The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-05-30

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State; nevertheless, thnt property no longer
represents capital and value. Tho ravagcs. or
war, the. marks of the conqucror's torch, arc arc
everywhere visible. The labor, Of the country
is passing from one state to another aud is. dis
turbcd aud 'dcinoralizcd. The flower Of the
commonwealth have fallen OIL the battlefield,
shd tic. broken Fortunes and disappointed
hopes IF ! proud people Weigh heavily upon
the energies Of lpt least tic old and the less
sanguuinc amongst u.s. us Yet, under these cir.
cuhstances, affecting enough to touch tho sym.
pathics of every manly nature, and in viola.
tion, as We conceive it, Of the political inhcri-
tance Of our torefathcrs, here in South Caro-
lima, we are threatened with tho onus of
monstrois plan'of public spoliatioin, under the
guise}of an equitable system Of taxation. Un-
der tho forms Of law, it is proposed to take
away the little that.thc war has left us. Tar
alton 'cithom representation" is combined with
''repycscntai1u icithout tarotion." THUS in
South Carolina it is contemplated to revive the
tyranny Of the British Parliament in 1776
and to add thereto n new and startling feature
We refer you now to exhibit ga" AL
though South Carolina is struggling for bread,
yet observe how, under the new Constitution,
| the burdens Of taxation have been increased: I:
Proposed now to be rased. ..........S2 So 23O $50
Before tho war, amount about 360, 900
Proposed now to be levied on the real cs-
tnte OF the per cent
before the per cent
But when there is taken into consideration the
depreciation of the value of property since the war;
tho difference is far greater. For illustration, take
the case Of a piece of property, i'll town before
| Levied before the war OIL this per cent.
making 90
Now, at samo valuation, it phys ut 3 per
cent. 300
| Thus the proportion stands as to 6. But
this is not all
The property valued before tho war nj
$4,000, has now a value of. 81; 900
Before the war, a tax of ! per cent, levied on
| this would e...........,"................ Is
| But to rnise tho $500 required now, demands
| tax of 10 per cent. nt......s.............. 800
| Ie Thus taking into consideration the deprcci-
tion OF the: value Of real estate, the proportion
stands rs to 20, or the tu.raiio,, proyidca .for
IN Tie ne,o Constitution is Absolutely trcnty times
as greet as bcto,u the arar. Nor is this all.
But in the case of land. iShich has deprecated
more in. the svnle than city property, the pro
portion is even greater than the Que established
above. In fact, it is now common thing to
find large tracts of land sold by the Sheriff for
less than the amount OF taxes resting there
upon et
2. Exhibit "B' shows that tho Constitu-
tional Convention was composed of:
Whites. 4,
| ColnrrI TO-. IA = 4
"3'a -! 7.,n ''r 81
"a oolored pay of 81:
alone paying ............. 81 50
Hence 78 colored S:,2 SO
Or lees than 90 cents each.
~ Whites pny........... G2
white CONSERVATIVE paying. sos 80
Hence - whites pay S2j2 10
Or less than Si each.
OF the 47 white membcrs, % pIy no tax at
all, and of the IL colorcd members, SO pay no
tax ut all. or the whites, ut loast one-fourth
were Government employees aud Northern ad-
vcnturcrs and oi the colorcd men, goody
number were from abroad.
3. Exhi5it."C,' shows that the Legislature,
elected under the new Constitution, stands
thus, exclusive of the Districts of Marion and
Lancaster, as the Democratic success III these
Districts is contested: rtra.D
SENATE.
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