Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-03-12

remember" in the eloquent Language oi
another, "that in 1850, 402, ,406 souls now
part of our body polite, voters amenable to
our laws, the cost of governing whom is now
chargeable to the government Of our State,
were in 1860, chattels, merchandise, with not
one civil or natural right which white men
were bound to respect. In 1860, the slave
was no charge on the State government, save
when he was hung for some petty misdemean'
or and the State compelled to pay his loss"
1t would be, therefore, but just and fair to
divide the amount appropriated in 1S59-6O,
viz: s61S,231, by the then free population,
3O1, ,314, and it will be found that the cost OF
governing each citizen was s205; and then
divide the amount appropriated in 1928
by the free population now, viz: 7O5,606, and
it will he found that the cost of governing
each citizen is s167-s205 in 1S59-6O, dur.
ing the boasted Democratic period, and sl.67
in 1872-73, under the so.called corrupt Radl-
cal rule-a difference of SO cents per capita
in favor of the latter. So that if the Demo
Gratis had the same number Of free citizens to
govern in 1S59-60, that the Republicans had
in 1928, it would have cost them $751;
317.30 more than it has cost US.
The State having been organized upon
free basis, necessarily created larger mum"
Der of officers, and, therefore, larger amount
of salaries. We are not ashamed Of the fact
that our appropriation for schools in 1928
is four times greater than in 1859-60. 1gno.
rance was the corner-storner Of slavery, and
essential to its perpetuity, but knowledge pre-
vents the existence Of that "sum OF all VII
lainies."
Now in every hamlet and village of our
State the "schoolmaster is abroad
In 1857 the number of scholars attending
the free schools was only 1886, while in 1873
the number of scholars attending tho schools
was S5,753, (of which 1928 were white and
1885 colored.)
1t will also be observed that there we're no
appropriations for the State Lunatic Asylum
and Penitentiary in 1S59-6O. The Lunatic
Asylum was then supported by the friends Of
its wealthy inmates and the counties. But in
1928 this was found to impair the eficien.
cy of the institution, and the State assumed
its support and made liberal appropriations
for its unfortunate patients.
The erection of the Penitentiary was not
UeSul uIIll dlIel Ihc wal anu CiiSiS "e', 'H~AS
fore, no appropriation for it in l859-6O.
The appropriation in 1928 for military
purposes was but $4,000. We had no occa-
sion to appropriate s1So,ooo for military acad-
emies and contingencies, in order to furnish
nurseries to train the young to strike at the
nations life and to purchase material for the
war of secession.
There was no appropriation in 1S59-60 for
colored State Orphan House. The colored
orphans that were then uncared for were free,
but their parents, when living, were heavily
taxed to support white orphans, while their
own children, after their death, were neg
lected.
To show the unjust and adroit manner in
which the statement of expenditures has been
manipulated by the memorialists of the Tax
Payers Convention for their purposes of de-
ception, we furnish statement, carefully com
piled from the official records Of the expense:
of the State government before the war ano
the first three years after: