The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-07-22

three millions Of dollars, to be issued in
such sums and at such times rs the
progress of the work may require. And
that the State shall provide for the
payment Of the interest on the bonds
while the road IS being built. For cx-
ample, the Company could perhaps cx-
pend one million Of dollars year for
three years, in which lime the road can
be completed. The STATE would provide
Tor interest on 1000 600:
FIRST year $40, 900
second year li0, 600
Third year 100000
$l2o, 600
So that by an expenditure Of four hun.
drrd and twenty thousand dollars, TO be
raised bv taxation in three years, this
great enterprise would be secured. The
State would have ample security for her
guaranty. A first mort, gage on the road
thus ehglbly located, costing $500.
900, with a dcJl OF only three mil.
lions. ~.
In view Of tic great commercial i'm.
portancc of the Blue Ridge Railroad to
all sections OF The State, and of the large
amount Of its stock that the State a,
ready holds, | recommend that your
honorable bodies will take into your
earnest consideration The cxpedicncy of
furnishing the company such timely
aid as will secure its speedy compile.
ton. 'i@l ="
| The Blue Ridge Railroad when com.
pleLed will give us direct connection,
upon the shortest line, with the great
West, with all its incxhaus,ible supplies
OF pork, beef corn and wheat, and will
thus chcapen many Of the necossarics OF
l'lc to our people, and ut the same time
furnish available outlet for our own
products. The city of Charleston is the
nearest Of all the Atlantic ports to the
great States Of the West, and by The
construction OF this road the wealth of
That imperial region will be poured into
lcrJap
She may then cast of her widows
weeds, and become again the "Quecn
City Of The South."
will hereafter submit for the oonsid-
Grafton ofthc General Assembly a plan
OF State aid for this road, differing some.
what from that set forth bv its Presi-
dent, based upon the proposal Of tho
most competent railroad men
! THE FREEDMEN's BUREAU.
The assistance rendered by the Bu-
rcau Of Refugees and Freedmen to the
people OF this State, has been most time
~ and valuable. While it has cared
Tor large numbers Of destitute poor, who
from physical iniirmity or otherwise
were unable to labor, it has at the same
time made jndicious advances Of fproyis-
ions to our planters, secured by liens
upon their crops, without which advan-
ccs, thousands Of laborers, now uscfully
cmploycd, would be necessarily idle,
and thousands Of a,ros of land, now
bearing abundant crops would be lying
untitled. 1t has net only been the chief
organizer OF labor in the State, during
tho past two years and half, by super
vlslng the execution Of equitable con-
tracts between employers and employed,
enforcing the rights Of both, but it has
'nangnrated and sustained wide spread
system OF schools, that have been open
to all without distinction Of race or color.
AS, however, the civil functions of the
State arc being rapidly resumed, | have
Informed MWor-General o. O. Howard,
Commissioner, Of the Bureau, that it may
DO dispensed with as an institution IN
this State, Immediately after the civil
officers shall have been elected in the
State, and shall enter upon the duties Of
their respective Offices. The several
Justices Of the Peace can discharge tho
duties that are now performed bv agents
ofthe bureau I have, however, re.
quested that our people may continue to
receive the benefit of tho School Fund
of the Bureau as long as the same is dis.
bursed in the several Southern States
for the benefit Of the poor. 81 ,s
SUSPENSION OF THE WRIT or IrAREAs
u, ~ nas @ CORPUS.
n invite your attention to Section ID.
Article i, Of the Constitution, which
j u0Cia'eS til"t tnc power OF SnSpcnulnp
the'laws, or tho execution of the laws,
shall never be exercised but by the Gen.
eral Assembly by authority derived
therclrom;to be exercised in such par
ticular cases only rs tho General A ssem-
bly, shall expressly provide for, While
satisfied that thcrcis no organization in
the State, having for its object, resist.
ance to the laws and constituted author.
tiles, yetprndence would suggest that
the General Assembly should authorize
the Governor to suspend the writ OF
-hdbeaS corpus "when in cases of rebellion
orlnvasion the public safety may require
it," or when from serious local distur-
sbance, the due course of law may be Oh.
structed. i woald also recommend the
passage of'an act, providing that when a
party isy charged with crime in any
County, and it should appear upon
proper sworn testimony, that justice will
not be done the State upon tho trial ol
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