The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-06-04
THG AxAFxEAu NERAAu.

bia, fully appreciating bis eminent
worth, desire, in this public exprcs-
sion of their sympathy with tho pco.
pic of the State and Of tho. country
at large, to add their testimony to bis |
purity of'Purroscs and his ability, ms
q statcsmen, TO the carncstncss Of his |
devotion TO his State in tho timo of
her greatest poril, and to the single
ness Of his zcal to promote her
political and material adYancemont..
Resolrcd, That tho 'chditnian Of
this meeting DO dirooted to present
these resolutions, in open court, to his
Honor the circuit judge and to ask
that thcy be spread on the journals of
tho court, that they be published in tho
daily journals Of the city and that
copy of the Saline be forwarded by tho
chairman to tho borrowed family of
the deceased.
We feel somo dcgrfc Of tlclioacy'th
critirzing tie resolutions, as wo
ontertain fi6h respect for tho gon..
tlomcu compoaiug the Columbia bar
AID have in II previous af.icte do
|clarca our intention ,:f throwing n
mantle Of charity oyyr the shult-
comin1s of tho dccca%rh, adnni, ing his
grcatnbility ucl ftrg'l,ing his sins;
but VIC must condemn the general
tendency Of all such resolutions to
indulge in fuls9mc lAtcry. Cover
nor Or was II succc sful Politician,
and welded great irnuoncc at homo
and abroad. But his past record is
certainly not, in our opinion, "rcllctc
with evidences Of the highest politi-
cal integrity )" nor can wo add our
testimony to his "purity Of purpose"
or tho oarncstucSs Of his Devotion to
his State in the timo Of her greatest
poril, nor to tho tingloncSs Of his goal
in promoting her political and ma.
tcrial advancement. But since Gov.
! Orr, with all his virtucs aud all his
impcrlc,tionS, has been called before
q higher tribunal, VIC will uot now con
dean him. We believe in saying
nothing Of tho dcud except it be fa-
vorahic, but at the Sumo time we
should be careful not to say too much.
This is n moro giicvors fault than
"damnng with faint prai,c," for it
throws an air Of insineority over the
whole resolutions. Had these sim
ply declared that Gov. Orr Was q
great man who had .ill,d many posi-
tions with ability and success, and
that tue State could i'll afford to lose
his services, this would havo been
sufficient.
These resolutions nre but a fair
0'mplo of what VT sec every day, and
We do M. attach amy peculiar blame
TO them. Our only Object is to sug-
goat that tho friends or q avy;u;p.va
individual should not he too loud in
their praises. Givo him cvGrythiug
that is duo, bNt DO nHt assign to him
any peculiar Virtues in which ho may
have boen woefuily deficient.
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Return Of ito Comptroller uonotal -Du-
ty of tho Taxpayers.
Elsewhere will be found the return
Of Mr.. llogo to tho petition made by
Morton, Bliss T. Co., for mandamus
compelling tho Comptrollcr General
to levy ajax for payment Of intctost
on the State dobt. The roturn is u
strong one, and gives somo startling
facts in regard to tito debt. Mr..
llogo confirms tho assertions 80 fro
ducntly mado by The Conservative
press, that over sovon millions Of
bonds uhd stocks arc outstandinG
without warrant Of law. Tho inter
est m these footsup at per cent, hhlf
a million dollars, requiring levy of
81 mills on all taxable property of
tho State to satisf5 1t. Tliis, 10 thust
rcmombcr, is exclusive Of the interest
on tho valid debt, itself requiring a
lovy Of four mills. Tho quota for
Fairfield of this illegal 81 mill tax
would bo $l1,5Do! In comparison
with this the license and Ku KlIx tax
swindles sink into significance.
Our tax payers must meet this is.
suo promptly by resisting tho manda.
mus. They must unite and raise a
sum sufficient to employ ablo counsel
to protect their interests. 4 contri.
button Of the on"-hundrodth part Of
this fraudulent interest would amount
to 50, 600 sufficient in our opinion;
to defray all expenses. Fairffeid's
L.