The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-12-05
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our people apart, at least during election
years, and which, on account OF the peculiar
OF our body polite, threatsned
serious consequences in tho past, iif not
entirely extingushed, have been held IN
abeyance during the prcseut year, aud our
whole population, free from those discordant
autagonisms which scemed likely to occur,
have united in couimou effort forthe
common good. There is apprehension,
however, that in the near futureall thlsf
will be changed, and that in the cleY
ton of 1880 turmoil and party strife win
again rise to the su: face | hope not 1t
is true in that election, involving as it
will, to a great extent, the future policy OF
the general government, and arousing, as
it must, the unholy ambition OF the politi-
cal aspirant as we'll as the noble impulses
of the patriotic citizen, some excitement
must ensue, aud we may expect that every
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Esxcite She st;rred and burning = yykoPSs
However, is that the citizens of~this State
are beginning to feel that we constitute but
one people; that our prosperity is bound
up with each other; that VIC are all Carroll
mans and that, while we recognize the
general government as supreme in its orbit,
and, to some degree, affecting our interests,
,---,-'ss' cS- happiness as people
depends chiefly upon the .lnstiny of our
own State, and that VIC will not alow -os::,
internal and home interests to be swallowed
up IN the maelstrom of Federal politics.
desire also to communicate, as matter
OF most pleasing information, based upon
reliable data received from the Solicitors of
the different Circuits, concurred in and fully
supported by the Circuit Judges, that crime
has greatly diminished all over the State
diminished to the extent of at least thirty
per cent. in this the third year of the ad.
ministratlon OF the party now in power,
compared to any period previous to it's in,
auSuration. This, no doubt, has been the
result OF the fair and impartial admnistra-
ton OF the laws which has taken place since
that party has been in power and the con-
hdcncc which all the people are gradually
oeS'nninS to feel in the protective power
aud willingness of the government under
the control and in the hands of that party
These results it promised to bring about.
and the statistics will show that its promises
have been faithfully redeemed This is
most gratifying fact and augurs we'll for
our Future. There is room, however for
further advance in this direction.
y mong the other evils left in the track
OF the late war there seems to have been
cngendcrcd in the minds of the people u
too great disregard of human lirc-not
more IN our midst than elsewhere, but in
every part OF the country, rs is evidenced
by the startling homicdcs reported in diff
terent portions Of tho United States. This
feeling is fed and stimulated by that dan
gerous practice Of carrying concealed and
deadly weapons, and by their manufacture
and sale, which prevails so extensively in
different portions Of the country. 1t is not
surprising that tho people should to some
extent forget the value Of human life when
thousands and thousands Of these instru
mcnts arc manufactured and sold for no
other purpose but to kill and destroy it, and
when they arc made familiar with the idea
OF their fitness to that end, which the con
stant wearing and handling of these instru-
ments must eventually produce in the minds
oil those who thus use them
THIS evil IS not more prominent with us
than III other communicate fact, | am
gratliied to believe that it prevails to n less
extent here than clscwherc-- still exists
here To too great an extent and should be
corrected If possible. If within the reach
oflcgislaton, your wisdom will find the
remedy in addition to this, the good, the
wise and the lovers Of peace and order cve-
rywhcre should combine together and bring
to bear upon it with crushing power that
most potential Of all Influences public
oplnlon-and this | invoke. | do not
know that any additional laws upon the
subject of homicide are necessary. What
is needed, perhaps, is a stcrncr enforcement
OF those already III oXistcncc it is safe,
however, to leave this to thu Courts and the
jurcs.
Full information as to the operations of
the financial department, the public schools,
the militia, the Penitcntiary, the Lunatic
Asylum, the Institution of the Deaf and
Dumb and other charitable institutions, the
Sinking Fund Commission, the Railroad
Commits ion, the Board of H,alth, the Fish
Commission and the phosphate interests will
be found in the reports Of the several officers
having these interests respectively in charge,
and which will be upon your tables. 1t
would ehcumbcr this Message unnecessarily
to incorporate in it the valuable details
found III these reports; | shall, therefore,
present only such prominent points as |
may think advisable, leaving to you that
full and thorough examination which the
Importance OF these various matters will
demand at your hands
MEASURES RECOMMENDED.
The primal object Of government is pro-
tcction-protcction Of the natural and abso-
Lutte rights Of the pcople-thc right Of per-
sonal security, personal liberty, and the