South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-10-02

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But cannot leave this branch without referring
biieiiy to another State in the South, scarcely
less oppressed than louisiana. I refer TO ''
SOUTH CAROLINA. q. rl
hardly have patience 20 state the transactions
Of the black and white scoundrels who are rob-
bling the oppressed people cfthis stare The CON
dition Of this State Is without parallel in the his
tory OF America or any other civilized govern.
ment. There are mea in public positions who
cannot read or write, nor even sign their names,
and have but little more conception of their du-
ties than hog OF tho botanical properties Of the
plants aud shrubs he roots uP. And this is The
rule, not Che exception. The whole government
of this niueisto be piticd State e. tho most Sta
pendous farce in the world. That it is permit
ted 10 exist is sin, q shame. and a disgrace,
The Goyernor(what a rnisnomer 2)of this State
is n man named Moses To show you how he
manages the Affairs Of one Of the sovereign States
of this nation, will give you an instance Of his
financial ability. he lately had occasion 10 raise
So, 600 10 help one Of his newspaper organs. As
the State treasury was in is usual state OF cnp
tiucss, he had to have recourse to other sources.
lie, therefore, appointed an ignorant negro youth
tax collector for oraugoburg county, After this
collector bad gathered up the sc, GOO Moses gave
one Hambright order for it. The ignorant
negro, thinking that the Governor, like kings,
could do no wrong, cashed the order and re-
turned it to the State Treasurer as n voucher
The Treasurer would not take il, and the boy
was turned out Of Office, his miscion being &C
compished. His bond being worthless, the tax
payers lost the money This is the transaction
for which Moses was indicted in Oraugeburg
county. The indictment was quashed in due
time, however, the judge holding that the Gov
ernor could not be arrested for any crime until
after he had been impeaohed by the Legislature.
IT the crime had been murder instead Of robbery,
the decision would doubtless have been tho same
And yet this man Moses, who has done this, not
to mention n hundred things that were worse, is
a candidate for reelection, with every prospect
of Endorsement by his party. And this is a
pie Of Republican rule in the South This Is
what the great Republican party, the advocate of
the civil rights BILL mixed schools and negro
premacy, the party of great moral ideas, has
done for Southern State where its power was
supreme. oh shame where ia thy blush
The Comptroller General Of South Carolina in
his official report states the astounding fact that
for default in the payment OF taxes in that State
for 1872 alone, 2Gs, 523 acres os land were for
feited actually, to the State. in the county OF
Branfort alone, out Of 2 300 farms, 700 were for
feited 10 the State during the last year for taxes
which the owners could not pay. The history
OF the world shows no such monstrous rate OF
taxation ard increase Of public debt all the time,
that of this State II would ruin or destroy
any people or earth
To give you an instance o. the amount of legal
wisdom these negro judges bring to bear in their
decisions, will relate couple Of instances:
a darIey had killed woman 1t turned out
in the evidence that he killed her in attempting
to commit rape. The darkey had been indict-
ed, s customary, for murder in tho first De.
gree. The judge another darkey, however to-
strucied the jury 10 bring in a verdict Of not
guilty" and assigned O reason, that the pris-
orer killed ihe woman ia attempting 10 COMM
rape, hence The motive was not murder, and as
il was roman he killed, he could not be found
guilty OF granddaughter.
Another A white man bought piece ofland.
The deed Teci!ed the usual clause do hereby
grant to y. r., bis heirs, assigns &c" The
white man died and his heirs sold the property
10 = third party In tho mean time n negro
squaited on the land. Shit was brought 10 G
jectment to obtain possession Of the land THIS,
Socrates Of wisdom, negro Judge, decided ag
tho TO whom il wac originally decided aud
his heirs and their assigns bad all he'd The land
in turn, the provisions Of tho deed were fulfilled,
the title had run out and too negro squaiter
was entitled to possession and SO decrccd
The treasury Of this State is worse than bank
rupt. The people are financially mined and
heartbroken and unless they obtain relief, all
who can, must abandon their homes. And yet
this man Moses and hs goycrumea Is called Re
publican md is upheld by The general govern.
mont.
As "a instance Of the manner in which GOV.
Aoses retains bis position, aud keeps himself 10
Office, ] quote from q Charleston paper
The Charleston Eetts and Coari.t hos eollec.
ted lisi Of all the convicis FASHIONED, and &c a.
mounts during period q onlyS9 months 10 tho
astonishing uamber Of 4zI.. Boaas5 ilosc there
were ~ or 90 others who were paidoned 10 "a
batch, and n record was made Of glo pegfoIm-
auce. OF the 4zi, 81 had JcoB convicted aud
sentenced FOR murder, 20 Tor mauslauehiof IC
Tor rapo, for in'antcide, 81 for burglary "a r5r
arson, 2 for mslfea5ance 10 Office, and tho rest
for less hoinous crimes Every county Official
who has been sentenced for malfsssanco 10 Office
has been pardoned.
TO BB CONTINUED
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