The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-21

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our wives and little ores, who will be the
chief sufferers when those homes are taken
Let public meetings be held in each district,
so that the delegates appointed to tnat con-
vention may go clad with the authority OF the
have reached q conclusion, 1t will not be some
pitiful petition for relief, but a stern, untalter-
ing demand for the rights which God gave US,
anu i0f "~'A 'N' '''' A.D. C. :
The Determination Of Laurens.
From the Laurens Rerald.l =.
The one absorbing subject was the taxes. and
we heard but one opinion expressed, VIZ : Tnat
the people cannot and'will not pay them. TINS
determination is not the result or excitement
or Under passion, but 1t arises from a conVlc-
ton on the part of the property-holders that In
this way and in this only can they protect
themselves and their property from the Shy
locks of the Scott dynasty, who would, II pos
sible, take the last pound OF flesh. Calmly
have they determined, and, Unnecessary, they
will stand by it to the bitter end. Tnsy teel
themselves unable to meet the extraordinary
demands made upon them, even II they pc
usved it Just and they were willing, and Hthey
must lose the little That is eft them. the opH-
ion. preRasts that it IL better to lose IT ina
manly effort to project 1t rather than let 1t go
voluntarily into the hands OF the harples who
are daily feeding upon our Vitals. All the
bayonets that Grant can spare from his elec-
lions cannot alter this feeling and determtn-
alton, and.t II our property Is forced upon the
block it will require . larger army than the
one at his disposal to protect the new purchas-
ers. The people will not submit.
What Union County Thinks.
From the Union Tlmes.l
The yearly accounts and the taxes will have
to be paid at the same time, and but few Will
be able to meet these demands without SELL
inp-but they must be met. Thus the planters
of SouthC Carolina win be put a. the mercy OF
the merchants, the spectators and the tax
gatherera, and instead of the cotton market
lasting from October until April 1t Will De
closed in six weeks-the whole crop forced
upon The market in that short time, and, as a
consequence, the prices run down TO the o
est notch. The editor Of the Columoia Union
displays his Ignorance OF. the people ot uis
saws that they are in u better condition to pay
In November than at any other time. He sup,
noses that because most oft cotton Is sold
before Christmas that the planters have more
money at that time, when the fact ls nearly
all the cotton then sold is for the express pur-
and merchandise. But little more than what
Is necessary for those purposes is disposed OF
until the last of January and during Feoruary
and March, when the taxes were formerly
called for. The new law will force the whole
crop into market at once, and leave Inc plant
ers no chance TO ''try the market"
Minority Representation.
from the winnsboro' News.l
We, at the same time, declare that We are
opposed to any attempt by said convention.
when it meets, . to take away the rlgnt OF
suffrage from any citizen OF either race VINO
has already exercised it; because, ID tne nrst
-. 80 mr. holiopo q State convention
will have any except q revolutionary power to
do so, and because, if it had, there are better
means OF producing harmony than deprlVlnS
any mar of the right to vore-such, Tor exam
pie, as minority representation, or an extraor-
binary board OF tax COMMISSIONERS elecea *
W upon taxation and appropriation, put
only when it is excessive, or the plan OF voling
now In use by corporations, as suggested oy
MI. Memmlnger.
The May Convention.
From the Spartanouig Republican
It will no doubt be such an assemblage as
never before met within the limits OF tnls
State, except on. the occasion Of adopting a
State Constitution. Good must come out OF IT,:
Wise, prudent, well tempered counseis eanhos
fail to produce good results. Inc popular
mind, now greatly inlamed, will cool down
into q state Of sober reflection, and the evils
now deplored be cured by proper remedial
agencies.
No Dead Issues.
from The Lexington Dispatch.l
We believe that the white people OF South
Carolina should preserve their faith, gwen !ast
wear, for the maintenance vi the present ponil-
cal rights OF the negro. We have no wish,
and Weloek upon it as bad policy, to go back
mon he principles advocated and adopted by
the Refor n party, It IS true that the htgtoes
rejected all our overtures; 1t Is true that they
elected q worst set of men to the Legislature
than they had before; IT. is true that, 80 long as
they have their present political ascendancy IN
this State, good government cannot De e1-
pected, yet, upon principle and upon policy,
we propose to stand by our action.
No Harm in II.
From the Horny News.]
We can see no harm or disloyalty in taxpay-
ers meeting in convention and considering tne
financial condition of the State-lts oonas anu
all outstanding obligations; the ability Oh the
people to pay the November. TAX, and vtner
matters tending 10 the general welfare oflhe
State. If the outstanding obligations Of the
State are to oe endorsed to make them mar
do not, we scarcely think they will bring a pre-
MUM. Conf1scatlon will not do 1t.
Every County Should Participate.
Eu Iron the Columbia PhGntx.l
Whatever differences of opinion may exist
as to the course that the convention should
recommend, it is certainly important that
every county in the State should participate in
consultation that looks TO me ,s ee S, u I III,
The great question of debt aud taXatiohfbe
nasseed i in review, and let us hope that there
Shall eiolnd / n 1.-THE proposed co n1nm so tne
s ssssGisy G ehseE should be applied. This is the
main work of the convention.
No Armed Resistance.
From the Abbeville Press.]
Armed resistance is not connselled mere
and we suppose will not be BY the Qonyenuot
to meet in May next. But anything short o
actual rebellion which promises any nope @
staying The downward progress 10 rum, We
suppose, will meet the favorable conslderatlol
, of That body. In whatever plan which may be
recolnmended,s we want united counsels anC
coAcerled action, and this can be best secured