The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-04-15
to exist before property can bo thus

paralyzed by an iucomprehensibI'
mcndaoity on thu, part ;.of the R'hl
:; Gosernt4Gtt-a mo!i,lacity which by
exciting their prejudiees and holding
out delusive hopes, has made dupe,
aud political slates of tEe2 black ,ac,
and secETcd their ever Jealous ser
! vice fu the aecompli hmet,t OF ,hei,
own ruin-.a mendacity which secured
not on y tie sympathy of the people
and The governmaut IF the q. s., bul
the extruordiuary support, in time
of peace, Of he armcd force of the
United StateS--h l,hendacits utterly
! inc"mp' ehcnsible to us alto W., to
The blacks, TO The people and < verh.
mett Of tre United Sites, UNFIT nu.
uacity, beg. item Of the wunderful suo.
ces, of their s"heme., lifted the veil
an3 revealed ihe monstrus;ty.
~ few years Of reconstructed Co
Aernment; in.: Soith C".ollfia have
| achieved thi- mon:tros,t, wi ich has III
few years effected hc, in Soutut Caro-.
liua re.r"grahe Of II century aad PUT
in full .ope'a,ion, opp cSsive and
ru,nohs "pcratin }, tie 'd"ntlcal pr,n
ciple the defeat a,.d ,l.en.h of wli,cn
was the tcry germ o. American l,ber.
ty, that lihe,ty which was uch;cv.
cd by the American rcvolu.
lutivn, on which as foundation this
whole struo1ureof d. a.rcn.ury of living
active, ,ene,gRtio i liberty rests ,To
resurrect this principlc, tha, toanda-
tion must be undermined and DESTROY
ed. This has beeu accomplished hy
tho Riug under Il constitution ap-
proved, established, IND guaran.
tced to be .rrpub;ican in +, rm BY the
.G"ngress of the Uniten States, auG
sustained by the civil, political nd
n'll'ary power of the general
Governments. The Garc state.
mcnt is Convincing proof of systc
matte fraud and deceit, blackeued
t'y trea ,hery. 1t this is not high
treason to tho Government establish
was Arnold, the traitor, most sstt'nh Ill., jas' asr
ly branded. His betrayal Of trust was
u mere. hh' Ie to this
1t is living stubborn fact thatlthc
Ring has rcsurrcc,cd the priLci pie
of taxation without representation,
and necessarily. along WITH: It the
identical. old lis ue of l776. The
issue is the same although the reja-
tion OF the parties to it have Somc.
how changed. Then the taxpayers
raised the Issue by resisting ,he en-
forccthcnt, Of the legal right, under
it's constitution, Of Government. They
thas took upon themselves the onus
Of revolution which ,hcS achieved by
throwing off the Government, couslitu.
tion and all, aid Establishing these
United States Of America on basis Of
''no taxation without representation"
Now the Government raises the issue
by practices Incompatible with aud
destructive Of: the. nights aud Iiber
tres which were gained for tho pco.
pie by that revolution, and are
bases OF the lu,titutiDn from which
it derives It's being. TO give the
force Of law to such practices in this
country, It .mG:J rc-revuiutiouiz.d
Th! oHns Of revolution is OH the
duvrfuMc cut. s., ,
IL is .mlnat,rinl Los the ppwer t.
p,actIce ",uX tiou withont rcpresen.
ta'ion,' Is Acq urei, whether b., ir.nu
or armed turcc or, ,s 1t really VS. /.
tn, c,se, hy Mn. h. Tue existence 1T til
'"we' tr"In ally 'ossi5lc source is
i"comp"tihle with the existence OF
that iiS"r'y gained by the y ~ r,c,l"
s, v"!ut:nu ..>"Anri | berry," Tie
Rug G"vrr:Mitf. has thu, power,
ca i."s the right TO exrrcise II aud
dues cxrrclsc 1t, and to thus cause are
liI ert. y tiaceable all Of the ills of
the State, debAuchcd rapacity, COR
rup'l'";:und inipn9 81 tho Govern.
iIebt Oh Tie uhe hand, und tutuuu,
"rpre .>'"u Of the pao"ie un tho otbur.
T"is seem, TO he 10 be tho .i;ua ion,
he de, eiutmrut D, which i. tne re-.
,ult Of t"e III ghL asitaunn, nf un.. sin.
gle step taEru by ZIG taxpayer. Of thr
State, ohe' OFF. .l.iaeI effort Which
proved au utt iuilure - far a. its
Immediate pn'Pn,e was c'"crrn'J,
and yet rs i tIfa' step to hH followed
by other>, 1t WAS pc,h,ps w,i taken:
For while itsrrved to acgu.lrt. rs vi b
the true nature Of he i'"nhir, j, Il -
r'autod us on Ero0rd which mat,
| when, 1t l. u. dcrslood, tu!tf
c"mmand the active sympathy af ali
trfic snpp0pter, Of &merlc.n literty,
whether white or black, whether in
the North or in the Suuth. Surely
this hot only encourages rs to cun.
tinucl agi'a!ions bu points to it as
a necessity, in Justice to ourselves,
to: dissipate the nists Of doubt und
distrust that hang about tis. But we
come to. the hent step in the Tax
payers movement. The renssembl,u,
Ut the convention with ad,litiona
delegates fresh from the people.
| The action Of the second convention
baded ION tho established fact of the
actually existing relations between
tho Ring Government aud it's taxpay
ers, evinces u full realization Of tht
seriousness Of the be.aggressions aud ag.
gressive. spirit Of the government,
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