The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-04-22

Uc tnaUe SuD5CfElcuI W LHc iulCIlOi. i.'-,
alton and representation are no longer tc
BE- united They who own no property
are To levy alltaxes, and make all appro
priatons. The property holders lave
;. to pay these taxcs, without having amy
voice in evying them The consequences
will be, in effect, contiscalioIl. The ap-
.nropriatons tesurport free schools tol
the education OF negro children, tor the
support ofoId negroesjin the poor, houses,
and the vicious in jails and the Pcntten-
tiary, together with standlng army Of
negro soldiers, will be crushing and ut
,crly ruinnus To The State. Every mal,s
property Will b,ivc to he sold To pay llls
taxes.
srcroN s, Expressly prohibits the Leg,
i>lalure passing ANY law deprlvlng Il con-
vict oteiarceny oil the right ol suffrage.
/, ,,was. .ul,rrrhendcd that III Il lew years 4
large proportion oil the negro voters might
be convicted of larceny, and tie Radical
party. thereby .sliorn ot their strength iii
all elections But is rot most shameful,
iat.anfprmillg aConstitutinn, care should
he taken to prevent rogucs from being
,thsti~nchscd, whilst the came canton is
:eXercSee .to@ex"l,ter tiie-nloHtsinJe elligritt,
! vir,uouS aud patriotic from the right OF
suffrage. 1t would seem that tie purpose
oii tic trainers Of this Constitution was TO
found !; community OF rogue, and raupers
in South Carolina And so .astule haze
| they been III CARRYING, out ticir purpose
that they provide iii Section Y tl-al all
who,liave already l,ecn convirtcd Of Ict9ny
shall be allowed 10 soie
T. sSlcrI0N:2 OF ARTICLE 8, Prohibits the
Legislature from levying a poll tux Of
niorc than one dollar ol, cacl: pe,:sf II, alIt
declares that this tax shall H.. applied cx
I cIhsveiv TO the public scin,cl iund And
no additional poll tax shall be levied by
any municipal corpnratioH IN Other
words, the property nliet pay all The taxes
OF the government, and persol's shall pay
nothing for their projections of lie and
liberty The idea is that the vagraEts
and rogues are to be Il sort OF noCtcSse, cX-
-cmpt from taxation. as WAS tLec Gaze oi
the aris,ocracy in France previous to the
French Revolution.
In order to secure The school fund. Soc
ton Is, Authorses the Legislature To
punish those WHO may cmbez@le IL by dc-
cluring them disqualified for holding any
Office ofhonor or emnIument in this Stale.
But, then, true to their purpose OF. vestiilg
al political power in the hands OF siicl'
persons. it provides in the same section.
thar tie General Assembly. by a two
third vote. may remove the disability
upon. payment in fall ot the principal mi
interest of the sum embez5led." =" ii Il
man ;.as stolen money from the pnhiic tie
may: eiiii !ol,! office under the Gn:crn-
.meu, ii he vii. rive w like Il gcntie-
man tic mercy slu!en!..
Section IL. Provides that no deb, con-
tractc1 by this State in behalf Of the late
rebellion, in whole or in part, shall ever
be ,,siei. my should the on-rroperlv
holding negroes yankees and Souihcri
rcnegades in the Convention prohibit the
property holder from paying their debts
| it they see proper to do sn. and preserve
ui,alnistrd the honor Of their State.
Th. war deb; WAS contracted with hpn-
est creditors. many OF them widows and
orphans, and why should it not be paid
Tie property holders, WHO assembled IN
Convention in lSti5. and who would have
to pay tL, debit, never thought of repudl-
:,ting il.
sfcrloy 3 OF ARTICLE 10, Establishes Il
unitnrm system of free public schools
ithlunghuul the State. ;.n.i provides for the
division If the S;,.lc into school districts.
This will do Very well ia New England,
where they havoc; ,icnsc population. Bat
is wholly nus',ilcd 10 til" sparse p"rul:.-
;iun,ot South Carolina. Ia many oi the
Scl,ooI Districts, four miles square, lhcic
ivil not be Il child TO be educated. III :,
majority OF them there Will ,ut be cLll-
aren enough lomalic Il respectable school
The eNlcnsr of such a system will b. :il
least one million oi dollars. 1t cnntcnn-
plates and forces the education of th'
while and black chl;;rcn in the s;tli:c
school This. no one. who lllS ;iiy *
cars; iur The nlor:Iis. manners and tninlr
res,mclab;iily. ci his children. will Tolerate
'nnhry who arcahlc may employ private
tutors in, their SOUS aud dau- Il.r>. hul
tie poor children will lravcnn alternative
but to 80 to those schools or be unctiaca
ted
SECTION 4, Makes If compulsory for all
children hc!wc lnc ages ol SIX and SIX
teen to attend school for Two oycars. Tins
compulsory systcm may sliit. the genius
o+ a dcspotic government like PrnS>ia.
bat is ut war with the spirit OF our free
,ns,ilntionS. There are nany parents
who are not able t"~rarc the services oi'
their children III home. and naiy others
wlns-;irc not in cnnditioll.toinlni>h thr;r
children viii, suitable cietiies and b"'l;>
for their Attendance ut these rchpols. At
least u parent should be permitted III =
free republican, c''nnlry To go'. III ,i' '%n
household ard determine Ion lii..S' Il What
is best Tor him to do. Inordcl 70 support
these schools, ~ poll fax OF -onr doiiar per
head is to be levied. which. mght raise
ono hnl dree Thousand dollars. Tins would