American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-24
THE RICK or A FATE

III South CarOllna are UleXainI'!eG
in the history of any civilized gov T
-rnmen:. The melancholy specta-
Gle that meets the eye at every turn,
IS enough to arouse the deadliest
enmity against the Administration,
and the miserable tools who have
beru sent tbither 10 prey upon the
substance of the people, ani de-
grade them to condition of the
most ablrct vasSalaae. 1t was IN
that gallant little State that the
p,oblem of Radical reconstruction
was 10 be worked, and the result is
now before the world in all its ter
rible and damning consequences.
1t is well known fact that in
South Carolina the blacks are large
IL in excess of the whites, and this
brave and magnanimous Adminis
tratiOn. taking IL mean advantage
Of this numerical strength. selected
that noble little commonwealth as
the theatre for the display of its in
iquitous designs; sent thitEer the
scum ard filth of official corruption
TO organize secret associations with
in its borders. and drill ard disci-
Lime the ignorant blacks in schemes
of villaiuy and brutality unknown
in the history of a free people, and
tor the sole purpose of crushing ont
the vitality OF one of the graudest
types of humanity that ever adorn
Ell the annals of civilization. aud
gave dignity and honor to the char
acter of nation. To degrade and
humiliate this brave, magnanimous
and cblvalric people, even below the
level Of their former slaves, the
President of the United States. car
rying out the miserable policy of ii
corrupt and venal Congress. and to
vent his personal spleen against
people, the latchet of whose shoes he
Is unworthy to loose, threw the
whole weight of his power and in
fnence as Chief Magistrate into the
scale; and to consummate his base
designs, sought every contemplate
pretext for the Intervention of bis
hireliDg sOidiery to carry out the
more effrctnaliy the dlabolical aims
of his plant tools. By and through
his !nstrumeniality. the logical co,.
clusion of this Radical proble.n is
now before the world in the wreck
of Que Of the proudest States that
ever shed lustre on the name and
fame of America.
Grant is directly responsible for
the ruin and degradation of South
Cai olina. His miserable subalterns,
c',eying lie bel,ests of their master,
organized an infamous Ring, and
made the ignorant negroes the will
ing instruments of their corruption,
and of their loyalty to the President.
After career of unchecked license,
the State has l'een brought to bank
rnptcy, and want and wretchednes>
now mark the abodes once cheered
and ble>t with peace and prosperity.
The following from late Issue OF
the New Orleans Times will show
the condition to which that once
proud and opnlent people have been
reduced by Radical rule:
Negro rule in South Carolina is
growing from bad to worse The
- I lot ,,n
session, being greater than those
of any proceeding year, aud alto
gether beyond the ability of the tax
payers TO meet, an intense feeling of
dissatisfaction has been aroused
among properly holders. The ills
they have are found to be beyond
endurance; hence resolutions have
been adopted by a large and earnest
meeting of tax payers requesting
The reassembling of the Tax Payers
Convention with view of soc
liciting from Congress the privilege
cf being again reduced to a terrific
)jal condition and placed under mil
itary rule.
This is certainly n strange com
mentary on the eccentricities OF self
government. The government of
the majority i'll such State as
South Carolina. is very much like
what the government of a majority
Iua lunatic asylum or penitentiary
wOnld he. When ignorance and
greed combine against intelligence
snd property, and carry their plans
through by virtue of the force "!
nuHibers, the result may easily be
fI.t Il,
once wealthy State of South Caro-
lima. rich in all sorts of material re
sources, has been reduced to beg
gary, and thus 1t is that Louisiana
las been brought to her pr esent 10 "
estate. Fortunately for us, the ele
ments of redemption are combining
in our favor; for South Carolina nc
such hopes can be at present cutter
tanned.