The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-02-26

Courts TOOK JURISDICTION. Leu Tie ultellSence,
property and character of the State set forth
the grievances of the people in petition to
| Congress, and ask that body to appoint a
special committee with full powers to investi-
! gate the financial condition of the State and to
take such action az will give us redress. It
this is done in the proper spirit have no fear
az to the result Washington Mr.. President,
laid the basis of this great government, and after
he had put it, as he thought upon all enduring
foundation, he cast oil his robes OF ofhce and
retired to the quiet shades of Mount Vernon,
and there. covered with the blessings OF his
countrymen, he yielded up his great spirit and
was drawn to his God. Grant, during the late
great war, saved the territorial integrity of the
republic, and for it he has been twice elected
to the highest position in the gift of the Amer
ican people. Let us invoke his powerful aid
in raising up virtue, now crushed to earth IN
this once beautiful but now desolate State, and
let BIS give llm a full and cordial support, that
he may crown his administration by restoring
| Justice, peace and harmony to ali parts of this
| great country. With these remarks. Mr.. Pres
| ident, ! leave the resolutions in the keeping of
this body, trusting that they will give them that
consideration Which the magnitude of the
cause and the difficulties that environ us, i'm
peratively demand.
Remarks of Col. c. w. Dudley.
Col Dudley, of Marlboro. spoke at length
upon the propriety of making an appeal to
| Congress He felt assured that our grievances
would find q willing and laundering echo III the
public sentiment of the honest people of the
| North. Under the Constitution OF the United
States we were entitled to relief, as that con-
stituton guarantees to every State a Republi-
can form of government. If the general
| government, by meaEs Of the wicked ma
nipulations of bad men, had been made
to fasten upon us this terrible wrong,
have We not the right to appeal to that
Same government for relief! The colored
people, he contended were good and plous.
and were at heart, the friends of the whites;
but they wero not allowed the exercise Of their
own free will. They dared not refuse to vote
the ticket which was given to them by their
bad rulers They were manipulated through
nero terror, and therefore, no aid could come
from them. There WAS left for us nothing but
an appeal to the Federal Government. and he
saw no reason why the Convention should not
make the appeal
The resolutions of Col. Simonton were
adopted, and those of Gen. Butler and Col.
Keitt were referred to the executive commit.
| tee, aud the Convention took recess until
half-past five o'clock in the afternoon.
Evening Session.
The Convention reassembled at half-past five
| p. NJ, and the president announced that he
could not make the appointments of the stand
| ing and other committees SO as to report them
earlier than to-morrow morning.
Mr.. S. W. Maurice, of Williamsburg, intro
duced g series of resolutions as follows:
Whereas, it is manifest to every lntelll-
| gent man in the State. who is honest enough
| to acknowledge the truth that the State gov
ernment il controlled aud managed. i'll every
department of it, by set OF the most corrupt.
| incompetent and venal ofticeholders the world
ever saw, and who, for their own aggrandlZe-
ment, are running the State into bankruptcy
and ruin; and where's, i'll the opinion OF the
members of tlis Convention, the only sure
practicable and neyer-failing mode of reform
ing and purifying the government, and cor
recting the evils under which the taxpayers OF
| the State are now being despoled OF their
property bv o system of legalzed robbery
called taxation, is to change the character OF
the government by changing the officers who
! compose and constitute it. and put none but
honest, competent and reliable men in office;
and whereas, this change can only be certainly
completed aud permanently effected by hell
traizng and overcoming the existing negro
majority in the State by bringing white men
into the State. Therefore, be it
Resoirel, That this Convention do at once
organize bureau Of immigration, to consist OF
| one commissioner for the State at large and
one commissioner for each county i'll the State.
| to reside ut or near the county seat.
heSOiced, That the said commissioners OF
immigration shall he elected by ballot by this
Convention Immediately after the adoption of
| these resolutions.
ResolumI, That it shall he the duty of the
| commissioner OF the State at large TO visit the
large cities of the Union and elsewhere at his
| discl elton. and by public speeches and by writ
ten and printed pamphlets and other papers,
and by other means which. i'll his judgment,
may be best calculated to accomplish this OBJ
| iect, to induce, promote and encourage white
| immigration to the State. When in the State
! he shall use his influence and efforts IN the
same direction, and SHALL from time to time,
| AZ he may deem necessary, publish state
| ment OF such advantages as tho State oilers III
| soil. climate, productions, social improvements.
| &C., to the Industrious, honest and fruSal
white immigrant, no matter from what State or
| country he comes.
RcsoVlced. That the said commissioner, as
sisted in the several counties by the local com.
missioner, shall be specially charged with the
protection of the immigrants, i'll the proper
| selection of their lands, i'll the procurement OF
| transportation, i'll tho guarding them against
| fraud chicanery and pcculaton, III their tenn
porary location in proper and reasonable places
of board and lodging on Their arrival ana, III
making all such regulations and provisions as
NAV be in any manner Necessary or conducive
| 10 IlciI Ntll"lC.
Resoued That it shall be tho duty Of each
county commissioner of immigration to call
| meeting of the citizens of his county who are
in favor of white immigration, to be held at the
courthouse of his county on the flrst Monday
in April next, and lay before them the subject
and Importance of immigration, and II possible
| effect u permanent organization to act III con-
cert with. and as all auxiliary to the commls-
sioner for the State ut large. and take such 1ur-
tier steps AZ may be deemed advisable 10 pro-
mote the objects i'll view.
| Resolued That it shall bo the duty of the
said county commissioner to ascertain from inc
landowners of his county what lands arc to be
sold or given away rs the case may be, anu II
| for sale on what terms: and to take down ant,
preserve for reference bret description anu
the location thereof, and report the same iroiii
| time to time, To the commissioners oi Ihc 'ot''.o
at large. 30 that, when immigrants arrive III
the country, they may Ut once pe proFlaeu loi
P,S0lrrl, That tho commissioner 1or tno
State at large shall have his actual printing and
travelling expenses paid, and receive all an
pual salary OF - dollars. the money TO DC
raised by private contributions from the cltl-
| zens of the State favorable to the scheme Oh
immigration as herein set forth.
Tlo resolutions were referred to the commit
Leo OH immigration.
Mr.. A. d. Woodruff, of Spartanburg intro
duced the following:
Resoirel, That Il committee be appointed to
memorabilia the State Legislature upon the
subjects of our assessments of property and OF
excessive taxation.
Mr.. C. H. Noise moved to lay the resolution
on the table, but, under the rules, 1t was re-
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