The daily gazette., 1882-03-27
MoNDAY, MARCa 81, lasa.
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1kAulo@t press OF TINS CITY 10 Iorco the
Levy Court to evade the laws Of the
State to secure the assessment Of q
GLASS Of negligent and improvident
negroes, who designedly omit to pay
their taxes and have their names put
ON the assessment lists. This is their
own fault and the Levy Court should
not make an exception of them.
They are no better than white men,
who take the consequences of their
own acts. Many white Republicans
do not want their party to get hold of
the State and voluntarily surrender
votes In order to keep the power in
the hands Of the Democrats knowing
from the experience Of the past that if
the Radical wing OF the Republican
party get an opportunity it will
run the State to great expense regard
less Of the consequences Of the debt
upon the land and also of the destruc-
tiOn Of the district school system
which il 30 important feature to our
rural population.
Viewing these things and the wear
ing, heavy tax which the national gov
ernment insists upon keeping up
through the Internal revenue officers,
we say it iS the imperitive business of
the Levy Court to hold tight grip
over any advantage which the party of
economical and advanced ideas may
have in order that the peoples pro-
perty may be secured against the
threatened raid upon the State Treas
ury should the Republicans get into
power. Nay, more, it is the bounden
duty Of the Democratic gentlemen of
the Levy Court to do all they can To
hold their party in power. They
promised the people economical gov-
ernment-they promised them that
should the courts be moved to this
city the costs Of such better accommo-
dations, and great convenience to the
people, should be kept at the lowest
point. So far they have kept their
pledges. They have built for the
county a court house of which every
man jn every hundred feels that he is
in part owner, and is proud Of it in
contrast with buildings for such pur-
pose anywhere. They have repaired
the great damages TO bridges and
roads and done all things SO far In the
most faithful manner and the people
desire them to continue taeir good
work, and turn deaf ear to all the
solicitations from the negroes and
their allies to get hold of the affairs
of the county and State, in order to
tax the white citizen for the benefit of
the negro. This is the whole burden
Of the political song of our esteemed
contemporaries. They never seem to
think of white citizen or white
citizens vote. Their whole soul is
wrapped up in securing power through
the aid of the votes of negroes whose
taxes they pay and hope to keep from
year to year in their party, in order
that they may destroy the vote of an
honest, laborlous white citizen who
pays his tax and desires to have his
children educated without being forced
to the companionshlp. of negroes.
Now we say that President Will
liam r. Bright, of the Levy Court
deserves to bo sustained by
every ~hiie citizen in his effort to
keep the county from tho control of
such class Of men as sot upon the
Neal jury and that Is the class that
will rule If The Republicans get the
country or State. Such has been the
case everywhere. The very men that
peculated upon this city, and this
government in this city, few years
ago held just the advanced views thaa
the Neal jnry held. Tho result was
the city was robbed; tho Custom
House was robbed; the Post Office was
robbed; the government was robbed,
and the latter was we believe the only
one that was punished by having his
head shaved and being sent to the
Psnitentiary. These things are not
new, nor Of SO long period since their
occurrence as to be forgotten. We
impute no bad motive TO any man i.
nor did we to the men alluded to who
so betrayed their trusts. But expert.
ence teaches that 1t is best to keep
such class Of people in the minority
as exhibit such great desires to get
into power through the aid of such
irresponsible and ignorant instru
ments. Let the Radical press whine
and cry as much as it pleases, stand
fast by the laws and see to it that IL Q |
property Of the people is kept out Of |
the hands of the political sharks that |
are watching so ravenOusly to get at |
the crumbs of Office.
We make no charge against the |
Republican PEOPLE as a class, we know |
that that party contains the best of |
men but unfortunately these good |
men always ges pushed aside, and the