Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-07-04

anu SCHOOLS, our rtIAs5IuulSs iiol cn
insane and the dsafiand dumb, you
Judiciary and Penitentiary, yourpub
lie officers Of fievery grade, to perish
and decay because there is no none.
| in the Treasury to answer to theirle
gal and fixed demands.
1.-THE whole fabric of government
at this minute is tottering to its fal
for the wahtofi pecuniary sustenance
which, although literally provided
has never reached it, and when / lif
my feeble voice in this hall Of justice
and law in. behalf Of our State Pris.
on, for the support and continued
construction of, which large appropri
ations have been made, bat which the
State Treasurer refuses to pay, al
though lawfully demanded, ! appea.
Eto, the Supreme Courtin behalf of my
poor, and suffering, and dishonored
State universally, and implore you. .te
aid this Relstor in setting onfoot the
most searching inquiry concerning the
causes Of this horrible and disgrace;
l!ful condition Of the public Treasury
and this utter idishonos5; and decay Of
the public finances Thatisthe grand
and patriotic purpose iofsthss Relation.
efaIf he can protectagainst absolute
disorganization, and ruin the State
[PeuiSentiafy, Of which he is-the ehiei
officer, he will have won the high
honor Of. a, successful reformer Of
startling and fatal abuses il. the ad-
ministration of the State Government,
and for. his courage and patriotic dar-
ing in the face Of friends. of party
and power, have secured the eyer
lasting gratitude Of all good and vir-
tuous men throughout the land.
"The Reiator comes before this
Court with his application for this
mandatory writ against Mr, Parker,
State Treasurer, fairly and squarely,
upon the ground Of, a great public
necessity. The construction OF the
Penitentiary building has been sus-
pended; three hundred unfortunate
ccnvicts within your. Penitentiary
walls are without bread 1.-THE neces-
sary guard has been dismissed and
the e)whoe corps of officers and en-
ployees has been disbanded. Disor-
ders; riots and insurrections are i'm
minent;; the lives and property Of our
citizens are in jeopardy and wholly
unprotected, exposed to the lawless
outbreaks of sef-released, famish-
ing and naked horde Of criminals,
goaded to desperation by neglect and
suffering, and only restrained from
the last extremity of violence by the
mingled courage, tact and kindness
and private means Of the Superlntep-
dent, the Relator.
4This state of things, may it please
your Honors, in relation to that es-
,sential and indispensable penal insti-
tuition is a great crime against public
humanity, the public safety, the pub
lie honor and official responsibility
and morals, great crime against Re
publican reconstruction, a greatcrime
against the law Of the land, and
should be punished; and if there be
a mode Of punishment within the
reach Of this Court, as before high
Heaven l know there is, cry aloud
to-day for your help for the people in
the enforcement of it. The Relator,
therefore, asks the Court in the form
Of this writ and in the prompt and
unawed execution: Of it in the case
shown upon the facts stated in his
petition, and the tremendous facts re-
corded for all time in the history OF
our day of State Government bank
rupted'in less than four years, which
has handled milliops' Of revenue and
more millions of loans, without a sin
gle public improvement inalgurated,
much less completed, to stretch out
its great arm Of power and bring to a
speedy accounting that officer of the
State, Treasurer Parker, from whose
baleful star dishonor and disaster have
been shed upon US. There 1is net a
sane man in South Carolina to-day, of
even tolerable observation, who is not
impressed with the conviction that
this reconstructed State Government
will perish within the next two years,
unless great reforms are at once
achieved in the financial department
of its administration.
"May it please your Honors, the
Government at Washington will be
compelled to demolish it: The great
Republican party in its just pride and
its love of free Institutions going
again into power, as it will, will seize
the rotten and miscreant monster and
cast it away in its unutterable shame
as unworthy of its protecting care
and support. II will not much lon
ger tolerate State Government which
IS IS daily dishonoring its illustrious
achievements, and seriously endan-
gering it's further trinmphs. This is
not politics, but alarming apprehen-
-sions, founded on facts whose force
this Court mhstdeel and respect in
the adjustment OF the Judicial ques-
ton of granting arSrefusing the in
euiry which the Relatcr asks you to
start. Will your Honors stop short
of that investigation ? Will your
Honors be content and command
your own people, the Government al
Washington, the great Americas peo-
pie and the people, of civilized gov
ernments everywhere to be content
with this miserable abortion Of q re-
turn and answer to the most grave
and vital application of the Relator
Content--satlsfed with this thing,
saturated with a moral sdsath-sweat
and reeking with moral putridity, in
SO great an affair. as the cause. and
purpose Of this petition? God for
bidl God forbidl. Iferyently ejacu-
late. -!
la8 @May it please your Honors, it is
true that you dc not sit in the great
lboll,of William Rufnus IN 1rh;cb ar.