The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-05-03

the feeling Of friendship, affection
and harmony which are The best guar.
antecs Of law anl order, and to throw
around the humblest citizen, where
ever he may be, the protecting mgis Of
these safeguards Of personal liberty
which tho fundamental laws Of the
land assure, that we invoke the aid OF
ali good men in the work Of peace and
reconciliation. We invite their gene
rous CO. operation, irrespective Of all
formor differences of opinion, so that
the harsh voice of discord may
be relieved, that new and
dangerous sectional agitation may be
checked that the burdens Of taxation
direct or Indirect, may be reducca to
the lowest point consistent with good
faith to, "vory just national obligation,
aud with strictly economical admin
istratsun Of the Government : and
that the States may be restored in
their integrity and true felations to
our Federal Union.
From the Charleston Courier
Governor Scott, and his Responsibility for
the Condition of Affairs in South Caro-
lima.
BY REQUEST.
In the three preceding letters I
have shown Scots guilty connection
with the Legislative corruptious during
his administration, the avarioc and
general malice against the white poo.
pie, that induced him to secure tho
passage of the late Infamous tax
schemes by which the entire property
Of the State is to be confiscated, aud
the lust Of power that moved him last
year to rob us Of the elective fran.
chise. | p.opose, in conclusion, to
discuss the manner in which he has
discharged the duties devolved upon
him by the State Constitution.
Section II of that instrument de-
clares that "he shall take care that the
laws be faithfully executed in mer
cy :" and Section IS provides that
"the Governor shall, from time to
time, give to the General Assembly,
information of the condition Of tho
State" and "recommeud necessary
and expodient measures" Since the
com mmeucement Of his official career,
gin and dwelling houses have been
burned. people mobbed and killed by
the League and militia, large sums of
money appropriated by law to specific
purposes have been drawn from the
treasury for other uses, bonds and
other State securities have been issued
without legal authority, the State
debt has been increased including the
Sterling Fuad), more than sixteen
millions of dollars, reaching at this
time the enormus sum of twenty-five
millions Of dollars. With the cxoes.
sive taxation heretofore imposed upon
and paid by tho people, and this 1igan-
tic Indebtedness, not a mile Of rail road
or canal, or even single school house
has been built, yet he has not only
failed to communicate this informa-
tion, but by the most wanton suppress.
sion Of the facts as to the amounts Of
State Securities issued, to whom they
have been disposed Of, and for what
purposes Ito make it appear to our
creditors and citizens that the debt Of
the State is less than onc-third Of its
actual amount. IIo recommended to
the last Legislature the Blue Ridge,
Land Commission and Sinking Fund
Swindles to the present. General AS
sembly the Sterling Fund, Greenvillc
Rail Road Consolidation Acts, and
other like legal monetrosites tho
advice having been in each Instance
backed BY arguments of a character ut
once ari,hmeticnl and profitable.
Through his influence Offices have
been multiplied and salaries incfeas I'd
until the country now swarms with
official locusts, devouring the widows
mite and the orphans patrimony, and
destroying with thelr sirocco breath
of greed, leaf blossom and fruit OF ag.
riculture, manufactures and COM
merce. The pardoning power has
been prostituted to the basest Of pur.
poses and the most degraded crimi.
nails have been encouraged in their Ca
reer by Executive clemency and sub
se1uent elevation to official position
by Executive appointment. What
crime has not bad the olemency of
this unprincipled, venal and profligate
ADMINISTRATION wasted upon it 2 Has
not larceny2 Has not rape7 Has
not arson Z HaS not robbery? Has
not burglary 7 The two or three hun
dred conyicts turned ont Of the peni-
ten,iary to prey upon the people du:
ring last year, give fearful affirma-
tive to these questions. Did not one
Of the Governors intimate friends and
supporters receive from the Slate
Treasury a reward of flye thousand
dollars for homicide Z? Is not proof
abundant that he employed a band Of
desperadocs to come from New York
to murder citizens Of this State, who
had become obnoxious to him because
they had exposed his corr nptionsI2