The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08

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hes Agey It was rad In both House and
70 shortly after they met. - :
lh9 Governor discussed In yikysssS,,,
language and at great length the decis.
IONS OF the United States Supreme Court
and the Circuit Court on the conflict OF
Jurisdtctfon In regard to . seizure made
oy State constable upon aYrailroad
which Was in; the hands of q United
states receiver: ssppoipted by the court.
In the course OF his remarks he saws
There. is no law for this unwarrapted
iuterference 9on the part Of the United
States Court there Is nothing in the
| United States constitution to warrant il
The authors Of that instrument never
dared TO set up anyS1ch claim, and the
court only obtains/ //by violent ssump-
tion of power, " lch Is the essence of
tyranny. ThV Jreguired century for
Judicial ins9) q togoso far is sufficient
Eproof, tina. ie> MS no basis I'd law or si,is-
ltice,, and could only spring from that
tperpetual grasping after moro !. power
whnh hhscharset eteriz II the judges Of The
United States Circuit and District Ooufts.
One by one the reserved rights of the
States ara being absorbed by the Federal
Judiciary aud it is high time for Congress
to take the matter IN hands, and by ex.
press limitations restrain the unlicensed
and Ubiquitous powers exercised by the
courts in this matter of receiverships.
"There Is talk in come quarters. and
growing demand for government owner
ship OF railroads, for these corporations,
whether in the hands of receivers or of
the owners themselves, have found such
ready and willing tools among the Fed.
eral judges, who are ever ready to stand
between them and the people In their
efforts to restrain them within reasonable
bounds, that no other mode of relief ap-
pears possible. This is not desirable
solution of the problem, and do not
advocate 1t, because such control would
almost inevitably be used as an engine in
elections by. the use of employees at the
In posss. f6ss 6ss1 nessb nies bepcti. Of the part,
to a republican form of government. But
those who manipulate and control these
corporations, and who grow rich in
robbing the people through them, hold
up their hands In horror at the mere idea
of government ownership of railroads.
But what have we in the United States
at this timer What is the condition of
large number of these corporations2
Upwards of thirty-three thousand miles
of railroads. one-tifth of the total mile.
age in the United States, and represent
ing capital Of more than 81 400, 900, 900,
are today in the hands of receivers, who
are but tn; servants or partpers of tho
judges.
owe have here government OWNERSHIP.
or control (at least in eff.cD the mo
absolute that is possible to exist. The
Fede: al judiciary, without any statutes
on the subject, or comparatively few,
limiting or defining their poSers, cOr-
troll onC-ifth of the railroads in the
United States without responsibility to
anybody; without anyone t. overlook
them or their agents, the receivers;
without any accounting to be had for
the millions and hundreds of millions of
dollars of these wards in chancery; is.u-
ing receivers certificates which are pre-.
ferred liens on the properties; rt sisting
the States officers when they attempt to
collect taxes; arresting our constables
for the slightest interference, even, with
freight they haul; bargaining with the
rec, ivers Tor the employment Of kins-
people or favOritcs-Lnd Congress sits
IDLY by watching this more than Russian
absolutism with utter indifference. The
unholy marriage between the 'dignity' of
the Federal Court and these hariot cor
po ations must b annulled and the own
ers OF the bonds made to understand
that there is a p int beyond which the
patit nee of the State will not perr,it then.
1910"
Concerning the Sea Island sufferers,
Gov Tillm IN says {: "Thu 27th of August
last witnessed the most disastrous storm
and tidal wave on the coast from Beau.
fort to Charleston of which our annals
have any record. The exact number of
lives lost is unknown, but it was consid-
erably over a thousand. and there was
total loss of crops on the more exposed
islands all the way from Johns Island to
Hilton Head Over one half of the
houses were also blown down or wash d
away, and tie unfortunate people would
have long since succumbed to starvation
but for the timely assistance and charity
rendered by our own people aid those
living abroad. The management Of the
aoIk of relief VAS taken in hand by
local committees, but believing that
methooical business arrangement and
experience were better, Miss Clara Bar
tor, of the Red Cross Association, with
her lieutenants, was asked to take charge
of it, and this noble lady with her corps
of assistants has been on the ground
since the Goth of September, laboring in
the cause of humanity. The extent of
the disaster cannot be understood except
by personal inspection. The question of
relief and how best to administer is a
difficult one; even the amount absolutely
necessary to prevent starvation is un-
known. Although the State is poor and
the crops everywhere failure. it Is not
The will of South Carolina that any OF
her citizens, no matter how humble they
may be--even the poorest negroes
should starve, and when you seEd your
committee to iuvestigate the phosphate
industry at Beaufort as recommended by
the phosphate commission, IL would be
well. / think, to instruct IL to report
fully also on the condition of these