Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-06-19
WALHALLA, s. c, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1868.

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wheneter and under whatever color or pro-
tense those riglts ~ bo iqysdsa; |s5ssas,.
The Gusstou Of Finance the Most Visaa One.
Thety 70 no subject of more vital interest
to the fssolto than that of 6nauce. It is the
shrewdest intellect who is generally selected
and appointed over the care of its revenue
Men of great ability arc required to guido
State nttters, but their skill, however we'll
directc} to keep the machinery of govern
ment i1 operation, will amount to naught if
its fnafces are not i'll good condition. Hence,
tho mfter of the first consideration with q
govcrrfdeDt is that which relates to its revc.
nue. Iow this revenue is to be derived, or
from What sources it is to be collected, causing
the b4dcn of its payment to be the least
felt in| the community, is the subject that
calls firth the higcst degree of mental appi-
cation and the greatest ability in its solu-
ton, >.
Wdcare not to what system or government
OF to whatever age of the world you may look,
the fdDgoing observations will be found to
apply Ind hold good to any and all of them.
The( disbursement Of Louis XVI. in the
assstn1Ee he gave to the struggling thirteen
colonieb were triaing in comparison to the
lavish expenditures of the United States Gov
crnme1 since the advent of the Abolition
adminifration but limited as they were in
amount they were the first cause in the en-
barrasshent Of his 6nauces that ushcrcd in
the Rtsolution.
If Louis were asked what combination
could Po inserted in lock so as to give Sc
crccy "a tho turning of the key in it, he would
undoub edly have been ready to give the an
swer, aid, if necessary would have added
practica solution thereto, for ho was oonsid.
cred a master mind in the locksmith business;
but whsH iae~~ial troub,cs Uumu upuu hfm,
was completely at sea. Hts only remedy
for such was change of minister, but neither
Turgot, Necker, Calonne or De Bricnne could
save him, and bring order out of the financial
chaos into which the revenue of France had
fallen. His Golfers were empty, and how
best to fill them up was the problem to be
solved The people to whose pockets he
must at last have recourse wcro not in q mood
to open them without the consent of their
in meeting of the States
General" which for over century had not
been called together.
The assembling of the three Estates did
consequently take place, and in that conven-
ton, if it may be so termed, the representa-.
Gives of the Church and the nobility, the
privileged classes, comminglcd with those of
the /" tiers-etat the people.
This mingling on an equality lowered the
pride of tho representatives Of the upper olas.
ses, but it afforded no financial remedy
What it did effect or bring about was the rev.
olution. The result to Louis Of that popular
eruption, followed by the reign of terror, and
ending in military dictatorship, are now mat
ters of history, worthy the porusal of all.
The: excitement of our war was attended
by neglect Of that public scrutiny into The
lavish expenditures and speculations of the
Abolition administration, which should never
have been relaxed. After its CLOSE other ques.
tions arose that engrossed tho attention of tho
people. Now tho lcap-year campaign for tho
election Of President, is about opening, and
this will, as it should, direct the public mind
to party sucUeso, whcrein other Issues, aside
from that OF finance, will dcmahd the attcn.
ton of the people, whom it should be mainly
directed to this one great subject, the "na-
tional debt" and tho sources from which tho
revenue is derived for the payment Of tho in.
tercst and tho general expenses of tho Gov
crnment.
70 suppose tnas T.: :.e rgc:ccplo will forever re-
main silent, aud be over ready to moot the
demands Of tax.gatherers without demurring,
is simply absurd; nor is it probable that tho
silence will be of long continuance. They
will at last stinquiro into the purposes for which
the taxes are levied, and in what manner
they arc expended. They will talk of these
things, and as that talking will not be confin.
cd to few. they will at last understand how
they arc oppressed, aud with this knowledge
will follow their opposition to oppressive tax.
alton, and tho not improbable reputation Of
the crushing burden. - Aetropolttan Record
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]. AN INPERENoE. IA clergyman remarked
to servant who had been long timo in my
service; ! dare say you arc able to proaoh q
sermon as vol ~ l." "Oh, no; sir," sale
John: "but many an Inference have drawl
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