The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-11
Let Them Meet.

| to seml~6avageDeSs> SNOW me- your lalLl Willie
out works, and / will show you my faith with
works.
Gentle Means the Wiser Course
From the Oconee Courler.l
We think gentle means the wiser course,
especially as an awakening sense OF virtue and
fair dealing In our Executive has manifested
itself. The danger oil. swamping our hopes for
1872 by strengthening the hands OF our oppo-
nsnts in unwise measures should create extra
| caulioRon our part. The convention suggest
| ed Is a harmless, perhapsa wise measure, and
would certainly be so If not accompanied by
the other resolutions. II the convention had
been simply called and acted first, then If
great evils were apprehended for which there
| appeared no other remedy. we may have given
| allegiance 10 such measures as those prepos-
ed. Even then we would seriously reflect.
The Taxes will not be Paid.
From the BarnYeli S~entineLl
The taxes provided by law to be collected
| this year will not be paid-if for no other rea-
| son. because the people have not the money
| with which to pay them. Then their homes
must 60 That won't do. The question, then,
| Tor that convention 10 decide is, how shall We
| escape the tax and keep our homes. Can they
| solve so difficult a problem? Yes, provided
all the counties send full delegatipns OF their
best men. Let them meet without passion,
land deliberate freely and courageously, as all
true men will do, and as all true South Caro-
linians have always don before. and their
work will bring relief to the
(but now, thank God, uprising) people whom
Chey represent.
a Most Important Convention.
Iron the Union Times.l
The convention In Columbia will, in our
opinion, be one OF the most important ever
held In the State, and should be composed OF
the Rblest representative men IL eaeh county.
Not only should IL consider the questions OF
our enormous taxes and the debt OF the State,
but it should send forth to the world q truth:
full. digniaed and unvurniShed statement OF
the wrongs we are suffering under, and the
causes OF the present disordered condition of
the State. Le~tthecpnyention be composed 81
such men as shall command the respect and
attention of the powers OF Washington. and
the people of the country at large, and its
united action be comparable With the high
standard which ever has q ever should
characterize honest and patriotic statesmen,
and it can exercise a power lOr good that
would be fsh, not only la cur " State. but
throughout the whole country.
T.. A Sublime Conflict.
From the winnsboro' News.l
Let not cur readers be surprised at the graz
ity with which we write. We see the begin.
ming of the renewal Of a sublime conflict. we
see The resurrection Of undyiDg. principles
uEQ uSlC, 40 ClcCW aO1St ~" oAN
but feeble instruments of Irresistible IDEAS and
principles. The voice which we hear from
''the City by the Sea" Is that old, familiar apd
suhlinfest Of all human cries, that rises loud
as q trumpet with Q silver sounds above all
other peaus known to the human race-the
voice Of liberty, the cry for Justice: Who can
hear it and resist its Or Ill Yet who can ever
tyrdom or to triumph, to suffering OF to glory?
1t is not Tor you, fellow-citizens, 10 consider or
dwell upon this alternative. Resistance to
tyranny is Obedience to God. Yours 1t is 10
Struggle Tor the right. and with undoubting
fahh, TO leave results 10 the Supreme DisposeE
Of human destiny.
Stand by Charleston.
From the Barnwell Journal
The action OF the Chamber OF Commerce
and the Board OF Trade of Charleston VIII lead
TO eerlous results. We have been opposed to
any resistance to the laws OF the State until
we were certain that our condition would DE
bettered by such resistance: But these gentle
men have, alter careful deliberalion, come to
the conclusion that in the refusal to pay the
taxes levied lies the only hope of saving the
Slate from ruin. Although regrettipg the In
evltable troubles that must now arise, we be-
lieve it to be the duty of the people OF the
whole Slate to stand by the citizens Of Charles
ton. ard not let the people oil that city, VINO
die IO mVlC ihUCiOotSU ~ IAio hh%sSh uN~ w
are, bear all the burdens. Ills recommended
that q convention of the taxpayers be held on
the second Tuesday In May. We sincerely
hope that Barnwell County VIII be represented.
How to Amer nd the, Constitution.
From the Greenvll!e Enterprlsc.l
We do not propose to deprive any single
citizen Of the right Of voting tot President, fot
Governor, for his representatives In the Legls-
.laluIe in the House or most numerous branch,
nor for his county officers Let every citizen
vote for everything In all elections, whatever
his class, color or previous condition or edu-
cation, except for the senator's. here, In this
single election, which comes on In every
county once in every four years, let a conven-
tioa of the State amend the constitution. and
require, every, one. white or colored, who casts
a vote for senator, to be the owner Of a GER
tain amount of taxable property In the State,
not less say than $500, as may be fixed by
the constitution. We are confident that
this amendment of the constitution can be ef-
fected with the consent Of nine-tenLhs Of the
present voters Of the State, If the press and
honest portion ofthe public men will support
it; but we do not believe that there is any
hope for q general restriction of the right Of
voting for Inability to read or for want OF
property; indeed, we would prefer for every
body TO vote for the most numerous branch
of the Legislature, then everybody ind every
class would feel Themselves protected from
aggression upon their rights.