The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-01-06
They Must Never Be Forgiven.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Dec. 90

/" INC Edltor OF the Union Herald:
-Slr-As a citizen and as member
of the Republican party, wish to
place myself on record as denouncing
with mJ whole soul the outrage upon
decency and civilization perpctrated
by the Republican majority in the
Legislature, in tho election of Moses,
Whippcr and Wiggins as Judges of
the circuit courts of this State. A mn.
Jorlty OF those who did this thing will
doubtless live to repent of it, even if
not pcnitent already, but as public
men they must never be forgiven bv
thcl eople.
A man who says that he votes for
+. s, Moses Jr, as judge because he
ls a Republican proclaims himself so
destitute of deccncy, or political
wisdom, as to make it the height of
absurdity to speak or think of him as
Republican. lie is simply an ig
norant ass, or a political bandit, and
such in the future, if not in the pres.
ent, will be the verdict of the people
with reference to tho men who, by
'hcir votes last week, made the Re-
publican party in this State stencil
TO the nostrils Of the whole country.
For those who, through tEeir ig-
norance and prejudice were excited
to the point of committing this great
outrage, once can feel nothing but
pity and contempt, but the intelligent
white and colored scoundres who
conceived and carried out this plot
against all that is decent and honest
in the State deserve and will ultimate
~ receive condign punishment at the
hand of an outraged people.
There was not an intelligent man
voting for Moses, Whipper or Wig~
gins who did not know perfectly well
the entire unftness Of these men for
the positions to which they aspired.
1t is safe to assume that neither Sem
ator Whittemorc, Nash, Swails, or
any other intelligent member of Ell
ther house, would trust M oses to act
for them i'll any private business
transaction involving the value Of
fifty dollars, and yet they deliberately
placed him in position where he is
to pass upon the rights and property
of whole onmmunity, and this too,
III tue face Of the fact that his knowl.
edge ot his admitted reputation is not
confined to their breasts, but is in the
possession of the whole country.
Take any possible view OF the stu
a'ion and it must be conceded that
the men who have committed this
crime against the people can no lon,
ger be tolerated in public lite. If
they elected these men, as many of
them say, to save the Republican
party from disaster, then they de-
serve to be turned out Of the sight
and hearing of men, for their blind
folly and stupidity. If, on tho other
hand, as fully believe with reference
to many of them they djd.this thing
under the cry OF danger to the party,
while their real designs were to pow
cr and plumber, they still more richly
deserve the fate certainly in store for
thom.
Let the Republicans of the State
who have the intelligence to see and
tho heart to feel the cnormity of this
crime committed by those who un,
der the guise OF Repdblicanism, arc
simply organized public robbers, or
the aidcrs and abcttors of such. Re-
pndiatc them utterly.
Governor Chamberlain, both as
Governor and rs tho representative
of tho Republican party, has dono his
part, and it is now tho duty OF those !
who elected him to office to como to
his help against tho men who arc cary
ing both state and party to ruin. OF