Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-01-16
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with these suits as parties or Or as attorneys
neither do they claim any of the officers
in dispute. They ohaye, not therefore
been concerned in the - Controversies tt SSs smi l
among the political classes which have
enaangefeds sthSs peace and good ugeveffnL4 q
msak a9iii19sS s9 sSislsna a!la xsfS Eng Beer
travagance, prodigality, dishonesty, 9 ana a
wasteaip the Rnblio, expenditures, n The
published debt shas obeens, marvellously
incfeassd;5 WITH bpeqlittle Corresponding
benefit gs M h9Fsba Ss bss tiis7 = aaayahtages have
been giEelal to. sspscaiali sai ,eorp rporationsi
froRasperspnalsaims.
The taxes on property have assumed
ouch proportions that they might be
called rents paid by the proprietors to
the State for its occupatiqnanl pse,s Che,
taxes upon business opPfes Tie rspse
al and laboripg classes, The laws to con
troll elections corporasion and public
institutions. stimulate these excesses Of
Office holders and discontens. 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 4ssaSSf fsafS ST comntArSadic- mtASdi
ton, thatalhe sNfggoi1ssS stafsnsaeg ex.
hibits on the part of the United States
Court the most unparalleled and baselcss
usurpntion of jurisdiction and authority
of which the dAnalsf o6 5fsispFdlSaeea
afford any example. sIHe adtion p8theH
returning board, 1,adali recoghizedV a. and Eeasted
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, J,
they have presumed to proclaimed the
results of the election.l Ehes desiaration
by them ofthe votes cast in the different
parishes IS AS purely fancifnl tas ifno
election whatever had been heldsa They
have arbitrarily traduced and Increased
the votes on one side or the other in diff.
ferent parishes to suit.their pnEpeses.p In,
sovernl parishes, Wills returning or ever
adding to the votes cast fer their capdi5
date, they have simply annihilated and
stricken out entirely tRei votes cast rfof
their opponents, IN other parishes they
have exactly reversed tie returns, Civ
ings stoatlleir aeandidatss itheamajoritg
whicn had really been returned for their
opponents. They have net pretended TO
furnish tho PdbliesWith Eany statement of
the basis, on which they proceeded, OIL
theory On Which they had acted. TiRaai TRaeaiiri 4
whole conduct is without any kind of
reasonable explanation.
We submit to the people OF the y6itea
States that such proceedibgse reach b
point ut which the whole theory Of ppoppuIs
lar Government is reversed and oyer
thrown. The means by which such re-
suits have beenl reached are enough to
scare the public mind, but the results
themselves are hoeless appalling. Aside
from the general officers of the Stst,, we
find the Legislature of the State deliver
cd over into the hands Of men who were
not elected, and who are utterly uinfit Unfit for
positions Of such responsibility. AS OF,
iginally, ,sE ,cemposed at its organization. it
comprised 68 persons Of color, most o.
them educated; with very suiall minoFrig
ty Of Whites 3sinee that time tney have
expelled members whose seats uere un-
contested, they have unseated members
returned elected by their own board. and
seated their .defalaedg opponents on M,a
simple ground slJl Jalhhat Che 5ormss bad bot
appeared to claim their seats. The result
is that, originally bad as the Legislatures
was, it makes itself worse day by day.
andEthe phospectis that sooblai theeonseer- e
vative element Of the State will have no
representation whatever. To those Who
flatter themselves With the lfone that MFR.
Kellog would net willingly abet any
scheme of outrageous misgovernment, it
is @appareiit that2evon supposing this