Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-10-12

want to vote ''No'' on some of these Consti-
tutional questions, yet it is a fact that the
Committee have quietly ordered all the tick
cts to be printed ''Yes." The Executive Com
mittee need not think to bull-doZe the Demo-
Gratis of this country to vote against their in
terests and their convictions, and the sooner
they abandon a course which invites the con-
demnation of all fair-minded men, the better
it will be for the Democratic party.
IS THIS SELFISIINESS?
Some of the advocates of the new county
movement charge the opponents with selfish
ness. 1t is for the great mass of the people
on the farms to say whether our already heavy
taxes shall be doubled and made higher than
they were in Radical times The farmers
need not be anxious to favor anybody, neither
is there any necessity Tor undue haste i'll sad
ding an enormous burden on the prosperity
of future generations. They should look after
their own interest. If they think they can
save anything by increasing the county Off
GERS to three times the present number, they
certainly ought to tear this grand old coun-
ty to pieces. If they think that to double the
number of officers is in accord with the Oft
repeated Democratic pledges to retrench, and
reform, and abolish useless Offices they must
vote eyes on the Constitutional Amend
ment which proposes to reduce the area OF
the Counties to 425 square miles.
ARE WE MINIONs?
Are the State Democratic Committee our
trusted friends to aid us in continuing good
government in South Carolina and in ascer-
taning the wishes of majority of our people,
or are they Democratic masters who assume
to dictate to us how we shall vote on matters
of Constitutional enactment? If not the
latter, why do they determine to furnish no
tickets to those who desire to vote in the neg
ative Oh the Constitutional questions? Are
we the servile miniOnS of a committee, that
we should thus basely forfeit our manhood
and our rights as free American citizens
WE LOOK FOR JUSTICE.
In an interview with Col. Eugene B. Gary,
he said that he was not aware Of the manner
in which the Executive Committee had acted
in reference to the printing of the tickets on the
Constitutional questions. He will attend a
meeting Of the Committee next Friday, and
he has promised to use his efforts to have the
printing done fairly. Let the Committee
make declaration, clear and unequivocal, in
the matter of printing tickets on the Consti-
tutiOnal questions.
UNEARTHED.
The silence which our friend and contempt
rary from Gaffney city has maintained OIL the
county question was for long time mysteri-
GUS to us Knowing the Importance of the
matter to him it set us to thinking, and we
finally began to fear that something was going
on secretly. We then determined to make
enquiry and are now reliably informed that
the State Executive Committee have deter
mined to print no tickets for those of our citl-
zens who desire to vote "No'' on the proposed
Constitutional Amendments. Does our friend
want the new county under such clreum-
stances Would he take it by a trick?
FORMATION OF NEW CoUNT1Es--VoTE
"NO." AT the extra session of the Legisla-
ture, in July last, joint resolution was passed
proposing an amendment to Section 3, Article
XI, of the Constitution of the State, in ,rela-
tion to the formation of new counties. Ac-
cordngly the following amendment to the
Constitution will he voted upon at the general
election in November
''Strike out in Section 3, Article XI, Of the
Constitution the words but no new county
shall be hereafter formed of less extent than
six hundred and twenty-five square miles, nor
shall any existing counties be reduced to a less
extent than six hundred and twenty-five square
miles, and insert in lieu thereof the follow
ing: Provided, That no new county shall be
formed which has population of less than one
hundred and twenty-fourth part of the whole
number of inhabitants of the State, and al
area less than four hundred square miles, nor
shall any existing counties be reduced to 4 less
area than four hundred square miles. "
The object of this amendment is to facilitate
the formation of new and small counties. We
suppose the Democratic tickets will have the
words constitutional amendment as to the
formation of new counties, yes" printed on
them, and we desire that the people should un-
derstand what they are doing when they vote.
We take it that the taxpayers, not only of
Lexington county, but of the entire State, are
overwhelmingly opposed to the formation of
new counties, and all they will have to do will
be to scratch out Eyes, and insert the word
"no" on the ticket.
In our Judgment the time has not yet come
to divide up the State into small counties.
The population is so sparse, and there has not
been sufficient accumulation Of wealth to
warrant the additional expense Which will be
entailed upon the people, Court houses, jails
and poor houses will have to be erected and a
new set of county officers will have to be
maintained and Court expenses will be in
creased. The only advantage to the people
which we can see will be that those who live
at distance from the court house will be
brought nearer. But the inconvenience aris-
ing from distance is not SO great as to induce
taxpayers to burden themselves with increased
expenses for county government. Moreover,
we do not think it wise to foster and encour-
age the greed for Office which is one of the nee
essary evils of our system of government. In
fact, we do not believe that there are many
advocates of new counties except those who
want Office, and the whole agitation on the
subject has been occasioned by such aspirants,
ond thoco uhr hava othar selfish ends in view
which will be at the expense of the people.
We want our citizens to think over this mat
ter, and, after due thought, we are satisfied
that the majority will vote "No. ."-Lerington
Dispatch.
A New York letter says 'sWithin the
two or three days past there has been more or
less complaint with merchants in the leading
trades, that business does not improve as
rapidly as was anticipated with the advance
of the season. I refer most especially to those
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