The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-11-13


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Republican Government rests Is, that the
election franchise is to he exercised bv
free. intelligent aml nnLi:~scd Judgment;
and whrnc> CT it is admitted that this 5iun.
cii<e is to be controIlnI. or in otl.er words.
to be made the subject OF undue influence
and of Jribcs. then, too, il must he admit.
ted tlat Republican Government is at an
cld. and must, sooner or later, give way
to such other Government as may be
.t9rctd apon adcpravcdand already corrupt
ed people. But if it is proposed in ad-
vance 10 liacc the cnfranchiscd negro un
dcrcnntrn, why confer the franchise at all:
Surely, the part of wise government is to
prevent the evil. and not open the doorto
The mischief which others are admonished
they must be prepared, by trick or man
agcmnnt, TO avert. But why press the
subject further: 1t is enough Tor us to
know that this wild and reckless expert
mcllt comes home to the hcarth.stonc of
every citizen and involves family and pro-
pcrlv. society, liberty, and even life itself.
Nor is this all. Tic courts Of justice are
dragged into the miro from their high po-
sition: our most intelligent wllitc citizens
are excluded from the jury, while the ig-
norant negro is elevated to that response
bic position: the jury lists are made up
from the lists of registered voters, which,
rs we have said, are more than two to one
i'll favor Of the negro. Not only, be 1t
remembered is the negro admitted 20 the
iurv-box, but the white man is excluded
therrtrom. Think you that when the
.yrca, masters of the common law OF Eng
land pronounced their encomium upon the
trial by jury, that they contemplated tora
moment such All instrument as al Ignorant
negro panel? Think you, that when the
tramcr> of the Constitution of the United
States incorporated into that instrument
The provision that the trial by jury should
always be held inviolate, that they intend.
cd ~ cngrat upon it such an enormity as
negro jurymen, fresh from the cotton and
rice lic!ds of the south: Think you, that
wien John Rut!rCl"e and his illustrious
comlrrre signed that instrument on the
part of South Carolina that they intended
TO forge u chain which in period no long
cr tl,an an ordinary lifetime. would drag
! lhcir grandchildren (wl!o were then play
IN. around their knees, and some of whom
aic now ilvin~.) t,rtrial before q jury OF
ihcir own slaves: Talk OF additional hu
initiation, talk of conii>catioli, complain OF
| ceuelmy 10 rebels, alter this God for
bill Inc crEincnt ot the United
/! states has enforced against tic Southern
people the most >tuprndous act of confs-
cation that has ever been enforced i'll the
history of nations: their property III slaves
| has been conliscatcd to the amount Of
three thousand millions of dollars; other
personal property, in the shape of cotton,
provisions, stock, plate and money, has
been captured or destroyed, to the value
of one thousand millions of dollars; and
from these causes their land has deterora-
ted to the extent of one thousand millions
of ,lollarS-making in the aggregate the
enormous sum Of tive thousand millions of
dollars. These overwhelming pecuniary
losses tail exclusively upon the Southern
people. The political evils complained OF
| will. OF course. tall chiefly upon the peo-
! pic OF the South. but not exclusively upon
them. I';lstcn lc.r" Supremacy upon the
South. am, it must bc 1rlt through all OF
her relations with the North-whcther
commercial, political or social. Should Il
! Northern naIl-;lIid how often must such
necessarily be the clsc--be brought to
lrlal in Tic State or Federal courts at the
south, his lilc or liberty must be passed
upon by ignorant negro jurors. Should
Tic most difficult and complicated qucs
tlull> OF property arise i'll Southern courts,
and how often must such be the case,
arising from inlrr,marriayc, Inheritance or
lradc--thc cause Of the Northern man
must be decided by the same ignorant tri-
Dtill.. Nor is tins vet ALL The highest
prcro.atl,c of government is tic taxing
| poNcr. and the efforts of the wiScst states
men havc bscn expended to guard this
great power against abuse. No opowerhas
Dcc more .le;,Iou>ly watched than this
No power las given rise t. SO much strife
;.L noo'l>iic,l III the history of the world
! lhr contest between The mother country
and the colonies originated i'll her assump-
liom ol the right To tax without rcprcscn-
ilaton. Is, The Reconstruction Acts OF
congress, the taxlis power is placed in
! tic hands ot those WHO own no property.
and is taken away from those who hold the
property and must pay the taxes. The
+: war that has always existed between cap
itaI and labor is decided in favor OF the
latter, and the wealth Of the country is
/ pru>tlatcd ut the feet ot those who have
nothing ut stake but their. daily WAGES aud
their daily bread How will this power
be exercised? Can il b. supposed for a
moment thai i; will be exercised III any
other way tI'an to impose such burdens
upon the tax payers rs will amount in the
end, to practIclI c,!l>caiiou of the small