The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-04-22

force upon us social as well as political
equality and bring about an amalgama-
Iti0n of races.
SECTION 5oF ARTICLE II; Forces each
County to provide for tho support of the
aged, sinirme and unfortunate. 1t does
not require children to support their
aged, infrin or unfortunate parents, nor
parents,toaprovide for3their children, but
this. heavyssand most enormous burden7i is
to be thrown on tie public and provided
forsby taxation.
Heretofore South Carolina has pursued
a wise policy in refusing I'LL Divorces
+ The. .mrrriage contract is not like that OF
any other, which the parties may rescind
at pleasure, without injury to society.
helpless children, who are deeply inter
estelsin all lI;divorces. Moreover, it tends
to demoralizc every community where it
is allowed or tolerated But Section 4
gives Tie Courts power to grant divorces.
This section was intended, perhaps, for
the especial benefit Of the snegroes. II
ought also to have legalzeds polygany,
which has5likewise great favorwith this
class of people.
.iIhe. settlement of a swife's property,
provided form section s, might have been
eft.to: the discretion and wisdom OF. the
Legislature. 1t is an experiment, and if
found mischieyous or unwise, the Lcgis-
lature ought to .haye the power of chang
ing or altering the law. But this ordinary
act oflesislation has been incorporated in
the Constitution as q fundamental law,
not TO be repealed,
Attached to this Constitution, are seyei-
al ordinances, and amongst them one
Which ;rlepndiates all pledges of faith and
credit, on the other part of tile State, to
any corporation or private individual,
made since 1860 The honor and credit
of South Carolina, her good faith and
most solemn pledges, are the treated as OF
whatever. But this or
dinance is on a par with that dishonor,
despotism, antlunscrupuloas extravaganza,
which eperyate the whole Constitution,
and are worthy of the infamous source
whence the instrument has its origin.
The ordinance. to create.a Boartlgof Land
Commissioners, authorises the purchase OF
lands for the purpose Of. selling them out
in. small tracts to purchasers on credit.
This Wild and ruinous scheme is, likewise,
for the negroes, and is likely to benefit no
one, except the land commissioners and
their friends. State stocks are TO be Is
sued for the purpose of purchasing these
lands. They may be sold, but the .pur-
chasers will never pay for them, and the
loss will ultimately fill upon the State.
Did any one ever before hear of so many
effective provisions for squandering public
money, when the whole State, and all the
people.init it, are reduced to bankruptcy
and poverty? Well may those, whol,ave
nothing and pay no taxes, provide for
these vast. expenditures OF pubic funds,
atterappropriating to themselves eleven
dollars per day and mileage, and dividing
out all the offices of the State. They have
appropriated to themselves every Office
except.that of Governor, winch they gell-
erously bestowed on citizen OF Ohio.
Some are to be Cnitedl States Senator'S,
Members Of Congress, Secretary Of State,
Adiutant and Inspector General, Sc, &c,
Others are to fill District offices, and the
remainder become members of the Legis-
lature.
If this Constitution was all that virtue,
intelligence and patriotism could desire,
no sensible and honest man could vote for
it, on account fthe usurped and polluted
source whence it springs. Without ex
ception, the Conyention was composed OF
renegade Southern whites, yankee adven-
turers ard negroes, representing only the
colored population of the State. 1t must
remain in all time to come, q badge OF
South Carolina 's.dishonor and degradation,
AMI especially the disllonor and infamy OF
every one:who votes for its ratification.
1t will be7a band of intamy which will
stick to his descendants in the third and
fourth generations
We should not despair, however, al
thongh ti,is black Constitution may be
saddled on ns. 1t ssimrossible that such
a 90 vr-l i...:& can continue, ands the day
must come. when the State will 6e redeem
ed from Ia,licalism by the virtue, intelli
gence, patriotism manhood Of her s'flls.
>s.,4 ;.ss B. f. PERRY.
TIE SPIRIT OF MMoH-ALlTy.-In Tai
fourd's .dramazof1on, when the young
Greek was dopmedttn death; whciI he was
taking leave Of Ills bcovcd Clelnatlle and
preparing to look his last upon this bright
beautiful world, the fair yousg Girl asked
in an agony of grief, bnt with all a wo
mans year,ling instincts of Immortality
"Shall we not meet again." The answer
was one of rare ic>beauty
81 have askedthat tlleadlml question d
the hills that look eternal-of the cleal
streams that flow forever-of the stars
among whose fields of azure my spirit hatl
walked i'll glory. All were silenL! But
while | gazeupon thy living face, l fee
that there is. something III the love tlla,