The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-04-13
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900, when 81 800, 600 was lssied or]
does it mean to imply that if fany sum
over the amount actually collected OF
that shall hereafter be collected such
-overplus will be refunded /? lfit does 4 not u
mean this, what Specification has ehe
question, awhat difference docs it make lse 3
how much tax is levied on property il.
is is net collected 2 Again; tie General
and Poll tdx actually collected tor
1889 asas ,ssss Ssithin i afraetion Of sc s.
600, while the: assessment VAS
657, and Thea Union main ntaiaa ~ 6 tss 81
|de6sitlamountsto s7sass SssS
aHsson has miscafulais Rpt;;'
actaally COLI darisg IS
|1S6ss69, 81 1872 SO, bafa 8
amounts oolleois aaringst hose YEP 3
ON account Of Cosa.y faces. Forl
the sumi ofsl IA, ,964.6s, was collected
On o,l account; az Of Poll and General stats;
taxes, for the year 1868, then it fOll6asI g
that aproportionate amount was also
collected ron account Of County TAX
Which would Sc for 1858, $3.50, 767. 90,
and for 1865, 2,6l4.69, q slight
inaccuracyi not worthy Of the notice Of
the Union ! In addition to this the 80.
phiytry ,of' Che Uason would have; US
believe. that the State has not ;,.' an exc
cption against defaulting' taxpayers for
the amount of, the deficit and tbat,it
cannot collect the e'said deficit. But the
sales which. took place in this county
ID January last, and in othor counties
at othertimes avoids this sophistical
argument, and many . man knows BY
experience that.a portion ;ofhis land
has been sold to pay his deficit. This We
conceive 70 be sufficient answer tathe
.Usson on this point. F>isa
The Uaioa says in speaking Of tie
prevalence Of amurder, arsop, and
tpjHage" tbroughst sthe land, that these
crimes are aquits iunrebuked Of justice,
but those murders and rillagings have
been committed by those who believe
| asgeneral ,Kershaw does, that uiggers
| have no. rights which white mcu are
bound to; respect" !" 81. -
| Not satisded With mis- statements Of
facts, and pcrvertins truth, the Unton
heaps calumny and foul abuse, upon
the respectable Ahita men of South
Carolina, whose daily lives and actions
are speaking Eefata.ions % this hi mons
strous SANDER, aud the writer kneR he
was making false charge when he
uttered this foul sentiment, unworthy
ofI the greatest fool or the pest
determined. and irrcsldimable slahder-
er, ! except, perhaps, its 4 author;
IAgsial spssking af( n - 6 e5ses -
$aEas So. @ aaf56s the writer
charges That .tthirteea (solored people)
were brutally murdered by the follows
ers of General Kershaw, without a
shadow of prctext of law, and two
more are to be murdered According to
hw." .sae-ss
Thus prates this miserable creature,
who knows thatsuch language eau on,
ly reeoil' upon himself, because these
two men who are to be hung, because
they were convicted Of the foul and
deliberate murder ola one,armed white
man, wer tried by Jury composed in
great part Of colored men in presence
Of a Judge elected by legislature
composed in great part ofcolored men,
and. were ably defended BY ex-Judge
Munro, one ofthe best lawyers in tho
State, the jury scarcely leaving their
seats, 80 satisfied. were they of their
horrible guilt. -.
But would any srray offacts, suffi.
oieutly convincingto other minds; make
any impression upon the man who, pre-
tending to speak for the people Of South
Carolina, goes to Washington City to
interview the President Of the United
States, and there states to the CORES
pondent of the Tribune, that at the
conference lately held in Columbia with
Governor Scott, General Kershaw had
made a violent speech, saying that Ku
Kluxiug was but the "outpouring of
the just indign alton of an outraged peo-
ple," and other such stuff, which Gen.
'Kershaw never uttered, which Mr..
Chamberlain says was false from begin
ming to end, and which the writer him
self, to all intents and purposes ac-
knowledged to be false, when in late
issue of the Union, he hopes that at