Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-27
'e'' family of eight daugb.ers-six IN.

lney are utterly unable to live, excent
.rom hand to mouth; and they are atso.
.urely doing their own cooking and wash
'"s' while worth, in the form to which r
nave referred, thousands of dollars, and IN,
n'en who owe the money are living in fino
stJle' and with all the luxuries ;,, ,ao;,.,,.
lney refuse to pay for the property thew
o'ug"'. You arc therefore running the
circuit Glass, as we'll the debtor class to
whom you hold out false hopes ynu .so
SIMPLY pos'poning the day Of payment
so"' you can get good compromise.
Everywhere go I tell the people to set,ls.
a me spectacle, Of which know voa
presented the other day. A debtor pavs
up all his property 10 his creditors. Thew
Shared 1t all out, and then turned around
and gave it back to him, sayino tbsv
would wait for the money until ho conld
pay II. They returned him the twenty.
"ve cents on tho dollar which they lad re-
ce'Ved' III order to mako man of him
again. have known great manv cases
Se''ed on this principle, and I do know
'''at much more Of it could Le done If tl,;.
miserable cheat Of "relief" was ont of ,bo
way. 'D'
More than this, tell yon this Radic.,
movement Is depreciating the property Of
georgia every day. 1t has already den,o-
GATED property in value more than suffi-
Gent 10 pay every pri vate individual ,1.bt
In the State. have no doubt that r :,
could be proclaimed that this whole r,d
zeal movement was failure, and tho tro,h-
les were settled, all the property of Geor.
g'a would in two hours, rise twenty Ave
per ccas, a"! in twelve months, ono linn
dred per cent. ' q. -"
Labor woull rise; property would al.
vance productions would increase; prices /; ices,
OF provisions would dimiuisb; :; crime,
would become lesscnci, and society m,la
orderly. There il no calculating The
amount OF 'niqui.ous frauds wrapped IN
IN ."'s Sw'"dl', called relief" [Applause.i
And will not attempt to lift the veil
beyond. will 10, attempt to 60 init, The
tu'ure. Tue present, God knows, is fcorrid
enough to the tnan That loves lis co5uintrv
lho d"'k future, if it must come. m,r
oe saved from seeing. Wien you make it
'"e fundamental law Of your land ,Yiat
you have right to take one species Of
property from one neigLJor to give !, 10
another you then have admitted The pin
''p'e by which you lave right 10 take
any otter species Of property: That is The
entering wedge OF agrarianism in all coun.
tries. Take care, you men of property.
now you 'ns,i into the minds Of ,he, 'DDeo! Deo!.
PIE OF this country the idea that i. is le.
gal to ROD. Take care how you say that
your neighbor must gre up Ills debt ia
eausesshis other ncighbor is poor. For the
same reason divide out your house, your
h"e furniture, your wel-!aden table. ro,
INC s"ne reason, give up ono of your fine
horses. Why not :. tell you. it isib.
principle Of the rcbber aud tLo act of tho
thief. [Applause. ':'. - -''.. So ''"'ir+
If you inaugurato this government.
's''ow'c'tizePs, you will increase the taxa
tlon Of the State almost double. T,st.a1
OF educating your children as- heretofore.
you Will be taxed TO- educate all tic cEil.
dren OF tho State And now, I will sub
NIT this proposition TO you If members OF
the Convention steal each others hats and
watches, how much viii they steal out Of
tho State Treasury? IfsaugLter!.1 And
how much Of the proceeds Of ra:I3oSods
will be disposed Of + ask you in all can
DOR and honesty, whether 4 man who en-
cages in what he deerns' ID and al proclaims
cheat, and perpetratsss itFtoulnlll II OF nllle p.opic,
Will not steal 'if,f fes getls%'s gels i Tciiaiute?
Lsushterl II is. tie TaaaS5: saamSs5 priinidaip't,, aii ai't
whether III morals or 'prbilosIPhy:. o' These
negro asprants FOR hes ficLY oicess Of iii.
State, 'uhgalded by plihdciIhs, inhinfidchced
by horor, and stindlatsdo'to adopt aav
means to secure their enls, will ;rob'ffBm
his State more money than i'WSuId nav
three times the debts Of all its people. l
do not speak Of individuals, I'sbeay Of the
and I challenge its contradiction.
The incorporation of this relief scheme
vas effected for the pdfpbsebf entrapping
and dscei'ing the people; .'asd tho man
who would tiot fississte tofeu.isp> or dc.
ceive the people Oh this :nnattsro ifnpSr-
tance would not hesitate 10" commit; Any
s.,t Il, !,.a mail,