The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-05-06
Tie Cause of the Taxpayers =,

| Our suspense is over. After pa
tien, waiting we learn bythe majori
ty report Of the sub,;udieiary com
,mitteo that Cong css does not fee
tauthorizcd to,iuterfere in our State
govern pment,, and will therefore send
no investigating committee here tc
inquire into the misd eeds of tho cor
rupt ring. :.
T We are:thercfore:to have no active
interference, and the struggle for
! right win necessarily be a hard one.
We are to work out our own saliva.
tion. :.
We would Of course have been bet.
TER pleased had Congfcss passed an
act demolishing the present admins.
tratlon and putting it 10 the hands of
honest men at onpe. but this was
! mot to be expected, nor aid we look
for it. The object of the taxpayers
wa5>to get an authoritative statement
Of their deplorubie cunditipn :before
tho people. In this they have ad.
miratly sdccsodcd.* The cause of
I'South Carolina has been heard
|,throuehoutt the United States, and
oven in .I;urope.. A. strong public
sentiment hds been created ia our
favor, aud opinions arr freely offered,
not. remarkably Aatteriny to the Re.
publican purity or the thieving dema-
|'g"euce here. The Pleading Radical
aud independent, journals ARE, out
opokcn in their sympathy for us, and
Id their demands for better condi.
ti6n Of affairs. :. :,
The New York TiGes, Grants or
gan, Says the State government must
be bettered, cuen if ii is necessary to
glue 1t over:to Me Democrats. Strong
talk fora Radical organ.
The Herald says these sevetn III e er,ts
are 30 disrePutable thst neither party
could atfotj to acknowledge them.
ne p7un' ana MA Tribune and other
'eading papers, arc equun os en-,
phalic.. 49,. -
Butt mSstt ron arkable convert
is Harpcr'e Weekly, and thcro~ should
DO more rejoicing over this ono black
sheep than over tho ninety.uiue ,ust
and fair Journals. The Harhers bat e
teenpecdliarl5 'viudiotiye, ,vthe ex-
tremest Of the extreme. But they
cannot stand the overwhelming proofs
of fraud and villnipy that have been
hepped Up against reconstrnction.-
They arc now more earnest ,fau anv
o'ber Republican journal in INSISTING
upon some artion from the admins.
trot'on' in o'helf. Of honesty: The
method proposed, that of ekertiny
silent infueuce is aso the true soln'
ton OF: the difficulty. We append
this article:
We do not know what tho oon
mittee upon the judiciary ,.,,
report to the House Of Representa-
tives in regard to the statement OF
the tu&pu!e ers rof South Carolina
But everybody knows, aud those who
do not know, suspect, tho real. oondi.
tion Of that unhappy State. Private
information ..con6ru's public report
tfat more deplorabe situation o.n
not well be imagined. It. does no,
dispose Of the subject to say that tn,
turmor voters OF Suuth Curolin,
brought tho evil upon themselves
Evil :enough. Indeed, they did bring
aud it would be long, under the mos
. favorable circumstances, before the
ceuld hope for relief. But the State
should suffer 10 evil which Cung ress
or the Executive, or the Repu blicar
party, or public opinion can. light.
. fully aud lawfully remove; Jadyiu,
/ from the best information that W,
have, we do not believe that .h
movement of the taxpayers is, in tn
o'dinary sense, merely political.
is very probable, for it Ia very natura
= that they do not ieol kindly towa rd
/, party under whose ascendcucy the
are, us they think, robbed. !Bu
/ their appeal to Congress and to tn
President shows that they cherish u
sullen hostility, and would gl.dl
. combine with the better R.pubIiaan
I tD save themselves from tho worse
Tho ;. Hon. Il. Y. Sim5ns, who spok
for the taxpayers said that wh,l
d ".the average values for Tux .tion be
t fore tho war wero over $500, 600, 90
II they now amount at Oh excessiv
valuation, to : only Sl50,O0O, ,OOC
The annual taxation for State pur
poses hps:increased from $500 900 t
: over $780, GOO. i The State debt ha
I. been enlarged from s5,Uo0,ooo t
J.. over SIG, ,0UD, 900, and. perbs ps 22
OoO, 900. 268,523 ucrss Of land al
800 buildings have been forfeited t
I'll tho State in one , car fruul in. hil;f