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

order to save, as you say, their ci'n iiSnCS,
the right OF voting, giving ;sa Wh hs eo yn,It
goes unpunished, retaliation will follow, and
Society lapses into a savage state.
The condition of South Carolina is, lndeed, q
most deplorable one, and calls loudly Tor the
sympathy of the. good and virtuous every
where. The government Of the State is ID the
hands of our former slaves, and we aoVentnI-
ers, who have come here from the North 10
prev on he pitals Of the country, dishonor the
State, and return laden with stolen wealth.
The Intelligence and. wealth Of the State are
poWerless, incapable oil holding ONCE, ana
crushed into the dust by ignorance, paupel-
ism aad rascality. Taxes are Levied on tneu
by those who pay no taxes and no pt9p-
erty. All the Offices OF the state are naeo WIN W ~
negroes, scalgwags and carpet-bag ;ers. ISL
to Be expected that a high-toned, brave ana
honorable people would be quiet under the
circnmstanees, and sec their property Destroy
ed by roguish and ignorant legislation
Several of our most important rallToads
have fallen into the hands OF Nprtner9 auVeI-
turers. By the grossest bribery ana corrup-
tion the Legislature have been Induced to pe-
lease the lien OF the State on these roads,
amounting to millions Of dollars. and have
issued a, GOO, 900 OF State bonds for the same
companies, with the privilege OF selling them
at any price and pocketing The money. Again,
the Legislature have ordered, s6,0Oo,0oO OF
State bonds to be issued, which they call q
sterling debt, and which are to be excnanEed
for the present bonds Of the Stale. lE mas
been shown that this exchange q bonds, i
honestly made. will cost the State over
81, COO 900. But this is not all. The fraud and
sIealaee which may be practiced in issuing
these. sterling bonds, cannot be foreaeen or
calculated. Four hunared thousand dollars
before The war paid The whole expenses OF the
State government. This year K to the
amounted $4,O00000 have been levied oy me
LEGISLATURE for the same purpose. And tne
county commissioners will have to levy
81, eco. 600 more for county expenses.
How can these enormous axe ne PAID a
poor mar In this county had To- sell, the other
day, his only mich cow to pay his taxes. The
tax books are closed for Greenville County,
and more than one half of the taxpayers have
been unable to pay their taxes; Ine poor
man told me that be formerly paid fifty cents
tax.s on his land, and this year he had to pay
SIS on the same land. Another tax Is called
tor in November. Phe last years crop has
been exhausted in paying the present taxes,
and, until another crop Is made, the people
are utterly unable to pay the x called fof
in November. 4@g
Thu State bonds fraudulently issued to fund
the State bank bills, which were purchased up
hy.Northern capitalists at ten cents on the
dollar, should be repndiated, ana also tne
railroad bonds, with the whole batch Of ster-
ling bonds. Let the purchasers Of these bonds
beware OF what they are doing. There IS no
moral obligation on the part OF the taxpayers
to redeem bonds trsdnlently Issued and stolen.
would urge on the people of South Carroll
ma to be quiet and. by all means preserve the
peace Of the state. The Radical party Is going
down rapidlya at the North, asis proven by the
New Hampshire election. Any outbreak at this
time, many Of the Southern states, would be
a God-send to that party. Il the Southern peo-
plD will only be prudent, the next Presidential
election Will result In the reinforcement OF
General Grant and the election of a Democrat
to the Presidential chair. Then there WHIP be
hope tor the republic. Those unprincipdea aa.
from the North, who have stirred up
bad feeling between the colored and white
race, will. ice, like criminals from JUS
rice, with their stolen wealth. The seal
traitors to race and country will soon
follow, and the negroes will live In harmony
with The whites. But II General Grant can
stif up q bloody strife III the South BY sending
his afnfies here, ne stands a chance OF re-elec;'
ton. by appealing to the hatred, passion AND
prejudice OF the North and West. This mill
tary President says that he sends his army
here to protect the property and lives OF loyal
when 1t. Is q notorious fact that all
the property which has been destroyed IN
South Carolina since the war, land IT has
to millions belonged to those wEon
would stigmati2e as "disloyal," dislranchis-
white Democrats. Every week and every
day we hear Of houses, !barna gin-houses and
stores being destroyed and robbed By the mid
night incendiary. whose loyalty General Grant
would not dispute. Hundreds OF these loyal
citizens are nor In theSpenitentfary and Well
protected. some few of them may have been
hung up by ths neck, by way OF retaliation for
their incendiarism. But Grants army will
prove unable to prevent the crime or The re-
taliation. B. F. PERRY.