The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-01-28
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S.atc Convention.
Mr.. Editor

Mr.. Editor:
The Executive Committee of Tie
late Taxpayers CONVENTION having
issued O call for State convention
on the l7,h February next, it only
remains for the people Of the several
counties to hold mass meetings and
elect delegates to represent them in
the proposed convention. While
am amorgst those who doubt the ex.
pediency Of the assembling of the
convention, believing that little or 10
good will result fiom it, IL is very
pr, per that Fairfield should be repre-
sented in it, aud represented TOO, not
by fossil politicians, but by active,
energetic, solid men, men capable of
grasping the situation If public af-
fairs intelligcntly, and with q fn'l
appreciation of the changes Wrought
by the vicissitudes of war. 1t has
been very unfortunate for us, Mr..
Editor, that otr State Conventions
have been generally filed up with
professional politicians, and that BON.
bastic speech-making has been The
prominent feature Of their sessions,
whereas the nature Of the work before
them required determined md effec.
tive action rather than a mnltfplyinc
of words. The only way to remedy
this cvil-for l SO regard it's for
the white laboring masses, the honest
yeomanry of the conntry, to come to
the front and take more interest in
public affairs. let them attend IN
force the county gatherings, and clrct
suitable men to represent them iii
State gatherings. If SO Important IL
matter is allowed to go by default, the
history of the next State convention
will be merely a repetition Of that Of
its predecessors Since reconstruction,
all talk and ho work.
The Taxpayers Convention itself
was an abortion, for no sooner
had it adjourned, aud its members
had scarcely reached their homes,
when the famous Conversion Bonds
were issued by the L inancialBoard =,
and fraudulent debt of over sic nil
lions Of dollars added to the States
burdens. That body was certainly
imposed upon, for if | remember
right, the then Governor, Il. X.
Scott, bold Radical plunderer, was
50 FAR honored as to be invited to Il
seat upon the rostrum of the building
i'll which it was assembled. Think of
this, . my countrymen In addition,
the then State Treasurer, Niles G.
Parker, was virtually "white washed, :"
his report of the States financial con.
tlon, aud his Disclaimer of fraudulent
transactions being received as salts
factory. | allude to these things,
Mr.. Editor, to show that The record
OF the Taxpayers Convention is by
no means good one, and that the
people nave no good reason to antici.
pate auy beneficial results from its
reassembling. | do not deny but
that II had elements in it that could
have done something for the State,
but those elements were III miuori.
ty, and we're overruicd. In view Of
these facts, | would caution our
people against professional politicians.
aud advise them to be careful in their
selection Of additional delegates. |
do not desire to be understood as re-
flecting in any way upon Fair6"id's
delegation to the last Taxpayers
Convcntion, for they we're ,htee of
our most worthy citizens. let them
renew their efforts in behalf Of their
oppressed fellow. citizens when they
again assemble with Representatives
ftolh oiher counties, and let them see
to it that Fairfield suffers no detri.
mont at their hands.
Once more, Mr.. Editor, I would
urge the masses to turn out on the
lst Monday in February, and set the
soal of their condemnation upon Radi
cal thievery and corruption by elect,
ing true and honest men to meet in
State Convention to devise means to
wrest their land from public vultures
and pluudcrers. r.