The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-16
TIE KKELI OF THE KNAHEs-
PARsoN GAINS ADVICE TO HIS BLACK
BRETHREN. <-~eae g1;:..t.e1.
The. Buture Policy for the cetprsd Pso:s.
ple-The Best Measures and the Best
Men to Garry Them Oat.

From the Missionary Record, January 14I
Whoever. looks, over the trophies OF. the Be-
publican party as presented through the men
who have been the financial phtlosophers.ef
the State; and who have heretofore guided the
helm Of State, may discover through the tele-
scope Of augmented taxation the lalsifcation
of the former 'preteRsfonsaM skif IN sSooe-
craft. They have given direction to all the
measures Of taxation, and represented those
the State, and to place it lar aboEe the Jneee4,
sity of raising the assessments of taxation
in the future. When the last 8enerS tst
sembly adjourned, the hope was iRdtntged
that this year would witness the REDUCTION
from five to three mills. Such was the con-
clusion Of all who believed In the sneEesgo
!. Governor Scott's administration. With this
Republican who had the welfare Of The Stats
and the good OF the people at heart entered
the contest against the "Reformers, who
eianorad against the party, and especially
against 1.-The administration and It's extraVa-
gances. We were among those who contest
ed the right OF the party to new trial OF
power asainstxthe opposition. We pledged
them retrenchment n the governments
The inquiry now comes to us, how .have
these promises ,heeA kept ? The first effort
of those directing the finances Of the
State is to augment the tax from fv6eo nine
mills on the dollar. They tell the membeSso oi
the General Assembly that they must pass a
bill securing this, or they cannot have theif
'sper .diemt 70 returnto their homes They 90
to chsimen of committees and bring to- bear
action, ana force reports favorsbla to tAeis
schemes. Plans and combinations have been
rife since the adjournment, by which measures
of personal aggrandizemeDe have been: :pusiur-
ward; nothing which looks toward benefting
the Door OF the State, no measure which
brings to the poverty .stfickeT any ray aot
hope. Among all the great. plans .of
which the ruling mel. 81 thls party nave
cures 10 the poor man one dollar Of benefit;
nothing which cheers his pathway; nothing
that says TO him here Is hope for your children;
nothing which says look forward to thsfntare;
nothing which says to bis children, you mag
now take courage. We ask, has one man ont
SIDE Of the ~"riny" been benefited by
these great schemes, which nave resulted IN
putting thousands of dollars In their pockets!
The c0mmonpeople are now beginning; telnl
qllire in their own minds, what have they
GAINED bytheir persstency in contepdlng foE
the iesdsrs In the Republican, party aboVe
that c6fanv otbers :, :. y:t.-
I'll They G hal hays triad one class OF. men, and have
found then! !.swanrfng:s, they have trusted to
their guidance and have been Rd 70 ing
slaughter; they have given up all for the sake
OF maintaining certain men In ONCE, and now
they fnd themselves. as destitute today rag
when they began life years ago. They see
that to adhere TO the men whom they rhave
elevated 10 offices Of power and trust, ,fas 70
cling to a broken reed; to trust them longer, y
10 DESTROY themselves, and blight the hopes ot
thelreGiidren forever. Now they propose I'd
adopt measures which will advance the b!
terest Of the whole people, advocating
1herl through all the State, and then
support only such men as will sustain and
advance these measures, which look toward
the welfare OF this State, and the Happiness OF
the masses. 1t matters NOT whether the men
are Democrats, Republicans, or RetsrmeJs
whether they are white OF black, so that they
win carry out the measures of relief and secur-
ity to the people, and build up the interest Of
the State. HeRceforth, let the people look to
this question; let them select the best men.
Let them throw aside the clap-trap Of party,
and chose honorable men, n.of integrity
and standing in their communities who. Elll
represent and do them good; measures, and
men to carry them out.