Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-09-09
raoe committed under the name of law. Real

rage committed under the name of law. Real
ize YOUR condition. Remember that the tax
before the war, was about S350.O0O,-noW
s2OOO,O0O; that is six times as much. Rea 4
estate before the war was worth about $40.
Co0.OOO; now it is not worth one.half as
much, s35, 100000. The taxation now will
be twelve times as great. Before the war
the Slaves of South Carolina were. worth st
least sl50Ooe,O0O, and through'their owners
they bore share of the taxation Now they
are exempted and if their value be deducted
in your mind, as it has been in fact, it will
show to you that the taxation on real estate
will now be thirty times as heavy as,it-was
before the war. Does not this reach the
hearthstone of every man? Will it not tear
him from his hearthstone, and does it not
make his ,nanliness swear that it shall moi
be so? .,s,1 -ss Z
Read the appeal Of Pendleton, how be OK q,
poses 10 the people of the North West the
fact that s per cent. is taken in State. eaDd
United States revenue from the annual pro-
duction Of oil the property, dead and active,
in the United States: Rating the production
at per cent, which is far beyoh our profit,
it leaves 2 per cent. to the citizen to meet the
expenses of life. and production. He said
this under our own form Of government
Take it as it-now stands, and;we are not
taxed G per cent, but we are to be robbed at
| the rate of more than 10 per cent ALI
round you will be heard the Adctioneer's
hammer, aud the dear old homesteads viii be
crushed beneath its blow. For, my fricbds,
remember that beautiful bribc. which that
Convention held out, the homestead law. docs
not protect the home from the tax levy. Ii
any man was 50 blind then, let him open-his
eyes now to- the truth. =" 1t is now no ques'
ton of policy, but of peace, safety, er'sseacs.
Had the spear Of Ithuriel disclosed the naked
def,rmity Of the fend Of He'll, our first par,
ents would never have yielded to his scduc-
tive temptation" M ..
Had these, then, prospective truths. been
made apparent, no man would have lived to
witness them. But.with, every faith broken,
they have come upon us, and now for thehrst
time we arc called upon to yindicate our
rights. Each four years, forty millions OF
rpeopIc are called upon to rc-iustiute the Ex-
ccutive power, reform the policy Of the gov
ernment, and remedy the. administration OF
the law. The election of Electors OF the
Presid mt of tho United States i'll November
next, hangs upon the issue, as contained in
the Platforms Of the Democratic and Radical
parties. - -. -. ].
The irst-tbe Democratic ic-pledges Itself !y FL
to the support If equality efzslatcs'= =thaspes1
duction of tnxa,ion, the publication OF the
Government. aud the overthrow of the Re
construction Acts OF Congress, US "uncnnsti-
tuition, null and void' and tle-restitatioa OF
the Constitution as twas
The Radical platform is short, vague, sofar
as Northern States are concerned, but positive
with regard to the South. In place of "se-
,curity of life, liberty and property" it prom.
.ises to the South, certainty of death, op-
preston and spsliation."
The whole people Of the Northwest have
risen up; they have cast off the shuckles of
the political leaders they denounce the mani
fest fraud and corruption of the officials they
Indignantly protest against the partisan leg
islation Which is making the productive Po'-
tiun of the people the slave laborers Of cfi-
cials and of bond holders and have resolved
to change the government. The great Com
mercial Cities have risen to our aid, and
even the manufactures OF the Norlh Gas:
are learning that all the protection Of the
tariff canno. compensate them for the de-
struction of the Southern market. Seymour
,and Blair stand forth as their candidates,
pledged to the pa;fa:m on which our polit-
cal salvation rests. Grant aud Colfax aud
for the Radical party Can there be white
man with soul so mean as to vote for the SOL
der who has violated SO grossly his pledge
given on tue day Of tile surrender, and given
up his military honor to grasp that Which,
without such honor. bis dull brain could nev-
er have conceived2 Can colored man. Of
sense or honesty vote for the men who are
running 'fTas country on which they depend for
bread; for Colfax, who two weeks ago at
Colorado, among Northern peoples did not
dare 10 say Chat you had the right 10 vote
Ho claimed only "cquality." What docs
equality mean? Does the law interfero 7
Have you not under the law Of South Carroll.
ma equal protection Of "life, liberty and
property 2" Canuot Colfax, or Grant, or the
Governor, or any of the Judges, or the At
torney General, come here and marry one Of
your daughters? Certainly they can, if NOS
already married. And even supposing they
are married, or the woman they select is mar
ried, they can avail themselves of your own
liberal Constitution and work divorce in
short time, ard then get married. We will
not interfere; we would be glad Of it. This
would show sumo sincerity in radical phi
lanlhropist which have never yet been able
to detect. And in the hands of an honest
colored woman, reared ia arespectable South.
ern family, he might, under ahappy influence,
become better man. But this is not the
case They have not formed marriage with
The Canaanites. They stand aloof, except in
those matters which affect your vote at the
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