The sun., 1873-05-17
A Sensible Letter from a south Carolina
Planter.


SIN: Having been n regular reader of
THE WEEKLY SIN for above one year, feel II
but just 20 say that every man North and South
who feels an Interest In the welfare and pros
pgrty Of our common country should at once
become a subscriber. In It there is more read
Ing matter and general Information for the same
amount of money than any two weekies have
ever seen. Besides, no pubic nnicial ~ these
the purpose Of defraudlng the public treasury
without being caught by TuE SIN unless he be
mucn sharper than large portion Of our pres
cnt Government officials. OF all the public
journals OF our country none has brought To
light so many public abuses a. THE srN has.
Thieving seems to he the order of the day In
all sections OF the country. The treasurer Of
our county was lodged In Jail "A few days since
for having failed to turn oyer MS COLLECTIONS by
about $l0JD-say une-fourth OF the taxes
collected IN the county. He Is Southern man,
and served In the Confederate army, but
shortly after the close Of the war attached him
self tO the scalawag and negro party. and by
the vote Of the blacks has been Kept in Once
nearly ever since, holding generally moneyed
offices under straw bonds.
What are We ,poverty-strlcken, unfortnu;,
10 God YOU would suggest some plan for our re-
lief and advocate 1t In the columns OF THE SUN.
Slavery Il dead, and know the fact that a large
retstabiishnent, for IL we only had honest and
intelligent men 10 make our laws. and similar
oe better than in the days of slavery. And do
know the fact that the native whites, especially
those who were the bone and sinew OF the coun-
try before the war, are more than Willing TO
grant the negro equal rights before the law.
which is all that any Of them ask or expect In
this region.
II we had no mcdders IN our midst, and the
MANAGEMENT OF our matters wa, left entirely
with tho n, gro and the former owners, both the
negroes and the whites would be perfectly
content.
The scalawags and carpet-bacgers know too
wei that unless they keen up strife between
the races their ofirial positions will he lost 10
tEcm, A. to trih by jury, 10 Is a perfect farce
here; ! have really seen a jury Of twelve
men at Elgehcld Court House. with not one
among them who could write his name. In our
State Legislature we have above one hundred
negroes out of one hundred and lfty members,
and thr most uf these are bat little better than
the twelve jurors alluded 70 above. These
negro members, as matter OF course, cast their
votes at the bidding of tine carpet-hag and scala
wag white members-and never without being
the general welfare Of the State. don't sup
pose that the entire DELEGATION Doth white and
COiOred, pay In the gLrcgite 800 In taxes. Our
condition Is truly horrible one, and rendered
more 50 from the fact that We can see no ligi {
even In the distance.
We are now in the midst of cotton planting,
with rather an alarming drought upon us,for I'M
I'll n rams we can gct no CuttOn nv Field labor
ers here work pretty well, but exhibit very poor
judgment, and a. general thing. but for the
whites. " ould make signal failures. They work
on various terms-somc on shares, Others rent
land while a very few work for wages. Those
who rent land are generally looked after hN the
land owners, from the fact that they furnish all
the supplies, and failure In a crop would throw
the loss ON them, n the negro has nothing tu
have a few hands out of about seventy Mborets
who manage a crop very well, and have made
some money. work them IN squads, and over
look their crops pretty closely, aud they ALWAYS
very willingly carry out any directions / give
them. EuGUi 'El 10.
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