The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-06-07

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written platform, upon; which the cam
paign was 20 bS conducted. The cus-
tonlary duties Of the Executive Commit.
tee had been to appoint the titns, place
and persons who were to address the
mnsses in behalf OF the Democracy to
invite speakers to assis. In the campaign,
both from within and from without the
State 10 Distribute political pamphlet /;
to Inform tie Commissioners and Mana-
gers OF EIectio.is throughout the State Of
their duties TO collect money to. .defray
the expenses Of the committee to have
the ballots printed snl distributed-in
Eno, to conduct the entire campaign.
But they had no right or power TO change
the platform either by adding TO 1t OK
taking from 1t. 1t was their compass TO
guide them in the campaign. The adop-
tion OF the above resolution was, there
fore, q usurpation Of authority not given
TO them, and was, the addition of an i'm
portant plank 10. the platform. and wac
not binding upon any member Of the
Democratic party except the members Of
the Executive Committee. M s4a W
unGAr this, assumed, authority, this
same Executive Committee pledged or
attempted to pledge the. Democratic
party to support an amendment m to the
reads as follows.: That section s Of article
10 be amended as, follows, to-wit: "The
boards Of County. Commissioners of the
several counties shall levy an animal tax
of aK taaa6k 12roperty IL, their yespectige
creased, unless by special enactment Of
the public schools in their respective
counties, which tax shall be collected at
the same time and by. the same officers
as the other taxes for the same Year. and
shall be held in the treasures Of their
respective counties, and paid out exclu-
sively for the public schools, as provided
by. law. There shall be assessed on all
taxable polls in the State an annual tax
of one dollar on each poll, the proceeds
of which tax shall be applied solely to
educational purposes Rorided, That no
person shall ever be deprived of the right
of suffrage for the. non payment of srch
tax. No other poll or capitation tax
shall be levied in this State; nor shall
the amount assessed on each poll exceed
the limit, given. in this section, The
school tax shall be distributed among the
several school districts Of the counties in
proportion to tho respective number of
pupils attending the public schools. J, No
religious sect ,oFIsects shall have exclu-
eive right, to or control Of any part, of the
school funds Of the State, nor shall sec.
tartan principles be taught in the public
schools." This amendment Yas passed
by the Senate at this session of tho Gem
eral Assembly,, If IL should. become.
part Of the constitution, as'l the tax be
levied TO pay the public >..,S,, as ascer.
tanned under the consolidation act Of
December %, 1875 what will be- its
effect upon the tax payers of this State,
{ The last election returns show that We
have over 180, 600 voters. In this State
the capitation tax Is levied upon all per.
sons, between twenty-oue and fifty ,years
of age. The amount of capitation tax
will be about $4,000 The amount of
taxable property for The Tear' le7e,, as
appears from the report Of the Conn.
troller General, is $133, 3,132,638. NoS,ia
taE Of swo mills upon this amount will
give 1886, ,265,27. Now, this added &c lie
$3.50 600, will give US an annual tax un-i
der the constitution, of 1915, ,265. ~, to be
used exclusively for educational purposes.
If to this you add the proposed levy of
$270 900 to pay the interest upon the
public debt, as ascertained by the Re-
publican party, and in accordance with
the resolution of the 4th of October.
1876, adopting the public debt OF the
Republican party, it will give you the
annual tax Of $646, ,265.27. This tax IS
proposed to be fastened upon the people
by the modest aotion3of the seven gen.
tlemen of the State Democratic Execa.
tive Committee, in utter disregard of the
wishes Of 81 900 democratic voters. s
But If to this amount you add the sum
of 4;143, 100, levied to pay the salaries of
the executive. and judicial officers of the
State, also the sum Of $10l, 300, levied for
the support and maintenance Of the
penal, charitable and educational insti.
tptions of the State, exclusive OF common
schools, and the sum of S10,0 900 for che
printing of the General Assembly, these
several amounts aggregating $244,410,
which, added TO the $646, ,265 27, wilt give
us $500, ,675.27 as the tax to be levied
under the presehtbill; and if to this we
add the sum Of $81 400 for the pay of the
members Of the General Assembly and
tho salaries Of its subordinate Officers
and employees, We will have the amount.
OF taxes proposed to be-, levied. by s!se
members Of This General Assembly, all
of which amounts 10 the enormous sum
Of $972,076.27, to be levied upon a tax
able property of$l83, ,13263e.s Now, be-
fore the war, the, taxable property of this
State amounted TO SJ5z, ESQ ,o52, it being
four times the present amount. The ex-
Eenses of the government Deiore tho war
averaged ab0uti $3.50, 900. The proposed
levyiis moro than twice the amount, It
being in ie1cess of the dy7ts 6elluapt ex-
penses by the sum of $622, ,0f5. q, and, as
I have shown, with only one!fourth Of
the taxable property upon which to raise
this amount, and with a financial pres4
sure that has been, without precedent,
and upon Q people overcome and ruined
by war and persecpted byauDiust, unlaw-
inl aud Corrupt legislation for tile last
tehiyears |; and still the poisoned chnlice
of corrupt taxation, is to be rendered to
theiF lips, and that, too, by. the action OF
Democratic representatives. ] trust the
General Assembly will pause before they
consummRte this great wrong upon the
hnnaat, eiriregline, z>Aasle os .@I:= @ s. Ss..s
/. Those who fayor the leyying. q tax Of
S270, COO TO pay the interest On the public
debt claim that II is the pet fneaeufa OF
/. the headmihistraticn. This is q new term
Ias applied toj the governments of Sonth
Caroline. The State officers were all
elected on the same general ticket on
which the Governor and the members oi
the Geheraf seiibiy were elected, and
We ows our election, to the people, II is
different with the members OF the Cabi-
LEet of the Preaident Of the TTnikhd StniAsl
He chooses his Cabinet, and they arc
confirmed or rejected by che United
States Senate, and tkcy are properly the