The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-06-19
The PROSTATE State.

We published, the other day. letter
from South Carolina. which shows that
the sheriff and the auctionecr are about TO
complete the work Of the negro elector
and the carpet-bag OfiicehOldsr. The fair
est portions OF the State viii, be sold for
taxes. and when the proceeds have passed
in regular order from the swarm Of coll
lectOrs To the larger swarm OF thieves who
imposed the taxes and impaticntly wait
To realize them. we suppose there will be-
another levy. another sale. and another
steal, until nobody will buy al any price.
When that point i reached the state may
begin the slow process Of rccuperatiOn.
When the cloud of vultures find nothing
LEFT 10 feed upon they will rise and settle
elsewhere. South Carolina will be- liber-
ated from her alien oppressors when she is
no longer worth plundering. when her
fields are naked. and her cities grass
grown.
But the carpet-bagger will leave his
curse behind. He will stuff his pockets
and pass on, but the blight that he brought
will remain perhaps forever. lie has i'm
poverished whites and negroes alike.
III the Pinckneys. and Moullries. and
Sumters are posted among delinquent
taxpayers. whose estates are wanted To
satisfy his greed. so j. SanbO Bonaparte.
He has taught the ancient blue bloods that
trifiing with the best government the
world ever saw il. after all. no light mat
ter-a lesson which in common C.indor we
are compelled To say might have been de-
livered at less cost 10 the public Treasury.
But he has taught the negro politics and
unless he would hoe corn or pick cotton
he must of necessity continue the new
bu -inesS long after his former master mas
departed TO other fields Of labor. The
black voters are there in overwhelming
numbers. They look upon the ballot first
a. an instrument of vengeance and last "a
a means of support. Except this they
have nothing valuable in the world; and
they will use il To reduce the former own
ers OF the soil to their own level The
latter. according TO our correspondent,
feel even now the shadow of barbarism
closing over the State.
What. then. il to be done. Appeal TO
the country al large: The friend OF the
carpet-bagger j. in power. His bayonets
sustain him; his officers eonspire with and
encourage him: Congress legiSlaies i'm his
favor: and the sure>t reliance Of The party
j. this black vote. The President turned
the South Carolina taxpayers away with
hot words and malignant sncer. but he
heard Whittemore and his congregation
Of representative thieves with encouraging
smiles and gracious attention. l. not
Grant President and l. not John Patter-
son senator.
But the South Carolinians have turned
their faces 10 the wall too soon. Theirs
has been but short struggle OF ten Years.
They should reflect that the barbarism
which approaches them j. Of kind that j.
not ameliorated by time. There is no in
stance on record WHERE a body Of white
people. having once fallen under the dom
ination of bar baronS or mi-barbarous
negroes. ever emerged from the house of
bondage and darkness. They may ANAL
gamate and degenerate. bur they never
rise. We certainly shall not b. accused of
any prejudice against negroes on account
of color or previous condition Of servi-
tude;" but this il not question between
handing State over to educated negroes
or retaining il in the hands Of educated
whites. Ii any uncivilized race is 20 have
il for possession. the claim of the ARR
can Is doubtless the best. But l. the AT
mean claim 80 imperative in point of jus
tice that ii j. entitled. irrespective of all
consequences. TO the aid and countenance
OF the Republican party and the Federal
Government. weask for the taxpayers
of South Carolina only fair field and no
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