The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-05-16

injury to society. There is third
pty-innoccnt and helpless children-who
rs deeply Interested In all divorces More
oSFr, it tonds to dcmoralize every community
Micro it is allowed OF tolerated But section
4s3sives the courts power to grant divorces
TBS section was intended, perhaps, for the
eAsrial benefit of the negroes. It ought also
te,3 have lcsalizcd polygamy, which has like
wrs, as great favor with this class of people.
The settlement of wfc's property, pro-
We'd for in section 8, might have been left to
tisi discretion and wisdom of the Legislature
Isisan experiment, and if found mschicvous
opnnwse, the Legislature ought to have the
IfSer IlnfSer of changing or altering the law. But
tg ordinary act of legislation has been incor-
p3satcd i'll the Constitution as fundamc6tal
latSnot to be repealed
81 ATTACHED to this Constitution arc several
o{.innpces, and amongst them one which re-
pAyiiatcs all pledges Of faith and credit on the
Isftof the State. to any corporation or private
iglividual, made since 1860. The honor and
eGdit of South Carolina, her good faith and
mist solemn Pledges are thus treated as of no
whatever. But this ordinance is
ol3a par with that dishonor, dcspotism and un-
flpulous extravaganza, which pcrYadc the
,ole Constitution, aud arc worthy of the in
iTfous source whence the instrument has it's
olSs3in.
;Tko ordinance to create n Board of Land
commissioners, authorizes the purchase Of
~ IS for the purpose Of selling them out in
tracts to purchasers on credit This wild
HlS rainons scheme is, likewise, for the nc
egfss, aud is likely ly$toe benefit no. one, except
land commissioners and their friends.
1lI may be sold but tho purchaser is will
ne Tor. them and tho loss will ulti-
State, and all the people in it, arc reduced to
bankruptcy and poverty?"
Thus has it been shown, in the upuyc analy-
sis, ow injuriuusly this Constitution must
affect the interests of the white man, and how
inconsistent it must prove with the peace and
prosperity Of the State. But, in addition tc
this, the Committee believe that it can br
shown that the said Constitution is not the less
injurious to the very class-to wit: the black
pc"plc-whom it seemed most especially to
to have been designed to benefit. On this
point, the Committee ask leave to invite atten-
tion to the comments OF the Hon. a. Burt, one
OF the ablcst lawyers of the State, and a man
OF the highest character, and Of well knnw,
political conservatism. The following is !.
language on the subject of the provisions OF
the new Constitution, which confer the power
Of taXation:
Gan analysis of the provisions of the new
Constitution, which confer tho power of taxa
ton, have not doubt, will assure any candid
mind that no people on this continent can en-.
durc tho burdens which it imposes. The prin.
ciplc which pcrvndcs that entire Instrument is
that all taxation, except for single purpose
shall be imposed upon real estate and upon the
income from the sale of merchandise. In es
timating the inequality of taxation, we cannot
omit the fact Of the great diycsity between tho
two Races which nllabt the State. At this
moment the taxable property is held by ono
race, and under that Constitution the political
power is vested exclusively in the other. No.
only are the ordinary appropriations for tn,
civil service of the State imposed upon the
property held by the smaller number, but til,
other race, as Il race, is mt the present moment
entirely exempt fer the support of public
schools. y very large number of the race
which own the taxable property are disfran-
chiscd-cannot vote, and cannot even
hold the humblcst Office created by that
Constitution; while all others without rcfe.
renee to property, to educational qualiiic;,-
tion to past citizenship, or any other uualifica.
tion arc allowed to vote Need say that this
is Il condition of things Which the world never
before witnessed. Your ancestors proclaimed
sentiment whic'. has thrilled throughout
every American heart, reached to distant coun-
tries, and been Incorporated into their Consti-
tuition and laws. 1t is this, that taxation with
out representation is tyranny. Now, not only
is large class Of property holders in South
Carolina disqualified to vote or hold Office, but
those who may vote or hold office are not re-
1nircd to have any property qualification or to
know letter of the alphabet, as many of them
Will not know. | say that more arrant and
infamous spoliation of class was never de-
sirund hy ouv countr, m, ~, f,o, :. q A. .,