The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-21

nor shall be 80 modified as fSallow of
the aisagproyal eEa p$fty gitfBAt effect
lhpOn the gest Of an aot. 81 ID t2 q
Is 8. 4ThBgagrcuitnral iutsEesis gh%S DS;
|sfeli&5ed from buSScnsome keAstfpnIAy s
E.horaSquitable dlstributig49 of tkxQ Ind.
Iby The inauguration ofYa ssSte8d OF
licenses fixed upon fair principles.
6. That no public funds shall ever be
used for the support Of sectarian institu-
fiOfys. -.----------------- ----------
T. That the enormous evil Of local and
special Legislation shall be prohibited
whenever private interests can be protcc-
ted under general laws.
g. And inasmuch rs the system of free
schools was created in the State by the
Republican, party, and should be especi-
silly fostered and protected by il, we
pledge ourselves 10 tho support OF the
amendments to the Sta:e Constitution,
now before the people, establishing per-
manent tax for the support of free schools,
and preventing the removal Of school
funds from the counties where raised.
T. We pledge ourselves and the, nomi.
necs Of the Republican party Of this
State to the securing of the following
purposes by legislative enactment:
|. The further and lowest reduction Of
salaries of all public servants consisten.
with the necessities Of government.
g. The reduction Of fees and costs, es-
peGiaily of attorneys in civil cases, and
the amendment Of the laws governing
the settlement of estates in such man
ner ~ to secure Il more economical ad-
ministration and settlement of small cs-
tates. Hu; ni. n ,ii .i!r
3. The immediate repeal of the agri-
cultural lien law.
T. Public printing to be reduced at
least one.third Of the present appropra-
ton. -tl ~ ~ irhj
5. Convict labor to be utilized under
such laws - shall secure humane treat
ment, and the support OF convicts with
out needless expense to the State.
&. The arn;iai appropriations for pub
lie institutions to be economically made
and properly expended.
Z. The number of Trial Justices 10 be
reduced throughout the State, and each
justice to be assigned to specific territory,
with moderate salaries to cover costs! 3f
criminal business, adjusted in proportion
to populations.
8. Recognizing the enormous expense
of fencing farms, and the scarcity Of tim
Der in some sections Of the State, we feel
1t to be necessary that practical relief be
afforded 10 the people of the State, and
We pledge ourselves to secure such legis-
lation upon the subject as will give to
the electors of each county the right to
regulate this question for themselves.
g. That whereas in some of the upper
counties of the State certain evil disposed
persons have induced many citizens TO
disregard and violate the revenue laws of
the United States, by representing them
to be oppressive, ard in violation of the
rights of the citizen, and it is apparent
from the action Of the National Demo
cratic House OF Representatives that the
revenue tax Will be continued, we there
fore earnestly recommend that his Ea-
cellency, the President Of the United
States, do grant general amnesty and
pardon for all violations previous TO this
time. And the Senators are hereby in
structcd, aud the Representatives in Con-
gress are requested, to urge this action
without delay.
with perycrs;an IF all truth and history I;
with opposition to all the interests Of tie
massee; with fostering class preferences
and Determinations with q denial of
rights to those who, do not accent their
political dogmas; with constant and per
sistent antagonism to the principles. of
justice and humanity; with n resistance
to the manifest will of the people and
the spirit of the age; with a determine
ton to make slavery national and liberty
sectional with purpose to rend the
union in twain; to perpetuate human
bondage; with plunging the nation into
fratricidal war; with deluging the land
in blood and filling it with sorrow and
distress; with burdening the people with
debt that makes higher taxation ne
cessary and continue us with opposition
to the Reconstruction Of the States they
had violently forced into confederacy; !;
with resistance to the passage and ratifi-
cation of the amendments to the Consti-
tuition of the United States made neccs-
sary by the results OF the war, which
clothed the humblest j.. the nation with
citizenship and placed in his hands the
power of protecting it; with purpose
to reopen sectional prejudices and ami
mosities, to make "the war failure" re-
construction "void," and the amendments
to the Constitution nullities with decep-
ton, misrepresentation, extravaganza in
the conduct of government, dishonesty in
the disbursement of tho public funds and
an abuse Of the public confidence; with
fraud in the management of elections
with intimidation of electors with atroci-
ties during political campaigns unheard
of in civilized communities with assus-
sinations and murders of those whose
only offending was steadfast adherence
to the principles of the Republican par
ty; with threatenings of violence against
those who advocate the perpetuity Of the
Republican party; with armed prepara-
ton and hostile intsnt in the States 5f
the South, intending by such formida-
BILE array to frighten or force Republicans
into q support of their party and parti-
sans, or to remain away from the polls ;
with assembling to the North by assu-
RANGES of an acceptance of the results OF
the war, a desire Tor reconciliation and
brotherly relationc, when they are only
thirsting for the opportunity to secure
what they have lost by the ascendancy of
the National Democratic party to power
and thus infiict upon the nation further
! evils and embarrassmcnts; with nomi.
mating National and State officers known
for their antagonism TO all the Republi-
can party has accomplished, men who
were in sympathy with the rebellion, op.
posed to its overthrow, aiders and abet-
tors OF treason, officers of armies of the
rebellion, enemies of liberty and union.
IL. Reiterating our reliance in the jus,
tice of our cause and the truth of the
principles underlying our national plat
form, and OF the thirteenth, fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments of the Consti-
tuition of the United States, pointing with
! qualification to the many important re-
forms established by tho Republican par
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