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-N A FOR THE DISSENINITION. OF USEFUL INTELLIGEE.[NAALYIADWC
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY27188
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A& APPEAL
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tI~fe sate,
bya tgan ic law
pa~brton, the
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the hbiadr
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om as(tartig feature.
. you now to exhibit
U' - or bread, yet observe
adr the new 'Constitution,
naof taiation have been
~otobekvied.on tb&
?SW.er the State* per cent,
Before the war iper cent.
But when there is taken into
consideration the depreciation of
the value of property sin.e the
war) the difference is far greater.
For illustration, take the case of a
piece of property, in a town, before
the-war, worth say $10,000
Levied before the war, on this j
per cent., making 50
Now, at same valaation, it pays at
3 per cent 300
Thus the proportion -stands as I
to 6. But -this is not all:
The property valued before the war
at $10,000, has now a value -
of $3,000
Before the war, a tax of j per cent.
levied on this would give 15
But-to raise the.$3 required now,
demands a tax of 10 per cent 300
'Thus taking .into conksideration
'ihi depreciation of the value of
real estate, the proportion stands
as 1 ty 3,-br the taxation provided
for ia tt Mew Constitution is abso
Idely twenty times as great as before
theW ar. Nor is this aH. But in
the case of land, which -has depre
ciated- more in value than city
property, the proportion is even
greater tham the-one established
ailove.- ln faet, it is now a~
n -thing to find a large traet of
land rold by the Sberiff for less
than the-amount of taxes resting
thereupon.
2. .xhibit "B" shows that the 3
Constitutional Convention was
composed- of.
Whites . . 47
Coored . . 74
121
14 colored pay of taxes . 417 93
1 a4elpaying --8535
Or less than 50 cents each.
47whites pay .$761 62
1 white (Con.) paying- . 508 85
Heaem 46 white pay . . $252 76
dr lessthin $6 ach.
- Of the 47 white "Tembers, 23.
pay no tax at al, ad.d of the 74
colid members, 59 pay PO tax
at alL Qf the whites, at least one
fr$ were Government employ
ees anzd Northern adventurers, and
of the colored-men, awgoo,dly sunm
ber -wre froms abroad.*
3. Exhibit "C" shows that the
legislature, elected under the new
Cnstitution; standls thris, exclu
siveof theJDistriets of Marion -and
Lacaser, as-the Democratie aue
esiaeae Distritais conteted :
Colored - 12
HousK 0 RZfRSINes VE.
White.a. 37
Colo edd-86
123
* TOTAL.
Whites . ~ . 57
Coored 98
Whate-tmh.er - . . 155
ar-early Z colored to 1 white.
98 eolored pay of taxes $143 74
1 colored paying . . 83 3?
Hence 97 colore pay . . $60 39
Or less than 70 cepnts each.
57 whites pay . . $491 49
11 conservative whites-pay 194 43
Hence 46 whites -pay .. $297 06
Or less than $7 each.
Of these 57 white members, 24
pay no tax at all. Of these 98
colored members, 67 pay no taxes
at all.
With regard to the State Gov
ernment: - The officers.consist of 7
mhites and l-colordd-the colored
man haviag the paid.office of least
profit.
As totazes:
Governor pays .. .$00 00
Seretary of State ...00 00
Comptroller-General . . Of) 00
Treasurer..... .. ...0 00
Atorney-Geneoral . . . 00 00.
- n?rintend't of Edunation 00 00
Lieutenant-Governor . . 15 99
Adj't and Inspect'r General 1 00
Making . . . . . $16 99
Thus the 8 members of the
State corps of officers pay
on an average each . . $2 11
Thus have the Committee truth
fully represented to the honor
able Senate the character of the
men, as well those who framed the
Constitution, as those who are to!
legislate under its provisions. It
will be seen that they represent
not the wealth of the State, nei.
ther its commercial, nor its agri
vultural, nor its mechanical inter-;
ests. That they do not represent
its intelligence, its tone and its
entiments, may be regarded as a
self-evident proposition, to estab
lish which reqaires nio. argument.
[t is shown, also, how little inter
ested in the matter of excessive
zaxation they will be wlo shall
evy the taxes, and how very little
)f taxes they will represent who
;hall make the laws in South Caro
na; and bow small an amount,
too4 they vill be found to contrib
ite to the-revexues 6f the State,
xho shall mainly-nay, almost en
irely-sustain the new law-givers,
t
which Congress has given to the
outh.
In behatf, therefore, of justice
ind fair dealing, representing the
ust claims of the wbite citizens of
5outh Carolina, without further
omments, we have the honor re
,pectfully .to subinit the statistical
trgument contained in these ex
fi1bits, and to express the hope
hat it may appear to your honor
ble body, weighty enough to in
luce the rejection, at y.our hands,
>f the Constitution proposed for
WaDE HAMPTON, Jos. DAN'L PoPE,
rNo. P. THOMAS, SAM't MCGOWAN,
. W. McMASTER, W. M. SHANNON,
State Ceitral Executive Comnitlee. r
DEPARTURE OF TIE GoLcONDA.
[his superior ship, owned by the 3
kerican Colonization - Society, C
rent to. sa yesterday afternoon, V
ith 451 emigrants for Liberia.
)f these, 12 were from this city, 5 C
'rotn Augusta, 21 from Sparta,. 37 1
'om Marion, Twiggs~ couni.y, and I
104 from Columbus, Geo.; 12 from
~iobile, and 39 from Enfaula, Ala.; t
12 from Cohdmbus, Miss.; 65 from ~
[idge, South Carolina; and 9 from t
5asfiville, Tennessee. They have (
hos4n as their places of settlement ~
n the African Republic---Monrovia; ~
38; Cape Yalmas, 90, ~and Bassa, ~
MI ost, of th.e men are farmers and 1
ochanics, and are well supplied1
with agricultural implements and
tools. Turningj lathes and the
requisite machinery for grist and
saw mills, for which ample water
water power abounds in Liberia,
were taken by some of the well to
do of them. Sewing machines
were not forgotten by the women.
Our stores were patronized by the
people for many of these articles;
others were .brought by them.
Freer transportation- in the ship
was given them by the Society,
and such articles tending to pro
mote the success of the emigrants
and the Republic to ,which they
go.
A fair proportion of the company
can read, and some can read and
write. The c ommunicants of
churches.are remarkably numer
os. There are five licensed minis
ters of the Baptist and Methodist
denominations.
The reception and embarkation s
of the people was conducted by
Mr. Win. Coppinger, Correspond
ing Secretary of the American1
Clonization Society, to whom we
are indebted for much of the.above
information. .
Emigration to Liberia is greatly
on the increase among the people;
of color. Had the Society the
means, thousands instead of hun
dreds would be glad to remove to
the prosperous home of their race
on their-own ancestral eontinent.
SRannch Ne.s & Herakd.
-[For the Newberry Herald]
Fence Laws . i
MESSRS. EDITORs:-Whilst so
many and great changes are being
made throughout the country, all
t
For the benefit of the good people
of course, the Fence- laws should
not be neglected. The abolition
of the present Fence laws is a
measure on which the Radicals
t
ind Democrats can heartily unite.
rhe Radicals ought certainly to
vote for it., because, ever since the
r
lays of Abraham Lincoln, and
ven before, thy have always had
:he rails to split, and they always
ill have this burden to bear, this
)nght to be argument enough for
hen, for they, better than any (
>ne else, know the labor it re- (
juires, which is always done in e
he winter time. As to the Farm
r, let him reflet and reason for a s
noment, after this manner: is the a
'w head of catile and hogs I am 1
Lble to keep about me, worth all
his labor of seviral miles of zigzag
vorm fence. Why even the tim-b
>er is almost as valuable as the o
tock, and in considering the c
mount of stockabout him, lie is c
ot to count his work animals for "
boy are always-in use or in the h
tables. Then it-dwindles down to e
his, for a very few bead of cows s
nd hogs, I mus, keep up several t]
ailes of worm. Fence even on a u
mail farm. t the Fence laws h
vere abolisbe'd,fen each Farmer, C
f course, -.would have to select n
ome most suaible spot oi.bis own g
4ace and encloAit well, for the fi
urpose of keeping his few head of t<
toek on his o Ni,pastures, which
rould be far e and his stock a
ir Qafer froni edation, either d
11 this labbrious time devoted e
o Rail-splitting, building worm
ences and eleaning out old hedge b
ows, could. be turned to great a
rofit, such as making mannures, a
auling straw aud other. litter. on e
onr worn out lands, and hauling.
ff some of the larger rocks, that
imost render untenable- some of n
ur best lands, to clearing up, fi
itching and draining wet places i
n your fields, and improving your 3,
antation~ generally. Again, on o
afge,'old worn out- pIan'tations, g
ere are many good spots of land t
cattered. about here and. there,
hat the farmer could jump from c
ne to the other, cultivating theni r
11,~ without the neceesity of along t
tring of fence around the whole i
pace of -worthless ground. for a t:
ew* acres of good land.. By allp
neans, we say let the Eence laws ,
>e- abolished, the times, .our situ- o
,tion and condition imperatively i,
lemand it. Lot every man be re
I ired to keep his own stock onc
us own land, off my lands.pastures, t
md cultivated fields, without my i
;oing to thie now great trouble
nd expense of-building so much
ence. The great and common
nterest of this section, and I be
eve the State at large, needs this
egislation much more than all the
Recnsti'ction measures that dlie
eing forced upon,us. We do not
vant to reconstruct. our old and -
roken down fences. As every 3
newspaper t broughout the. State y
must necessarily, to some extent, a
be interested in any great and r
3mmon measure that looks to tb~e I
good or hurt of the people of its y
istrict and prosper accordingly~
[ call on them to agitate and put r
he question to the people, are ~
they or not in favor of the aboli- t
Lion of the fence laws? It will e
save an immense amount of hired t
nd now .costly labor, it will save a
boo many a noble forest, nearlyi
al of our Fences--are now rotten 1
:own and we.are utterly unable to t
keep them up It will save too t
m'any an oid field pine, to be con- t
sumed by our increasing miles of I
Rail Road, thereby putting money
irectly into your pockets. The e
abolition,of the BEence laws, too,
will be peculiarly fayorable to the
poor mappfdithen just as soon as- 1
he be able to.bny a niece of land.,
ie can knock up a cabin on it, and
ic is ready to stick the plow in
he ground, without going to the
Freat labor of building so much
ence, perhaps greater labor than
he building of his cabin itself.
.et the people speak out for them
elves, nine out of ten will favor
t, if it is once properly brought
>efore them. As a general thing
hey have never thought of it, they
vere born and grew up finding
ences around them, and have
lever thought whether or not they
ught to continue to keep them.
)oWL with them now and forever.
S. Y. M.
The State Central Executive
omnmittee sugg est to Democratic
lubs the following simple form of
onstitution
In order to aid in restoring Con
titutional liberty to the people
rd States of the Unitud States,
-e the undersigned residents of
do hereby form
urselves into an organization, to
e known as the Democratic Club
: and, that in
nnection with the cardinal prin
iples of the National Democracy,
we recognize the colored popu
Ltion of the State as an integral
lement of the body politic, and as.
ch in person and property enti
ed to a full an equal protection,
nder the State Constitution and
LWs, and that, as citizens of South
'arolina, we declare our willing
ess, when we have the power, to
rant them, under proper quali
cations as to property and, in
fligence, ihe right of suffrage."
ARTICLE 1.-The officers of this
sociation shall consist of a Presi
ent Vice-President, and one See
.tTrndYriaWu-er whonshalebe
tected semi-annually.
ARTICLE 2. The Club will assem
c at the call of the President, and
L such stated times as may. be
red upon. Ten mombers'shall
nstitute aquorun.
ARTICLE 3. Any male resident of
may become a
tember of this association upon
gning this Codstitution and agree
g to act witli the club in the
ipport of the men and .measures
rthe Democratic party in District,
tate, municipal and national mat
"Municipal" to be left -out in
puntrg clubs. The Committee
~new their recommendation that
de different clubs in each
istrict form a central organiza
on, which orgariization shalI re
ort its officers and stength forth
ith to this committee, and then
nee every month thereafter send
Sa monthly report. The Comit
se send their greetings to tbe
ountry, and are pleased to report
bat the movement they represent
forishing. Respectfully,
WADE H AMPTON,
J. p. THOMAS,
F. WV. McMASTER,
JOSEPH DAN. POPE,
S. McGOWAN,
W. M. SHANNON. .
How TO PREVENT WET FEET.
-A. writer in the Mechanic's
tagazine, who says he has three
airs of boots last him six years,
nd thinks he will not require any
ore for six years to come, tells
ow he treats them: I put a
ound each of tallow and resin in a
>ot on the fire; when melted and
rixed apply it hot on the boot
ith a painter's brush until neither
e sole nor the upper will soak
ny more. If it is dt.sired that
he boots should immediately take
polish, disolve on ounce of wax
na teaspoonful of turpentine and
impblack. A day or two after
he boots have been~ treated with
he resin and tallow, rub over them
his wax add turpentine, but not
efore the fire. Thus the exterior
vill have acedat of wax alone, and
hne like mirror.
Tallow and greasebIecome ran*
idand rotthe stitching or leather;
>ut t46e resin gives it an antiseptic
Lality that preserves the whole.'
The Purpose of t'he Adjourn
ment.
The Washington Chronicle, of
course, extols in the highest de
gree the thirty-five Senators whc
voted to convict the President,
and demounces in an unmeasured
manner those who declared the
President not guilty. It has an
article on the adjournment of the
Court until the 26th instant, ill
which it seems to undertake to in
dicate the purposes of the adjourn
ment, and foresbadows the future
policy of its party on the subject
but whethei its intimations are of
any value, remains to be seen:
"In adjourning the High Court
of impeachment over until the 26th
inst., the Senators have acted
wisely. The attempt. of the Chief
Justice to rule the motion out of
order, being only another move in
his little game ofpolitical thimble
rigging, was promptly over-ruled
Republicans are beginning to see
through the wily Chief Justice,
and his days ofjuggling are about
over.
It was eminently wise and pro
pe,w say, to adjourn until the
26th, leaving' the articles of im
peachment undetermined and yet
to be voted upon. This will pre
vent the White House criminal
(already carrying the damning
infamy of thirty-five votes for
his conviction) from setting aside
the reconstruction gove,rments of
the Southern States, and will com
pel the recusant Republicansto vote
for or against Arkansas, Louisiana,
Florida, South Carolina. Georgia
and North Carolina, in accordance
with the terms prescribed by them
selves. When these States are
the~body of the Senate and to the
High Court of Impeachment ten
or twelve new radieal Seiators.
With such an accessionof strength.
there will be no difficulty in -con
ticting.and deposing Andtew Jorhn
son.
'1he House of Representatives
should prepare forthwith a new
article of i mpieachment, and ar
raign the Presidential culprit at
once; and the Senate, as constit ted
after the admission of the South
ern States, should- take short, and
sharp and decisive action upon it.
It is said that damagin.g disclos
ures- have been made regarding
the motive power .of. certain sen
ators. The spare time of the
House of Representatives might
well be occupied in investigating
these, aind bringing the quid pro
quo to light. There is almost as
much mystery.abou,t the vote on
Johnson's conviction as about the
assassination of 'Mr. Lincoln, es
pecially when we reflect that the
men voted to acquiit Johnson who
have hitherto strongly expressed
their belief that he knew more of
the assassination conspiracy than
had come to the world's knowl:
edge."
Mr. Johnson informed his visi.
tors that he did not regard the
result of the day as a personal
victory, but he considered - the
verdict of the Serrate a triu'mph o1
the Constitution and just opplica.
tion of the law to the charges and
testimony before the court.
(Phenix
TIARD SwEARN G.-We are credi.
bly informed that James llam
wvho lived in this county, cursed~
himself to death a few days since
He owed a small sum for meat
and on being dunned for the money:
began to swear very hard and f
nally saidl, "he hoped he might die
and go to hell if he ever paid i
cent of the account?" and immnedi.
-ately fell dead. This is truie, and
should be remembered by those
addicted to swearing.-Greensbort
(N C ) Times.
An exchange has th.e following
good thing: We yesterday beard
a couple of coloi-ed ge.ntes discuss.
ing the question chf impepchment
wheri one of *them exclaimed:
"What's de use 'peiching old 'An
Sdy ?-he'd veto it !"
A Story for the Marint
An exehange paper tells the
following remarkable story.
On the passage.of the-ship Ale
ander from New Orlea.a to_3gGw
York, a young lad, about 14 yet*
of age, of a naturalli f0ofidO-ne'
and mischievous.. dispositionsbi0
came so troublesone in-his pr"kk
that he was threateneid by fls -
captain, that if they wera -cf
tinuued, that be would conflnd Vi
in a water cask. Our youngaw
took no heed, however, and ath -
next offence, be was put in' t
cask, which was headed up, Wavg
a large bunghole for the admIsar
-of air.- That night th-sBhip..
countered a violent storm, d'--.
a sudden lurcb, the cask contWitg
the boy, rolled over into the sI
Fotuiately, the cask strack
and floated about 30 hours whe is
was thrown upon the beach t
Blas. Here the boy m,ad aes.e
ate efforts to extricate himWelffroi
his prison, but without suedess,ii -W
in despair gave up to die. ,Sa
cows, however, stroaing'
beach were attraote to
cask, and in walking aro 4
one of them-it being tiii
-ewitchedher tail in the bingifiAk -
which tho lad grasped i*
a desperate resolutio. TV.
cow bellowed, and set of
life, and after running sm to
hundred yards with tle cil
struck it against a log on the he0h
and knocked it to smash.
boy was discovered bysoi r
men on the point, and tal&f-407
Apalaohicola, wierea smui
tion being made for him, Ii.
enabled to proceed north by Wq
of Columbus.
Porter Fieming.bas.h=iW
us with a speci men of sour b
on sale which has been g'd. i
San Franciso from wheat i -
in California. The a p dqp *
this flour is exquisite.. .D Mt
test did notstop -with- iiPot.eN
Despite the wisdo of that if
doubtless established by the- Fi
fessors Blot df ancient day+ ii
asserts that "the prodfilf i
ding is in chewing the - g,0
have submitted a- portion to~
manipulation of an honetep
a quondam, no we areas~ pf
sent universal Repub gaobff
cratic principles, wtho reole
follows ; "it if good in a leif; ib
rools,. wafers, wdffes, mindag
and all th)em breads. andin b&ei1m
and nice white poundea 6
niot be beat." T be e11eefilrdh-. a
high art in mantifaiHng *
at aff of -life "furnished ulidbu4
not fail to suit the tastpf tI*
most cultivated connoisseeis'
.Bigt while we commend Ii
California flour as.aa artioe. tr
surpassed in the imaiskettihe
lesson it furnishes 9af ge$S
Here is an article of irinia deb
sity, brought by sail fromy.h
shores of the Pacifie, passing
through the storriy Straits ot
Magellan, doubling Cape Rom
distance of over .twelve tb.sa
miles traversinrth enat Ixng -
nearly the whole of two coatiidat
and yet with all the exgnse of
such trasportation, it vies fiquilg
ity and enters successfully as f
price into ou.r home market agsT$
home produdtions.
All great men hatve succeeded it
some p&rticular talent or taste,s
Napoleon, in war, Pitt, in trench.
ant wvit, convincing logic, -and
steadfastness of purpose,. Tatley'
rand, in opportune words, Law, in
establishiung credit, Cagliostro, by
quackery ;it has been reserved
for en.Butler to 'immortalize
himself hv impudence. Hear him,
speaking of4resident Johnsomu "I
wish to' label him,.,so that he will
descend ,to remotest posterity withs
infamy." Ben. Butler labbling a
man.with-infamiy.? Grieat' God?
WHAT A Pmr.-Therea44 , 's.
intelligence lies through is
the latter and you enlarge .~~c
standing, brighten his in .e4~aw
qnicken hiR nercepnv Hvownerea