Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-16

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cay that they have had no eonrection
with these suits as parties or dis attorneys
neither do they claim any of the officers
in dispute. They ylhha4y have, not therefore
been concerned in the tSSt controversies 'Ssni 1
among the political classes which have
endangefed sthes peace 'andgodd dagovefnLe
mshtM louisiana. y1Tlaef Is ,haas Been; ii, (,
travagance. prodiga1ity, dishonesty, htf q ana "a
wasteaip the public, iespsnditutes. The
published debt shas obecna, marvellously
incfeased5 WITH bpsqlittle corresponding
benefit tRersbysa e Tie "a aadyahtages have
been giysInf to. specAialing sE.si corporations
fromspersonal aims.
The taxes on property have assumed
such-~psoportions that they might be
called rents paid by the proprietors to
the State for its occupationanl use, The,
taxes upon business oppr the eomsmlerneii. \ 4
al and laboripg classes, The laws to con
troll elections, cprporationf land public
institutions stimulate these excesses of
Office holders and discontent. The State
needs an honest, faithful, responsible
government, conducted to attain public
objects, and not to enrich its members, or
to perpetuate their power. There was
an honest effort to obtain such o govern,
ment at the last clection.s - e'S
We affirm, without fear Of conltradic-
ton, thatgfhe sfafegoing STAT nsntf ex,
hibits on the part of the United States
Court the most unparalleled and baseIcss
usurpation of jurisdiction and authority
Of which the annals fofj jttispEddsncea
afford any example. ! The Action pfthea
returning board, recognized and vested
with all its powers by this court, has been
equally unprecedented. Without any
official returns before them, without any
of the official data, on which alone their
action could have been rigbtfully based, ),
they have presumed to proclaimed the
results of the election The DECLARATION
by them Of the votes cast in the different
parishes is as purely fanciful tas if6o
election whatever had been heldsa They
have arbitrarily traduced and Increased
the votes on one side or the other in, diff.
ferent parishes to suitstheir, purposes, In
sovernl parishes, hilefreturhing or even
adding tothe votes cast fer their candi5
date, they have simply annihilated and
stricken out entirely the votes cast for
their opponents. In other parishes they
have exactly reversed tie returns, Civ
ings stoastheir candidate the majority
whicn had really been returned for their
opponents. They have net pretended to
furnish the pdblic;With any statement of
the basis, on which they proceeded, or,
theory on which they had acted. Their
whole conduct is without any kind of
reasonable explanation.
We submit to the people Of the U6itea
States that such proceedings reach a
point at which the whole theory Of ppop,i.'
lar Government is reversed and oyer
thrown. The means by which such re-
suits have been reached are enough to
scare the public mind, but the results
themselves are hotless-appalling. Aside
from the general officers of the Stats, we
find the Legislature ofthe State deliver
cd over into the hands Of men who were
not elected, and who are utterly unfit for
positions of such responsibility. as; Or.
iginally, composed, ct it's organization, it.
comprised SO persons Of color, most O.
them educated; with very sulall minofi1
ty ofwhites.l Since that time they have
expelled members whose seats Uero un-
contested, they have unseatcd members
returned elected by their own board. and
seated their defeat eds opponents on in II
simple ground ahatl Che .forpee bad bot
appeared to claim their seats. The result
sthat, originally bad as the Legislature,
was, it makes itself worse day by day,
andIthe plospectis Is that soon the e'conser-
vatiye element Of the State will have no
representation %!.atover To those Who
fatter themselves with the ,liope that Mr.,