The Hillsborough recorder., 1877-07-18

perty yet uncreateu lie anticipates tnc Ia.
borof coming ages and appropriates the
fruits of it in advance; he coins the indus
try of future generations into cash and
sl,alches the inheritance from children
whose fathers are unborn. Projecting his
cheat forward by this contrivance and o9e.
rating laterally at the same Time. he gath
ers an amount Of plunder which no country
in the world would have yielded to the Goth
uY the Nanial. est q .aa..... na- y.
e''@'S' TIE REIGN OF ANARCHY. ..,-,...+..
Security Of life can never be counted on
where property is not protected. When
the public authorities WINK upon theft the
people are driven by stress Of sheer neces.
| sity to defend themselves the best way they
can. aud that defense is apt to be aggres-
sively violent. Justice, iniuriated hy po-
pular passion, often comes to its victims in
u fearful shape Disorders, therefore, there
must have been, and bloodshed and yio-
;cnce aud loss of life. though they are not
enumerated or clearly described in the re-
ports. 1t is known that bahds OF ':egnla"
tors trayersed many parts OF the State. aud
the fact rs established that seven of the
storehouscs used as places Of receiving sto-
leu goods ware burnt 10 the ground in one
night. The officers of the carpet bag gov
| ernmeDt cared for none of these thing.
They saw the struggle between larceny aud
/ Lynch law with IS much indifference as
Gallo looked upon the controversy between
the .Jewi.h Synagogue aud the Christian
Church at Ephesus. This horrible condi'
tion Of society was caused solely by the
want Of MI honest government. ..... .
But this is not yearly the worst Of it. il
carpet baggers themselves aud their special
friends are worthy Of any credence at Nil
They testify to numerous other murders.
! waut,,n. unprpvoked and atrociOus, commit
! ted with impnniiy under the very eyes ot
/ their government. General Sheridan says
! he collected list tof 4.00G assa>sination'
perpet,aied within three years. Senator
Sherman aud his associates Of the visiting
rnnInitiee swell this nnmher greatly. and
| add that hall the State was Oyerrun viii
! violence ;. No effort was made to repres.
these disorders or punish the criminals.
Nobody was hung. nobody tried. nobody
arrested. The murderers ran at large the
victims fell al the awful average OF about
four every day, and the public officers qui.
etly assem:ed Ia let the rife. the knife. ths
pistol and the rope do their horrid work
without interruption. Are such men fit t.
govern free State? Fit to govern! No,
not 10 liye'a .-- as sT- -9-as| s3..s<s
The wreiched system Of carpet-bag 5ov
! eruInent could not possibly last. From thu
tist Il had no real support. The native
people aud the honest immigrants. wilt
went thcFe fr purposes Of legitimate busi.
mes. trld IL in abIiorrence. aud the negroe,
we're tot I"ng in finding out that it WAS a
sham and >nare. A. early as 1870, ana
before that. the handwriting was srCu Of
the wall which announced that large aud
decisive majority Of all the votes. black aud
white. had determined TO break up this der
Of thieves. They must therefore prepare
for flight or punishment. unless they could
contriye way If defeating the popular vii
wheuayer aud however il should he express
ell Then the Returning Board was in'
vented.