, 1873-08-22

The South nIust DO llillaltcrcd iii
Order 10 Aid Tho West.
A Criticism Upon The Winchester Sneech-
esof Messrs. Flagg and Smith.
Tho Question OF Protecting !"
the Farmer.
A Voice from the Sputta,

SOUTH OAR0LINA, AuguHt, 1873.
20 the farmers and Ieep't's A"tt-onopoy Ia,ty ef
Lfr;nDs!on connty, M-S. r. X. Prime. Esq, Seerc-
tarp, Detohf, IH.:
SIN: Yours Of tho 2Gth Juno iB Mt hand. Your
platform, thcro sot forth, is deserving of tho
careful consideration Of every truo American
citizen, mud In behalf Of the producing portion
Of Our white population, I bog TO tonlor you
Our
CORDIAL SYMPATHY AND SUPPORT.
Tho tiulos nro truly trying, curious an-
on,aly of the day being, tint tho workman ia, III
broad daylight, despoilod by hin croaturo, the
Legislator; his labor taxed; the lind that should
be rosoryed for bis growing children given to
voraclous corporations without consideration or
authority. Tho Southern farmer waB we'll
nigh Oil tho yergo Of desperation. Tint tho
reckless course Of tho representatives Of tho
American people tended to certain bankruptcy
aud slla,ne, aeo1ned utmost certain. But, about
tho darkest hour, yoico was heard from tho
Far Wost, that tAo political servants Of the pco-
plo had proven unworthy OF tho Nations trust,
aud that tho titno had como whom an account
should oo required. Even this awakening Of the
farmers failed to warn public sorynllts aid
tho very lust rnriialuellt Of tho Nation was to
R0D TIE COUNTRY
undor Tho guEe Of voting thomnoIyoa SALARY.
The nlcro money stolon IL literally nothing in
comparison to tao degradation brought t1po1, tho
whole country. From nln1l to man tho question
passes, Who can wo trust ?
FolIew-citizens, the foundation of all this
corruption il the fact that there iB 10 check to
tho bano majority. 1Iutl tllcro boon ono
general election lsw enacted for tho entire
Unitou Statcs, having ita baas lilo cumulative
ayatonl Of voting, tloro would Aayo boon II suft-
cicnt number Of honest representatives In Con-
grcss to hnve defeated tho uublus1ling measure.
Wlht applloB to National elections still moro ap-
plicu to Itute mud Municipal elections. Should
thi. conti,lue' Tho white population of ttlis
Btato (south Carolina), aomo 55D,0D0. arc actually
WITHOUT REPRESENTATION,
eithor in tho state or National Legislature.
Why2 Becauao there arc 4U0, 900 negroes, in tho
State. They nave majority Of tho yoles, and
arc consequently tho rulerA, clecting judges,
1evyng taxes, etc., tllonGh they do not own ono
twentieth part Of tho property in tho State, and
puy little Or no taxes themselves.
Tho constant nnf pationt effort TINT tho
Southern wlnto citizen has made, for oigLt years
past to onglton and mako al Intelligent votor
Of tho negro has bee', vtiatod by The direct in
terforonce Of Legislators III Washington, who
hare sont to the South hreiings to bliy aud sell
tho negro votes according to their dictation.
Tho Two souts i'll tho Senato Of tho United
Statcs mo now filled, accordit.g to tho convic-
ton Of ninety-nine- -hllndrcdths Of our white
y v y eIsn y Of
sylvania. Here, then, you haYo tho entiro Con-
gressionel delegation Of South Carolila veual,
or seven yose8 that
CAN he noUGHr AND soLD,-
fer the lia1l tlat Tifl buy nnl tralio III votes,
contrary to The laws Of his country, must DO TO-
in.bulsol for the outlay.
Tho trouble heretofore has been TINT tho
othor section Of tho country deemed all this cor
ruption tho fault Of tho Southern whites, think
ing that thoy wcre unwilling to accept tho sltua-
i1ion, oIc Gentlemen, tls laB been tho fraud
'practcod u1nli YOU by your delegates to tho
National Legislature during the past eight years,
with the Wow of binding sou to tho yiIainy thoy
were carrying on. Fur, Ind the Southern wl,ite
not nccepted tho situation, could tho south l,ave
produced, nearly every year, 5000, 000 bales Of
,ro.ton. Helling at s:2f5, ,D0u annually; be-
,sidog toeareo, rlco otc, aggrogating probably
sallothof 3a5 .ooo, ,ooo2 Gould thia im.nenBo work
have beon accomplished If capitul and labor in u
country SO recently devastated by r1,iuouB war,
had not
nAaNoS1zED TO ,7os DERruI DEGREE ?
The llcgr, vas permitted by your Legislators
to work. make contracts, nud be friendly with
tne native Southculcr up IT, certain point; but
ho WIG carefully taught not to listen to, ~ hcod
III any way. the counsel vi lis wlito friend, but
to votc as lo WIS inatructod from Washington.
Good white Republicans, c'ninontly satisfactory
to tho ctizons ut large, wcro removed, notwith-
standing tho petitions Of thousands Of white Cit
izenu, und negroes appointed to the places, to
satisfy party demands, aud to show wltat rewards
tho Administration had in store for its black sup
Portcss. ulter having used tho white tools us
long as they Wore wanted,
lo1, hayo our eymlmthy but, Unless you eau
create gront reaction, md feel tlat Wo ure
your blood and bone,
THERE WILL. ne 10 POSSIBILITY
Of our over beng ahfo to participate
in tho National legislation. Entirely now
men anti measures, with T. dotormina-
tion on your pars TINT tho salnc equity AMI law
Chat carry blessings to your homes shall be en-
joyed by tho cisiza1l Of South Carolina, etc. etc..
will bo requisite before any material a'loyation
OF tho prcsont troubles that burden our country
enn be arrived at.
With the mncl.inatous of tho monovcd rings
Of New York and philadelphia, the West aad
writing, Indian corn is quoted III Liverpool at
oGn curroEcy pcr busl,ol Of 81 lbs while, in Al
ALBANIA, Geursa, Floridn, mud South Carolina, tho
average price, il 90u to 81 per b,,Bhol for the
same, and III New York tho Quotations aro 58c to
5nuth Wholesale. The railroad. mon, commits
alUn-lon, Htcanuhip-ownorH, otc., leyy, between
Tho Western and Southern mnrkots. d tax equal
to Is and 30 corta por busllol tho whole anxiety
tho clios Of Non. York and Philadelphia, ut tho
cNpo,tse Of tho Western cor,,-ggowor aIt tho
cotton-plautor.
THERE II nEs1EnY
to this latter OWL, and that is by tho Wost md
Port noyal harbor, 5. e., ~ tic
Lr5waed narrow-gargo trunk-lino Of rai!road, is
572 1nlca from aiumps, Tenn, md 092 from
cayanworth City, kan. (tllo Enstorn and Vest
ou4 Or rta,lsrortation conlpany',s routo): This
IL tln nucleus OF now cru III tho travel botwcan
tho West md South md Europe. by this route
TIM products Of tile West find tho cheapest out
int to tue important marletB OF tho world. Here
IL created . competition with the moro North
VITA