The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-09-06
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Economical Taxation.

make brick without straw, we nave ''s"
moaned and groaned under radical au"'"
ton and msrulc But we trust ''"' Wy
gone +; its dark sun has set behihu '"o
of shame and crime, never again u o'
rected Our noble and worthy h"ihP''"
the field against those daring anu eAu''"s
is,incs; and his terrible army Of or''o ""'
of ;usticc and right spread dismay anu 'o"''
sion through their ranks.
..Thc bold Ascalonite
PIod from, his l;on-ramp old warriors turheu
Their plated backs under his heei, :; ,ho
Or rroveling sviled their crcsteu he'ih''" 49,
dust"
Wa rc;o;cc tLat We contemplate anu expect "
,.d bv democratic government ~ our
State Legislature. That government
and fosters the spirit of political eco"o"'' '
bones sinews, muscles and marrow constitute
-. basis. and while men in the past have ig'
,,oroJ their country and its rights and seduIous-
l., ,orobt ,be Offices purely from selfish, mcr-
c.rorv consideration, we deprecate such spiri''
orJ we feel authorized to say that our cahui-
dates will not in the least alliate OF iue"'''9
themselves with such q class. We think in our
1880 :. -...-. ,..S,, VS i~Nvr, of honor, of
integrity men who will disburse the finances of
the people with strict economy, and in the IAN
guage of learned Divine, an ex-Congressman,
will afford equal and adequate protection, and
make no distinction OH account Of 'race, color or
previous condition." and make taxation low,
simple and economical. TO take more money
from the people than an economical adminiStra-
tion demands, MIR. Calhoun, in bold and terse
language, denounced rs robbery. 1t is the ty-
nj, NJ nfn nrl,i
assimilation of radical prcccdcnts-at least, it
cngcnders and fosters that spirit. Vigorous and
constant efforts should be made TO diminish the
burdens of taxation, and sleepless vigilance is
| needed to contnc the disbursement Of the peo-
pies money to few and proper purposes. To
| take the money of the taxpayers to indulge in
| luxury or charity, TO discriminate injuriously
bctwiXt citizens or classes Of citizens, to multi
ply nccdlcssy salaricd officers, to pension and
to feed droncs, is to use the power of taxation
numerically and injurious.y.
Our taxes arc as high, or nearly so, as they
were under radical jurisdiction. Why is it so :?
we are asked Did not Legislature renoyatc,
reform, rercnch and reduce our taxes as low as
practicable? But, we respond, may she not do
more? May she not lay down an economical
precedent? May she not commence the scaling
of the salary of her members, and extend tha,
scaling to all Of the salarcl officers in the State,
rs far rs expel:ency and lracticabili,y will aG-
| nit? May she not abolish some Offices and
merge others into one? What use have VIC for
an Auditor and Tax Collector? Let us return
| to the days Of our fathers let Us no longer
| ignore the wisdom of our ancestors. Let us
L clmc back 10 the "Cood old times -wlen the
lax 'oiiector assessed and collected the tax with
general and universal satisfaction. Under tle
| existing state of affairs hear comr!aints of
heaVy taxes and saaricl officers AMI we have
heard the rcSark made chat scores of comre.
tent men would gladly take the Trcasurer's office
Us IL now stands, with the assistance Of an Au-
diter, for five hundred dollars" And so with
many OF the other Offices. There are MANY
perfectly competent men, who are willing 10
'1ehd Labor with honor, who would accent of
many OF our offices at u reduction of the pres
et' s''''fy Whic, we arc sorry to say, there are
o'"crs VINO arc enthusiastic aspirants for Office
anu partly we believe, if not alt torcthcr. for tbe
money that the office affords W, know II 10
not SO easy to make money out of the earth as
""Ilosc anu inc I,lcl mas been fully
developed III the ruinous overthrow of MANY
Farmers who have been taught educated and
iuliy instructed by physical labor that they were
10 gain their 'mcat and bread by the sweat of
their brow" And do not these farmers nav
The tax. With due discretion and propcr lepis-
laiion taxation could be brought to a proper cou
hDriuhi, IN which the poor man with tho rich,
rs patriots, would feel it privilege as we'll Is
duty to pay his tax.
We arc told that our taxes are increased by
our Railroad and County taxes. We have al
ways been opposed to our Railroad tax, as it
was levied, and VIC have sensible and good
reasons for our opposition, but it is too late to
discuss that subject now. Had we have had the
power, would long ago haze scattered the
taxes with the Bosom of destruction. Let US
discuss County taxes. We learn that our
County Taxes are increased for n special, sIe-
cifc purpose, but unfortunately the funds paid
into the Treasurers Office, fail to meet tho de-
manded emergency. And just here we hear a Ia.
mcntablc cry indeed. We are Informed that
portion Of the money paid for County purposes
in the old State bills, when the farmer, per-
haps, invariably paid in legal tender. Who is
N blome fnr fl iS oycrs1bt Whn is IN he rcuri-