, 1874-02-14
THE SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT,

EuI uo", eFe I15 Own nuuence &ToNH 1ess OF tAa
Of Rome greater.
TIE SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT.
When South Carolina was reconstructed,
Scott, m adventurer from Ohio, became Gov
ernor. He was then poor. He saved enough
from his salary Of $500 to buy one OF the finest
places in Columbia, and to form fund, the in
terest Of which supports him in luxury. His
successor, Moses. had mastered the rudrnonts Of
the science OF government during his service as
Speaker Of the House of Representatives. Since
his election as Governor, he has been more de-
voted than ever TO his fasorite study. He
spends 100000 out OF his salary Of 90, $780, and
has invested part Of the realdue in the old Wade
Hampton place at Columbia. He has re-
fitted the house, it ia said, *with
The members Of the State Government
seem resolved to own all Columbia. As soon as
man Is elected, he let's the contracts for new
| block, and agrees to pay when the taxes como in.
! One recently-bnilt structure is called, By it's
ownor, "parker's Hail." and by the people
''Parker's Haul from the State Treasury. AL
this wealth has heen got by the issue of fraud
ulent bonds. The Slate has nothing to show
for the 529, 900, 600 increase OF the debt since
1866. The whole sum has been stolen. Nor is
this all. The taxes have been freely plunde1ed.
An appropriation Of S700, 900 to buy lands for
the freedmen gave potato-patches to about
one hundred Of them. The appropria~
t1ons for schools have been systematically
stolen. This is not so strange in State that
has rs Legislators, out Of a total Of 12a who can
neither read nor write. The situation from the
Taxpayers standpoint is an utterly gloomy one.
Property is eaten up by taxation, and yet the
State cannot meet its bills. There il q tract Of
land in Charleston County which paid for State
and county ta1 in 1867, 94.50 i'll 1868, 95.25;
in 1860, S2G.32; in 1870, 939.48; in 1872, a41.92.
This year it is charged with S114.3O, although it
is offered for sale for 5000. This is q tax Of 10
per cent On the full value Of property. Such
state Of ai1airs is but q prelude to repudiation.
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News WAS dull i'll San Francisco, End batch
OF editors set themselves to work to create IN
excitement. Having nothing better to write
about, the Chronicle published disgrzcsfully
obscene attack upon the family OF B. F. Naptha-
~. editor OF the Sun. to which that gentleman
replied with al attack on bis adyersaues tribe
more disgusting than the article in the Chronicle
The native purity Of the publishers Of the
Chronicle, Gus, Charles, and Mike De Young,
could not calmly brook this so, arming them
selves with cutlasses and revolyers, they made
raid On the Sun Office, knocked the type into
"pi,' smashed the press, and destroyed all the
copies of the issue containing the Objectionable
retort. This prepared the way for posse O,
policemen, who, by virtue Of warrant
previously obtained by the De Yourgs,
arrested everybody in the ofice,-editors
reporters. conpositors, and visitors,- car
ried them of to the station-hoase. Napthalv
was allowed to SO in search OF bail, accompanied
by m officer. On the street he was met by Gus
De Young, who Immediately drew revolver and
fred at him Obliuous OF all but his personal
safety, Napthaly ran, while De Young emptied
his revolver after him. 4 bystander then
knocked De Young down, while the officer hand |
cuffed him and carried him OF to the lookup.
Meantime the printers OF the Sun had bean re-
leased on bail, and were buxily engaged in re-
pairing the damage done by the Chronicle men
when the two brothers, still at large, backed py
q squad Of their employees, made second attack,
and, like the 1ocusts Of Egypt after the plague
Of hail, destroyed everything that had escaped
their earlier attention. Having done this, the
Do Young brothers paid visit to tho third Of their
family in jail, and were taking sweet counsel |
together, when Naptlaly, whose headlong flight |
had been stopped by policeman, wAs brought |
back to the station. On his entering, Nike De |