Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-12-01

OBS meet the current expenditures ona
that the taxes have been PROXIMITY ne;S tt
tho people. and that yet there ia q vat ~
funds to meet the legitimate expenses rs
the state shows record which is not err
viable. No man Of honesty can effora >.
shut his eyes to the glaring misapplicat;on
of the funds OF this State, as shown in tba
inability 10 meet the current expenses NJ
State can hope to succeed and retain craS;t
while its finances arc 30 manipulated as n
fail to pay its employees ; in eysrg darort
meht there is plant that there ia mo
money IN tie e-surics. either in State or
equity In every one the employees com
p'aln mat their salaries are not paid the
Ais are crowded with criminals. wbile tho
sherlH5 are com planning that they cannot
meet the current expenses, because of tha
want OF money In the counties to nav
'nen. let the people have responded
wen 10 the taxes demanded, and have mad
up Inc state Treasurer does not olive tho
county Teasurers any chance to soecplate
Oh state moneys collected, but demands
and receives it, 50 that in this densrfnent
the moneys are rot sqnanderaG Tn
Charleston the Auditor has certified - tho
collection of two hundred thousand dol
iar' paid over to the State This year. Other
counties have done proportionately we'll
ana YET there ID no money to pay the State
deofF. 1t may be anGweted that Ina IN.
tertst falling due on bonds issued has
consumed this, to which we answer that
.ne - 'siat ure made appropriations to
meet that interest, which. il It hal haer
properly applied, would rave met all tho
obligations If the interest. Wv
we should be the last TO question the
integrity OF the State officials. bnt franL
ness and sense Of duty demand that WE
say the truth. We by race ale idanIiheS
with the great body OF voters in this st,te
who have elevated the present State Off
Gals 10 ttelr pre- sent place Of power. We
voted ana worked for them We believed
that we were doing a noble work for good
honest Government when we hoisttd ~
the head OF our paper the names of the
men who now coatroi the destines Of thi,
State, and. We regret TO say, have so bailv
m 4naged its affair.", tn It we are heariily
ashamed Of the work whiah We helped 70
do. We know that the cJlored men Of
this State will have to bear ti @ oGiom of
al the crimes or Lni5ioinys OF the zvhitae
who manipula'e tho finances Of this State,
and We do not desire that the innocent
voters who know no more about this who'll.
sale miegovernment than so many chill
dren, should be held up to the country as
willing PARTICIPANTS il these evils. The
government of South TCaroiioa is in
the hands of white men. paced there bv
colcred mems votes, AID they coptr, I
everything In this State. Ii there is STEAL
ing being done, they d. it +; il there is
robbery of the State Of is millions if j.
not the negroes who do these things. II
there have been over issues of bonds for
any purpose, We tell tho cJuntry that no
negro has had ady band ia this matter
= The Legislature passed laws authorizing
I the Issuing of certain amounts OF bonds t.
, meet the liabilities of the State. If there
{ are over issues, the State officers who con
troll this matter. have done the wrong the
country and the people OF this State.
r The coiored population are as poor to-
J day as ever they were, so far as the State
bonds has any thing to do with their aug
4 mented wealth. These facts suggest 10
). the People q "New Departure here.
D With the cre1it Of the STATE gone, with
= the Treasury empty, with the reported
3 frauds in the ls-ue Of bonds, with the
r reputation Of the Glass Of men who now
8 guide affairs. is it not the duty CT tie
d people to rise up in their might AID cast
4 off the present incubus, and select another
class of men to guide the State? There
n must be change, there must be a unit
+ ing of all honest men of every class and
race in this State for the maintenance of
4 honest government. These public SER
n wants, proving false to their trusts, must
y be put out of power, and honest men put
q in taeir places. There are honest men in
I both parties who can agree to put down
). this wholesale robbs ry of the people, ard
s it is plainly their duty to unite for the
= great object.