The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-25
The Parry's PIedges--Wiil the Legisla-
ture Fulfil Them:

| Columbia that Comptroler-0enerai NeaSle
has relinquished oil idea Of resisting the
Injunction, granted by Judge Melton, pro-
hibiting the levy and collection OF State
and county taxes, under the joint resolution
of March 13, 1872. The injunction was
made permanent on Saturday, and the Whole
matter is left in the hands OF the Lesisla
tnre. without whose action no taxes can no"
be levied. Mr.. Neagle showed his discre'
lion in abandoning what would have proved
To be fruitless opposition to well-consid.
cred judicial decision. Such Of bis friends
az are hard hit must bear it as meekly as
they can. Had they gone further, they
would have Jared no better. The people ol
the State have reason to congratulate them
selves upon the happy result Of the appeal
to the courts. General Moses and his asso-
ciates are not yet in Office. They could not
have been. held to account for any improper
tax levy made by the Scott officials; nor
would they have been responsible, in a
public sense, il the taxes, as collected, were
applied to the payment OF the myriad out
standing claims against the State. The new
administration, however, foresaw that the
proposed action OF Mr.. Neagle would inter-
fere with the reform programme which they
have marked out for themselves, and to this
clear sightedness the people eve the judi
cial action which saves them from iraudu-
lent tax levy and wasteful and corrupt ex-
pendlture OF the public money.
We have reason to believe that the new
administration will, as for as they can, faith
fully carry out the pledges OF their party
platform. For what they have already done
they deserve commendation but the hardest
part Of the work is to come. The holders OF
fraudulent bonds, the claim-jobbers, whose
pockets are filled with pay certificates and
"approved bills" will flock to the capital
and strive to bully or cajole those who sin
cerey desire to mend their ways. It is not
in the power of the Governor and the other
executive officers to make the laws necessary
for rejecting improper claims and for reduc-
ing the cost OF government. They can only
advise and recommend, and, as last
resource, appeal to the courts. The Leg
islature is the body which puts the ES-
ecutive recommendations into shape, and
adopts or repudlates them. And the
people expect that the members OF the
Legislature will give the new administra-
tion their earnest cooperation by passing
at once the laws needed for putting the gov
ernment upon sound basis, and for the
discontinue OF the Rings. The eyes OF the
white and the black citizens OF the State are
upon the Legislature, for it rests with that
body to give South Carolina practical re-
form, or to plunge the State into ruin. All
classes have On interest in the result. Con-
servatlve and Republican, the merchant.
the mechanic, the planter and the laborer,
are deeply concerned in that lowering Of
taxation which follows an honest admins
tration Of public affairs. No man is 30 poor
that he has not something to lose, and that
something is at stake.
The new administration, in advance OF
their installation, have given tie people an
earnest OF what they intend to accomplish.
We hope and believe that they will 60 on as
they have begun. But they can do moth
ing for the common good unless the Legis-
lature prove to be sufficiently pure and
patriotic to adopt with celebrity every pro-
per recommendation which the administra-
tion may make. The Legislature will be
closely watched, and those members who
falter will not find the faces of their consti-
tuents pleasant things to see when they so
before them to give an account OF their
stewardship. An honest and economical
government is what the people demand.
The Republicans have pledged themselves to
give the people such government, and the
whole people, irrespective OF party de-
mand of them that. they keep faith and do
what they have so solemnly promised.
The German Exodus.
During the glorious and profitable war
with France, the machinery OF the German
Government worked so smoothly that the
on-looking nations fastened to believe hat