The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-29
(" THE TRUE REPUBLICANS "
Tn. Plea Of the virtuous Boilers.

To the People of South Carolina ::
On the 10th cay OF October next, you Will De
called ON to elect the various men VINO snail
fill the various offices in the State government
for the next official term.
The condition OF the affairs OF the state aC
this time causes the gravest concern and most
serious anxiety In the minds Of all good clt-
zens. Taxation unprecedented In amount In
the history of this Slate weighs upon the peo-
ple. No man but feels the burden; but how
ever and by whatever channels the lakes
reach the treasury, they come finally, IN great
part, IRON those who till the SOIL, In the form
of reduced wages, and the Increased COST OF
food, clothing and other necessary expense, pens !,
of q comfortable existence. The hard hand OF
toll largely pays the expenses OF the state,
though the money may be deposited N the
treasury by those who own the capital and the
land. Let 40 man f1atter himself, therefore,
that his poverty renders this subject OF taxa
ton one OF Indifference to him:
{. Besides the vast sums which nave oeen
drSwn from the people by direct taxation. our
rulers have been heaping other burdens upon
us and our posterlty, by enormous, anu 10
many cases fraudulent issues of bonds, the
very Interest OF which Is sum so large that
It seems impossible 10 pay iC. Concealment OF
the realstate of our affairs naa been practtced
to g. criminal exteut; report alter report,
stat9Ilent after statement, has been made oy
the financial officers OF the S'ate, making
false exhibits of our public debt; and IL was
only when an outraged public opinion de-
manded and compelled an investigation, that
onr real situation was developed, and was
found To Justify the worst apprehenslons
which had been felt.
The public mind is too familiar with the
facts 10 REQUIRE more to be said concerning
the bond frauds; but 1t Is worth Wn,le 10 con-
alder here the question, what has become OF
the money 90 lavishly poured Into The treas
ury! To what objects have we seen 1t appro-
nriated by those who, under the law, are ap-
nointed to disburse IL? Have the rights OF
person and property, which Is the special
function Of good government to guard, oeen
secured. Have the children OF the people
been furnished with the means OF tnat ediica-
tion which alone can fit Them worthily 10 per
form the duties of citizenship? Have the
humane institutions 10 charge OF the State
been cared for? Have the resources Oh The
State been developed, Its industries tostered,
its present and future welfare provided Tor
with reasonable prudence?
The answers to these questions are In lne
mouths of all the people. We ara ashamed 10
he compelled 10 confess that the State Gov
ernment has failed 10 protect the citizens, not
only In the enjoyment of those right and priv
ileges intended to be secured by the provi-
aIons of the State and national constitutions,
but even in those more limited rights which
no respec able civilized government ON earth
allows TO be violated In the persons Of lis sub.
iects: and 1t has been the strong arm OF the
Federal Government which has released thou.
sands of men, women and children from @
terror with which they could not fail to be
filed by countless outruges perpetrated upon
their friends, relatives and neighbors by con
spirators, whose deeds the world reads o
with horror. ,., ;.
The public schools have been crippled II
their work, and in many cases closed. because
their teachers applied in vain at the STATE
treasury for the small salaries justly due lhen
and necessary to their daily support,
The inmates of the Lunatc Asylum mus
have been turned loose upon the community
but for the humane efforts of its afllclent sll
perIntendent, who pledged his private creul
70 obtain food nobody would sell on that o
this great State. The doors OF the PenitentiarJ
NAV be flung wide open any day, to allow TIL
eYit of q band of convlcts, whom the warden
cannot feed, because there is no money In th'
stste treasury to purchase food. The indge
of vonr courts have not been paid their sala
rieS for many months, and are compelled, II
mnat cases. TO borrow money 10 supply th'
Wanfs of themselves and their families, and U
he subjected to the temptations TOO oltel
n1aeed by rich suitors before a Judiciary 'rreg
nlarly or inadequately paid ,.,
r. wond be easy to continue et a!most an
>-,anoth in enumerating what has been lett un
Hnne which ought to have been done. IL
easier to say what has 6eeR oo1e whic. Y. nusr lug.
tn have been left undone. JOBS OF ever
Conceivable description have been uaaerta