The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-05

~eAN's"hs S1A@tAoh' w Wouho
remark by tho way that Ohio has had
Republican Governors for tho past
tweuty years and Republican legie-
latures most of that time.)
This comparison assumes that pro.
perty is taxed it's full value in each
of the States. We believe this as
sumption to bo en- error.
Gov. Moses states that property is
assessed in Illinois at rs por cent Of
it's real vuluo. In California, real es-
tate is aanots,d at one-tLird it's real
value. The NV York Herald Of
the 2Sth assorts that the rrnl valuo Of
a lot in Boston that the government
wanted to purchase for the cxsrntion
Of the po.t office, was two and a half
times tho assessed nlice. Thcsc are
three imstarccs, taken at andom, all
tending to prove that l.nl in the
North is ts tsscd Mt not moro than
half its real value, and that the tax
rate therefore is only half az much as
would appear from tho table. Oe
tho other hand, property in S,u,h
Carolina is assessed at tho greatest
possible rate. L.nds arc screwed up
to tho highoAt price, much more, geu-
orally, than they would bring if sold g.
How many thousands Of acres would
be sold gladly tomorrow for thoir
assessed valuc2 We aro Informed
that tho Auditors bavo received in
structions to ALLOW tho property Of
uu oWnship to deoroaso in assessed
value froul the estimate Of the pre-
vious year. In other words, il
WinnBh0lo were reduced to ushe$.
the land, and rubbish must be asscs.
scd atthc snme value aa was the ro-
pcrty previous to the conilagration.
AuG get, in spite Of this weak cfior,
to Impose upon public opinion, the
tax rate OF this State is lurger than
that Of any other. Cav. Mpsos choyc
these States voluntarily, as comrar.
ing most unfuvo,ahly with South
Carolina. Ilc has furnishc Il weapons
to destroy his own Argument. 1t j.
proper to assume that the taxation in
tho other States Of the Uuion is less
than in tt csc given. South Carolina
then enjoys the distinction of being
tho worst governed aud yet most
heavily taxed State in the Union.
The Logislature-Tho Union H { raid ard
tho Opposition Press.
Tho Union Herald Of the 2S h
takes a portion of recent editorial
Of ours as text from which to read
lecture to tho ".ppositivn press" "
We quote tho f:.,t portion Of the
Uuion lIcraln's editorial:
"The Winnsboro NKws has this to
say about tho extra session
'Thc Solons ofSoulh Carolina have
met iii extra Sos ivn TO sptllo the
vexsd problem Of State tinaucos. Ar
many Of tho aforesaid Svlous are un-
able to cipher out tho price Of bale
OF cotton mt n given weight and price
per pound, the idoA # ;hci. roluciug
the financial quostion to rational
form is ridiculous in the extreme.'
This Is tho usual style Of criticism
upon our Legislature, aud the 70. son
Why tho opposition press can have no
sort Of influence in shaping legsla.
tion in this State. And tLis lara
graph we clip from an exchange which,
however intensely Democratic, has
been conducted with less Of maligni.
ty and moro Of ability than most Of
its contemporaries. There has been
scarcely prominent Republican in
Tho State, certainly no Office holder,
who has not been vitl.lied aud a>sail-
ed in every way :hat tho English lam
guago could be tortured Ivy human
malice and human passion"
Tho Uuiou-IIcrald proceeds in this
styl" at length to denounce tho ma.
Lightly of til" Conservative pross.-
Scme of its rcmarks arc just. No
advantage can be gained from mere
malignity, nor from intolerance of
any kind. Whom an ipdividlal is
vilifed merely for holding honest
opinions differing from those enter,
tuined by his viliiior, or for accilcn-
tai circumstances that he carnot pre-
vent, ho is suffering an injustice. No
good can possibly result from such
conduct. We have therefore no
"ympa,hy with so-called "red.hor'
intolerant individual that oan sec no
evil in his own beliof, or no good in on
oppoGito creed. Aud it has boen
our eDleayor alwavs TO piye cred;t to