Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-04-01
Correspondence Of the Register.


Truth Stronger ih0u Fiction.
Mr. EDIroR Your readers have
doubles seen many paragraphs IN Nor.
,hern pspers and read shs "doinss" Of
Congress upon the suojec. OF Southern
Oumsges." bu' they have only seen one
SIDE OF the picture. black u true. but
the other side is blscker still. and no Igh,
is permitted TO te cas-, upon IL, las' :"
hideous might be observed. and 1t may
interest them to hear something from The
darker side as i. appear. to one ~ho is IN
the midst Of II.
To say that the condition Of ,dsrs in
many OF tho Souihern States. and sspe-
cialiy in The two Csrolinss is bad. will
hardly express half OF the ruth, and thai
they have reached poin, when "sndur.
ance ceases 10 be q virtue" Is sdmrte0by
Padlcsl authority ard shown in tue fact.
Thai honest. upright. sober. white men
are driven by dire necessity 10 nke the
law Inro iheir o1n hands and by scS e
violence aud ceaseless vigilance infnse
such ,eIror into the Law makers and iho.e
WHO coun 'ensnce The stale oppression as
will pro'ec, she lives and property ol
peaceful citizens. and improve the lrgisla-
,ion Of The slate oy lettering ,he present
incumbenIs from running Tor office. the
ballot being wholly under the control Of
negroes snd csrPei-bsSser,. The leglsla.
ZION OF Soulh Carollns and The laws 40
now administered are regarded by many
1" perverted to me merciIen oppression
OF the unoifendiDg ciIizen and 10 The pro-
,ec'lon Of many guilty OF high crimes and
misdeme,noTs. Ills 10 s,ronse language
and .eIious charge. bot s"joorn Of
few months among this people will sa'is-
fy any one tha, they have much reason so
In speak. The sole objec, Of sll tho leg
i.,ton OF the staie seems 10 be TO mike
The ignorant negroes the rolling and con.
trolling power in ,he state aud Ia sI'o''
from the already impoverished whites all
the money they can. lii, a notorious
fact iha. shrewd cTpe, baeges and scala.
wsss Of The legislature have made i'm.
mense fortunes out Of their SIX dollars per
day and where they had cents before, now
count their thousands OF dollars, and as
your i;losttious Judge Gays. Query
In former times, when white men gov
eInet ihe sia,e,one month was consitesed
ample time 10 DO oil the law making for
South Csrolina. but now the session 10
proHacItd to three and . hsli months. Al .
cost Of $3.50 600. sIcIusi'e Of mileage.
printing and empIoy.es. and Winds up
With 81, 900 cXua allowance 10 ,he speak
er. which. some nj, says. he deserves for
excepting ,hat uNruly crowd 10 otder."
Towards The close Of the ,ession a bill
approptiuins $i25.0O0 10 the pay Of Tho
members was passed and bsi,sen ns
passage and pre.en,ation 10 ,he Governor
for hI, signature u was changed TO t2G5,'
600. Hero ~ss plain amemp, TO s"sl
*I40. 900. bot the Governor discovered
the discrepancy and vetoed II. and the
foones, par, is he expected them to pa"
it over his veto. Tho lower house did
do it. bu, Tie Senae refused and the
members had to 60 home without that
pay. Ia returning NE bill. Gov. Scott
remarked 81 regard 'he expenditures Of
the money already sPproPrIssd. during
The se,sion. and the same included IN this
bill. amounting 10 the aggregate TO 800
000. as simpIy enrrn.ous tor one session
Of the Legislature"
Its beyond The comprehension Of any
one how ihe General Assembly could ls
ultimately eXpend Ons-hsll that amour, Of
money. csnno, refrain IRON expressing
,he opinion that there must have been Sc
ere, sg.ncy in charging the smoun, Of The
appropriation in the bill from Si25 900
In S265. 600. WHAT q ,r.lhing rebuks
hi. would have been Id a body OF honeN
men!
This same Governor Scott. in hi. sp-
plcstion to Gen. GIANT for troops N The
rebellion, Districts. s.ys. 1.-The msnbrs
Of the Legislature. previous to adjourn
menI. employed prcsets TO guard the roads
and railroads leading to ,heir homes lest
they should be captured by tn. Ku
Klux |. it any wonder si,er this DIS
play Of "tea!pg' &" pre.rni-d ny the
Governor in hi. veto me's,s.! Sha.es-
pear never Uttered irusr sentiment than
"Conseious DOH make co~ards Of us
all"
The reports to Congress and 10 Nor
,hern papeis oem with The sccoun,s of
Ku kiuI ounases in the Sou,h. but they
have nothing TO ',y sbnut the .ouir,qe."
tia, called forth iheee 'ieuibie sen" OF
viclsGee; Of ihe Wholesale robbery Of the
people by On irresponsible Legislature
and ,bs "grindins" sxss laid upon one
class only; Of the hiring Of Col. KeHiean
Of New York and his posse by memb.r
OF The South CNolina Legislature With
der and 'o5 unoGsndins cni1en.: Of The
burning OF corn houses and contents. and
sin-bouses by worthless freedmen urged
on by degraded ~hi,es; Of the murdrr Of
un,u.pecung ciIizens and their families
msitfested by the same .asr.nt people;
Of the many oihef ~an,on acts and of tie
many Poli,'csl ouuaaes ih., hones, and
honorable white men have to subnii tn.
The oPPo,i'ion 10 The present State
Government is not made on political
grounds and With any desire 10 hsn,s,
The general government. and 10 shou that
! have no. sx'ggersisd my si,ismenls !
make the following synopsis Of . score Of
reasons secornlins for ,bs pfesen, STAKE OF