The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-07-06

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cesses of production and wastes the
fruits OF labor; IL promotes fraud and
iosters smuggling, enrichos dishonest
officials and bankrupts honest morch>
ants. We demand that oil custom house
taxation shall be only for revonue. Re-
form is necessary in the scale of public
expense Federal ,Statel and muDi-,
opal. Our Federal taxation has swol-
len from $50, ,000,0 in gold in 1850 to
$3.50 ,000, 900 in curroncy in 1870. Our
aggregate taxation from $1b4,000, 900
10 gold in 1860 to 10000, 900 in our
renCy in 1870. Or in one decade,
from less than 90 per head, to more
than Sl8 per head. Since the peace
the people havepaid to their tax gatha
erors more than thrice the sum OF che
national debt, and moro than twice
that sum for the Federal government
alone.
We demand vigorous frugality in
every department and from every off,
fioer Of the government. Reform is
necessary to put u stop to tho profit
gate waste ofpubic lands, and their
diversion from actual settlers by the
party in powor, which has squandered
5000, 100000 Of acres upon railroads
alone, and, out of moro than thrice
that aggregate, has disposed of less
than sixth directly to tillots of tho
soil. Reform is necessary to correct
the omissions of tho Republican Com
gross and the errors of our treaties and
our diplomacy which have stripped
our follow citizons of foreign birth and
kindred race roorossing the Atlantic
of tho shield of American citizenship,
and have exposed our brethren of the
Pacific coast to the incursion of q race
not sprung from the same great par>
ont stock, and, in tltGt, now by law
Goniod citizonshiP through natnral>
zation, as bojng noithor accustomed to
tho traditions Of u progressive civil
cation nor exercised in liberty under
equal laws. We donounce the policy
which thus disoards the liberty low
ing German and tolerates the revival
OF the ooolie trade in Mongolian wo-
mon, imported for immoral purposes,
and MoGgolian men hired tn perform
servile labor contracts, and demand
such a modification of tho treaty with
the Chinese Empire, or such legisla-
Clon by Congress within o constitu>
tional limitation as shall provent tho
further importation of immigration of
tho Monaghan race. Reform is no.
cossary and can never bo effoctod but
by making it tho controlling issue of
the elections, lifting it above tho two
ialso issues with which tbo ofIice holds
ing class and the party in powor sock
to smother it. Tho falso issue with
which thoy would onkindlo soctarian
strife IN respect to tho public schools,
OF which tho establishment to support
belonging exclusively to tho several
States, and which the Democratic
party has cherished from their tound-
alton and resolved to maintain with
out partially or preference for any
class, sect or creed, and without con-
tributing from tho treasury to any
tho false Issue By which they seok TO
hight anow tho dying cmbors of Sec
tional hate between kindred peoples,
onco NATURALLY ostranged, but now
reunited IN cne indivisiblo republic
ana common destiny. Reform is
necessary IN tho civil service. Expo>
romeo proves that efficient, cconomi-
o"i conduct OF tho governmental bnsia
ness rs not possible If its civil service
De SUBJECT to change at every election,
oe o Pri%e fought tor at tho ballot box,
DO d haif reward OF party zeal instead
OF posts OF honor' assigned tor proved
competency ana heiG Tor hdoilty in
Inc puollo employ Ihat tho dIspens-
.ng oi PasI1n"go enould mother DC a