The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-09-10
Alabama.

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appalling condition Of Alabama il
the following dark colors, unrelicvcd
; by single ray of light. Tho pic
lure is So life like that we thinh
South Carolina must have set for it :
No thoughtful citizen can oontem-
plate it without q shuddcr of npprc-
houston and alarm ns to her future.
Tho treasury is bankrupt her credit
is anuihilated; her public debt, actual
or prospective, equals in tho aggrc.
gate one-iifth of tho amount of the
whole ta&abo property Of tho State.
Enormous taxes crush her people to
the earth. Her current expenditures
exceed hor available iucomc from
every source. Her public schools,
her State Univcrsity, and her hospi-
tals aud asylums, are threatened
with suspension for lack of mcnns to
carry them Oh. Labor is dcmoraliz-
ed. All her industries arc para!yzcd.
Onerous taxes and unstable rules
arc driving both capital and popula-
ton FROM the State, and deter both
from coming into it. Her people are
overwhelmingly in debt, and hor
revenue laws nro working rapid
oonfscatation of their lands under
enforced sales of them to ray taxes.
| A debascd Sppreme Court, by arbi-
trary ard unconstitutional decisions,
has virtually abolished all uis1inc"
tions between the races in the social
and domestic relations, and invited
unnatural and abhorrcnt miscc gcna.
tion between thom. Her State officials
are, the majority of them, incompe-
tent aud falthless. Corruption reeks
iu all departments other government.
In word dark present and still
darker future rcprcss the hopes, aud
paralyZo the efforts Of her people.
Whnt has brought about this sad con.
dition OF things in Alabama ? There
is but one truthful response that can
be given to the intcrrogatory. The
rulo of the scalawag aud the negro
has been the architect of this di,as-
trous overthrow Of the fortunes and
hopes Of great commonwealth. y
"biack mans parity" organized,
manipulated and controlled by ma
tive apostatcs and hiroling advcntu.
rcrs, has dono the mischief.
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Two Jcmurc dsmscls, both Of Few
Jersey, recently played very sharp
game on the officials Of tho Morris
and Essex Ea.Ioad. The ladies
wore going to the seaside, and had
the usual amount Of feminine baggage
with them, in all seventeen trunks
Whcn they showed their tickets to
tho baggage-mastcr and desired him
to check their seventeen trunks, he
dcmurred, saying that each pas3cnge:
was allowed but one hundred pounds
of baggage, and that the fifteen extra
trunks would have to bc paid for.
| The ladies demonstrated, but in vain
80 they demanded to know tic addi-
tional charges they would have to
pay, and wcro Informed that the
extra trunks would cost them one
dollar each. How it so happened
that passenger is carried over the
road for eighty ccnts, and is allowed
to take ono trunk. The young ladies
remembering this, went TO the ticket
Office and bought fifteen more tick.
cts, They showed these to the bag
gaf,e man, and ho checked the trunks
as for fifteen passengers. Tho ladies
saved three dollars by the operat on,
aud havo fifteen tickets, worth twelve
dollars, into the bargain, for The con-
ductor of course, only took up two
tickets; ahd, Us these arc good Till
used, tho company may bo called
upon any day to transport fifteen pas
songcrs with fifteen trunks between
New York ard MoryistoWn. Now
that is what VIC call very neat op.
Grafton and is another. argument to
bo added to the many already Gnu
mcrated in favor Of tho fitness Of wo'
ton to toto.
Mr. John Mclerkin was found dead