The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-04-08
Interview of the SOul;, Carolina Tax.
payers with the President.

'Sh''HS VIC Sou' u Narttlili taN.pay'
ere, the Chamber Of Commerce of
Charleston, d President Gram.
The delegation embraces some of tn G
most distinguished men in tho State,
four or five ex.Governors and Sena.
toIs, members Of Congress, aud others
more or les, identified with public
aHAirs. The party. some twenty We
III .aumber, were introduced by the
Secretary Of the State, whercupon
Governor Porter procee ded to set
forth the cause: Of complaint. Ite
said that. the delegation represented
no partisanship, because it comprised
Republicans aud Democrats, and the
chief object Of the application to the
Executive was 70 procure relief from
the Infamous attempt, by the ruling
powers of the State, to enforce de-
"ands to which the people could
not respond. The demands of tho
! Governor Of tho State were dcsc!ib
ed, the manner i'll which he draws
upon his various appointc4s for money
to support himself, and tie general
| diabolicm Of Legislature which
allows itself to be bought aud sold
at will, individually and publicly, in
order to effect the passage Of certain
public acts-all tHcee entered i:alo an
eloquent re"iew of the political stu
| alton to which the attention of the
| President was directed. Col. Lathers
also made an address, as the repre-.
sentative Of the Charl aston Chamber
of Commerce, in which he set forth
many of the financial evils OF the
State, resulting from the ignorant
legislation of the mass Of negroes who
constitute the majority Of the General
Assembly. The President, who lis.
tened apparently with great interest
to the respective statements, respon-
ded with more than usual force. Hc
said that he dep)orcd the condition
OF South Carolina just IS ho did
that Of Louisiana, but the
committee must remember that
hat WAS a complete sovereign and
independent State, with which it was
lmt ossible for either thc executive
or the legislative department of the
Genera. Government to interfere.
The fanl; of the existing condition
was possibly due to the class repre-
sentcd by the present delegates, for
they wc'e unwilling at the closs of
the war ta accept the condition which
WAY had forced upon them. llenc.
It was necessary that cclored men
should take the place Of white nan
III hlllnE varloas governmental rcsi-
tions. He was glad huweyet, to see
| these extreme views Modified hy
cpents, and To recognize The presence
OF 80 many gentlemen as representa-.
tlvcs Of Il y, ishter aud better iu;ure.
In: President added al canno.
allow the occasion 10 pass without
calling Jour attention toa speech de-
llvercd in South Carolina. although
| do not know the author, Which has
done me more personal Injustice than
L ever suffered from any other source,
and | cannot refrain from the remark
that II ABSTRACTS somewhat from the
sympathy which J. would naturally ex.
tend IN behalf OF your purpose. At
this Jnncture, several members Of the
deleg 'tion made the explanation that
no such speech had been delivered on
the floor Of the Convention, and that
parcly political address By an an
tng"nIst of the administration had
Hren gArbied by the Republican press
OF the state for the purpose Of hrlng.
'"S into disrcpnte the action of the
entire body. The President rejoin.
ed lie was glad It hear the explaua.
,UuHp lac fhncn ,.i
the floor OF the body. and that be
tween Congress and himself, he hoped
some measure of redress might be
ehected which would afford desired
relief. Subsequently, in, private
conversation, the President was still
iurthcr. satisfied that the speech to
which he referred had been. mutilat-
cd for party purposes, and especially
so when Secretary Fish declared that
he had not recognized ii any au-
thoritative way the newspaper state.
mcnts to which the President bad
refcrrod.- - Correspondent New YORK.
HcraM.
The re is woman IN Norwich,
Conn, tho wife of sailor making
regular trips between New Y ork All i
liverpool, WHO has not seen her hus-
band for nineteen years. Every
time he ships from. New York he
writes to her that he will visit her on
his next arrival in that that city, but
as often AS he arrives he gets drunk,
loses bis money ond ships on board
the packet again.
The Robcsoniau is growing riob by
the publication of the history of tho
outlaws. What lucky thing it is
for newspaper man to have a. baud
of Robin Hoods murder q dozen or
so of his beloved fellow citizens, and
get up first class sensation !-Char.
| Observer.
A number of ladies of tho Chris.
tian Women's League have baon