The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-28


further congressional interference with the
States. Where are the liberties OF the peo-
DIE (? tcok to the last Legislature oil South
Carolina and find an answer In the lgnofance,
corruption and extravaganza OF tnat oody.
Look at the army of useless officials nooding
ameant Of property advertised for taxes with;
In the past year, and fnd an answer. And, ~
viewing these evils, let those who advoeatep
the last election exult In the fruits OF their Iie
tory. We condemn the disorders prevalent
In the State, but we condemn no less that STATE
Of things which have given them birth anu
nourfshment.
The sterling Bond Act-what Ought
- the Government 20 Dot
From the Greenvre Enterprise.l
The outrageous act of the Legislature which
must add milhon Of dollars OF useless sao
fraudulent debt to the burdens OF the ta1Pay
ers of South Carolina, is, fortunately, 80 #ora-
ed as to leave the whole matter TO the ols-
crefIon OF Governor Scott. He is not compell'
ed or absolutely required to put IL ~ lofce.
The lapeu lge ofthe act lie, "That the Govern
OF of the State be, and he iB hereby, author.
ized to borrow on the, predit OF the State OF
South Carolina q SUM not e4ceeoing one
million two i,.undred thousand pounds eterl-
ing,n &C., &c. 1t ls clear, then, that the Gov
ernor may, r'may not, as he chooses, Carry
the act into force. When be perceives the
Immense. dissatisfaction Of the people, and
the terrible evils to grow out OF II,
determined Reputation not the least,
perhaps,) we trust and believe tnat
this loan. It Is plainly and entirely scheme
to benefit and enrich few bondholders at the
expense IF Gle people Of the State. Phe peo-
Die ought not 10 submit to such law. NOT
all the sophistry of cunning men can show
that 1t is right, excnsable or honest. why
change the bonds what good to the State or
taxpayers? who but the interested men, who
EXPECT to pocket the peoples money desired
this thing We have had enough OF plumber.
We hope the entire press OF the State Will
speak cut on'this matter plainly and empnau-
cally. It seems to us that If the Governor nus
any regard for the general welfare. peace anu
prosperity OF the good people of South Caro-
Ina, he tpRt not, because the law does not re-
qaire him to carry out the sterling bond act-
The Struggle for Existence.
From the Clarendon Pressl
Men will cling to existence; nay, they will
fight for existence, and the money Of which
they are robbed constitutes that existence
since the late war has lett them 30 little upon
!. which to subsist. The advocates ofthls exces-
slve taxation centend IN its justification that
the per centum "a mills ON the doifar) s not
exorbitaut.. lFhis is not altogether false II
these fourteen mills we're only charged upon
q fictitious value for property bt making the
assessment ten times the real value, and you
have one hundred and forty mills on every
dollar Of real property, and is exactly fourteen
per cent. upon that property. This is the way
In which the people are oppressed, and It's
hardships drive men.to desperation.
Now this does not bear SO hardly upon the
oolored man. With very few exceptions, they
pa8 nothing but aPolltax, and owing TO the
.deslre OF certain officers to maintain popular
Ity with the 'spowers that be-" very few pay
even that. Yet they pile on the taxes by their
votes and shout pans OF glory to the Hepuofi-
can party.
II tho people could see the necessity for this
exsxbitapt abstraetisn of their Individual
wealth, fheE ~ ht, upon a clear exhibit that
the moneys were j1diciously and honestly ex-
pended In dlscharging their debts, hope
ior relief some day when those debts were
iquldated, but so long as bills are passed
creating funded debt or sterling bill OF
Ell, 200, 600, which Is to be employed In eX-
change for the indebtedness Of the State, with
out Informing them, as they have right 10
know, Of what that enormous debt consist,
they win be Violent and gloomy. pound
sterffnG. as estimated by the BILL WIN be ftye
dollars 80 gold. Hence we have; So, 0O0. 00O
saddled upon us as foreign debt, and requiring
per cent. 10 pay the annual Interest accrninS
thereon, and per cent. additiohsl 10 peosiue
IOT u SlIlkllS lUilu, PSA
upon six millions Of dollars, or four hundred
and eighty thousand dollars annually, ito to be be
levied upon. US in addition to the enormous
amounts which Will be necessary under present
auspices to carry on the State government
These apon BY a overDnrdenI ,ntS
bear. while they have had no voice In the matter,
stir the excitsble and unrefleeting into agtive
measures OF violence, and the negro who by
artfnl mel, Is only luped and made the step.
pJnr stear, 10 the commission Of these great
wrongs, comes In ior a large share OF the
blsme TO this add the arrogance that the
pampered black man displays whom all this
class legislation hes taught to feel that he Is
the elect, and thut the white man Ia IN the
minority and powerless, and we have the
whole secret Of the disorder that afdicts Jus.
The causes are so apparent that wise poll
cy aud, enlarged craftsmanship weud at ohcp
check the evil. It remains 10 be seen II it
Will be done in South Carolina.
Let It be DONE "And the sooner Will the |
lake be clear, relieved Of turfid flodings."
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