The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-05-13

most shameful, that in forming ii Cons,i.
tuition, care should be taken to prevent
rcgucs from being lstranchiscd, whilst
the same caution IS exercised to exclude
Tic most intelligent, vrtuous and pa,ri,
otic from the right Of suffrage 1t
would seem that the purpose Of the
iramcrs OF this Constitution was to
found community Of rogucs and pau
pcrs III South Carolina! And SO astutc
have they been in carrying ont their
purpose that they provide in section -,
that all who have already been convict
cd Of felony shall be allowed to vote.
"SEc. 2 of ARr. 9--Prohihits the
Legislature lr"m lcvying a poll tax of
more than one dollar on each person,
and declares that this lax shall he appli.
cd exclusively to hcpublic school rrnd :
And 10 additional poll tax shall be lev.
led by any municipal corporation. In
other words, the property must pay all
the taxes of the Government. and per-
sons shall pay nothing Tor thcir protcc-
ton Of lllo and liberty. The idea is ti,at
Vamrants and rogucs arc to be sort of
"ob(cSsc, exempt from taxation, rs was
! the case Of the aristocrdcv in France
: previous to The French Revolution. In
order to secure the school r,,nd, section
ID authorizes the Legislature to punish
those who may rmbr2zlc it, by dcclar.
ing them disqualified fcr holding any
Office OF honor or rmoumcul in this
State. Bal then, true TO their purpose
OF vcs,ing all power in the hands of snch
persons, II provides in The some section.
. tnal the General Assembly, 'bv a two
, thirds vote, may remove the disability
! upon payment in full Of the PRINCIPAL
and interest orihc sum cmbczzlcd. If
a man has stolen money from thu public,
! he may still hold office under .hc Gov.
crnment ifhc will give up like a gen.
tlcman, lhc money stolen!
! SEQ lG--Providcs that no debt
contracted by this State IN behalf Of the
late rebellion. in whole or in part, Shall
ever he paid. Why should the non.
; property holding negroes, Yankees and
Southern rrn"gaAc9 III the Convention
prohibit the property holder fron pay.
ng these debts, il they see proper to do
50. and preserve untarnishcd tho honor
OF their State. This war debt was con-
iracted with honest creditors many of
them widows and orphans, and why
should II not be paid? The property
holders, who assembled in Convention
IN 500, and who would have 10 pay
! ihlS debt, never thought Of rrpuliat!Eg
1t.
PEG OF ART. lo-EStabllShcs
uniform system OF Tree public schools
! throughout tn" State, and provides for
the dlv'Slon oi the State into school
! districts. This will TO very well in
New England, where they have 4 dense
population, but is wholly unsuiIcd to the
sparse population OF South Carolina. In
many OF the school districts, t, ur miles
square, there Will not be child to be
educated. In a majority of them there
vii! not be children enough to make Il
respectable school. The expense OF
s"c!' system viii be at least $! ,O0O,.
, 600. 1t contcmplateS and forces the
education OF the white and black chill
dren IN the school. This, no one, who
has any regard Tor the morals, manners
''iu in '',''rc r'SprC,"o''''y OF his children,
WIZ, m''. 'o!en"aH .I': lhcy VINO are "oic may
.,"'i"nl r'''''c 'u'o'S 'or l''eir sons anu
'''S''''S o"V tho poor chlIdrch VIII
'''i'e i'. , no a',e''''''Yo a',e''''''Yo o"t 10 SO TO these
So',uo.S, oL DC u''ro"caled'
v :, 'IED, ~, '.-INaNeS IL compulsory Tor
NJ o''''o'''' tween the ages OF SIX and
n,A'ec'' nnN 20 a''eho schooi ior Two years
ne compulsory system may SUIT Inc
G'"l's 0, oesPo''c government IKE
I' ."Ia"'' o't IS a. war Win the spirit OF
wv ''eo institutions. mere arc many
p,n':''s "'Io are not ape TO aparc INC
,,v'o.s s,,', o' '''e'r ch'' 'fen at nome, ana
'I"y y. n,,; o.I''', VINO ! are not III coha''ioh
~ 't,i ''iio'l 'ne'' c"r''reh WIN S"''aoIc
u.':"e' |'''' OooNs LOT the'r attendance at
| ,''o,' ,:.s SCHOOLS AZ least a parent should
=" 'o' '''''e"' ~ rec heP"olican conn,
t'y' 20 govern nus own houSeho!d ana