New-York tribune., 1872-07-22

ica party. had formerly been Judge in my district s
salary Was s20O year and no one ever complained OF
and bis place became & spoil for the Radical Legsla
s35OO-total 5000, for the very service which
Conservative Judge had formerly done for 81 2OOl Our
laws made for the interests and temper OF the carpet
baggers The Assessor in my county, who Is much.
named negro, George Washington II. H. Stuart, fellow
who seems TO have been melted into his tight
pantaoons Of military blue, and Affects dandy
Hm IL authorized by law % remain m his
office and cross bis encased egs At there. while
tne Taxpayers OF the county required to bring -
penalties. Travelling might not be healthy for hun /
could mention several instances In which legislation
nas @ Deen abused Dy ho preludces OF the new cQmers
We have one curiosity on our statute-bOOk which ven
ture 20 say s unprecedented In this country. Those
carpetbagger have no natural defense against sander
hey are not lighting mem 50 they get law passed thas
designating one OF them what the Dutchman once com
planned Of beng called on dogs little boy the offender
inc pepiieniary or fine 5O We RaRye too most
aboninable homestead exemption law. made for the
fraudulent protection Of class OF debtors peculiar 10
these cOmers who generally men Of small visible
properties, while the large llndOWners the envy Of
Correspondent As TO this excessive burden Of taxa
tlOn, which seems to be DISTINGUISHING feature Of
Radicalsm regnant IN the South do you think there can
be any design in It beyond the obvious and vugar
of puuderfundl IL is not possible That since the tax
'RebeP population It may be also designed to n0lct
them some penalty as for past rebellion that thero
may be an eieIaent of political inyidousnes5 IN tho
PURPOSE IN ExoRBuANr TAXATION
is deeper and sinister design which / think
the Radical party South have in these Of tax
aton and which goes hand in hand with their scheme
of plunder They want to break up.he old propretors'
to make them sell out 1t part Of their pl9h to SOW
but little concealment of this IN Arkansas. When 1
have demonstrated that the new eomers can pay mo
cumbed under them. have had the efrontery OF tho
reply, Oh, Will let that matter up when We get our
selves in your places! 1t really makes my heart ache
to think OF old people driven from their homes by
such ingenuity Of oppression and torture, and the re-
OF a great splendid State like Arkansas beng
abused for purposes OF plunder and for political pro-
scriptOn. We have, indeed, State abOunding IN
wealth: mineral are just coming TO light
our cotton lands money has only 70 be turned up
from the soil; nowhere may even unshed labor count
on rewards more large or more certain: Why Sir. 1
have negroes on my place who, after keeping them
selves aud families, have each made clear 5000 year
But such abuses OF legislation and OF politics az hayo
described are fatal; they have reduced even better
countries than Arkansas TO the wilderness or to bear
gardens Of despOtIsm."
Correspondent-' one moro question. and please
answer candldly. May not this ignoring OF the native
element in all your southern governments and local al
fairs be very much due to the fault Of your own people,
their apathy and sefsqrrendera sort OF sulleh m
i'm the South since the war, and perhaps, cCnse-
quence OF dsappointments IN that warp
Arkansian' will admit your suspicion, 70 this ex-
tent there nave been lasstude and indifference in pOlt
matters In local ones, the part Of our natyo
southeers; but IL has been mostly due 10 e act that
we found that Radicalsm had dead sure thing against
ms in anything like contention for Offices and the pOhu
cal MANAGEMENT OF our affairs. When we had essayed
the contention with right good viii, we found the vote
counted that corruption even
at the last moment, aud that, above ALL with the coun
which this rascaty had at Washington It was
vain TO hope for anything like lair play, or 10
pursue any prospect Tor relief. 80 the south mas
generally fallen into an apparent neglect OF al
political controversy, and, indeed, might bo accused
by superficial observer Of iusensiDiy even IN her own
immediate and eXgent political al airs. speakuS Tor
Arkansas can say that only thoroughly walked up
there since the Cincinnati nomination Afforded US the nst
real daWnings Of a hope or practical measurable rcCf;
aud think you will find such general waking mp OF tho
South in the Greeley campaign As to surely ylndcate
from your charge Of political lstlCssness. Fair play
is the challenge noW and the South has for the first
time since the the indication OF her true method OF
political action. think We understand n IN Arkansas;
that the Cincinnati lesson has not been LIST there IL -
to call from the Republican party Whatever there ~
virtue and CaudOr IN land there are surely suc IN
this great party OF numbers and pGcstgc-tO combine
for rescue from the element Of party utterly cor
rupled by eXtTayagant aud easy successes over help
less people. This, in brief, Is Oug game n Arkansas, aud
we intend follow after every tramp that s thrown an
the Cincinnati movement" DAALLOPADHAWDE.
AHeyhaHg Spa, Va, July IA.