The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-22
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| been successfully tmpeached Tor high crimes
and misdemeanors, Republicans uniliDg In go
doing Reed, of Florida, has just been Inn;
peached by his own Legislature. Bullock fed
| from Georgia to escape certain conviction.
Smith. of Alabama, was guilty of issuing at
least $500, 900 of the bonds of that State frau
dulently to the managers Of the Alabama and
Chattanooga Railroad. Brownlow, while In
Tennessee, tyranized over the people in the
most shameless manner, being equaled In that
South Carolina, barely escaped impeachment
even from his corrupt Legislature. We will
forbear in this report from speaking of the
present status of Warnoth, Of Louisiana, and
Clayton of Arkansas, IS they are now under
going investigation before committees OF the
Senate and House."
The financial standing of each State is given,
and the statement reveals the following terri"
BILE condition:
ALABAMA.-Debts> and liabilities, July l,
1861, IS, ,93s, 654 81; deb,s and liabilities, July
| !, 1868, $1,000, 1896 81; present indebtedness.
actual and coniingent,f including railroad
bonds, $38, 49,. 1857 81.
| ARKAEsAs.-Debts and liabilities, in 1861,
not exceeding s4, ,036.s2 81; debts and labilt-
road and levee bonds, row Sl9, ,76l, ,266 62.
FLoRIDA.-Debtin 1862, s22l 900; debt now,
including railroad bondsissued and authorlz-
GEORGIA Debt in 1860, 81, SIC, $50, debt and
| liabilities, June, 1871, including railroad
bonds Issued and authorized, $50, l27, 500, rail-,
road bonds withdrawn, having been deemed
fraudulent, 81, 600, 900. leaving the present In
debtedness $44, l37, 500.
Lours1ANA.-De and liabilities January l.,
1861, boss. .074 "a. debts and liabilities Jan
uary l, 1868, sl4,347, ,051 g.; debts and llabill-
lies June |, 1871 s4l, ,l9i,473 81; excess Of ex-
penditures over receipts, 1871, 50, ,345; 5;7ss.,
NORTH CARoLINA.-Debts and liabilities
July, 1861, 49, 500 $780, debts and liabilities july
1868, sl6,77s,945; debt. and liabilities now
Governors message 1884, ,467 S5.
SOUTH CARoLINA.-Debt 1861, about (exclu-
sive of some &c. 0oO, 900 o contingent and pro,
spectlye liabilities, most Of which were settled
IN some way, not very Clearly explained S4;-
900, 600; debts 1871, iuclnding bonds to rail-
roads and bonds in dspute as fraudulent,
MIssIssIpPI.-In 1860 che had no debts, bat
January l, 1870, her State debt was $l,7s6,-
OIL 80.
TENNESSEE aid liabilities in Octo-
ber, 1861, s2O, los, ,606, ,l66; debts and liabilities
10 January, 1871, SAC, ,68S, ,263 40. This has
been reduced since. (see Governors mes
sage to the Legislature, October, l87l.)
fExAs.-Texas had no debt before the war
not less than $4,000, 600; debts aRd liabilities,
including railroad bonds, now (see proceed
ings of taxpayers convenlion,) $l7,00o, coo;
while the taxation imposed in 1871 was, as
stated by the committee of that convention,
IS, ,36I 90.
VIRa1N1A.-Debt and liabilities In 1851, .sl.-
$685. ,l44 So; ;debt and liabilities In 1871, 7 $50,
8S9 SO.
"The aggregate increase of the debts and
liabilities Of the several States will be found
greatly to exceed 5000, 900, ,000."
In this fearful account NO notice whatever
has been taken Of the debt contract ed during
the war, as all Indebtedness 10 aid of the re-
belllon was repudiated by the fourteenth
amendment to the constitution. The syste'
medium oflocal taxation was the exciting cause
which led to The disturbances which did actual
ly occur. The report says upon this:
"This character of larceny committed IN
neIghborhoods caused more disturbances than
all the wholesale plunder OF the States; It
came home to every mans door; 1t was seen
and felt every day and every hour; It was
fostering sore on the body polite; ana tne OF.
tenders were sometimes pretty ronghly Dealt
with, while sometimes they professed TO have
been sUn s2 as 6N iss 81
appears that the men who were entrusted
with the disbursement OF the money OF tne
of iron, all tod, only paid the paltry sum OF
seventeen dollars yearly taxes, but while
sparingly paying out, great care was taken 10
have their income largely increased. Com.
raripg the salaries paid In 1870 with those paid
btfore the war, It appears that the increase IN
favor Of The carpet-oaggers amounts 10 SI25,-
9S9. Although the value OF property IN the
eleven States of the South has been reduced
from S. 433, 757 942 in 1860 to $2.026 ,97l IN
1870, being loss of s2,307, ,3OG s7l, or over
$500, 900, 600 more than now remains, the State
taxation on what those people now have was,
In 1870 S12, ,Sl3, ,615. while 1t was 49, ,4S6 10
1860, when their affairs was managed py tnelr
own people; and the county taxation In 1850,
on ali property they then owned, was only
s3.ll5, 1874, while now, under carpet-bag and
negro rule, it Is Sl4,29S,630, or $ll, lSS, ,446
more on the remnant sill In existence than 1t
was on the whole property they owned before
the war.
Looking over some of the items of this reck-
lees expenditure, 1t is discovered that the OH.
cials were remarkably kind to the inmates Of
the penitentary, for in South Carolina 1t ap,,
pears that sl2, 1886 II was expended for hired
lubor In that building, notwithstanding Inc
fact that between two and three hundred con-
vlcls, majority Of whom were colored men,
were during the year. living Ia that lnstltu-
tlon at the expense Of the State. Another
Item of expenditure In the same State was iol
taking the census. 1t appears that the sum OF
$75,524 was expended In this way, and thal,
Federal census-the government census, Wnlcn
was far more complete, costing s43, 2o5. SPEAK.
| ing of the suspension Of the writ OF haoeas
corpus In nine Ot the counties Of South Caro-
lima, the minority say:
1--WE have no means of knowing upon what
specific information, If any, the President has
suspended the writ of hddedS corpus In nine ol
| The counties OF South Carolina, because, up 10
| this time, he has failed 10 respond to the re-
solution OF the House of Representatives upon
| that subject. With our opportunities OF Know
| ing whaL has and what has not transpired 10
South Carolina since the passage OF the law 10
| enforce the fourteenth amendment OIL the con-
sttution, we are bold 10 say that the exeseise
of this usnrped dominion over the great witt
| of right OF the people, falsely claimed to be
rIghtiully delegated 10 the President by act OF
Congress, Is wholly unsupported by auy state
of facts which would justify It's suspension,
even by the righttul trustees OF the power un'
der the constitution"
The report closes with an arralgnment OF lne
President In the following words:
| stIt Ia a painful duty to arraign the Chiei
Magistrate of the Republic before the great
| tribunal of the people. 1t would have
been a much more pleasant task, IN CRISIS
which should hush into silence all mere parry
criticism. to represent him to that court ol
last resort as having performed his high trust
/ In relation 10 these Southern troubles, with
moderation, Justice, wisdom, and The striclesl
imnar,iality. and that under q broad and
rre.heartpd administration of the govern.
ment, peace and harmony mad Deen restored
between the people of the two sections, and
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