The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-03-02

TnE CARPET BAG GOVERNORS.
The record Of the different Governors ia
not uninteresting, and the report gives itln
concise way:
" The public records fthe country show
that Governor Holden, Of North Carolina,
has been successfully impeached for high
crimes and misdemeanors, Repu blicans uni.
ting in SO doing Reed, OF Florida, has lust
been imPeacled by his own Legislature.
Bullock fed from Geor 5ia to escape certain
conviction. Smith, Of Alabama, was guilty.
Of issuing at least $500 900 Of the bonds Of
that State frsddulenlly TO the managers of
the Alabama aud Chattanooga railroad.
Brownlow, while in Tennessee, tyrannized
over that people in the most sham eless man.
ner, being eqaalled in that regard only by
Davis of Texas Scott, of South Carolina,
barely escaped impeachment even from mis-
corrupt Legislature. We will forbear in this
report from speaking Of the present status of
Yarmouth, Of louisiana. aud CLAYTON of
Arkansas, as theyare now undergoing inves
tlgation before committees oil the Senate and
House"
ExPgssR or CARPET-BAo GOVERNMENT.
The financial standing ofesch State is given,
and the statement reveals the following terri.
BILE condition.
Aiabuna. Debts and liabilities, July l, 1861.
S5,s5g. .65ts7i debts and Liabilities, July /,
lo6s, 81, s04 ,J9G. % present indebtedness ae.
taal @ an and contingent, Including railroad bonds,
SIS, 1881 ,96f,91.
Arkansas. Debts and liabilities in 1861, not
exceeding S4,OjG, ,95asf debts and liabilities.
actual aud contingent, including railroad aud
levce bonds, now s,76l, 1855. ca.
ftorsda.-Debt In 1860. S22l 200; debt now.
including railroad bonds issued aud authorized
SIS, 5,763, ,447.54.
Georgia.-Debt in 1850, $500, $50; debt and
liabilities, June, 1871, including railroad
bond. issued and authorized, $50, III 500 rail-
road bonds Withdrawn, haV ing been deemed
| fraudulent, Sc, 900, leaving the present
Indebtedness SA, l37, 500.
LoHi'iand.--Debts aud liabilities, January 1,
1851, $40 OO99, 0l4.3i debts and liabilities, Jan.
uary l. lsGs, Sl4 ,3I7 ,O5I 2 debts and liabil.
tiles, June /, ISL, sal, 1874, 1881; excess of
expenditures over reseipts, 1871, 50, ,345, 739
North Cdrotind. ebt and Liabilities, JnIv.
1861, $500 500; debts and liabilities, july,
1865, Sis, ,lI9,915; debts and liabilities now,
| (GOverDoPs message SJ4, ,Ss7 ,467s5.
South CaroHiiaa.- debt, 1861, (e1clu,ive of
some 100000 Of contingent and prospective
liabilities, most Of which b were settled in some
way, not very clearly explained 81, ,OOO, 900
| debts, 1871, including bonds to railroads and
bonds IN dispute as fraudulent, $39, ,l5s, ,gll47.
u'''i''PPi.-ln 1850 she had no debt, but
| 97I.3O.
Isaaesaee. debts and liabilities in October.
1861, 81, los, 500. &C; debts aud Iiabilitie, In
January, lsIl, si5,6sS, ,263.l5. This has been
reduced since. (See Governors message TO
the Legislature, October, lS7l.)
IeEus.-TeIas had no debt before the war.
| The Comptroller states il, November, 1871, at
not less than 50 ,OOOj debts and liabilities,
/ including railroad bonds, now, (see proceed
/ rigs of tax-payers' convention Sl7 900 900 !.
while the taxation imposed in 1871 was, as
stated by the committee Of that cOnve ntion,
| So, ,36l, 900.
| Firgiaid.--Debt and liabilities ia 1861.
Sjl ,9Jo .lA.59 debt aud liabilities Ia 1871,
Sti, 1880, $50 9G.
| The aggregate increase of the debts and
Liabilities o; the several States will be found
| greatly to exceed S!OO,0JO,OO
WHAT LID 70 THE DISTURBANCES.
! In this fearful account no notice whatever
has been taken Of the debt contracted during
the war, as all Indebtedness in aid Of the rebel
lion was repudiated by the fourteenth amend.
ment To the Constitution. The systematic sys-
ten of robbery pursued through the medium
/ OF local taxation was the exciting cause which
led to the disturbances which did actually oe.
cur. The report says upon this:
ms character OF larceny committed 10
| neighborhooda caused more disturbances than
all the wholesale plunder OF the States f; it
came home to every mans door; il was seen
/ aud felt every day aud every hour; IL was a
fostering sore on the body polite, and the Of
lenders we're sometimes pretty roughly dealt
| wiih' while sometimes they professed to have
oeen 'ka-kiuKed' TO hide their own Sillainy."
now rnEr wERE ISvEsrIaArED.
| Taking Soath Carolina for an example, the
report says:
| BY vote of the general Committee .,,.n.
bled at the Capitol 10 Washington in NAV l.s,
| sub-commlttcs, consisting OF Senn,nr Scoti
and Representatives Stevenson and Van Trumn
was sent to the State Of South Carolina To take
testimony 10 what was alleged To be the dis
sturbsd portions OF that State The sub-cnm.
miitee wss occupied in that business from ,ba
ID to the .iih OF July, inclusive, and over one
hundfed witnesses were examined al CoInub;.
| SpartAnbarg, Union COurt-bouse, and York,
Vhe. vi tue witnesses who were examined by
and IN behalf OF the majority of the committee
! hlty-three were eolored persons of the very
\ lowest grade OF Intelligence belonying 10 ba.
man beings They were Just the kind of IN ata.
! rial 20 be moulded at the will and comm.nd
OF any unserapulous white man who h.d a
common purpose with them 10 sstablishing
any giyen state OF facts. From the very na.
ture oil tue case, there were aud there couId
| be no means Of contradictinR them. srcsn, an
| lar as they might be made tn contradict them.
| selves ON their cross-examinatiou Usnaitv
| however, there was such n pauei;y of fact. In
their narrative, outside Of the alleged action
oil tue disguised men, and there was such
sameness ~ their mode Of stating them. that
| even cross-examination OF them wonId nil 20
| elicit the truth, II their evidence was faI.e or
iegned. But, whenever one of them yentnred
| out OF the beaten track Of their examipatiou
he would DC very likely to be at cross purpo.
/ sea with the truth.
We pass, then, the negro tcstitnonv far vhs,.
| ever it IS worth. But, while we do this see do
not deny 1hat in that portion of South Caro-.
! hna commonly known as the Piedmont reginn
embracing the counties of Spartauburg. Eau-
rens, Chester aud York, a broken and some
hhAt mountainous region OF the country,
and, when excited by wrong, A Iawle.. class
OF white people, there have been within the
| last eighteen months or two wears numerous
instances OF lAwless outrage upon the black
poPuiauon ~ disguised men. known BY the
name OF hu-hiux but that this state Of things,
To any considerable extent, grows out OF politics
in the ordinary partisan sense Of tbe term. We do
most emphaticalIy deny. So far from this con-
dition OF things In 5. CarlOina, resulting from
party politics, aud especially In relation 10 any
| question oil Federal politics, we are satisfied il
| Vs. ,n moss cases, simply question OF labor
anu sociai caste between that class of the white
population and the negro In that portion of
tue state and the testimony wholly fails to
snow any IKE condition OF things in any other
parts OF tho State.
Ku-Ktux sor A POLITICAL ORGANIZATION.
So clearly is II fact that the people Of
South Carolina do not feel HUSTLE TO ths fed
eral government, that even the quartering OF
federal troops among them; to stand az senti.
nels upon their conduct, does not excite any
antnosity among them. On the contrary,
they have hailed their advent among them,
especially after the most infamous act OF their
carpetbag Governor in organizing aud arsn-
ing ihe negro militia during a political can
vass IN which he was q candidate for re-eiee-
ton. There is not federal military officer
among them with whom they do not main tain
the most cordial personal relations, with but
one single exception, perhaps, in the case of
MAJOR Merrill, stationed at Yorkville. There
70 nothing which marks the object of the ku-
kiux bill passed by Congress, and the appoint-