The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-22

ttho men that You have had there dur,
iu9 the last session, tho tax payers will
refuse to pay the taxes that may be
levied pom them5 AND there will be nc
power to compel thigh topay;fors sthe
voiSs of the pdopis is tAeIvoice ol
G9d." and the people will make them.
selves felt apd heard. =
II have received numerous letters and
hundreds of personal addresses re.
questing mo to be candidate for Go.
vernon again; but I can see nothing
that woald induce mo to desire TO pass
agaln through tho ordeal of 1871 aud
1877. While [ would sacrifice more,
perhaps, than any other man in the
State 10 correct the evils Of the past and
| TO reduce taxation aud, consequently,
the expenditure of public moneys in
the future. yet it would be folly to
make any sacrifice. unless yon, who
can elect such u Legislature az you
please. change your entire policy and
leave out the petty politicians who
roam over the State aud pander to the
Ignorance, preiudioes and passions OF
the people for their own benefit; for,
IT You do not, you will only elect men
who have neither public honor nor
private ohsraoteT to prevent them
from descending to the most petty
schemes for securing money by mis-
representation and even fraud, from
private individuals as we'll as from the
State Treasury. If you will go to the
merchants of Columbia, you will find
where members of the Legislature
have purchased supplies OF corn and
bacon, aud family groceries and the
ike. and passed the bills for them
through the Legislature. as claims
against the STATED You will find even
the railroad receipts for corn and
bacon which have been shipped to the
Hon. --, member of the Legisla-
ture of South Carolina, and which
have been paid for by Legislative pay
certifcatei
l must again admonish you not to
send back to the Legislature the men
who have represented yon the last two
years; for If they are to be regarded
as your trne representatives, you must
DO regarded as set of rogues and
scoundrels. [ advise you, in the
future, to elect at least one mau of
intelligence. When you elect colored
men to Office. take the honest and
hard.worklng men, who are naturally
honest, instend of those who have been
coaohmen or upper servants, and who
have learned. by contact. the vices
OF the white man without his virtues.
and when you take man of my race,
do not take the lowest and meanest
yon can find, but take man Of good
standing in the community and of
honest impulses. You may rest as.
sured, that no man who is dishonora-
BILE and dishonest in his private deal.
ings with his neighbors can by any
possibility be an honorable or honest
man in any public position that you
may elect him to. Elect some inteili-
gent men to the Legislature and pre-
vent the necessity of employing q
host of clerks to do the business which
should be done by the members. Last
session, they had LIT attachees-more
than wore employed by the Congress
OF the United States. My advice is to
elect Democrat from each County.
and relieve yourself OF share of re-.
sponsibility. As it has been in the
past, you must bear all the blame for
bad government, as you have fully
three.fourths of the members OF the
Legislature. The course / recommend
will virtually give them proportional
representation. aud. with u voice in
legislation, they cannot go befors the
country and say that they are taxed
without representation, and that they
have no VOICE III the expenditure Of the
money they pay. Under all the cir
&C instances, shink it but fair that
you should show them spirit of libe-
rality.
The time may come-yes. it mus,
oome-.when your own people will be.
come Disguised at The creatures Of your
own creation. who possess neither per.
sonal integrity nor official honor, who
are not satisfied with defrauding every
person they can cajole into trusting
them in their private affairs. bnt take
advantage Of their official position tc
rob every person within their reach.
soy here. and challenge denial of wha,
l say, that not half I. dozen OF eithe,
State or Federal otice.holders arc
worth ten cents on the dollar. Tue
man who cnn most successfully swindlt
his neighbor is regarded as tho bes
politician, and, therefore, entitled tc
the best official position.
see that some Republicans arc con
stantly blaming tho Democratic partJ
for tho financial evils that hnve be