The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-11-18
y. NOVEMBER is, 1858.

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sDA:Y s. s. NOVEMBER, !! Is, l
datio'nll 5of , tb. G9Ysrnnsllt, until it W Was
Expelled from power; when it is ,1I ex-
planned ,a ,thas aIthough as s the poor r man has
to pay ID TIC Govsrnment q tax Of i've
-cenls per pound III gold On every pound
'of coffee he buys, aid an equivalent. tax
ON lsaTvefy other necessary 81: life Which he
: consumes; tie, Northern capitalist who
. owns ihfsa thousands and tens of thousands
,I.of dollars worth of Government bonds,
,ther principalssand interest of which his
payable in 'goldfto be'iextorted from. the
lizard earnings of the poor man by direct
1,andsindirectut&1at enot, himself re-
Eeuired to pay farthing -oftaxes the
Cover sment.gI sny thatthcse illustrations
'|'seemedto. be understood and appreciated
fby the most illiterate, and prepared them
Ito puta proper estimate;;on ;;on the honesty
land sincerity off tbose who pretend that .P
the, Radical lnparty iis the friend dof. the
colored sHrsm, lor.ths poor;gman of any
class; and it is weli=known that we:are
Fall poor in thisncoaiitry at present.. /
also. attempted to- Show TO those who
might chance to be. a, little. obtpse, in, per-
tceiving the enormous proportion of their
hard earnings that they pay'to the Federal
EGovernment,, in, indirect taxes;how they
I.would e Very 81 soon realize the amount they
would have, to pay, directly, 70 the State
Govern t, If tie enormous system of
taxation and expenditures, inaugurated
]. by the powers that be, is persisted in.
That to 1say nothing of; the unjusti6able
inclr.esase of the public debt by millions OF
dollars, by finding the bills Of the Bank
ofsthe State at. their par value, which had
Iibeeni purchased ups .atueight or ten cents
l.on'the; dollar; and'are held by Northern
I.speculatorsi; BY the issue Of several other
millions, Of bonds to aid Certain railroad
l',companiesS by the. expenditure Of nearly
Ehalf million by!a so-called Convention
land Legislature, and otherwise, the 1in-
Iterest. OH all Which has to be paid annu-
|, ally from. tie. toll and sweat Of the poor.
l,laborer, be4iordinary expenses of the
I.State government, as it is proposed to
run it, will 'aniotnt annually to probably
I ten times tile. sum we were required to
I pay ty3:i in the days Of our. highest prosperity
I That .evenlthe,expenses. Of collecting the
taxes, under theesystem inangurated, will
| amount to more annually than the entire
| expenses. Of the State, governmental any
time before. the war. That TO add to
the symmetryeand. beauty lof. this sys-
temaswg tl1aveab been. suddenIydc converted,
on paper, into a great and prosperous
people: by. the enactment, almost .verba.
| tian ct tliterdtiaa, of. the statutes on the same
] subjects of Massachusetts, Vermont, or
SOME fother New England. State, where
an exceedingly dense population, and
!. great wealth, excuses, if it does not jus
tify, so complex and expensive ma
cLinery ;lbuta which with us,r with our
sparse population and extreme poverty,
will give,to almost every foreigner and
native white affiliated with that party an
office, at rate Of compensation that will
enable them, in q few years, thus indi-
;rectly to- confiscate and appropriate-to
their own use, "a large proportion of the
Elittle property remaining in the State:
THAT such, indeed, seems to be the settled
purpose of the existing. State authorities,
as.is evidenced blythe land system they
propose to establish, a land commission,
consisting Of a number OF we'll paid per.
sons, is. to be- appointed. whose duty il
will be to :buynp for the State all lands
that,are sold for taxes, or that can be
purchased otherwise at low rates., ;,and to
enable themst to pay. for these lands, it is
proposed to issue at the outset three mil
lions Of State bonds, which will be put
upon the markot and sold for cash at
what they will bring The three millions
being appropriated, another and,another
like sum may from, time, to time be sub
stituted, until the State has reclaimed q
title to Its entire territory. q The lands
thus acquired, are to be divided into forty
OF. fifty acre lots, and made subject to
pre-emption,,, as the public lands Of the
West, upon the person who enters paying
one.third of the valuation in cash, and
giving bond and security TO pay the bal
ance. in, two or three years. That it is
fnlscly. and fraudulently represented to
1 the coored man that he will in this way,
which is neither more nor less than abso
Lutte robbery, be enabled to acquire the
forty acres Of land, which he has long
been led by Rhdical promises to expect
when it is well known that if the lands
of the present proprietors are sold fol
taxes, or by compulsion otherwise, mo ma
tive citizen of the State, white or colored
Twill be able to acquire one foot of them
but that; beingiopen to presumption upon
paymentof the value fixed on them, the
tesming population, native and foreign, Of
the New England and Northern States
who are crowded for elbow-room, and
where greenbacks arc plenty ''as autumn
leaves in Vallambrosa, will swarm down
upon ms like the locusts of Egypt, and
/ ocnn,au our antira territorY to the hitter