Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-08-23
From South Carolina.
Br,uroar, s. c., Aug.s; JOSH.

Br,urosr, s. C., Augas; 18Th.
Editor Fac Pros ana Tiars-
Ithas nov been several years sacs iei, ~
native State IS . volunteer under THE can aft tie
iumor.a. Lincoln f'r 5000 men, and although
since that critical period Of cur national lie
have never liyei in ny native safe s.Hele lay
with the intention ofrec's.a;ug citizenship, yet
feel deep interest in her welfare, which must
be ruy excuse for writing this communication l
may eay, sls7, tA., have = large number @:
friends and scQu,int.nces II Chiuenden County,
Who, presume, will be glad t. lear from cue
with whom they s7e acquainted, something 't ise
actual con Ii;ion @. the Palmetto State
hink We have hal the hot;Sa; weather here
that VIC h,ye h,i FOR the last eight years,
and Oh resilient, ,ay it has been hotter than
they ever experienced. Indeed. the weather
has been 50 ezcessi.ely hot that We arc sP-
prvteusive that the corr cop is par;i. fall
ure. butal oiner crofs look wei, ave ferhalE
"root potatoes, " which is our sweet potato crop
planted from the seel. in standardization TO
TIE "slp potato cro? which is Pisntcd from the
vine Of the former crop think nare cotton
has been planted this yeay in this State than in
suy proyioa, year, AMI, what is better, it looks
vel, f.r it ttsnis Tie dry hot weather better
than azy other crop Known to the South. ror
several years cur planters hEve enjoyed Al in-
lluui,y from the cotton worm; but this year he
has put in an appearance and already We hesr
Of HIN. IN the neighborioe Islands, which causes
great anxiety smoug cur farmers and planters.
II lie car te induced by the 6corchirg rsys Of
Old Sci, (snd they Ne very detrimalent to his
prosperity.) to keep awsy until the 10Th inst
the loss oocssoned by HE coming viii Re com
Ysratiyely insignificant, as it viii in that event
be only the late cotton thst be can " trouble. ~
The Presidential contest il exciting no little
interest among al classes Of our ci:izenf and the
present glorious position Of the Old North State
creste. 4 great deal Of enthusiasm among
Republicans The Republicans in this State ere
determined to r;ari ty Grant with the same
fidelity thst he stood BY the nation when the
supporters Of Mr.. Greeley attempted to destroy
this gozerumentIl fabric Grant and Wilson will
carry the State by THIRTY THOUSAND MAORI 7,
.nd not few Of their supporters are Simou-pure
Democrats. Although Charles Sumner hss been
honored and TeEered by the Republicans Of this
StSte. vet his recent letters will not give Mr..
G reelev hundred additional votes in the com
monwesith. Mr. Sumner is not our political
orscle. for we have feen and fsli too much Of the
rover Of Ku-Kluxism TO trust the liyes and lib
erty Of our citizens to a man, who. If elected,
must be chosen by the deEtroyers OF hundreds OF
thousands Of Union men both during and since
the clote Of the wsr We believe thst the sup
porters Of MIR. Greeley are SctuE,ed BY the
- any body 10 beat Gran" motive instead OF
vital principles which they deem necessary to
preserve the republic.
Writing of cur condition here, must not
omit 10 briefly speak Of cur finances. Our mis-
fortunes in this respect have been greatly exsg-
ger.ted, though the condition OF cur treasury is
not what VIC would with. Unprecedented corrup-
ton in our State government il generally at
tributed by those abrosi, as well as By demo
Gratis and their satellites here, as the cause OF all
our finsucial woes; but such is not the fact.
When the republican party took control Of the
State government in July, 1858, the Old South
Carolina bond. we're worth but 70 cent? Gu The
dollar And yet notwithstanding the evil pre-
dictions and threats of the democratic JouTnSls,
both in and cut Of the State, there bonds under
the new government advanced TO 10 and 50 cents,
and their tendency was still upwards. But
the supporters Of Mr.. Greeley having pre-
dioted the failure Of the republican state
mus. DO something to bring
about the ruin they hsd prophesied, and the
easiest way to DO so was TO ruin the credit OF the
State. This they succeeded in doing by crying
out with all the power Of democratic lungs,
''reprdia,ion" This cry, accompanied with the
awful Ku- Klux outr.ges that were committed on
both colored and white Republicans in the upper
portion Of our State, caused rapid deterioration
Of our State bonds, which of courie necessilsled
the hypothecstion Of much larger amount oil
bonds to raise given amount OF money linen
the tsxes we're not paid with that slscrity th't
they should have been. nearly one-thir1 cI ire
latter remaining uncollected until the Legisa-
ture at it's lsst session passed sn act proVidlng
for summary process for the coHecuon Oh .he
tsxes from delInquents. With this sct' togetner
with the suppression OF those murderous Clans
that have rendered night hideous BY their still
more bideous deeds. it is believed thst We will
come out of our financial troubles far better ana
wiser in consequence OF the teffloIe ofceal
through which we have passed.
Our State election comes of on the 10Th OF
October, and we go up to Columbia on the 2ist
inst. to nominate State of6cers. For the first
time since the close of the war. and the atsump-
ton by the State of her normal political rela-
tons with the Union, will this State be repre-
sented in Congress according TO her full populs-
ton, tae three-Gfths arrangement having BEEN
by the last ceusuf, and instead OF
four we will have five representatives, in the next
Congress L. >. LANGLEY