Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-03-07
THE ADVERTISER.
Edge6eld, s. c., Mar 4, lsT2.
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From s57,ooO,o0O to s24o zoo, o ooo:
in Six Yearssi! e: -
A most truthful and well-digested
statement OF facts is the Minority Report
Of t1eGongressional Committee on South
,ernA Affirsssubmittcd to- Congress not
long: Since. IT is ahistorical analysis of
great power and startling interest, and
elnanating from the high source it does,
must command attention to the tremcn-
dous scheme of plunderilfr, robbery ahd
o!he. v;l!anr which ills prevailed
t.:rou. .shout the South ever siico Eccon-
struction under Federal bayonets was
begun. The Minority is signed by Sen
:,tors Bayard and Blair, and Representa-
I-tivessBeci, Cox, Waddoll;o var:s EItfmp;
kIIanks and Robmsop.ss- ssl. ;ssnF3A1fs
T: But.the finest portion Of the whole Re:
port is the exposure of Garrett bag tinaln-
ciering, which has increased the indebt-
cdness Of the ten southern States Prom
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years. The banding Of the. ignorant ne
srocs in secret zoath-bssmd leagues I'M
der unprinciplfd;s .scoundrels who used
them as tools, the frightEul .apparition Of
a civil society reversed. and Government
standing on its apex. III their abstract
and abnormal proportions, pale into in
significance by the side of their conse-
qucnces-tho huge debt piled up by the
knavcs and rflountebankswh m have been.
ruling all these States: II By the side of
such misrule and dishonesty. breeding,
us they have done, Ian unca1culable
amount of vice, crime and suffering in
all parts of our unfortunate section, the
alleged acts Of: IN klux la~lessness, all
of which were most undoubtedly pro-
vokcd by thisselfsamo condition oftfings,
are but mole hills sof treason compared
to vast mountains of fostering and mad
dening corruption;i.Ss'i, 80. Zz5...
Sharp Stirring-Around In New
rs.g. Hampshire. ~ ~ r.
Ithas been repeatedly announced late
ly that Judge R. b. Carpenter, Reform
candidate for Governor in South Carolina,
inlSIO, is now in New Hampshire, stump
ing that : tate In the interest Of tho Dem
ocratic party. On the, 18th inst, the peo-
pie of the Granite State are to be called
| upon to give their suffrages in an elec-
;ioa for State officers and Legislature.
There are four sets Of candidates in the
field, and consequently great excitement
-oyerything pointing, to a remarkably
close contest. New Hampshire seems to
be nearly evenly balanced be ween the
Democratic and Republican parties, and
the Prohibition and Labor Reform par
ties come in to decide, the contest. This
year there is more thanusual significance
to bc attached to reelection in that State.
A great struggle is just. commencing in
earnest between the conservative people
of the country, on the one hand, and the
Radical corruptionists who now control
the Government, on the other. Tho elec-
tions. inthe States of New Hampshire
and Connecticut will have some bearing
on this struggle. These States are earli-
est in the held in the important elections
of 1872; and It's sincerely hoped they
will thoroughly redeem themselves pre-,
paratory to the. great Presidential contest
of next November. AS regards New
Hampshire we shall soon see.