Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-12-07

; thousand four hundred and thirty
three ($1 1877 ,4S3) dollars: olIoi slf
SALE OF STATE LANDS. IN 7ss
eIfurther.recommend that the lands
purchased by the land commssions !
and all other lands ownetls bys.tbeT
y State, be subdivided into; suitable
: areas, and sold at an early period, at
:: arate per acre to be fixed, By sIawy
according to classification, 4landsthat1
i bonds Of the State be taken in pay
hnent, at par, for all such lands, i I'm,
i 9helState lands are now. .estipa atedr
/ to be worth one million (l,OO0,0OO)
dollars, 1t u minimum vaidation..n
%.1i@ THE Ku!KLtUS,s.i,a' Ssi,a',i.,1 Sag If
The Governoranext t,ssss feYieWs at e great Ss
lengthithe Ku kiux troublese and gives
the causes which led him to ask the sus9!i
pension pensi,.l Of the the 4ts1sgs .so'p,, dpgaer
| the Ku-Klux law he claims that eoncilia.a
ton proved useless, ,and the Courts would
not act, and thai the whitcs niistook MAY. =
hanlmity Tor weakness. lie declined le,
call out the militia because 1t .consistcti
of negroes who world s,aue been siaagh-
tered, and people led % believe that the
conflict was between negroes and whites,i
instead of between friends OF tho Govern
iIcnt and its enemies. AS late as last
/ spring many prominent citizens prom
ised him their corporation in the sup
preston of Ku-kluxisili, ibut they effect.
ed nothing, and civil power, being ex-,f
hausted, the Governor applied to the Ma
tional Government to protect tile State
against domestic violence. we Will pui.-4
iish lae. ku-Klux portion of the Cover
nor's Message in our next issue. e.
TIE iAxPAYERs' CoNyENTIoN.d. d. nj
In the month of, May last a, highly
respectable body Of citizens, styling
themselves The Taxpayers Oonven.
ton, assembled at the State capital.i
for the ostensible purpose of making
inquisition into the 6nancial>adminis.,s
trstion Of the State. silhey were fur4a
nished every facility ytoprosecutetheiri
proposed Investigation, and thelbooks,a
records and papers OF theseveral!bu.g
reausain the Executive department
were 3unreservedly laid orenAo tlieire
inspections. The resultsof this:investo
tigation, prosecuted withgfeat dill
eence, Was that they gave 4 reluctant
confirmation, i,r tle!main, 10 the Off,
clal debt statement, which1they hidai
principally assembled ltopdiscfetiit. gol
| Having been requested 10y the cons
vention, through It's tscommittee, foex.il
tend the time for.the pay ment ofutheq
taxes in the cases of those to Whohaiec
was. not eSpedient5 toipay, 'Sr who!
eould-not make payment within thea
prescribed PERIOD Fl informed iethen1ss
that! the cax1'books would sbe opened
IN Noyembes fortthe receiptsof taxes;@
but in casesawhere parties are unable
to.pay, or could not payi.withoatsad
sacrihcc,- | would extend The time I'd .
March the'lst, .withoutthe delinquent
penalty attaching. Parsaanti Ito lmyii
I promise, i have directed 1.-The propero
1 officers to grant al, extension sineErry
I such case that. may be certified to-
them by the. person asking it. f.s.;' o..
/ MINORITY Representations. ~ z
| The! subject Of minority representa- !:
tion engaged the earnest attention Of
the ..raxrayers Convention, and
they presented many cogent reasons
for its immediate adoption into the
elective system Of tins State In &C. !.
cordance with my promise to them, 7
present this important matter for your
gravest consideration. -. -.
Irecognize the principle Of. minority
representation as both wise and Just. .
1t secures to the several party liyiss
ions i'll the State II direct and proper
tional repre- entation in its admlnis.
trution 1t thus institutes a check !.
and balance against that injudicious
or oppressive exercise Of power that
is too apt to ensue where its undiyi-.
ded possession is held by large party,
majority. The advantages OF tliesys-
tenn have been recently cxemplitied
i'll practice at elections in England
and in the States Of Pennsylvania and
Illinois. In those States, however,
citizens divide into parties upon ques-
tions merely affecting the State or
National policies, and they seek only
by legitimate means to. elevate to
power the exponcnts of their views.
There no mans party atiliation fur,
nishes any just presumption against
his loyalty to his country, and no cit
izen ,ho is loyal, is, for that cause,
subjected to the hazards Of murder,
exile and the lash, or the certainty of
public and social prescription.
Here, on the contrary, The minority
are organized upon basis which
practically calls in question the very
principles and the fundamental law
upon which the State and National
Governments repose.
The end sought by the proposed,
system could long since have been
practically accomplished, but for the
bitter spirit of intolerance engendered
and fostered by party leaders of the
opposition among their followers.
l have been at all times ready, as.
is we'll known, 10 cooperate with all
moderate men. without regard topaz
ty affiliations, i'll securing the election
to public Office Of those only who,
were worthy and well lquaGicd. Ny
own course in this regard has not
only been illustrated blythe Execu,5
tive appointment s. but by the personal
aid that ! have invariably extended
to elevate to public position, those na.,
tive whites who. although; classed at.
the time with the opposition. were
gentlemen of character and intelli-,
gence, and fair and temperatein their
political views. In proof of this Il
instance, with great qualifications
Chief Justice Moses, land Circuit
Judges ]. L. Orr. Green, iMeltons
Graham and Farmer-the last; an adj
iuterzn, Executive sappointment-,to