The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-03-08

tho adoption of tho fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments the ropubli.
can party has clai imed to havo tho
exclusive privilege of using the
negro Vote, and tho right to nanago
the negro himself as the party saw
fit. That the ltesro' has si,rIHen-
derod lSs political 1ndcpShdenGe to
the party leaders ca1thot BE uues-
toned. Tho history of tho radical
party in South Carolina alone is
sufficient to provo this fact. The
colorod people have been tau9ht to
look upon the entire democratic
party NJ dangerously hostile, as
much to their personal freedom MS
to their political astcndc1Ii1cy. stmb
Of the stump orators hnvo constant
ly rcsor:cd to the argument that u
restoration Of the democracy to
power would result in tho re
cnslavemcnt Of the blacks. low
much Weight tliis has had with the
negro, It is only necessary to look
at tn" history of onr state for the
past eight years to determine. Tho
new departure of tho colored pco
pie, if carried to any considerable
extent, riiust Bear GOOD f,uit for
thc,t,$i1ltt& Tho domocut;c party
is plcdg@d tb SECURE them in tho
exercise of all 'hoir rights under
tho constitutions; ai'd shut pied, e
has boon faithfully kctt. Certain
1T is that restoration of tic party
to power in state aid III hatiotial
government will onuro to tho id
vantage of tho colorcd poopl6 in
restoring honesty ai1d efficiency to
all departments, in establishing
permanently amicablo relations
between the races and in reducing
taxation far below the present
figures. These results arc worth
an effort OH tho part of tho colored
people, and if tho convention can
do anything towards thu;r speedy
accomplishment, it will not have
afseml led in vain. On the con
trnry, it will lravu done moro real
service to the negro race in hmerica
than any nction Of any political
body since tho close of the war.
%ho appropriation FIJI.
The approp! iatiun bill, ut T-hich
tho Legislature was for somo weeks
working, has been s'nt 80 tho rovcr-
nor. The bill differs little from its
several predecessors shico recon
struction, all The Recommendations
OF Governor Chamberlain hayinn
been ignored. Tho entire. lovy fo,
state purposes will be eleven mills.
10 tins must Of course be added the
regular county tax Of thu &c mills, the
dSE:c school taxes, varying in dif.
torcnt townships, tho deficiency tax
which still hangs over somo counties
and tho ku kllx taX still collected in
| others. TT is safe to assert that the
average levy in nll tic couniioe viii
be not loss than sixteen mills. Talk
ing the taxable basis in tho entire
state rs Sl35 ,00n. 900, which is IL low
estimate, this viii produce tho cnor
NOUS sum of'&2, ,0ON,0Oo. Wo have
no doubt that tho state government.
IN all liz departments can be proper.
~ conducted, and the interest onthc
public debt be raid' from levy o!
ten ml!ls,--which would yield 81.
100000 Nnn" of flo reductions IL
salaries recommended by the COVER
nor have been r'adc Tho officers
OF tho executive dtmrtment receive
their usual pay tho ndjutant .1tcnc.
raj his ~ 800 with $i2OO fof clcrls
hire; cottnty trYaSllr4rs,. auditors
and school commissioners arc az woli
paid ns ever; the university is still
to absorb $43,O00--a charity fund
for imncruni0"s a'sttSi professors
and needy nspirants to literary fame:
tho pc,iiteHtiary % still TO got $40
600, and so on through all tho parts
OF the state government. This is
economy with Al vcngeanco: What
cror may DO til" wishes of tho cover
nor-nnd VIC b"liovn ho is honestly
and earnestly in favor of rotrc,ich
mont his inrNrncc'with tho lcris]n.
turo las boar utterly impcrccptil,lc.
Tho derilr for reform, as professod
by tho radical party in South Caro-
lima, is shown only once in two years
--whcn the Dominating convention
meets, and adopts q p!at-
form of principles upon wh;ch to
scramble through II campaign. The
structure il beautiful to look ot and