The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-06-07
Remarks OF the Hon. II. w. Gary on a
the Appropriation BiIl.

/ the Appropriation Bill.
DIR. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMES OF
THE SENATE: The line Of action that ]
nave endesyored TO parsne as a member
ct the democratic party, has been first to
secure the political redemption of the
state, through re policy of "straightout
democracy" end thereby 10 get control
| OF the executive, the legislative aud ii.
Giciai departments Of the government.
There is no doubt that We have the ex-
ecutive, and with the casting vote OF
the President of the Senate, we now have
complete control of the legislative da.
partment OF the government. did my
best 70 secure the control of The judicial
department, but we were defeats.sssa T.,
our vote in caucus, end Che high position
OF Chief Justice was conferred by a Dem
ocratic General Assembly upon one who
for four years was armed against uy. and
one who after the ",ong rolf" had ceased
to beat, prosecuted our citizens by ar.
rests and imprisonments, some o. whom
died of his cruel and cowardly treatment.
This Office was gi fe1 to n Carpet. bag
! ger" who was an avowed member of the
Republican party, by members who were
elected upon "straightout" platform {;
and this election was carried over the
claims of such sons Of the State as the
Hon. A. P. Aldricb, Yho fell in his ju-
dicial career under the shadow of the
sword, in a sime Of peace Those who
instigated and peFpetrated the act imita-
ting the red0hhtabls Falsiaff, who stabbed
the dead bodies of his enemies after the
battle was over. He was chosen over The
Hon. w. D. Porter, who for years has
| stood the foremost member of the Charles.
ton bar. Over the gallant General Nc.
Gowan, who was wounded five times du-
ring the late war, and who was tho
| second choice of the Democratic caucus
which nominated the present Chief Jus.
The merits of that knightly and -chiv-
alrous soldier and gentleman, General s.
b. Kershaw, were made to play the part
| of "a bad third" in this most remarkable
race. He was chosen over the popular
and gifted McIver, who was subsequent
ly elected as an Associate Justice, as ap
antidote to the infectious Chief Justice.
The modest worth Of the accomplished,
the pure, honest and profound iurist,
Colonel Carlos Tracy, was iaiso ignt.red
by this grand rally Inder this flag vi ihe
! carpet -bagger from New York. ~ z
My next objective poiutt mas been and
will be to relieve this State from her
fraudulent debt, created by the Republic
can party, and to relieve our citizens
from the payment of burdensome taxa.
ton, which has in the past amounted to
confiscation of their ruined and desc.
late homes under the plan of levying q
tax TO support the government and to
pay the interest on the public debt.
have been informed, within the last ten
days, by Mr.. T. Castor, the Sheriff Of
Edgefeld County, that there are about
1000 tax executions in his Office, for past
| due taxes, being about twolfifths Of our
entire voting population. II
propose, in order to arrive ut an en-.
lightcned Judgment in regard to the debt
Of the State, to inquire whsi it was I'M
der the administration of Governor James
l.. Orr, prior to, July l, 1868. At that
time 1t amounted to q %.4Ss, s5S,98, inclu-
ding principal and interest. The con-
tingent liability of the State was S2.I87.!
608.2G, which was secured 6y Joint mort
cages and other liens sufficient to protect
the State from loss. According to the
Treasurer's report Of October 81. 1877.
the aggregate amount of the public debt
was SIS, ,851 ,327.35, upon all of which
there ws8 interest past .?ue and unpaid.
In theshort space of about three yesrs
and four months, the debt of this ,Ssate
was increased by the enormous amount
Of 81 ,412, ,S68.37. OF this amount it has
been again ard again conceded b the
most unblushing Of their party, that S..
| 191 200 was a fraudulent debt Of this
State. 1twas admitted in the act enti-
tied "An act to reduce the volume Of the
public debt, and provide FOR tay nayment
Of the same" passed December 20, 1873.
that St, ,96F 600 Of bonds, known as con:
version bonds, issued under the act FOR
| the conversion of stocks aud bonds.
passed March %, A. D. 1869, were nut
upon the market without any authority
of law, and were, therefore, absolutely
null and void.
| We next come to the consideration OF
those bonds that have been funded or
that are proposed to be funded under the
act of 22d December, 1873, and to ascer-
| tain what proportion of them are fraud
ulent, and have been issued in violation
of the letter and spirit OF the laws of the
General Assembly AMI of the cOnstitu-
ton Of this State. u ,,,f 4 4
The act of August 26, 1868. autiioriz-
| ing the issue Of bonds to the amount OF
$500, ,000 also the act of 26th Of August,
1883, authorizing the issue OF bonds to
tho amount, of 81 ,250, 600, and those is
sued underlact of February II, 18S9,Eto
the amount of .$899. .000- these bonds
amounting In the aggregate to S2.649,0 900
-are all invalid, becaus. il .is expressly
! provided that these bonds ,.hould Be sold
"at the highest market price by tho Fl
nancjal Agent Of the State in the city of
New York, and not less than for, d sum
to be fixed by the Governor, Attorney
General and the Treasurer" They were
disposed of without compliance with the
above directions Of lie law. They were,
in fact, hypothecated without. the Idiscre.
tion of the board, and the sale of all was
effected without reference to any rate
fixed by. the board. s !,
The Supreme Court in the case III
| Morton, Bliss 81 Go. as. g. L., Hoge,
| Comptroller General, Il Rich., New Sc.
ries, page 430, J refused to alloy the at.
/ tbrney General, who Represented .the
State. to introduce testimony. to estab-
| the act passed on March Is, 1872, enti.
tied 'sAn act relating to the bonds of the
State of South Carolina" commonly
called the "yalidaiing act,n was not
passed by a vote len of two-thirds Of
the members present, the President oi
the Senate deciding in the teeth ofafticle
8, lection z, OF the constitution, that il
was not Necessary. tSee Senate Journal
1 for 1871 AID 1927 But such ruling
! cannot abrogate the provisions of the
constitution. q ~ .
/ as to Che acts of March ~, 1869, which
authorized the issue of $500, 900 of ,boads
and the act Of March /, 1870, for $500, +,