The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1859-10-13
The Massachusetts Amendment.

proper Offset TO Massachusetts,. The po,y;o,
says; The law Of South Carolina applies
Iequaily to ALTO native of neipbborino
state as to native Of foreign country"
Now, if our friend Of the Democrat had cited
tue south Carolina law itself, instead of relying
on the untruthful Patriot for his statements, he
J"oaid have perceived his mistake The amend
lneht to the fourth Section of the first Article o.
the Constitution Of South Carolina reads as fol
lows:
" Every free white man of the age of twenty.
one years, who hath been citizen and resident
OF this State two years previous to the dav Of
election, and who hath freehold of ffty acres
OF land, or town lot" &c
Now, can the Democrat perceive no distinction
between foreign born and native bornY If a
citizen of Wisconsin emigrate to South Caro-.
lima, he must have been in that State two years
before he is allowed to vote If citizen of
England or Ireland emigratej to South Carolina,
he must remain long enough in the Stats to be-
admitted to citizenship, which, under the law of
the United States is five years after that he
must remain two years longer before he is al.
lowed to vote-making in all probation of
seven years.
BESIDES all this, is the Democratic State of
South Carolina any the less censurable because
while it proscribes foreigners, it at the same
ume proscfibeE its poor native white men
Does our neighbor of the Democrat think that
is an Improvement on Massachusetts,
Furthermore, the Democrat cites the authority
Of the Madison Patriot for the following decla-
ration:
Il is not true that South Carolina is a DEM
ganization."
Has there been q more reliable Democratic
State in the Union, for the past fifteen years,
for the regular Democratic pDrty nominee
for President than South Carolina? Only q
short time ago, the Albany Argus, the LEADING
Democratic journal of the State of New York,
said: The Democracy is national. It is the
same in Maine and Massachusetts that it is in
Virginia and South Carolina"
The Democrat says the Republicans will rejoice
over Republican victory in Massachusetts
what of it? The Democrats will rejoice over
the trinmph Of the Democratic slave breeders of
South CarOlina-a State that makes property.
instead of manhood, the basis of suffraoe--s
State that excludes every man from holding
office, who is not the owner of ten negroes. let
our foreign born voters remember that the late
Republican State Convention of Wisconsin
passed resolution, condemning unequivocally
both Massachusetts and South Carolina for their
of foreigners, while the Democratic
State Convention only condemned Massaohu
setts-not daring to say word about Demo-
cratic prescription in South Caroline.
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"a cs1OsiRis Democrat 0ER State Tax-
The new Editor of the Democrat is funny
man. In reply to our statement on the subject
ofState taxes, that paper last week contained the
But half of The story is here told. In the
first place, the large amount of state tax paid bv
the county last year, as well as the amount paid
TINS year went toward the support of Randalrs
administration. In the second place, the taxes
.srleo IN the state the present year aoU not pay
one nay me state e1penSss.'
mere are three distinct years of State taxation
spoken of, Now as there have been but two
state taxes levied since Gov. Randall came into
'lloe' me hrst state tax mentioned by The
De'0'rat, raised to .pay the expenses of Ran
lalls administration, must have been voted
onss before he was nominated for tie Office Of
Governor and nearly year before his admin
istration was inaugurated While the Demo
crat complains we have told only half the sto
ry" we think it will be conceded that sheet tells
more than tie whole story. The
State tax paid by the county last year, (1858)
was voted by the Legislature in March 1857
Randall came into Office in January 1853.
Still further, the Democrat adopts a funny
method of substantial ling his story aad disprov-
ing our statements; he quotes largely from one
OF hobarts electioneering speeches, and wants
10 know our candid opinion about it?
Our candid opinion IS that Hobart has some
shrowdness--too much to attempt to saddle
three annual State taxes on Republicans to paw
the expenses of Randalls administration, when
Randall has as yet held the office of Governor
only ga little over one year aud nine months
Moreover, Mr. Hobart sve rsion of tho matter
OF state taxes, is entirely at variance with the
official records. The Legislature at each annu-
al session, determines the amount of state taxes
to be levied for the fiscal year. The amount of
S late tax levied under each admins tration of
Our state Government, can be ascerkained by
ro serrng to the sess ion laws of the State Par
tnan speech makers cannot alter these official
f1cts. IF the editor of the Democrat has any
disposition to enlighten his readers, he should
publish statement of state taxes levied by the
Legislature in such year. Sach a statement
compiled from the session laws, will be found
in another part of this papsr.
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