The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-25
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TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST. IS. 1888. +
For President. :. :. .HORATIO SEYMOUR.
For Y;o,-Presiert. FRANCIS p. BLAIR.
Death to GhatIsst6nI

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The Columbia Legislature cares not, for
Charleston. This city which pays so large
a proportion of the whole taxation Of the
State, whose commercial and financial in
fuence are felt, from the3Blue Ridge to the
Cape and from the North Carolina line to
the Savannah River, which is the very head
and heart Of South Gafolina,i receives less
attention than is paid .to, the claims Of the
humblest village or Of the most obscure pri-
yste citizen. The interests of Charleston
are nothing in the eyes Of our present leg
islators, who do NOT understand that in kill
ing or attempting: to kill the metropolis Of
the State they cut their own throats, and
make, woefally uncertain the accumulation
Of that revenue out of which they expect
to be paid. -. -. .,.D'.. ~. w..
They are not content with introducing 8
bill to amend the city charter, with the in
tention of giving, the control Of the city to
scalawags, speouFators and blacklegs, but
they take up such schemes as that for the
extension of the Chatham Railroad to- Co
Iumbia, which has for its sole purpose to
cut off Charleston and choke the fountains
OF her trade. T. ,s:'''s y -. 49,. .. - ~
i The Chatham Railroad is North Care
lima corporation which is heavily subsidized
by the Legislature OF that State. . It is the
creature Of the Raleigh and CASTOR Rail-
road, Of which it is an extension; and is
backed, as well, by the capital Of the Sea
board and Roanoke Railroad, and the. Old
Dominion line Of steamers. Unless it can
come into South Carolina it is powerless,
hence the introduction of bill to author
ixe it to extend its road from the. South
Carolina line and run by the way of Che
raw and Camden to the City Of Columbia.
This would give direct line from. Ports
mouth to Weldon, from Weldon to Raleigh,
from Raleigh to Columbia, and from Colum-
cbia to Augusta vta the Columbia and Au-
gusts Railroad. At Augusta the line would
connect with all the most important South
ern roads, and would be able to tap the
most fertile cotton regions Of the West and
South. ;-, o.s.
The companies interested in this exten-
sion are, therefore, wealthy and strong.
They have their agents in Columbia, and it
is not surprising, as Charleston has lain
dormant, that the Chatham Railroad exten-
sion bill meets with no effective opposition.
Mr.. CoRB1s, the most influential member Of
the Senate, ,-is a resident OF Charleston and
processes to have. her prosperity ever in
his thoughts; but he seems to have not one
word to say against q scheme which is in
tended to take away her carrying trade and
give it to Norfolk. Mr.. SAWYER, United
States senator, is, he says, the firm friend
of Charleston; but he turns suddenly round
and supports the Chatham Railroad instead
Of opposingi it. So with the low country
members of, the Senate and House. They
do not think of their colored constituents,
who are; 80 largely dependent on the city
for work and support; they do not pause to
reflect that the welfare Of the whole State
is bound up in that of Charleston; but true
misrepresentation as they are, allow them
selves to be Influenced by pretty speeches
and soft tongues to deal q death-blow to
that city, without which they and their
brethren may starve.
Nor do they claim one particle of public
compensation for all the favors which they
grant to our business rivals. They had it
in their power to rise beyond party feeling
and assert as their doctrine that, while
they would not refuse t. :llow foreign rail-
roads to come into The State, they would
only admit them upon condition that the
States from which these railroads came
should grant to tho railroads of South Car
olina the same privileges which South Car
] olina granted to them. This would have
been broad and equitable principle Of
&C ion. It would have been just ond fair to
our sister States and just and fair to our
,wn State, which would no longer be giving
up all its most precious possessions for
absolutely no return. But our legislators
would not consider, it seems, plan SO
impartial and wise.