The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-11-29
The Real Ku-Klux.
4 BLACK MANS PLEA FOR HIS RACE
AGAINST THE RING.

last few months prove concluslycly
that there is something wrong.
The pndcniablc facts that the Leg
islalure has made appropriations
10 meet the current expenditures,
and that the taxes have bcou
promptly paid by the people, and
that yet there is want of funds
to meet the legitimate expenses
Of tho State, shows 4 record hlch
is not cny;ablc. No man Of hon
esty can afford to shut his eyes
to the gIaring misappIica,ion Of
the funds OF this State, as shown
in the inability to meet the cur
rent expenses. No State can hope
to succeed and retain credit while
It's finances arc SO manipulated
to fail TO pay its employees !;
in every department there is
complaint that there is no money
in the treasures, either in State
or county: in every one the
employees complain that their
salaries are rot paid; tie jai!s arc
crowded with criminals, while the
sherltfs are complaining thst lLc!'
canuot meet the ruvrcjt expenses.
because OF the want o! o!monrv in
the counties 20 ray them. lci
The people have responded wei! to
the taxes demanded. and have
paid up. The State treasurer does
not give the county trcaSnrcrS
any chance to speculate on State
moneys collected, but demands
and receives it 50 that in this DC
partment the moneys are not
s4uantssed. In Charleston the
auditor has certified to the COL
lection of two hundred thousand
dollars paid over to the State this
year. Other counties have done
proportionatcly well, and yet
there is NO money to pay the State
debts, 1t may be answered that
the interest falling dive on bonds
issued has consumed this, to which
wo answer that the Legislature
made appropriations TO meet that
interest, which, if it had been
properly applied, would have net
all the obligations Of the interest.
We should be the last 10 qucs.
ton the integrity Of the State
officials, but trankncss .Dd . sense
Of duty demand that we say the
truth. We by race arc identified
with the great body of voters
in this State who have elevated
the present State officials to their
present places Of power. We
voted and worked for them We
believed that VIC were doing 4
noble work for good honest gov
crnmcnt when VIC hoisted at he
head OF our paper tive names OF
the men who now control the
dcstinies Of this State, and, VIC re-
greet to say, have SO badly managed
its affairs, that we arc heartily
ashamed OF the work which we
| helped to 90. We know that the
colorcl men Of this State will
have to bear the odium Of all the
crimes os nsis,toiass Of the whites
who manipulate the finances OF
this State, anI We do not desire
that the innocent voters who
know no more about this whole.
sale :nissovcrnmcnt than SO many
children. shonld bo held up to the
country Is willing participants in
these evils. The government OF
South Carolina is IN the hands Of
'ehite men, fiace4 there By colorc'i
mems c0tfS, and they control
everything in this State. If there
is stealing being done, thoy do it;
! if there is robbery Of the State OF
its millions it is not tho negroes
rho do these things If there have
been over issues Ot' bonds to- any
purpose we toll tho country that
no negro has had any hand in this
matter. The Legislature passed
laws authorizing tho issuing OF
certain amounts of bonds to mcot
tho Iiabiiitics Of tho State. II
there arc ovor issues, the State Off
GERS, who control this matter, lave
dono the wrong to tho country
and the people OF this State.
Tho coIorcd pop@lstion arc as
poor today ~ cvsz they were,
SO far Us the State bonds has any
thing to do with their augmented
wealth. These facts suggest to
the people Il New Departure
here. With the credit of the
State gone, with tho treasury
empty, with the reported frauds
in the issue Of bonds, with the
reputation Of the cla>s Of men who
now guide affairs, is it not the
duty Of the people 10 rise up in
their might and cast Oft the pre-
SEM Incubus, and select another
class Of men to griLe The State?
There must be Il changH. there
must DC & uniting OF ail honest
men Of every class anL race in
this State for tAc maintenance OF
honest government. These public
servants, proving false to their
trusts, must BE- put cut o. power,
and honest men put IN their
places. There are honest men In
both parties who can agree TO put