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fects, and accomplished its purpose.

one, whether convict, felou or pauper,
and disfranchises every white man who
has held Office in South Carolina. Intclli.
gence. virtue and patriotism are to give
place, in all elections, to ignorance, stupid
ity and vice. The superior raco is to be
made subservient TO the inferior. Taxa
tion and representation are no longer to
be united. They who own no property
are to levy all taxes, and make all appro-
priations. The property holders have to }
pny these taxes, without having any voice
in levying them The consequences will
DO, in effect, cohfiscation. The appropria-
tions to support free schools for the educa-
ton of negro children, for the support of
old negroes in the poor houses, and the
vicious in jsils and the Peuetentiary, to
gether with standing army of negro SOL
ders, will be crushing and utterly ruiuous
TO the State. livery mans property will
have to be sold to pay his taxes
SEC. s, Expressly prohibits the Legisla-
ture passing any law depriving CONVICT OF
larceny OF the right Of suffrage. 1t was
apprehcnded that in few years a large
proportion of the negro vote,s might be
convicted of larceny, aud tie .adlcal par
ty thereby shorp of their strength in all
elections. But is it not most shameful
that in forming Constitution, care should
be taken to prevent rogues from being dis
franchised, whilst the sarle CAPTION is ex-
ercised to exclude the most intelligent,
virtuous and patriotic from the right Of
suffrage! 1t woulI seem that the purpose
of the trainers Of this Constitution was to
fouGd community Of rogues and paupers
in South Carolina! And so astute haye
they been in carrying out their purpose
that they provide in Section IL that all
who have already been convicted Of felony
, shall be allowed to votel
3 SEC. Q, OF ARTICLE 0, Prohibits the
Legislature from levying a poll tax of more
t than one dollar on each person, and de-
t clares .hat this tax shall be applied exclu.
8 sively to the public school fund Apd no
: additional poll tax shall be levied by any
s municipal corporationl In othar words
:. the property mast pay all the taxes of the
0 government, and persons shall pay moth.
D ing for their protection Of life and liberty
:. l'he idea il that the vagrants and rogue.
Q are to be sort Of nodlesse, exempt frou
g. taxation, as was the case of the aristocra
" cy in France previous to tho French Rove
is luton.
h In order to secure the school fund, Soc.
ton Is, Authorizes the Legislature to pun
At ish those Who may embezz!e it by declar
'e ing them disqualified for holding an
10 Office of honor or emolument in this State
es But then, true to their purpose OF yestint
lr all political power in tho hands OF sue
Of persons, it provides in the sams sectior
al that the, General Assembly, "hy two
n. third vote, may remove the disability upo
q. payment in full OF the principal and inte
ne est Of the sum embezzled If a ma
IN has stolen money from the public he ma
OF still hold office under che Government
re he will 'Fgive up like gentleman" Il
10 money stolen!
W, Sec. l6, Provides that no debt cor
'er tracted by this State in behalf of the la
nd rebellion, in whole or in part, shall ev
OF be paid. Why should the non proper
is holding negroes, yankees and Southe
bis renegades in the Convention prohibit q
zen property SOLDER from paying these debts
yer they see proper to do SO, and preserve III
- .arnished the honor of their Slate. III
o. war debt was contracted with honest ere
ept itors, many Of them widows and orpha
aud why should it not be p,idl 7
ace property holders, who assembled in Co
all veption in 1865, aud who would have
red pay tlhs debt, asver thought Of repudi
OF ting it.
apt Sec. OF ARTICLE 10, Establishe
,ers uniform system Of free public scho
urb throughout the State, and provides for
ity. division Of the State into school distr
, in This; will do very we'll in New ,Eugla
the where they have dense population, bu
wholly unsuited to the sparse populat
It Of of South Carolina, In many of the Sch
Of Districts, four miles square, there will
lrts, be child to be educated. In majo
Q to of thom there will not be CHILDREN eno
is to 20 make respectable school, The
cor pense Of such system will be at least
era million OF dollars. It contemplates
shall forces the education Of the white and bl
'iica. children in the same school. This, no
jury who has any regard for the morals, n
will uers and future respsotability Of Lis &C
drep, will tolerate. They who are
70 all may employ private tutors for their
pro- and daughters, but ,hspoor children
'psti. hsys 20 alternative bat 70 60 10 t
,qpth sehoels or be uueducated. =. .
;, rs- sKg,4, Nakes il compulsory fol
srsey children betweea the Jagss pf six and
"a ty teen to attend school for Two yesrs,
lures campaltosy ,yy.ssm ta.y sait .Ls geni
tAsm dsspesis goEsrRmeat like Prussia, b
Judge It war With shs spirit af our FREQ in!