The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-11-25
FOR TIE JOURNAL
To OaercuS.

To Qaercus.
Your remarks in tic Jonrpal of the
4th inst. ,on the generous taxation endured
by your fellow citizens, arc doubtless,
in the main, very Just; there il not one
in the Stare. of the Caucasian race, ''na-
tive aud to the manor born,' who will
not join you in dcprecia'ins the system
of taxation as inauguratcd by the men
who have been placed in power. T:crc
is not now, and history has failed to
record the existence ofa people who. un-
der like circumstances with ourselves,
have been 80 Frustrated by their rulers as
enr people have. Taxed by II set Of men
who pay no faxes themselves, or next
to none, and who, after cxac,ing the
uttcrmost tarshing, cody place tho pro.
cecds in their own rsckets, or sqnander
them upon projects for the bcneh, Of
their "rings." Truly our BURDENS ar"
heavy, and gricvous tn be bornc. But
have You pointed 10 the right'ul RENE
ly for the oppressiveness of the incubus
that is resting upon Us Probably up"n
= li,tie reflection You mag Conclude you
have not, ana NAV roincidc withn large
portion ofyonr fellow. citizens, that M
der our peculiar circumstances, it may
be mnrc polite at least, pat up with
the ''ills we have" than to cndcavor /"
accumulate them. II is true the course
YOU have suggested, has to some extent
been rcsorrcd TO fur evils that were rest
ing on the body polite, aud doubtless
there arc somo who have a slight expert
cuce of the effect then made to right
the wrong "Expcricuccis the ch'ld
of thought. and thought is the child
of sction," the lessons learned have
not been entirely forgotten, aud will
not for some time to come, he erased
from the mcm,ries of those who acted
in the scenes Of the past f"w years. OPP
preston, though "like the toad, u:ly
and vcncmous., yet wears precious
level in its head" but he sure that
Jewel when pluckcd frum its bed, will
not be found to havca snngui"e hue -
there has been enough Of that in days
past, to satisfy the most voracous appc-
ti;c-would you open the wounds Il.
fresh? I hope not-your hlnod WAS no
doubt little reused by rcAccting uD"n
the oppression, and you did not wri=h
we'll the cvcntualiii.'s that would attend
fhc course you suggest, unless the bur
den complained of was rcmovrd-had
you reflected upon the consequences
yau would Rave hardly vrn'nrcd to cry
havoc, AMI feel prepared to let slip the
dogs of war.
That the burdens will be lifted from
our backs in the roursc of Il few, Il very
few yca,s, is certain. The signs of the
times gives every ind'cali"n that a
change is taking place in the ranks Of
our opponents, onr opprcsSors' The
rlcctiuus within the past few weeks
show Il decided change in the radical
maior,tics in all the States where clrc-
rions have been held, while in New
York, the democracy have been en'rc.
Is successful, shaking herself loose from
the Radical rule of the past seventeen
years. May VIC not foni'y trust that
other States will full..w in her fu"tst"ps? ?
10 nat despair of Carolina emerging
from the dark cloud that is ovcrshad"w.
! iur her-,hc lcvcn is surely working
within her borders That We must Suf-
fer during tho interim is very true. but
there is far less Of suffering to he anti
cipatcd from our present condition than
coulI be hoped from the possiblc anar-
chy tha, would prevail were your scheme
inaugura'cI.
The republican party is unsound to
the corc-the frequent dcfccIi"ns from
its ranks of some IF its prominent men
give every evidence of ia housc di.
vidcd a"ainst itself cannot stand. Those
in power are stepped in iriquity; sci.
fislincss ,uics tho hour, to The exclusion
of all that is honorable among men;
they have no marked man (for goo1l)
among them, from the saviour Of the
Republican party" down to the tide
water. FecuLaiion is the order Of the
day; tho cry of the daughters Of the
rsc.lcck, "Givc, give" is heard
throughout their ranks, and when not