The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-07-04
The Curse Of Hsaaical y uIe-
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1t IS appalling IOs4nBflk Anat ~ z sPS1Ae
men in four years have added two hun
bred millions of dollars to the public debt
Of the Southern States, which aggregated
but $50, 900, 900 when they came into
power For all this immense sum, there
is nothing to show as an equivalent
Obligations have been incurred and the
money which they have been the means
Of producing, has found its way into the
pockets of the adventurers. The public
at large have realized no benefit.
Besides the imposition of these debts,
taxation to meet present requirements,
has been enormous. The property valu-
alton of these States is only one-fourth
what it was before the war, but more than
four times the sum has been raised by
taxation annually than before the war
when the people were able to bear the
burdens of government
Mississippi presents signal example
of the prohigacy and corruption of these
usurpers. The taxable basis of the State
was $500, 600, 900 before the war; and
the expenses of the State government for
ordinary purposes were from S250,OOO
| to 800, 900 per annum. At this time,
the taxable basis is only $50, 900, 900 but
the cost of administering the government
under the regime of the carpet baggers;
Is from 81 900, 900 to 81 800, 900 Once
upon time when the Supreme Bench OF
the State was occupied by such lumina-
ries as Sharkey, G. F. Smith, A NJ.
Clayton and other illustrious members OF
the legal profession, the expenditures or
account Of the Judiciary were from
800 900 to $40, 900 Now the cost on
account of that department is $500, 600
Formerly, the cost of the Legislative
Department did not average exceedingly
$50, 900 per annum. Under the rule OF
the adventures, the expenditures have
averaged annually upwards of $500, 600
In the prosperous days before the reign
of the harpies commenced, the expendi-
lures Of the Executive Department die
not average exceeding IS, cooper annum.
But since the Inauguration of the evil
era, they have mounted up as high as
$50, 900!
What is the consequence of this whole
sale plumber? The people have toiled
and struggled as no people have ever
E done before them, to retrieve their pri
waite fortunes ard to restore public pros
perity, but they have labored in vain
They have planted but the carpet-baggers
have reaped. The distress is widespread
and general, especially among the pro
ducing class whose labor constitutes the
basis Of all others wealth and property
In the last canvass the complaint was
universal that taxes were too high. The
arpet-baggers, driven to the wall, prom.
ised reformation But instead of that,
taxation has been more than doubled.
In but single branch of the service the
public printing! has there been a reduc-
ton Of expenditures and this result was
due to the consummate tact of the Dem
ocratic minority. Sundry reform bills
were passed by the Legislature, but the
head-centre of the ring-robbers, the
| Governor sO-called, has prevented them
from being put into operation.
+ Is it a wonder that the people who are
thus plHndered, are praying for deliver
ance, and anxiously seeking the most
direct means of effecting that object?