The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-12-28

have voted for Hampton. The people
OF the south welcome into their mids,
any and every one who come. provid-
cd II he to settle with them and not to
lntermeddle in politics. You may
vote as you please; vote the Republi-
can ticket if you choose ard nothing
will be said or done. They only ask
that you will let the colored man vote
as he pleases. The recent events in
Columbia ought to satisfy every un-
prejudiced mind which is the party
of peace and order in this State.
Whose voice was raised for peace: and
but for llanpton's counciling the
people to depart in quiet, his own par
ty and the members of the other also.
there probably would have been an
outbreak in Columbia which would
have sickened the heart with the de-
tails of hloodshed. l doubt not but
that the election in this State was as
quiet rs that in Iowa. 1t certainly
was i'm this county. aud from every
section of the State we have the same
reports.
To give you some faint idea Of what
the people have suffered, l will give
you figures of the taxes In this county.
Before the war the property of the
county was assessed at $4,000, 900;
the taxes never exceeded 500. Now
the property Is assessed at S5,0o9,Joo
and the taxes range from Ssh, 600 to
S115,n0D two years ago. Come, Charley.
how's that for high? and not single
public improvement being made. not
even the interest on the State debt be-
ing paid. The State tax before the
war was from $500, 900 to $3.50, 900, now
II is from 81 ,so0, 900 to $1,000, 900, and
over one-half Of the taxable property
gone. Come among us, and if you are
not convinced that South Carolina has
been cursed with the most contempti-
BILE, rotten and thievish government
the world ever saw, will pay your
board for six months and fling in ci-
gars. You will be convinced Of an
other thing also-that the negro has
been the most ind.lged member of
civil society you ever read about. The
fact is, that the southern people have
for eight years been trying to persuade
them to do right, and vote right They
have given way to them and made
concessions and overturcs until for
bearancc ceased to be a virtue, and the
whites in the last canvass made a SUI
preme effort to get them to Vote for
Hampton, telling them in all kind
ness, hut with poSitiveness, that II
they continued 80 vote for the men
who were running them that they
could no longer feel toward them as
they had. There was less politics in
tho last election in this State than in
any State in the Union. 1t had be-
come question Of life and death with
the property owners, and all question
of politics were laid aside, and it mar
rowed down to a fight between honest
men and thieves. You found Demo-
Gratis, Republicans, white men and
c0lOrdd men sK0u1urf 70 sn6ufdrf y6F
Hampton and reform. Men voted for
Tilden or Hayes rs they pleased; no
question of national politics was made;
judges, lawyers, merchants, farmers,
in fact, ii was union of men and of
all classes and races who were tired of
the Internal thieving and robbing. |
] have written more than | intended,
but few more words and have done. |
| only desired to disabuse your mind
Of the idea that had adopted any
ideas or motives which are not war
ranted by the facts and circumstances /
me. We will now have
peace, quiet, order and prosperity in
old South Carolina. Yours truly,
FRANK HAMMOND.