The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-09-30
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the press OF South Carolina, end the
public speakers of the State, had
turned their attention from the usur-i
pations, tyranny and corruption OF
the radical Congress, Ito the Wild;
extravagant, and atrocious legislation
of that unlawful assembly," COM
posed of carpet-baggers, negroes and
scalawags, now sitting in Columbia,
and styling themselves "the General
Assembly of South Carolina"
This heterogeneous and motley
group of would-be Legislators, really
seem disposed to bankrupt the State,
and drive the people to acts of vio-
lcnce, Or goad them on to revolution.
Never before, in the history of civil
lied legislation, was there a spectacle
SO revolving and disgusting. as we
now have in South Carolina. A
greedy swarm of unprincipled adven-
turers from the North, without for
tune and without haracter-many
of them escaped convicts from jails
and penitentiaries-have come here,
under the protection of Federal
bayonets, and by pandering to the
Ignorance, prejudice and bad pas
sions of our former slaves, have had
themselves elected to the Legislature,
so-called, and are filling all the high
Offices of the State.
1t is in vain to say that some of
them may be honest and worthy. No
gentleman, or honest man, with the
instincts of a gentleman, could be
induced by any earthly considera-
tion, to come here as they have, and
occupy the places they do. against
the wishes of all honest and respect
able citizens. Their sole purpose is
to get money, and to get Office, and
to protect themselves against the
possible and discried vengeance of
an outraged and oppressed people.
Whilst stealing and plundering the
public treasury, and being bribed for
all their pretended bogus legislation,
they are trying, like towards, with
guilty consciences, to guard against
personal danger, by tyranny, oppres-
sion and despotism.
Impoverished and ruined as the
people of South Carolina are, this
bogus Legislature have not only in
creased salaries of all the State
officers one-third, but have created q
multitude of offices, before unknown
and wholly unnecessary, with extra
VACANT salaries and perquisites, for
the express purpose of providing for
their hungry and worthless positions
here and at the North. For former
years the most illustrious men of the
State, learned and profound lawyers,
were willing to accept q scat on the
bench, with q salary of 5000. Now,
a parcel of ignorant, low and grovel-
ling men, carpet-baggers and scala
wags, have been elected to the bench,
with salaries of four and five thou
sand dollars! So it is with all the
other Offices of the States.
A batch of County officers have been
created, whose salaries will amount
to two or three hundred thousand
dollars, whose duties were formerly
performed by gentlemen of intelli-
gence and public spirit, without COM
pensation! These offices are now
filed by the most ignorant and un-
principled men in the community,
who have declared themselves traitors
to their race and their country. The
salaries of the public officers of the
State and Counties, will amount to
six or seven hundred thousand dol
lars! This is two or three hundred
dollars more than the whole
expenses of the State amounted to in
former yearsl The expenses of the
Legislature, Penitentiary and Jails,
(worthy associations,) will cost the
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