The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-02-23

member II tho sg Sgislaturfes an and 4a5f Of
the commission. on textbooks, make
to theaboye meAtioned book publ
lishers P'Sp9sisfons discredita6le
and e99kapS hnl that his conflict
can only beyrbgafded as betrayalA
l0f higI Ahdy shcred trust. We,
fhersf9rS YeSommend that b ba
Displaced pember of the Wo1i
on text looks and expelled
from NE seat Us h membor of this
1~ r" win u course bo ohfSotod thst
q p9ofitY 9f tKps6, gmaking sshe
abbve-lhotod' feeomm6ndatiohS ara
republicans. - =. -
The course @of :Robertsondin his
management Of thef truet, reposcd
in him by. the textbook ,con,mission
goos to show tho, skill with which
any transaction involving .the" IN
forests Of the sttite my 'boi cdo1nnygeft-
ed into q 'job"' .f4r tIo. rh9no6t Of
some n impecunious o.ofioe-hal,ler.
When, Governor Chnlnberlnin'yd y dal-'
'ministration 'setih, !evefybody,1 'stip-,
posed Tint tito timo and the orppo9r
tn0nltBy for paying ,speeplctions to.
the injury of tho poopleuwore,l past,
Thoissue and sale II of state bonds
at the pleasure; Of Scott, ,Kimpton
& Co: had long tcnded; tile land con,,;
mission had ceased. to buy lands
notoriously =. worthless boat huge
prices-some Of the money togo TO,
the seller and the rest to somebody
else H. ting various railrpiosd schemes
had all boen contaminated 10 oNeaele,
and Parker1had retired from o,pffiqo,' I
to live in elegant soclttbi6n /; Che
tseffYtdtyy' OF, :Etats liza I, i. ce&tlyd
La it to ,bo gpplnwtql, torr carry tho
great sea-, of tho state to- y Now York,
to accommodate tho financial board
and facilitate tho. issue Of bonds ;-1
indeed, though tho People we're
then suffering most from the offocts
of these and othor villuinios. yct!
thero was somo ground to hope
that the whole crow of thieves l,nd
exhausted every means which
roguish ingenuity. could doviso to
plundor the taxpayers,7 ant would
therefore take q rest from their
long labors, ~ But it. sooms not.
Tho present administration was
but we'll nndpr way when Hardy
Solomon's Bank "failed," nnd the
taxpayers wcro swindlod out of
moro than two hundred thousand
dollars. Then tho little bonanza"
gave Mr.. Cavender q good chance
to turn lucky corner in his
affairs, which, but for tinolyscx.
posuro and tho governors prompt
action, might havo cost the state
something, and claims-holdcrs
very considerable sum- And nov
comes out tho whole truth about
Robertson, showing that his mind
saw a. on' q chance for making Il
fow thousand dollars out of n
sccmingly profitless position. To
tho ordinary mind thorc: is nothing
suggestive ola good speculation
in the task of selecting books for
public schools This onterprisins
carpot=bagger, however, soon con
owed q plan which, but for the
integrity Of tho 'ptblisheisi might
have cpst tho state no shall sum
of money. The circumst,snees of
the transaction show: Robertson TO-
bo shrewd, unprincipled. .trickster,
and tho house can scarcely act
consistently. with detoncy and
honesty With out at, once adopting
tho committees recommendation,
to expcl thounworthy and corrupt
nr,m],cr .u.n ! .Tru@N r; i-nf
~ Patterson's panacea. = .,nn
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| The ground taken ,by Honest John