with the Governor 0ne-thrd around reso-
Lutte man, whose action meets the approval of
all honest men, will in time give him
majority The party managers are in panic The
Charleston Collector worthingon; the Senator Patter
son; whittemore Moses, and the rest all fear he
will break the party sell it out as Warmoth
did in Louisiana and Walker in Virginia. The
cry third term raised shbboleth for the pur
| pose OF invoking the Presidents aid.
TROUBLE BETWEEN RACES
Why is that the southerners, the whites who
masters before the war, have not divided the negro
vote and, uniting with those who intelligent,
! gained control Of the State to secure II
efficient government II would to the ordinary
political thinker that threesevenths whites could
control the four seventies blacks One thinks OF the
Saxon in India with the Hindoo, in Canada with the
French, in Jamaica with the negro, Ireland, aler
turbulent fashion, with tho Celt Tho Saxon
came as a conqueror with the mailed hand,
and yet his rule is now absolute. Why is 1t that in
South Carolina it Is oherwisoS Ny gifted and honored
colleague Mr. Nordho in his series OF letters from the
South says is because he has been corrupted by the
carpetbagger With all Difference to that distinguished
authority his is imperfect solution. Surely
tho negro who knows his old master, who has lived
with him during his life, who in most looks
with affection upon him and all who belong to him
surely in the new relation he viii look to the master
as a friend, and take his guidance in solemn duty
as entering upon citizenship This, too because as
We learn from all authorities, and from none more
clearly than Mr. Nordho that the master accepts the
relation" and has purpose Of renewing the war;
and far from wishing to the negro to slavery
feels that the old system error from an
economical point OF view, aud that in time abolition
will prove to be blessing to the white whatever ii
may be to the black Why, them this being the case
has the carpetbagger been able 70 strange Common
wealth like South Carolina and with the aid OF the
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can that the whites have not taken any pains
TO cultivate the blacks, who would naturally go with
them, the intelligent and honest Northern men who
came here, meaning in good faith 10 make the South
home and to grow up with the Southern people In
| nearly every case with scarcely an execution tho