The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-11
CHI AR L e S TON.
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, AUGUST ii, 1so
The Disease ana tho remedy,


4.d Bat.r --t a sos 4 M 5s3,
The injustice Of the present system Of
taxation in the State lies in the administra-
ton Of the law and not in the principle upon,
which the law is based. It is admittedson
all sides that every man should be taxed
according to his wealth, and that Ill prop
erty should be equally taxed ct its 40.
'usl market value. The State Board Of
Equalization, however, in doubling and
treblihg the assessments Of the county as.
SCISSORS. and taxp@y ers' .hemssslves, Get al
naught the prineiples that all property.
should be taxed staits actual value. Ia this
way the application Of Tho law has been
oppressive and unjust, and they WHO have
to pay taxes upon twice aud three times
the amount for which they would sell their
property are mors than ever convinced that
there is no hope Of justice FOR the honneat
oitizen while baud t,of needy carpet, bagr,
gers and scslawags1 controls our public laf-
fairs, But the action OF the State Board
Of Equalization, bad ed II IT, is not the
grossest wrong Of which complaint ia naade.
1t is hard enough to be forced to pay taxes
upon what We do not possess, but 1t is harder.
still when this is caused BY "a q deliberately, =
executed purpose Of freeing ONE class from
every kind Of taxstione A letter from q
Santee planter, which We print this morn.
ing, points out tie graring evils Of the pres
ent condition Of affairs, and hits the blet in
regard to the immunity Of negroes from
taxation. ", .r t4tIf@ Il 4sa'.3 ; s..., s,
Under the new State Constitution NO poll
tax is permitted, except for edueati onal pur-
nnaea- The effect OF tAisa as to prevent any
assessment for the general wants Of the
State upon negroes who pSssess NO prop eri- r.it {
ty But even the blindsst Negro worship
per in South Carolina viii admit thai near.
~ every family Of colorsd people has some
property, real OF PERSONAL The merchaat
pays taxss upon the capital employed in
his business, upon the money In the hands
of his bankers, upon tho stocks aud bonds
which he is go fortunate as to possess.
Every white man is compelled to pay taxes
upon every article Of his property, upon
every dollar that he has. There Is q tax
upon his daughter's piano, his wife's wstoh,
and the very spoon with which his children
are fed. Nocomplaint is made Of this: We
were told that all our property, was to be
taxed, and we know that pianos, watches
and spoons, as we'll as stocks and bonds,
horses, cattle and sheep. are articles Of prop
erty. But the same rule is not applied to
the negroes, andcwe have good reason to
believe that the collectors in Santee are no
more careless il collecting taxes from the
cslored people than their fellow col electors
are in the rest of the State. We do not be-.
lieve that one-tenth Of the colored people
pay any tax whatever. They are allowed
to escape because they are Radical voters,
and the white people must make up for
their Shortcomings. aiw'
TTn:a matter OF this Kind tits useless to
appeal to Governor Scott. He tis too anx
ious for re- election to do aught that would
stir the bile Of the Union League or set the
cheated freedmen against him. There is
no hope in that direction, and in one quar-.
ter alone is relief to be found. These Radi-
cal rogues and thieves must be- driven from
the seats whiohAhey nsurp It can be done
next year at the general eletions. There
liz no other way out Of the woods. And
each frssh instancs Of Radical Injustice,
Radical tyranny and Radical wrong should
bind our people moro firmly together, IA d
make them more determined tof Work man
fallys when the time censs spr- the election
Of honest enthusiastically men. " ais, esiii1
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