Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-08-02

"PALMErro REGIMENT SO. CAnoI!SA
VOLUNTEERS"
SmiM s. Hill. Suffers.
To y. Il, Burnley, Johnson & Co.
To Aunt of Sn,h 4 Hills or'lrr SC.
For the slme purpose. inser, me of
the orders, which is as follows
New Oreans. Jan'y 23l. 1917.
To Col. +. NJ. Hurlrr. the Council of Ad-
mins'ralion uf the Palmetto Regiment.
YOU will please cause The sum of SIX
thousand eight hundred and sixty four
J3-lOO dollars or any part thereof, to he
retained in your hands out of The first
money ordered 10 he pail to us on account
of the Regiment. and the same you will
rcmi, 10 Mes>rs. a. Il. Burnley, Johnson
s. Co.. New Orleans. to pay them The
said amount Of SG,SGl. So 100 due 10
Them by as,
(SisuctD Your obedt serv'ts. Smith T. Hill.
On the back Of this order is the follows
ing
Head Quarters, Palmetto Regiment:
Camp DcaS. Mobile Ala.
Jan'y 25rh. 1917.
Gen,lemen-The Council of Admins
.ra,ion held = meeting this day. Col. p.
NJ Buler laid before the Council two
nr,,srs M % [rom Smith s. Hill. Suffers of l,e
Regiment. The Council ordered inc
President to inrnrm Messrs. a. 1. burnley
&, Johnson. that they would direct the
pa master, to retain all monies due Messrs-
Smith s. Hill, until said amounts were
paid. krspec,'u'Y'
(Sigued) A. ii. GLADpEN,
Major Palmetto Reg't. S. G. V.
aud President Of Council.
The gouds boush, by the Suffers were
sold. as was credibly informed. in parI 10
other persons, than our own Volunteers
The dreadful casualties of the war, doubt.
less ha,! much effect in preventing full
payment, Of the account. thought the
Legislature too precipitale in paying a
claim, based oil a mere letter from The
claimant, accompanied by nnl one Of the
original orders. and without requiring the
ordinary precau,on Of having The account
verified by an affidavit and especially IN
providing for The payment of The account
as made out-wherein was charged the
expenses Of the agent, and on which no
credi, was given Tor the goods sold 10
Chase.
| cannot conjecture any motive ron.
sis,ent with truth and honesty, for the
allegation thai attempted to raise The
taxes. beg leave OIL this subject to refer
To The printed journals Of The Senate, from
which it will appear. that Al both Sessions
which have served, attempted to reduce
The tax on slaves. and at the last Session
succeeded in doing so. have long
lhough, hat it was bad pnlicy in The Stale.
10 impose the principal amount of our
taxes on our slaves. We all remember,
that it was an avowed object Of The North
by their high Tariffs tn render the labor of
our slaves unproductive, and thus Iorce Us
to emauciPate them; and our own policy
differs but irlle in principle from that
which! we then SO properly denounced.
With the world in arms against us on this
institution, The South ought not indirectly
tn aid her enemies in lessening The value
Of her own properly. Tax your slaves.
but lie, il be updef system which will
include equally other Interests. Ihls
euuality cndeavored in somc measure
at the last Session. TO effect by lesscnins
the tax Oh slaves, and imposing small
ono of 10 cents on every SlO0 which any
one had al interest, OF used in buvine
notes, bonds &c. Thousands OF our CHI.
zeus have almost their entire estate i'll
money thus used, and although they enjoy
all the benefits of the government supported
by the taxes, yel pay themselves nothing
towards that object. Is ii right that man
whose fortune consists Of one hundred
thousand dollars invested in bonds aud
notes, should be entirely exempt from
taxalion
am also informed, that no effnr, has
been spared 10 identity my name with The
Acl giving the Town Council Of Edge
field, The money arising from licenses
granted within the incorporation aud that
the most unfUuuded rumors and impress
sions prevail in relation TO that measure.
1t i, believed by some that the Act gives
10 the Council, the money arising from all
The Licences IN the district, ard various
other equally unreasonable and extrava-
Sa1t impressions eAlsl. Oy TtieTeuCt 10
The Acts of 1917, p. 450, it will he seen,
that the Council have only the money,
from licenses within the town and no
more. This measure was passed pn the
petition of the ciliZens Of The Town; il
passed one house without any opposition,
and the other. without any. that was avail
ing. | voted for the Act, and will assign
The reasons why did so. There was no
reason 10 justify any discrimination he
tween Edgelield and ali the other incnr.
porateG towns in The Stale. for believe
the truth is. that every such ,own. in
South Carolina, and | may add, in The
civilized world, receives The revenue aris
ing, within their limits. from such sources.
Al the Session CT 1916. precisely such an
application was made and granted 10 Pen.
dlcton Village, without any opposition
then, from those who opposed the measure
in question. thought on every principle
Of justice, the town was entitled to this
revenue. 1t has population Of over 900
persons. something more than half of