The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-10-18

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5 Money is aldesd body in the heud s.
Sf any one, unless it is made to braU J
interest or profit, and SO are lsnds. :.
no country, no State, is powerful
and rich unless it is peopled. Th,
more inhabitants in q State, the more
products are raised, and the more
consumption there is Of necessaries. &
This brings commerce, and with, 1T
general prosperity. Money cifoulstes
:SelJ. Every, mans product OF in-
dustry, whether of the mind or of
the hands, is well paid for, and gene
raj happiness prevails. Consequently,
whliewe have no capital, no money
we must create the same by labor, by
the. employment of our lands. We
mnst NOS allow our lands to rest in
dead hands-~that is, hands that will
not or cannot cultivate the same. :.
therefore, we must tax the same, not
according to its nominal value, but
according to its fitness for cuitiya..
ton and its quality, acre for acre.
! By rating lands according TO their
quality and taxing the same in gra-
dation-say from FIVE cents to fiftY.
cents per ecre-we insure that they!
be brought into ousefulness; for no man
can afford to have them lie idle for
any length of time, but must either
make them produce him something,
or throw them into the market and
sell them. 81 +,4
While we, by this policy, bring
about snch a desirable result, we at
the same time, raise of once abundant
means to defray the, expenses of the
State, and to pay the interest on its
debts. Mc-ec==SssII,sia sis puu t tho tho credit
of the State at once,so HIGH, that we
can borrow money in the Northern or.
European markets at very low rates
of interest, and gradually throw the
much needed capital and means into
the hands of our people, by fostering
the building of railroads and canals,
by draining and dyking our swamps
aud low lands, and by making, other
internal improvements. g
[ repeat, then, that the white man
should honestly perform his part for
the advancement and elevation of his
colored fellow-citizens, and assist in
providing homes and comforts for
them, as we'll as free schools for the
young, and charitable institutions for
the old, sick and cripple, and so soon
as they do so, confidence will be re-
stored, and oil will be happy.
Remember, my white fellow-citi-
zens, that all your lands are useless,
if you cannot get assistance in work.
ing them. Lands without labor are
q barren waste; consequently You
must be friends with your neighbors,
and your laborers, SO that when YOU
need them, and they have time to
spare. they viii assist you for an ade-
quate remuneration. Both are bene-
fitted. You get your lands attended
to and cultivated, and oil who have
time to spare, and have need for your
money, get this money for their work
rs On equivalent. While both are
free, and both are seemingly inde-
pendent, one is as much dependent
upon the others work, as the other
is dependent upon the first for his
money. ''S Isl. %
See then, my friends. that your
laborer is happy in his own home in
your neighborhood, and that he has
an equal chance to rise, and you will
never be in want of hands to do
your bidding; and to my colored
friends [ will say, as David said in
his dying charge to Solomon: ."Show
thyself man." 81"
Immediately after, the delivery of
this address, MIR. Epping's res olutions
were bitterly attacked by Wright,
the colored lawyer, who declared that
they were intended as wedge to split
the party. He was followed in the
same strain by Elliott and DeLarge,
(colored,) Bowen, Mackey and Pills
bury, (whites.) When resonsidera-
tion was ordered, and the resolutions
were voted down. Mr.. Epping there
upon withdrew from the Convention,
satisfied that he could not consistently
give his support to clique so ex-
tremely radical as the discussion on
the resolutions demonstrated. g
Wright, who opposed the reslutions
most vehemently, is full,blocded
negro, who, at the former Conven-
tion, introduced the resolutions in