The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-07-23

| VIZ l'N'"S''S 'huuSsry VI massachusetts,
according 10 the statistics of 1855, which
have lately been published.
MIR. Evans. speak from the public
records. The whole population of the
State OF Massachusetts, according 10 the
census of 1850, was nlnc hundred and
e'.hty-hve thousand four hundred and
MY. Three times the value of the an
nual cotton crop is eilO,4l5,05l. If
you divide this sum by every living being
IN Massachusetts-irom the child in its
mothers arms TO the grand father, lot'er
lng on the brink OF the grave, each one
OF shem would have earned, or would
represent, $i3G. leave il TO those who
would havc common sense to deci le
whether that can hc true.
Bat. Mr.. President, suppose these
things are true: is it anything remarka-
bic that Massachusetts, and perhaps |
ought TO say some adjoining portion Of
New England, should have outstripped
nII the rest of the world in their proiuc.
tive Industry | hold in my hand an es
innate of the fish bountics Which lave
been paid ont of The public Treasury from
1920 to 1888, period of nineteen years.
DurirS that time, S4,509,2GG were paid
ont of the public Treasury for the fish
crcs alone. These bounties began ms far
back US l79l. The iirs', as | learn from
looking at the acis Of Congress, was
bounty OF twenty cents upon every barrel
OF ilsh exported, and draw back for every
huShci o! salt which was consumed in il
! AT that time, it Will be remembered, the
duty on salt was higll-twcnrv cents
bushel. Thus, upon every barrel of fish
which was exported, the exporter received
thirty cents for the barrel, and draw.
back on the salt, which was, perhaps,
twenty ccnts. Anyhow, these duties in
nineteen yeas amounted TO $l,5O0, 2G6 :;
aud II it could be computed up TO this
time, there can be no doubt there has been
! pald out OF the public Treasury 10000.
600, three four,hS of which have gone 10
Massachusetts Tor the purpose of protect
ing one branch of her industry.
From 1916 up TO this time, nj! her
manufactures have been protected bv
heavy duties. How much Lencfi, she has
derived from them | do not know, but
suppose it has been very great, from the
present condition OF her manufactures.
heard agcntIeman, who profess d TO know
something on that subject, say, during the
las, Congress, that the profits arising from
manufactures WAS at least fifteen per cent
then. Wheeler it is SO yet, do not know.
This Is all have to say on ,hat subject.
The next point to which wish to direct
attention is, that il is imputed to South
Carolina as sin-and hope she will
never have any greater one TO answer for
that she requires pecunary qualfica-
ton tor her members Of tire Legislature
That is true, and trust it will be many
day before that feature in her conslitu.
ton be abolished. BY the constitution cf
1890, II Was provided
Every free white man, Of the age of
twenty one years, being citizen Of this
statr, and having resided therein two
years previous TO the day Of election, and
who hath n freehold of fifty acres o. land,
or town lot, Of whcli lac hath been le
gaiIy seized and possessed, at least six
m"nths before such election, or. moi hav-
Ing such freehold or town lot, hath been
resident in the election district in which
he offers 10 vote six months before the
said election, and hath paid tax the pre-
cedlng year Of three shllings sterling TO
wards the support OF this government,
shall have right TO vote for member
or members, 10 serve in either branch of
the Legislature for the election distric, in
which he holds such property, or is so res
ident"
About 1908 our people grew wiser, as
some thought, and altered tina: part ofthe
constitution, so that now every man in the
State has. a right 10 vote, If hc has been
two years in the State, and has resided six
months 10 the election district. II Is true,
that, If he has property in another distric,
than that in w''eh he lives, he can vote
where that property is situated, or where
he resides, but not in both. Compare
that with Massachusetts.
Every male person, (being twenty one
years Of age, and resident Of any particu
lar town in this Commonwealth for the
space of one year next preceding,) having
n freehold estate within the same town, of
the annual income Of three pounds, or
any estate Of the value OF sixty pounds
shall have a right TO vote in tho choice of
representative, or representatives, for
the said town"
That is .he Massachusetts, constitution
Of 1850. In 1920 it was altered; and
no other qualification for voter is now
required in Massachusetts except that he
pay tax. Aristocratic and anti. Demo
cratic as the constitution Of South Carroll.
ma is represented to be, we allow our peo-
pie to vote without paying any lax, and a
very large portion Of those who vote upon
residence alone are not tax payers At all.
All the taxes Of South Carolina are levied
upon lands, negroes, stock in trade, bank
stock, land that not until recently) pro-
iessional income, aud some other things of
that SORT | am sure that It the LegisDa-
ture Of South Carolina were TO impose