Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-10

fee; and sometimes holding Office
under the United States and the
State at the same time.
The result Of this state Of things
has been that the party in power
have imposed upon the State since
September 1868, debts and liabili-
ties amounting to many millions
of dollars.
They have subjected counties,
cities and towns, to enormous tax
alton under a system Of majority
votes, whether such majorilies be
property holders or not.
They have passed a tax law
which subjects the people to pay
in State and county taxes over
two millions of dollars annually;
when no such enormous amount is
needed for the honest purposes of
the State, and have refused to re.
duce the rate Of taxation.
They have annexed to their tax
laws the most extrayagant penal
ties and ingenious contrivances to
deprive the people of their prop.
erty by a sale for taxes, denying
them the benefit of "dne process
of law"
They have taxed the people
heavily to support free schools,
and squandered and wasted the
money without materially extend
Ing the benefit of education to any
class of people.
They have destroyed the State
University and wasted the funds
by paying large salaries to profes-
sors and teaches, some of whom
were known to be incompetent and
when they had no students to edu,
cate.
They have forced, by law, exc
cutOrs, administrators, guardians
trustees, tax collectors and sheriff.
| to advertise in their own part,
f papers without regard to their cir
culation or location, to the grea
5 injury Of parties interested.
They have wasted and misap
piled the public monies draw
from the people in the form 0
taxes and paid no regard to til
. constitution adopted by themselve
G and ratified by Congress agains
| the votes and wishes of the people
l These odious measures we're Gp
( proved by W. II. Smith, the pres
: ent Governor, and they seek t,
perpetuate their i'll cotton powe
( and continue this state of thing
t by re-electing him to the sam
office.
The so.called constitution pre-
vides that the Senator's electe0
when convened at the next ensr
ing session Of the General Assem-
bly, shall be divided by lot int
h two classes as nearly equal as ma
be the seats Of the Senators {
the first class shall be vacated
Il the expiration Of two years an
IS those Of the second class at Il
expiration Of four years from IL
N day of election, so that one.ha
IS the Senators may be chosen biel
d nially.
If Now the present Radical Senai
G. have refused to Comply with Il
N provisions ofthe Constitution, n,
from ignorance of the provision
but from an open and lawless di
ii regard of a sworn duty wheth
p this gross omission of duty pr
10 ceeded from a mere love Of offlC
10 a desire to hold Office for four !
stead Of two years, or other u
in worthy motive, is left for the
explanation"
n The Committee still furth
es charges that "for the first time
re the history of the State the spG
st tacle is presented of judges
lie high and important courts entc
y ing actively into party polite.
h making in~cendiary polite
If speeches; presiding at party NEE
lie ings; organizing committees
d secure party ends; and actir
d themselves as delegates to par
Ie conventions some of them |
1t their personal habits being UNI
l. to discharge the duty Ofany oflc
Thnaa ithaca am anA calculated