The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-02-22

alone us having to pay. Look at this.
Mr.. @. is a church member, with a
little property, has $3.50 to pay for
taxes, his farm has only produced
100 bushels of corn, surplus, and this
after putting himself and stock on
halfratiops, his corn is worth 80 or
IS cents per bushel, now the man
agement must come in--4how in
thunder can he get all that tax
money! We'll, as his government
has wheted it's teeth, 80 has be. Mr..
D., still more unfortunate man, has
no corn, nor not much credit; Mr..
@. borrows the money to pay his
taxes, and says to brother D., we'll
brother, I'll sell you corn at $1.25 Or
$3.50, till tall, as I love to help my
poor friends and neighbors, if you
will give me lien on your crops.
This is no over drawn figure, it's
common. Is not this religion with
a vengeance. Men stop and think.
This is the 10Th century, in the most
enlightened country IN the world, I
believe we claiml Well, what Rill We
not be at in one more century, to say
nothing of nineteen more; some in
ventive genius will have to produce
larger figures if we improve much on
this sort of enlightenment. 1t seems
that little common sense ought to
be distributed from the pulpit or
some other source to 60 in with our
religion. It won't do raw.
hold that our government is to q
very great extent to blame for this,
through its lavish expenditures of the
hard earnings of its impoverished
millions. And who is next to be
blamed-we the people, for submit
ing to that which will destroy our
civilization. l do not believe one
half the world was born with saddles
on their backs, and the other half
born booted and spured to ride them
by the grace of God.
We have acted very unwiscly at
home too, building 100000 Rail
r. ads, got into expensive law suits,
invested all we had on hand or could
borrow in store houses and goods,
preparing to mend our fortunes by
specializing off of broken and bank
rupt people. Is there remedy for
all these evils or is: the day of re-
demption past2 1t seems to me that
the remedy has always been in our
own hands, but it will certainly need
lots of physic to save the patient at
this late day, for it is in the very
articule mortis. | think this is the
beet remedy, let all unite in the most
rigid system Of industry and econ
omy, and denounce with one voice,
and render 80 unpopular specnla-
tion and extravaganza that no mortal,
and especially no officer dare prac-
tice it. Teach them that folks who
cant live on moderate incomes and
hide their uglinesses, ct ceteras,
unner plain garbs, don't suit these
times, and had better funk. Let US
live inside our incomes, if it brings
US to beans for breakfast, water for
dinner, and the swell for supper, and
spectacles and cravat for a toilet
Better be honest than fne. If God
did not make the man and woman,
the taylor nor millener ought not to.
Let us see who can out pay, and not
who can ont shine on borrowed cloth
ing. This system If adhered to will
restore confidence Of man in man.
| Who con not say from the bottom
OF. ..his heart, amen to Senator Hill'e
sentiment. He says: "My country,
my whole country, bles ed lie he that
blesseth thee, and cursed be he that
curseth thee"
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