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The Tax Payers Convention.

Ebled on Tuesday of last week. at Il Nj.
in Irwin's Hall, Columbia, Hon. w. d.
Porter, President. Upon motion, tho
President appointed Messrs. Giles j.
Patterson, Geo. Johnson, st. Julian
,Jervey and Is. Johnson, SECRETARIES OF
the Convention. Delegates registered
Iheir names in the Alphabetical order OF
their Counties. Two coIored mon, Sam
uel Lark and J. A. Givcns, from Aiken
County, and three others from Colleton,
were among the delegates. The con-
vention was opened with prayer by the
Rev. VIM. Martin. Hon. W. d. Porter
delivered an earnest and eloquent ad-
dress.
Under resolutions offered by c. II.
.Simonten of Charleston, the following
committees were appointed:
An executive committee, consisting
.of twenty-one members, to whom were
referred, without debate, all resolutions
and propositions not specially referred
to any other committee.
A committee consisting Of seven men,
.bers, to whom were referred the prepa-
ration of an address aud memorial to
the National Congress, and through
them to the people of the United States.
A committee consisting of thirty-ilVc
members, on the causes Of the Increase
of State and municipal taxation, and
the mode and measure for relief there
for.
a committee consisting of seven mcm-
sbers, to prepare an address to tile people
;oaa this State.
A committee on printing, consisting
of seven members.
And under resolution offered by Cen.
M. w. Gary, a committee Oh Immigra-
-tion. e.. O.. e .....
=. The following the Chairmen Of
the various committees:
-Erecutiue Committee-James Chestnut
On Memorial and address to Congress
'-Armistead Burt.
: sC6p,atttse on Slate and 1Nmicipdl
.Iaration-C. II. Simonton, Charleston.
ADDRESS TO the People 0J the @dte-1
b. Kershaw.
;. aEspease and Pi';ntiag-E. J. Scott.
: ,lntnagruttsa-M, W. Gary.
Col B. q. Herndon OF Abbeville, was
a member of the Committee on State
and Municipal Taxation, and Mr. T.. a.
.Connor of the. Committee to Address
the People Of the State. ...-.
c. H, Simonton, from the Committee
on State and municipal taxation made
an excellent report, concluding with
the following resolutions which were
unanimously adopted:
, Resolued, That in this State, taxation
has reached the last point Of endurance;
and that the taxpayers cannot continue
to bear the excessive burdens imposed
upon them.
: IpesoEved, That the most efficient steps
be taken for organizing in every County,
township and precinct, in the State Il
Tax-Payers' Union, to membership in
(which each taxpayer shall be eligible; !;
the object of which shall be the reduc-
ton of taxation to the Legitimate
amount necessary for the administra-
ton OF the government and the honest
expenditure Of the money raised there
;by. =,
Resolucd, That among its duties, the
Taxpayers Union shall keep watch
upon the acts of the State and County
Officers; and shall promote all proper
legal measures for REFRESHING and pun
fishing fraud, extravaganza and mai
prcatice in any of them.
:; ReSOLved, That that this convention
hereby request the General Assembly
that they will amend simplify and
abridge the tax laws OF the State; eSrc-
cially. that they will so amend the law
sas to secure fair and equal assessment
>Df property, and to enable any citizen
who has been over assessed to apply TO
the courts for redress before is forced TO
pay the tax.
9 The Hon. Arnlistcad Burt, from the
Committee to prepare the Memorial to
congress, submitted report which has
been the subject of general comrenda-
tioD, as an able document, clear and for
chile in its logic, and admirable in its
tone and temper, presenting an earnest
and startling exposition of our griev-
ances. Want of space compells us to
defer its publication until next week.
. The President announced the follow
ing gentlemen as the committee to pre-
sent the memorial of the convention to
the General Assembly of South Caro-
lima: Messrs. j. A. Hoyt, +. w. Nc
Master, j. II. Screven, a. B. Woodruff
and D. s. Henderson,.
The President announced the follow
ing gentlemen as the committee OF fif-
teen to present the memorial of the tax
payers of South Carolina to the Congress
of the United States: Messrs. Armistead
Burt, NJ. G. Butler, B. II. Rutledge,
James Chestnut, NJ. l.. BonhaE, w. Ii.
Wallace, r.. w. Woodward, i. &. Chat
field, w. f. Holcombe, John l.. Man
ming, C. Fl. Simonton, J. G. Thompson,
#. Y. Simonds, J. B. kershaw, j. Ii.
Screven.
The following resolutions reported by
Judge Aldrich from the committee on
the organization of Tax Payers Unions
were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the Executive CON-