The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-02-26
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bac], on his fellow thieves of lesser light i'll
Sonth Carolina. He then dwelt upon the i'm
of encouraging immigration he was
willing to give or sell his lands to Immigrants,
and lie firmly believed that it was possple ~
bring immigrants enough here to overcome M .ne
negro majorit;es at the ballot-box. nc ciii.i,
cination of the slaves had been blessing III
1isg,,ise The material development OF the re
sonrces of the State, since the war; hao neeil
wonderful. despite the iniqutles OF tne oIiIe
government. and the completion OF the fall,
road connection between
CHARLESTON AND CHICAGO
vonld increase our prosperity hundred fold
R1,t we must unite among ourselves, sIop
rroaniDc and complaining, and go to worA 20
Tnedeem the State bv inviting white Immigrants
~ come among us and settle. He believed III
The dominance of the white race, and would 90
all in his power to restore it: not for the pur-
pose of depressing the negro but to Protecs
his self-respect and restore hls race 10 tneii
natural rights.
MR. B. P. CHATF1ELD.
of Aiken, thought the question of taxation was
the subject to which the Convention snoulu
address itself most earnestly. 1t was not the
amount of the taxes that was our trouble. IL
was the way in which the money was spent.
If the money wrung from the taxpayers was
leritimatelv spent i'll some way that "ouio
henefit the State, we could stand the amount
He did not deem it expedient to resist the pay
ment of the taxes entirely. The KIND OF llnhl.
grafton that is wanted in South Carolina IS tlla'
of men who have means to buy lands anu oe ~
come taxpavers. We don't want laborers 10
whom we will have to give lands, I1ey
must buy the lands, and then they Will Value
it. TApplause.] In his opinion 1t was VAN 1l
hope to endeavor to change the govermee1mt EN- DS
bringing white laborcrs into the State. ihere
was, in his iugment, a useful element OF laoor
in the South, better adapted to the climate
than any labor that could be introduced III tue
next twenty-five years. The pest pan 10 u9
pursued, he thought, was 10 MAKE the ioioiou io,,
iaborers taxpavers aud sharers In the burden
of the taxes. In this way the colored people
could be made an element of strength III the
community. While, therefore, he would en-
courage every white laborer that came to South
Carolina. he would also encourage the colored
labor that is with us.
THE VIEWS OF coLoRED DELEGATE.
Mr.. J. NJ. Penseel colored delegate from
Colleton, said that the colored people OF his
county were oppressed with the heavy taxes,
and were ready to join in any method FOR re,
lief. and he trusted that the Convention Would
address itself to that question alone.
A DELUDED AND DECEIVED RACE.
Mr.. G. A. Trenholm, of Charleston, said that
he was sorrv to see that the question OF race
and color had been introduced IN the discus
sion. He was here as the representative OF
the taxpayers. both white and colored, ana
it was his honest conviction that there was no
class in the community upon whom the bur-
dens of taxation rested more heavily than upon
the colored people. He considered that the
property-holders of the State we're the most
sincere friends the black man had. Applause.
There were many of them to whom he hao
stood in the relation of master and slave, and
the good feeling that had arisen from that
relation had never been disturbed. The col
ored people, he said, were innocent OF the
burdens that had been put upon them
and as. They we're deceived and duped
bv bad and designing men. The white men
had everything Intelligence. wealth and
friends. willie the colored people were reduced
to the lowest depths of degradation TO which
they had ever reached. They had only been
the tools of designing men, who had used them
to force this government upon us. but they
were not benefited by it. The whole leSlsla-
ton of the State was calculated to press them
bind them faster in the bonds IN which they
are now held. They were denied the privilege
of purchasing lands and becoming taxpayers by
the yerv State Government that they had
assisted in foisting on US. The land that IL
contiscated by heavy taxation does not 60 to
the black man. The State is obliged to take
it, and it benefits nobody. He (the speaker)
had nothing to say against immigration; but he
hoped, by the blessing of God that when I'M
migration flows in, and voters come III IN suiil-
cient numbers to give US controlling lniluelcc
in the government of the State, one of the
first measures that will be considered will be
one to ameGorate the condition OF the coloreo
labor of the country. [Applause.l
THE RIGHT KIND OF Ia1,IGRASTs.
Mr.. J. Z. Tindall. of Clarendon, moved that
the report be recommitted to the committee.
He thought our ultimate object was to secure
permanent honest government, and 1t could
not be gained by the introduction of paupers,
merely to vote. Our difficulty was untcerSdt
suffrage. The negro. as general thing, was
as good as most other laborers: and while they
we're not entirely free from blame for the fast
ening of this odious government upon us, stlli
he did not think that the peculiar kind of i'm
migration sought after would better our con-
dition.
Gen. Gary replied that the report did not
contemplate the Introduction of any such lmml-
grants as had been alluded to by the previous
speaker; but he was willing to amend the re-
port in any way to meet the views of the ma
jority of the delegates.
After some further debate, participated in by
Mr.. W. NJ. Lawton and others, the resolutions
contained in the report were adopted, and tho
report itself referred back to the committee
for amendment. In the afternoon session 1t
was again submitted in the form given above
and adopted. The Convention at three o'clock
took recess until four P. NJ.
The Afternoon Session.
The Convention met again at four p. NJ.
The committee appointed to draw up
MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS,
submitted the following, which was adopted:
To The Senate and House of Representatives OF
tie Congress of the United States:
The memorial of the taxpayers and other
citizens of South Carolina respectfully show
eth that upon the reconstruction of the State
government and the admission of senators and
representatives into the Congress of the United
States, it was doubtless intended by Congress-
as it was expected by them, that they would
become partakers in the rights enjoyed by citi-
zers of the United States and other State gov
ernments. The history of the country teaches
that taxation without representation is tyranny.
Our revolutionary fathers had combined to re-
sist such tyranny, and we feel assured that 1t
was never the intention Of the sons OF these
men to allow this very system to be fastened
upon any of their fellow-citiZens. 1t has,
nevertheless, come to pass that the govern
ment established in South Carolina under the
legislation of Congress has been made the
instrument of effecting this monstrous opprcs-
sion. That department OF the State Govern
lnent which exercises the taxing power is adj
mnlistered by those who own q mere fraction
OF tho property of the State. Seven years
have elapsed since the reconstruction of the
State Government. and during that period, OF
the property taxed, majority OF the
members of the Legislature owned no