The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-05-17

crs, lodge q certificate with the
Secretary Of State, setting forth
the amount Of capita! stock Of said
company actually paid in: and the
amount Of the liabilities Of the
said corporation, which certificate
shall be signed by the President
and Secretary Of said Company,
and certified by their oath. This
Act shall continue to be in force
for twenty Years.
Approved ;larch 7, 1871.
For the Herald.
ISLAND Ford PLANTATION,
NEAR CuAprELL's DEroT,
NEwEEaRY DISTRICT, sc.
May 4th, 1871.
70 Ills E.rcclicncy Goccrnor Il. Il.
Scott, GorerA0r State Of South
Cdr0lihd:
SIn:-IIaving been an apologist
for tic unnatural system oi gov
crnment which We have endured,
under your successive administra-
tions. / should indeed be smittcn
with 4 judicial palsy, if amid the
ruin and dcsol:ition that has been
wrought, | still be passive and
manifest us heretofore, merely 4
philosophical interest in the cor
ditionS. | say an apoloSlst; tor
in the equality Of common dis
trcss, and the agsravation Of q
general dis,rust, | have ever conn-
scllcd 4 ready acquiesccncc to con-
stitutcd authority and . patient
endurance, until the effects OF such
i system, il system it can be call
ed, should be anticipated by its
own violent overthrow. The po-
sition you hold, as Chief Nasis-
tratc over an unwilling people,
demands the exercise Of the most
ingenious powers, to oNtort it
may be, that cmulous support,
which can only be accorded to
official acts, having the clearest
definitions and the strongest sane
tiOnS.
Much of the accrbily OF feeling,
and much Of hcswccplnG anarchy
consequent thereon is the COM
pound and aggregated result OF
| fierce and raucorous antiquities:
between parties which in the ma
turc of your relationship towards
| the virtue and intelligence Of the
| State, has prevented OH inter-
change Of good will Oh the one
side, and gratitude on the other,
breaking the connection which
should bind together the CONT
tiyuous parts Of the social cdii!cc a;
| the one challenging the most rcck-
less disregard for the economic
we'll being Of the country, the otil-
or resisting what they fear will DC
! endless cXactions and ruinous az
grcssions upon their rights and
property. BY aGsolvinS the pco-
pie from all care and participation
| in the government, it has wcll-nigh
! crushed the sentiments Of patrio-
tism and kindred virtues, and
erected in their stead passions Of
revenge and kindred vices.
\ great philosopher and obscrV-
CT has written that the material
Of scdition is much poverty and
much liscontcntmcnt, whilst the
causes and motives arc taxes, al
tcration Of laws and customs.
! breaking Of privileges, general op-
preston, advancement OF unWor-
thy persons and strangers, factions
grown desperate ; and whatsoever
in offending Il people joincth and
! knittcth them in u common cause.
Have We not both these materials
and these motives and causes for
! sedition in tho tliyhtlul record Of
! basen?ss and dcpravity, which
charactcriZe our State ? to Say no.
! thing Of our National Government,
which latter is really 100 far re-
moved from our presence to dis
turb US. whilst more proXimatc
grievances are at our very doors.
We see the best and ablest mon Of
our race prescribed to make office
of honor, profit and trust, for the
| most ignorant and abandoned Of
another race. We see y stranger
exercising the Chief Magistracy
over brave, hiSh-Spirltcd race,
unaccustumcd TO shame or to scr
vitulc, the arms Of State employ
ed to precipitate u civil carnage,
the public credit shaken, and the
public treasure squandercd. We
see the prisons disgorycd Of its
criminals; periodically and upon
occasions Of the greatest public
disouiet turned loose upoA society
to which their lives had been for
feitcd, to stuff the ballot box. We
sec tho Legislative Assembly
swarming viii. sharpcrs an d
thieves. We sec these criminals.
not only raised to the dignity ci
REPRESENTATIVES, but paid out OF
tho spoilS Of the honest, !ndus;ri-
Gus, and ruined public creditor.
We see the hard earned rewards
of honest toll, s4ulnIcrcd 10y pro-
li.;atc aid Irresponsible 0ilci;dS,