The Morning herald., 1876-11-06
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No one denies thas Govsrnor OhambG'
lain was vast improvement upon biz pre-.
decessora For what he did the citsens Of
South Carolina were grateful to that s3-
tent that many desired his recollection.
But they were not bound to re-elect him
They had the same right to- choice Of
candidates that the Republicans Of thii
county had, between George and McMullin
for sheriff. The majority there preferred
Hampton. They had right to elect q
candidate to represent themselves, and
they did not choose Chamberlain. That
was their objectionable offence. Cham
berlain had come out from the robbel
crew." He had proven satisfactory to the
honest people, but because the white peo'
| pie Of South Carolina would not renomi-
nate him, he returned like "the dog to bis
vomit," and like i" the SOW that washed to
her wallowing in the mire." Immediately
his hand was tightly clasped by the thieves
and rufiians, for he had gone back volun-
tarily to the "rsbber crew."
In the convention that nominated him,
the negro Elliott, now second on the ticket
with Chamberlain, denounced him in un-
measured terms, and, waving letter he
held in his hand. said: "If the con.
tents of this letter were known, they would
put Governor Chamberlain in the peniten-
tiary." Everybody knows that Moses
and Whipper exhausted their vocabu-
larry ofepithets in describing Chamberlain,
yet, Elliott Moses and Whipper, with all
their following-whom Chamberlain said f:
mo man who respects civilization Or pub
lie decency can do less than oppose
those whom the Charleston "News and
Courier (Mr. Higgins witness calls "the
robber crew." and none else, are the sup
porters of Chamberlain.
In a letter dated January IL, 1865,
Chamberlain said of Noses "He is as in
famous a character as ever disgraoed and
prostituted public position;" and Of Whip
per he declared that "he only lacked OPP
portunity to prove himself the equal Of
Moses in infamy." What are the methods
and modes Of reasoning by which men,
who but recently occupied the relation Of
such deadly antagonism, and who held
such opinions Of each other, can "tightly
clasp" hands, and joyously work harmoni-
ously, I cannot tell; but, perhaps, Mr.. Hig-
gins, who has within few months, him
self exhibited an illustration of such poll.
tical acrobatism, can explain. For, after
denouncing certain men in Wilmington, as
corrupt ring, and having undergone off,
cial decapitation with its Christening effects,
we see him, in consequence, we see him
lovingly and con6dingly resting his
bruised head upon the heaving bosom of
the immaculate Gallagher-a spectacle
sufficiently moving to mako the "angels
weep"
But, besides, see how Chamberlain, him.
self,in the letter cited ,confesses that the bet-
ter element ofthe Republican party Of South
Carolina distrusted the sincerity of his pro-
fessions Of Reform, and mark the reason he
assigns therefor. "1 had been," he said,
Attorney General of the State from 1858
to 1872, and, on account Of my connection
with public affairs during that period, I
was distrusted by many Republicans on
the sole ground that 1 was not likely to
carry out the promised reforms. Upon my
nomination, bolt took place embracing
many Of our best and most devoted Repub-
licans, who refused to support me because
l could not, in their judgment, be trusted
to carry out practical reform" So it seems,
according TO the confession Of "the lying
hound" himself, that the best men of the
Republican party. those who had been for
wears associated with him and knew him
we'll, could not "trust" him because of his
previous connection with public affairs
which means, because Of his known cor
ruption and peculations. He has been an
Office holder under Soott's plundsring ad-
ministration, and was rs guilty as any man
in it, of its gross corruption.
When he came out as reformer, he ap-