The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-11-30

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neonla. comnicts And overuh eImfno..; as
Il ia. will he ncaentad levsrywhsre ss an
;hd;cation nftha nonula, rin In other
States os. wall = this. That decision
ia frst f.r Iamov.l ofall noii,ioai d;sa-
h;l;t;e. IN. neonio hai,svc tbat II.
pay Ia. 1a,t.1 iona e,,omok. thIt men
who have snrrende,ed. cbeyed iha laws
and kent. the neaoe for Years. and Who
ore now indnstr;nns and usefnl eit;.ens
ouyht not to hs dsnri vad ,anv loncsr Of
an eou.I share IN The -Governmenf In
NTisaa0rt AHA zdrcision franeh;ses nro
bably BfSv ,Ion.andn man Mo ,have haan
| tienriv al .of 'snffrsoe. nntsi.thi. vea, al
llesst. mother States thn.sams min q.
ples a,d policy. II carried S;ntG efIect,
viii remove disabilities from q host Of
the abfost and mostiuflueutial oitizcps.
Who have been excluded from offm by
nationa, authority. and whose rlaoes
I hnye been fIlled by ! olssa.of man mot
creditable, asa whole. eitherto the Re.
| pubIican party or to the State which
thew REPRESENT or govern. Let politioal
disabilities be removed ..ict the intellect
and ability Of the Sontk resume their
natural influence. and whether those
States be- Republican or Democratic;
.h.7 vii; ut least DC more wisely gov.
crncd and more fairly represented in tho
national councils. No marty can long
afford TO exclude from suffrage or etom
! Office larpe BODY Of men. ino}htline
many Of the. oblest. wealthiest. mud most
influential of the community. sud; thc
attcmpt to do 40. wherever mads: oplv
ipiures the Republican party. suf emo.
ses it to the charge of disresora Of pub,
tic interest for the sake of maintaining
itself in mower. It.is time for the .porty
| to relieve itself Of this preot hnrt]en
The decision of the people .is a. most Elm
phatio rebnke of the system OF tnxation
maintained for years with the sid Of Re.
publican votes in Congress:
The protective system. taxing the
many for the benefit of the few, has
been tolerated only because the people
were dseply interested in other cues
tious. and postnoued action in regard to
the tariff until a moro convenient sea.
son. Now the war issues are settled.
The country rests in the conviction that
the settlement made will not be distur.
bed. Reconstruction is completed
Negro suffrage is established and forti.
fed in the Constitution itself These
matters settled, the people are free to
consider whether the system of taxa
tion under which they have been living
Is wise or Just one. The verdict Of
Missouri indicates what the decision Of
other States will be when that question
shall be presented. It will be we'll
for the Republican party lift heeds this
warning and purgcs itself of response
bllity for this great wrong. No party
can afford to defend the tariff under
which we live No party, however pop
ular can afford to be responsible for 81
scheme of plumber by which thyee hun.
dred millions year arc taken from the
pockets Of consumers and given to en~
rich few favored capitalists. This
policy, injurious to the country, will
surely be runious to any party which at
tempts to defend it, and those are the
trucst friends Of the Republican party
who labor most earnestly to crush the