The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-07-01

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The Constitution for the Tax Unions
Proposed and Recommended by tho
Tax-Paycrs' COnycatiOR.
FELLow.Cir,zENs: The Executive
Com nittee Of tho Tax Payers Con-
vention, 10 pursuance Of tho duty
with which they we're charged, here
with present to you plan for the
organization of tho Tax Unions
throughout the State. fhe object
of this organic ,tion is to put into
effective operation all lawful means
with 10 our reach for the re establish.
ment Of an honest and economical
administration of government in
South Carolina.
The committcc do not t,dcem it ne.
cessary to argue with you upon the
urgency OF the occasion, or the ne
cessity of reform. The burdens to
which we are subjected nrc greater
than we can tcur, and the proof is
found in the fact that tho houses and
lands Of tho proprietary class are be-
ing forfeited to the State, in quantity
and number without q parallel, from
thccr inability to pay the taxes.
There can be no stronger or more
distressing proof Of oppression than
the systematic con6ecation by the
governmcnto of the property of The
oitizer for non.payment of dues too
excessive to be borne. But when
the moneys, cxtorted from the people
under color Of law, are also system
atically aud shamelossly squanderod,
plundered and stolen, another and
more yrievous wrong is added to the
catalogue Of enormities, and the very
nome of tho most vulgar form Of
desrotic rule is reached. Such gov
ernment forteits all title to tho ma me,
and is no better than organised spoil.
iation and robbery. 1t would be q
slanderyand, n stigma upon you to
suppose that you will suffer this state
of things, so destructive and igno-
minious, to continue, without ex
hausting every possible human eff
fort to put an end to it. Your histo-
ry, your traditions and your person.
al manhood forbid it; there is no
need of reasoning about ft-if you
lie true TO yourselves, your instincts 3
will all impel you in this direction ;
nor can you hope to redeem your.
telvcs. without helping yourselves.
Self-heip will bring you all other
help. We cannot believe that there
are not good men enough of all par
ties in the State to rescue the gov
ernment from the men that are
bringing ruin and disgrace upon you,
and to restore it to som ething of its
forfner cspectabiity. TO this cad,
activity, real earnest purpose, dcvo-
tion to the cause and thorough or.
ganmation are necessary. The Tax
Unions will furnish the form Of Or
ganisltion, but you must breathe in
to it the breath Of life, and make it
living, active, efficient and pervad-
ing instumentality for good. Es~
3'eciaaly should onr young men de
vote themselvcs to Mis 1oork. The
future, its hope and destinles, are all
theirs. If they do not try to shape
1t, there will be untold miocries in
reserve for them not only ruin, but
shame and remorse, sure and perhaps
too late. 1t is upon them that the
blamo'wili rest, For it ID now their
time to come to the front In this
ctrugglo under the law, as before
they came to the front in the more
dreadful issue of war. The same
spirit and courage that stood them
in stead theh, will stand them in
stead now. Thoir cause will enlis,
the sympathies of all good mer
throughout the county. TO put ois
honesty to fight, to purge corrup
tion, to rescue the good common
wealth from the hands Of those who
have mado her name by-word and
reproach overy. whore, Is work
we'll worthy of an earnest, concerted
and persevering effort and if it b.
undertaken In the proper spirit, ant
with zeal and energy proportionet
to tho oxigenoies In which we ar
placed, it must and will be success
full.
IN conclusion, we beg 10 commend
70 your earnest, sober and faithfu
consideration these words Of wise, pa
triotic COUNSEL from the address O
their convention to people Of Soutl
Carolina Let the honest and vel
meaning citiscne, one by one, b.
brought into tho TaxPayers' Union
and made to work for the cause O
good government, until the State i
redeemed. The cclat that nttend
tho clash of arms is wantiog to. ,sucf
struggle, but no cause can be NOR
worthy of the earnest, faithful and pa
tient labor Of ono who loves bis poo
plo and his State. A triumph lik
this Is not to be won by single do
cisive battls, nor, it may be, by man