The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-02-03

Will nOC quite 90, am sure, WlIn you.
Why should not the democrats praise
me Low taxes are popular, even with
democrats. Competent officers are pre-
ferred to incompetent ones, even by South
Carolina democrats. Honest expendi-
lures of public moneys are acceptable to
democrats even, and "no stealing" is al
most ever .ahere rather popular slogan,
to say nothing about its being right. /
never asked their praise. If there had
been anything to ask of them, I would
have earnestly asked them not to praise
me, because their praise would give a
pretext to the Washington Republican
and such sort of people to denounce me,
as they are doing now, as fit only for the
Penitentiary. But they did praise me,
theytdo praise me; and confess don't
see how / can help it. r.. ryga .;i
Seriously, sir, if I have told you the
truth, ought I to be denounced by repub-
licans as traitor? Ought 1 to be con-
sidered by you as "in practical identi6ca-
ton with the democracy" because the
taxpayers of South. Carolina praise me
for doing what every republican who sup
ported me in the last campaign said I
would do and asked the people to. vote
for me, because I, would do?;- Such was
the, condition of affairs here on the 18th
| day of last December. The democracy
Of South Carolina was in perfect collapse.
No State issues could have given them
life or activity. - 1t is doubtful, whether
national issues would have had force.
enough to have even induced a canvass
of the State for the democratic candidates
in the coming Presidential campaign,
under the circul stances then existing.
ELECTION OF MOSES AND WHIPPER.
). On the 10th, of December last the Gen
eral Assembly, under influences which it
| is impossible now to state fully, elected
'F.'J Moses, lJr.., and W.. WRfpper as
Judges of the Circuit Court of this State,
the latter for, the circuit which embraces
the city Of Charleston and constitutes the
most important circuit of the State in
point of population, wealth and business.
Are you aware who these men iareY ?
Moses was my predecessor as. Governor.
Unless the universal belief among. all
classes of people in this State is mistaken,
he is as Infamous character as ever in
any age disgraced and prostituted public
position. If there is anybody in WASH
ington who shall happen to deny this, /
will prove it to your abundant satisfac-
ton. To mention nothing else out of
the long roll of his offences, here is a
specimen Disappointed in not being re-
nominated for Governor, he entered into
conspiracy with some of the leaders of
the democracy and independent republi-
cans to elect my opponent and actually
sold out the Commissioners Of Elections,
of whom he had the sole appointment, to
my opponents for $50, 900, of which $l5,-
600 was paid to him in cash, and the rest
made contingent ON the election of my
opponent. Whipper it can be said
that,he seems to have lacked only oppor-
tunity to prove himself the equal Of
Moses in infamy. Ignorant of law, igno-
rant of morals, a gambler by open prac.
tice, s,n embezzler of public funds, he! is
as unfit for judicial position as any man
whom by any possibility you could name.
Neither Of these men have even the poor
qualification which tke infamous demo-
cratic Judges of New York had, of such a
degree of legal knowledge as to qualify
them for the intelligent discharge of any
judicial duty. What has been the result?
Their election has sent a thrill of horror
through the whole State 1t has split
the republicans in twain; the moribund
democracy has awakened to new life and
new hopes. No man who respects civili-
zation and public decency can do less
than denounce these elections without
measure. No decent man can do less
than oppose the n, can do less than fight
against those who elected them OF who
acquiesced in them. Do you expect us
to do in South Carolina what you would
sooner lose your right arm than do in
Indiana? Such a test indeed cou1. new
er arise in Indiana, butt has arisen here,
and you err wholly if you imagine that
living here you would, for one moment,
think of tolerating these, elections. You
could not do it, and you would spurn, as
an insult, the suggestion of supporting
or acquiescing in them.
+ Well, what / have said and done re-
specting these elections is known to YOU
1 presume. i have done what you would
have done e2refused to sanction, aid or
abet the carrying cut Of this great crime
against society, and again-worst Of
| all crimes, apparently-the democrats
praise me. Now in the light of what !
have stated, and am responsible to truth
and to anybody who questions or is ag-
/ grieyed thereby for what I have stated,
what would Won have me do? At what
| points, in Observation-Disclosures I;"identi-
tilted myself practically with the democ-
racy?" Is it treaehery to the republican
party or Identification with the democra-
cy'' to insist on decent men for judges OF
our courts? There is not man in South
Carolina who would trust Moses with $40.
Is it treachely to my party to refuse to
tolerate his elevation to the Bench, where
he will have millions within the grasp of
his thieving, bribed palm /? Is it "identi-
fcation with the democracy" to oppose
such. a man by every influence to the bit
ter end? To doubt your answer is to
doubt your moral perceptions.
THE FUTURE PROSPECTS.
Now, sir, I have word to say. about
what YOU are reputed to have said to the
effect that "you already give up the State
to the opposition" That result rests very
largely with you. You are influential,
able; you hold commanding position
and you have q commanding voice in our
party affairs. If South Carolina is to be
"giyen up to the opposition" it is because
YOU and Others whom you can influence
fail all to oh help me and my friends to Gun
.load"-to use q current phrase-the in,
fanny of these judicial elections. And
here let me speak plainly. To cry dem
ocrat" at me at this time is to support
Moses and Whipper. l am republican 1 lcsaa
seen years of discretion. I have no ten
dency to any other party no associations
mo sympathy with any other party. l
want to see South Carolina remain re-
publican State, but I tell you no party
can rule this State that supports Whip
per and Moses, and to denounce us VINO
y - la- Jonounoipp the election OF