Wilmington journal., 1874-01-16
POOR SOUTH CAROLINA.

which the Southern StateR a1Avs bee8
allowed to slowly drag thernselve back
into recognition among the Union ct
States seem to be all concentrated now
in one dire int ensity In the once proud
commonwealth of South CaroliDa.-
Despoilt d, plundered and oppressed
as she has been to enric'rsas goddess a
ere s of pirates as ever plundrred
people under the sacred name OF law;
with her financial credit forever gone,
with her high places usurped by isno-
rant negroes and venial whites, with
thieves in her councils and robbers tor
task,7asters, even yet it would seem
fiat her cup is rot quite fall. 1Ee
propertv holders Of the State have re-
peatedly endoavored to escape the
r1in that is so fast engulphing the en-
tire land, but it is simply kicking
acains: the pricks as fast as one set
OF harpies are goreea they are I,aade-to
civ place for those who follow. And
this process must continEe as long rs
there is anything left upon which the
vultures can prey. Il is not that the
peopIo submit supinely 60 such rob-
ber;es, it is simply because the rogu 9
exceed in number the honest men and
will be enabled to hold possession OF
the State until they can be oustod At
the ballot box. They protest earnest
ly again. t tie oppressive enacsments
Of the rulers scistea upon them by the
votes OF the irresponsible majority but
these protests fall upon d'lil cars and
it is not known that ti.ey Will ever be
heard or needed.
To such q desperate strait are the
paopic radu IA, that they seriously
propose to make "a appeal % Congrcs5
against tie iniquitious tax bill under
which they are now groa2ing and re-
qceat that the State &c rcmandej to 4
territorial cor litior, 81 agai, placed
under military rule. Either al taaae
resorts IS preferable 20 the present
la,1ontaJ!e condition of Affair.". a. an
eviGcnca cf the manner IL which the
plur1u-crs carry o. ti.air work it IS
stated that tic Increase of taxation this
year, according - tigurcG IN TIE Char
I8ston N-c,c5 ouJ Courier. : 10 hun
dj5I as! .f2ytytiee PEE colt. Oh 1879,
anz e-tSyrEcS HUNDRED AID SIXTY per
cent c:1 1885. How loug Il will AXE,
:,t t;.is rnto, =, make s, desert CT tie
State, i Saay not to 81 difficult 20
conjecture.
''But 7TIaas goes with t,le money 2
some may inquire. The reply Is that
it goes cut on various prete4's: nom
inally Ter TAG support cf the State 9o7-
ernment, 9or tie expenses Ct the Log
islatura ana for tic payment lsoue
times) Of interest on so-c.lled State
bonds. As an evidence Of the manner
il which it IS squapdcred, for "the
necessary expenses cf tic State gov
eminent" II IS ol'y requisite to cast
, ne'5 eye Oh the figures given below.
The editor Of the Por. Royal CDD2-
mcrcjo1, Republican paper, but one
as sincerely opposed to tie
frauds and extrav.gances Of the Stale
& gove-nmert a the Conservative sheets
are, has written 20 q number Of treas
urers os wealthy Northern States 10
ascer ain the expenditures FOR pub ic
last year. with Il view Of com
pairing them with those II South Car
o!ina He has received reptile, froin :i.'
States Of Iowa, Massachusetts. Pcnn~yl-
vauia, Ohioan Maryland The sum to-
tai OF the cost Of pub ic printing in the
fre States vas S385,135. 95. The total
amount appropr ated by South Caro-
lima was $50 600 G6, or nearly S70.0
more than the FIVE wealthy States COM
bined
n Iowa the printing cost S.2i. .088,
including the publication Of the laws
in all the papers of the State, which
expense. the treasurer says, Will now
be avoided by aboli,hirg the custom.
In Massachusetts the sum paid was
$50. .7G6 80, including GONE extraordi-
Z iry work amounting 10 abol;t $40,
90n
In Pennsylvania t!:o emoun. paid
was ST3, ,377 =.
In Ohio 562. 923 s3.
IL Maryland, the only Democratic
State heard from, ne cost was Only
s3s, 900.
The asgregate population 81 these
I've States Is between nine and zen
or more than twelve times
greater shan that Of South Ca-olina,
md the aggregate assessed value Of
heir property naors .hau thirty times |
Lat 81 that State.
EENEEIEl MATT seA>~o.l.