The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-12-25
Too Mu ii Government.

The Hon George II. Pendleton,
says the Charleston Te23s, in bril-
liant speech, delivered in Milwaukee
IL fow days ago, fcarlessly laid bare
the root of the evils Of this over gov
erncd country and, while appealing
to sound sense and sober feeling, PROV
cd to his hearers by tho lcgio of facts
that the source of our troubles is "ox-
cessivc administraticn.' and that our
present distracted and oppressed con-
dition has grown out of tho F'fraud
corruption and NAL administration" Of
the party now in power.
Ii the taxation Of the United
States fo1 the year 1866 were distri-
butcd equally it would amount to
Sll,46 in gold on cvory man, woman
and child in the county; or it ;%"ould
amount to no less than $500 uron
every 500 of real and personal pro-
pcrty in tho United States. The Ii.
Gnidated dobt alone is equivalent to
S74 per head, against S37 in France
and $l2 in FREQ and progressive Prus.
STA And the immense debt which
this represents has been heapod up 10y
robbery, by cheating, by frauds upon
The governments.
III, Pcndloton argues that the ton
forty bo,.tls alone arc payable. interest
and principal, in gold, and @erides
that cry Of "rcp,.> 'iation" which comes
with excellent grace from those who
have compelled tho WORKING man to
take payment in ''lcgal tondcf.'" and
who have authorized ovory man ;,"ho
had agreed to pay u hut dred dollars
in gold to discharge the debt of pay
ing hundred dollars in paper. lie
- in favor of paying off tho whole
hoGauea*u legal tenders" except
those bonds expressly declared to be
payable in gold, but would only do so
rs far as might be done without iuhat-
ing The currency beyond safe and
Just point--the proposition being that
tie whole debt can DO paid in groom
backs IN twelve or fourteen years with
out the addition Of Quo dollar to tho
taxation or circulating medium. Then
let the expenses Of the government
exclusive Of interest, bo reduced to
Sl5o,000, 900; and, With the present
income, the principal and interest Of
the public debt can be paid offrin FIVE
years. a @. .l..s
Mr., Pendleton is eloquent as we'll as
practical, and the two following ex-
tracts will give an idea of his views
upon the situation Of affairs in the
South, and the means Of saving the
whole country
Military government and the Freed
maa's Bureau have been established all
over the South, They cost the people
ofthc country, by appropriations and
other ways; $200,000, 900. And what
have they done7 They have subvertcd
OWL gorcrnmeptoin Ten Statos of the
Union. They hold che life, i and
liberty, and property of those States
in tho mailed hand Of military power.
They, have subyorted tho social sys.
TEN thcy have subverted the labor
system; thcy have destroyed the sup
ply Of labor they have turned the
eight hundred thousand blacks from
the pursuit Of agriculture andinaus-
try to the pursuit Of politics; they
nave turneo BafuenS into deserts !;
they have, by unjust and arbitrary
acts, and by still worse threats, dis.
turhedtthe repoaas Of tho people Of
that colntryduntill every incentive to
honest'industry ,isataken away; thoy
have utterly destroyed the ability Of
this people to pay their legitimate
sliareyof tho taxation of the country.
II ia &lsz& ~ y'Ei
NJ Mytfriends the first step in the right.
direction iisto layb bare every fraud,
7Sa expose and correct all oorruptions.
to out OH every unnecessary expendi.
ture, to dismiss every ,;snperauous Of.
iiceholdep to abandon every 3tnco5n-
stitutional scheme, to. abolish ali mili.
tary governments, to return to the
toachingso of our constitution, and tho
enjoyment of the liberties which it
apecislly assures us, to give reposo to
the hearts of the people, in orderthat
slabor may be stimulated by The hopes
of rich reward for its industry.
The rest of the journey to happiness