The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-04-20
Governor Chamberlain.

alonS, makes ,It5COnVenlent TO snow
his hand occasionally, but never in
advertentlyl HE letter to Morton
established his claim in the Northern
mild, to an earnest desire for reform
in order to save the Republican party
in South Carolina from dissolution,
which he knew would result from the
infamy of defiant Radicalism in the
Legislature:
That point gained, he now sets a.
bout the work of securing the cleo
toral vote of the State for the Repub
lican Presidential nominee.
How he has used the credulous
Democrats for his own purpose and
for their ruin, is known to every
body. He now proposes to secure
| the confidence of Grant by promise
of the electoral vote, and the defeat
of the Democrats in the State. We
give Governor Chamberlain credit
Tor the wisdom of seeing that the cl-
ectoral vote of tho State is of vastly
more Importance to either party, in
every point of view, than the success
, of the State ticket in South Carolina.
As indicated by the following lettor
to President Grant, Governor Cham
berlain will use the Democrats for
one purpose, and the Wbipper. Moses
gang for another, thus securing for
the Republican party both the cleo
torai vote for President, and con-
tinuation of Radical rule in the State
Some Democrats (he Lord help the
poor State) arc blind enough to yield
to his soft persuasione! 1t is plain
that if the Democratic State Conven
tion yields to this bargain offered by
the adriot Chamberlain, we will have
neither the ghost OF party left to 8
or the ghost Of chance of sweeping
the radical thieves from Office
. Greenvlle News.
Read his letter to President Grant.
10 His Excellency the Prisdent:
SIR: l am induced by rec mt extra
ordinary circumstances occurring in
this State to address yon this com
munication, as the head, in certain
sense, of the Republican party. The
General Assembly of this State, on
the 10th instant, elected w. j. Whip,
per and +. j. Moses, jr., as judges Of
tho circuit embracing the city of
Charleston and constituting by far the
most important circuit in the State
in point of population, wealth and
business. The character of +. 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 s as infa-
nous character as ever in any age
disgraced and prostitnted public po-
sition. The character of w. j. Whip
per, according to my belief and the
belief of all good men in this State,
30 far as am Informed, differs from
that of Moses only in extent to which
opportunity hae allowed to exhibit it,
The election of these two men to iu-
= dicial offices sends q thrill of horror
through the State. 1t compels men
ofaH parties who respect decency,
virtue or civilization, to utter their
loudest protest against the outrage of
their election. They have not even
the poor qualification of such q de-
gree oflegal 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 compells all Republicans who love
or honor the principles {. their party
to refuse to countenance or tolerate
such representatives
| am q Republican Of just as many
years standing as | have seen years
OF discretion. [ have been strict
party man, adhering to my party
here in South Carolina through good