The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-05-27
gulitital.
An Important Paper.

1oeohety ReoS0o -DDJ--s.S
sembfed IN 5Gbarlsstori,. viii beread with
rest..sMe~enly.regret -that,we= have.
not the,.spac to reproduce in these col
um8s the eIentiref paper, giving the name
and d'amount of taxes paid by each mem
Der of the late Convention; also the names
and amount of taxes paid by each men,
ber elect Of. f.the eZSenate and Legislature of.
South Carolina. We must content our
selves, however, with the summary of
Exhibit, sB,'. and sC'' referred. to as con-
tanning the essential Information of the
entire statement We publish, however,
Exhibits'AY as; it contains important in
formation in relation to subject in which
every one is deeply interested. Much
that is contained in Exhibit ..'A' might
long since have been known by our pso-
pie if the thousands ofcopies of.the State
Constitution, with its ordinances, had
besaaR7 any mannercirculated among tho
intelligent people , Of the the State: State
To the Honorable Senate of the United
States. of aAcrica,:, at;;;0
She undersigned, in behalf of a largo
portion of the good people of the State Of
South Carolina, respectfully appeal to
your honorable body, to arrest tho adop-
tion of the new Constitutionsproposed-to Tor,
said State. In spite of~tho -respectful-fe-
nonstrance submitted to tue House of
Representatives and to the Senate, we
find that tho former body have given to
said instrument their approval. For the
sake of all classes OF our people, for con-
siderations affecting tho peace of society,
in view of the substantial interests of the
State put in jeopardy by an organic law,
which may truthfully be characterized as
political abortion, the offspring Of inca
pacity and prejudice and hate, we submit
our casc-the case of the conservatism Of
South Carolina the high court Of last
resort, the Senate of the country.
tradition 10 the arguments contained
in. The. .remonstrance paper, and -Lhe ad-
dress. made to. the, Reconstruction Com
mittee of Che House of Representatives,,
herewith submitted, we respectfully in-
vite the attention Of your honorable body
to the exhibits hereto appended, and
,narkedftaA. .nf"B". and &C."
I. Exhibit; "a" gives the items, sand
shows the amount Of taxation provided
for in the new Constitution. The State
is mow sadly impoverished. The property
which her people had in their slaves has
Lecn n'swept';lway; it is true, given up by
and with the consent Of the State never-
thclcss that property no longer represents
capital and value. The ravugcs OF war, the
marks OF the conqueror's torch, arc every
where visible The labor ct the country
is passing from one state TO another,
and is disturbed aud .dcnioralizcd.. The
flower Of tie rcomnionwruhh have fallen
on.the battle field, and the brokun fortunes
and dsdisappointed hopes Ola proud people
weigh heavily upon the cncrgics of at
least the oldand the lcssssanguneamongSt
us. Yet, under these circumstances, af
fecting enough to touch the sympathics OF
every manly nature, and in violation: as
we conceive it, of the political inheritance
of our forcfa theirs, here in South Carolina,
we are threatened with the onus Of u
monstrous splanof public spoliation, 'under
the guises of an equitable system of taNa
ton. Under the forms of law, it is pro-
posed to take away the little that the
war has left us. "Iaration utthout repre-
sentdtion" is combined with representation
without taxation" Thus, in South Caro-
lima, it is contemplated to revive the ty-
rannyTof the British. Parlament:in l776.
and to, add thereto Il new and startling
feature.
We refer you now to exhibit ca AL
though South Carolina is struggling for
breadryet observe how, under the now
Constitution, the burdens OF taxation
have. been increased: - aE
Proposed now to be raised ...S2, ,230 ,93o
Before the war, amount about. ooO:0Oo
Proposedrnow to be levied on the real es-
tate of the State. ..........3 per cent.
Before. the war. r...............4 per cent.
But5when there is taken into consider
alton the depreciation of the value of
property since the war, the difference is
far greater. For illustration, take the case
of a piece, of property, in town, before
the.war, worth say ay..............Sl0 $4,000
Levied before the war on this J per
cent, making. g.............. so
Now, at the same valuation, itpays
ats por cent. ........... 800
Thus the proportion stands at to 6.
But this is not all. The property valued
before the war at $4,000, has now a
value of .......... $4,000
Before the war, a tax of4 per cent.
levied on this would give. 10
But'" to raiso the $500 required now,
.ademands tax oflO per cont. 3oO
Thus, taking into consideration the de-
nreciation of the value of real estate, the
proportion stands at to 20, or the tara-
t;on proouided for in the neoo Constitution IS
absotutelu tgenty tinsesas great as before Tie
,oar. Nor is this all. But in the. case OF
aY1 M Opn in VnIuO