Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-09-08

many Republicans will vote the Democratic
ticket. This condition of affairs is the result OF
the corruption Of the State Government anc OF
it's usurpation of extraordinary powers. Inc
State offices have been multiplied. and the eI-
penses increased more than one hundred per
cent. by the present Legislature. Governor
Davis has obtained authority tr6m the egs-
Iature to al point army OF State po"ce when
ever he chooses. ma to teclAro marital aW
wherever bis power is disputed Tue angry de-
annexation which this policy cts has suggest
ed to him the singular idea OF submitting to the
people of certain COUNT the question HLetner
martial law shall be declared. In seVeEal IN
starcos the Governors police have C me in con-
tiot with the courts and The cfhcers OF the
United states. bat hs has so far overcome Al
opp2sltion. ,,.. r. ,vo,ro-
Davis refuses to c4Il general election this fall,
knowing that he would certainly be d. feated
The new constitution is ambiguous upon the
subject and the Governor tales the benefit OF
the doubt, although q large ms1crity OF DO
parties wish for q change in the administration
''The State Offices have been multiplied
and the expenses increased more than one
hundred per cent. by the present L'gisla-
ture.''
We published some time ago the speech
Of Mr. Gaines, colored Senator IN the
Texas Legislature, delivered at or near
Houston. Ia that speech he said:
Much is said about taxes. and the Democ Is
say they are groaniug under them Glad OF 1t.
Let them groan. l have got V,COO worth OF
property. and like to pay ia 1es on It, is my
privilege You can't buy any land: They won't
eel i to you Your old masters atdet glHe you 20
con6scste lhcm. and the Constitution failed to. -
There is no way left but to tax and sell, so as to
get cheap homee. IL there is any virture In tax.
alton. we will tax until we tax them out OF
their LANDS. When they had the right to brand
me on the jaw paid no tax, and bad no PRIV
lege. II the Democrats had obeyed the law they
haC II brought about
by their disobedience. l was smarter than they
were. Ii they had asked me would have to!G
everything they had be eubje Jet to conhscatlon -
We have dealt lightly with the white men, beer
exceedingly kind IN not conhecatlog their lane
and horses.
These are the people we are fighting.
In The neighboring State Of Leuls14ns
they Lave. in six years, increased the State
debt from $5,000,OO0 to over $4,000. OOG
La the same State they bave established &
system OF mixed public schools. Here il
an extract from the New York |"m0,erci1
4drertise1 Of August 3Otb
| LOUISIANA SCHOOLS The white leopie in
Louisiana refuse to send their children to thu
public schools where Colored children are al
mitted, and the expense of public instruction Is
of course much enhanced. In Morehouee par
ish there are twelve schools. each having twelv
or fifteen pupils. Each school has q teacher a.
$50 month, go that the one hundred and eighty
pupils cost SO GAO per annum st the least. Th
school question a con-tant source OF irritation
at the South. The Legislatures provide for by
brid schools, and the planters refuse to use
them. White children Il ln't go to school an
black ones do. Under these circumstances. afte
a while the darkeys will be the educated part o
the community. The system is every way bad
and q change is lmperativay needed"
Now this is a beautiful picture, isn't it
Here we have tho goal of Radicalism FINAL
reached-publio schools, supported b.
taxes on the whites, which the white par
ents only got tho benefit of on condition
that they send their children to the sam
schools with the blacks.
The NEXT srEr of Radicalism will b
COMPULSORY EDUCATION. Forney want
this undertaken by the National Govern
ment. Then they will force the whit
children in Louisiana to go to the colores
schools, whether they want to or not.
And here in North Carolina the Consti
tuition does not settle this school matter
It is left to the Legislature to say whethe
the schools are to be separate. Fortu
nately, we secured a Conservative Legit
lature in 1870.
How will it be if we are beaten in 1872
They are trying in this State to dissatisf
talking about high taxes. Taxes are in
deed high. But they result directly fror
the extravaganza, corruptions and steal
ings of the Radical State government. TIL
debt has been increased so much, and tn
ordinary expenses of the Government are S
large that our own people are beggare
and the credit of the State is ruined.
They talk about taxes We are the mos
tax-ridden people in the world, and the
impose the burdens. We cannot buy
box of lucifer matches without breaking
stamp on it. We cannot buy quarter G
pound of smoking tobacco without tear
ing through lot of stamps. We canno
buy book to read without paying doubl
the old prices. We cannot buy a shil
without paying SO per cent. advance o
the prices before the war. We cannC
draw deed or bond or a check, or writ
will without plastering it all over wit
stamps The products of our farms pay
many millions Of dollars to the FEEDERS
Revenue. The whole country is file
with assessors and collectors.
, It is our county taxes that we feel s
. much in our State system CT taxation. W
have the county school tax, the TOWNSHIP
tax, the city tax, and au army of petit
officials in every county to support An
for this we arc indebted to the preser
Radical Constitution.
, They talk about taxes What diferenc
. do the taxes make to them ? The only ia
they pay is the poll tax-and they do nc
pay ono dollar IN four of that.
, In South Carolina they have run up tn
expenses of the Legislature from $40, 90
to $500. O0O-paying $4,000 in singl
session for ''stationery." In Georgia th
Legislative expenses for single year wer
sixteen times what they were before tn
war. Every three members had two clerk
the entire clerk bill amounting to So,
900. The debt of Georgia they have rul