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The People's Money-Continued.
your demies ctn keep you poor, they w^ll
always ha\ j the advantage of you, and even?
tually brlL'g you again Imo subjection. What
I mean by getting rich in-get pemething
ahead-keep adding little by little every
day ind every year, and with your dailv wants
supplied, and a little surplus, you are rich and
Independent; and to be Independent ls to be
rich. I repeat lt, you ought to be thankful and
rejoice that you have men in the Republican
party who possess some wealth.
THE REPUBLICAN" PARTY A NECESSITY.
The Republican pan y ls as much a necessity
to-day as lt was In 18G0 or 1865, or at any lime
In the history of the nation. If the Republi?
can party falls now, you have lost your liber?
ties, at least for a while, perhaps lorever. I
speak not only to colored men, but to the mul?
titudes of white men who had no political or
social status before the war; and they were
the great majority of white men In the State.
These poor white men and their families were
systematically oppressed and dishonored.
Every obstacle to meir prosperity, and lo the
education of their children, was strown in
their way. They bad no rights which
the rich man was bound to respect, or
did respect. By oppressive and unjust laws
they were made Ineligible to office, and could
have no share In the government. With the
success ot the Republican party, their rights
have been secured for ihe flrsc time In their
history. Now they go to the Legislature, and
help make the laws. Now, by their votes,
they can raise and appropriate means for the
education and elevation of their children.
Now they can and do hold offices throughout
the State, and stand men among the bf BI of
men. The Repu bi loan party has secured all
this. Only the Republican party can or will
perpetuate these principles of liberty, equal
rights and justice to all men. Itf mission
ls pot completed. Its work is but just be?
gun. It will continue to be a prime necessity
till all dangers are past, and so long as its
principles are menaced by a powerful and un?
scrupulous loe. There are no slaves now, and
nojjoor white man may be trampled upon by
the rieb, but the men still live who held the
colored race in slavery, and who crushed the
poor white man beneath their feet; and their
boast ls that they have not changed, and we
know their opposition to tbe Republican party j
is as malignant and violent as ever. They
come to you with honied words and fair
promises, but the men who would force the
poor white man Into the Ku-Klux Klan, and
leave him to be punished In bis hoar of trou-1
ble, and the men wno would see colored men
murdered because they were Republicans,
would pot the black man in slavery If they I
bad a chance, and oppress the poor white man
aa ol old, if they had the power. "The spirit
ls willing," but they lack the opportunity. If
the Republican partv, then. Is a "national
necessity," as Hon. Henry Wilson says, lt ls
infinitely more av State necessity, so far as I
Sonto. Carolina is concerned.' It Is a necessity
not only for the black race, but for the white
race as well.
Then let no man be swayed or misled bv
their specious promises, or by their abuse of I
Republicans. They are determined to abuse
and slander Republicans. It ls their object to
make ns ont the worst set of men on the face
of the earth, and wlu n they cannot find fault
justly, they do not scruple to Invent the most
infamous falsehoods. I have made some J
money, and they curs ; me for that; il I were
poor they would condemn me for that, and
say that a man rho could not. take care of his
own money was unfit to manage the finances I
of the State, and I think they would then be
far nearer right than they are now. Then
let them hold their peace till I am proven j
guilty. That is a universally recognized prln
cl pal of law and morals.
STATE FINANCES. -:.
I will now dismiss tblB part ot the subject,
and take up'the State finances. I have neces-1
sarlly dwelt at length u non the matters which I
have passed over, and I trust the time has not
been misspent. Some things I deemed it I
necessary to say-scarcely less than I bave
saki would seem to suffice.
In a review of the State d nance?, I respect- I
fully ask your attention to my statements, I
and, to my views relative thereto. I will at
once take occasion to state tbat tbe plan
which bas been pursued has never met my ap
probation. I had, at the outset, certain clear-1
ly defined views upon the subject, but they
were not in accord with those ol his Excellen
cy the Governor nor tb? legislative depart?
ment.
By reference to the proceedings of the Con- I
stltuUonal Convention, p. 362, lt will be seen
that then, when I was chairman of the
?nance committee, which reported the article I
of the constitution upon finance and taxation,11
reported in favor of restricting the right ol the j
State to increase Its debt by the Issue of
bonds, almost to prohibition. I will observe
that, at the time, I bad hopes and aspirations
for the office of State treasurer; but I did all In I
my power to try and prohibit the State from
increasing its debt. I will also add, that,!
nearly every section which I reported, If not
every one, passed almost unanimously, except
the one referring to the Issue of bonds. By
. reference to the proceedings ol the Cu ns tl tu-1
tiona! Convention, pags 362, it will be seen
that I reported In favo.-of i ret riding the'In-I
crease or the public debt to $500,000.
I was overruled then, and also when the Le-1
gialatnre of 1868 proposed the issue of bonds,
under the restrictions of tho constitution, I I
waa opposed to lt: but to no purpose. The I
Legislature passed the law, and I had nothing
to do but 'to obey its mandates. I am In no I
wise responsible for the passage o? aoy law
authorizing the issue of bonds. When, how-1
over, tbe law or laws were passed, I had no
alternative but to obey them. Taxes were al?
ways insufficient and Inadequate to meet the
demands of the government, and, without an
adequate tax levy, there was no means of ob?
taining money, except by tbe Issue of bonds.
Consequently I gave my sanction, and did my
part lalthfully and promptly. And, uider the
circumstances, I have no regret for the per
f?rmanos of my duty in the maintenance of
the State government.
ISSUE OF BONOS.
The State government had to be maintained.
By no consent of mine should lt be overthrown
or Imperilled while there was authority In the
statutes to raise money, even though I dlaap
proved of the method. I yielded my consent, I
therefore, to what seemed a necessity, and,
with the Governor and secretary ot State, I
Issued bonds to meet the demands upon the
treasury. In all that lssne ol bonds, bowever, I
I distinctly and conscientiously declare that' 11
had no other motive in view than to sustain
the State government. No private considera-.
Hon actuated me for a single Instant, and no
part or gain ever cime to me In consequence
of ir, I say this without lear of proof to the
contrary, and In defiance of. successful contra
diction.
It ls here prrv3r to state another fact not
generally considered by those who burl their
wholesale denunciations at me. Besides
being placed under a heavy bond for the
faithful accounting o? my official trust, and j
having my office all hedged about with man-1
datory statutes, my powers were still further
limited and circumscribed by the establish?
ment, by the Legislature, oi a financial board
with supervisory powers. It was one of tbe
dulles of this board to appoint a financial I
agent for the State, to be located at New York.
The board appointed as such agent Mr. H. H.
Simpton, and, by the provisions of the law,
all the bonds Issued, or that could be issued,
were placed In this agent's hands for negotia?
tions or hypothecation, as the law and the I
financial board should direct. I might ap
fro ve or disapprove of the action of the board;
had but one vote In it-I might advise, but I
I had. no power to control the financial agent.
'Ii, therefore, there Is any condemnation due I
in the lssne cf bonds and the increase of the
State debt, lt cannot be laid at my door. Let
the responsibility rest with those who made
the laws, not those appointed to execute
them. In this whole bond business my duties
were clerical and ministerial. They were
signed by the Governor, by the treasurer, and
sealed by the secretary of State; then they |
passed out of my bands, and I r-tcelved back
such amounts lor them as the financial agent
could sell or hypothecate them for.
PAY AS YOU GO.
AB I said before, I had certain well-defined
ideas upon the subject of finance and taxation.
If I could have baa my way, I should have
levied a tax upon the State sufficient to have
met all expenses. I always advocated such a
course; T was perfectly satisfied that the State
Government would be more economical, if it
depended upon taxation alone, than it would
ii lt resorted to borrowing. Like many or
most persons, If they bave a fixed sum to live
upon, they manage to Uve upon it; but if they
resort to borrowing they will, most likely, be?
come hopelessly Involved.
Thus, the course which I held from the very
outset to be the only wise one to pursue, has
been the very last to be adopted. Every
Legislature, from 1868 to 1872, together with
the Governor, bas opposed it,and opposed lt
successfully. I mean the levying of sufficient
rate of taxation to meet all the expenses of
tb^State Government, incluc'ing Interest on
tire public debt They did it, perhaps, from
the best of motives. I Impugn no man's
motives. I only state the facts.
In 1868 there was a State tax of 7+ mills on
(he dollar for all purposes; In 1869, 6 mills; In j
1870, 9 milla: and, la 1871, 7 milis?, mab
aggregate oi28j millB, In four years, i
purposes.
There was no specific tax-as 2 mil
school purposes, or 3 mills for payment
.v. J es t on public debt-but one levy eac
for all purposes, or, in the language ol tl
"io meet appropriations for all purposes
annual average tax ot 7J mills was al
could be relied upon frc m taxation,
which to pay the State expenses. A
amounting in fouryears (if all collected)
700,000, or an annual sum of $1,175,000.
estimate is based upon the valuation of
000,000 ol property, which Is In ex. ess <
real amount some $5,000,000, in conseq
of i he abatements made by the State au
aud the numerous tracts of land which
been entered upon the tax duplicates twl
Now, I will not-attempt to prove tho
Siute Government could not have been :
tained upuu $1,175,000 annually, bad the 1
lature so decided. That will not enter
the discussion. The Legislature, by Ks
decided that it should cost a good deal I
cess of this amount.
But these figures are to be modified b
tact that only about two-thirds ot the
levied during the past lour years have
collected, or an annual amount of $87
wherewith to meet all demands upon
treasury, a sum utter.y Inadequate to mee
annual appropriations.
I only cite tbe facts relative to taxation
expenses during the past four years to ;
how Inadequately the Legislatures bave
vided by taxation to meet the appropriai
which they made. An empty ireaoury n<
another prool of it.
The collection for tixeB for the pr?
year received Into the treasury, between
I6th of November and the 15th of Jam
the period In which thev are due, was $
320 21, Irom which $319,784 55 were paid t
appropriations due the previous year.
The balance was paid to the Genural Ast
biy, public prlntlog accounts, and other i
dental expenses during the period of lte
ceipt into the treasury; so by the time
General Assembly adjourned the ei
amount bad been exhausted; exhausted be
the general appropriations had been m
The school appropriation of $300,000 was
made until the day before adjournment, e
alf other general appropriations.
LICK NS il LAW.
To meet tbe exigencies of the summer
cense law was passed near the close of
session, from which many believed ibe S
would get a large revenue, but the income
entirely Inadequate to meet the wants o?
State during this summer. It was cati un
by som?, wno knew nothing whatever at
it that lt would yield $500,000 annually, w
the result ot one quarter's collection pro
that it will scarcely yield $1*0.000 per y<
One quarter of the fiscal year naviug expi
before the law was passed, leaven only thi
quarters to be collected during thc year.
I have showu you that we have expen
more annually than we bave received fr
taxes, and that. In my opinion, lt was a gi
evil. I have stated that I was always oppo
to the plan, but my views have not been In
cordance with those ?vho made .the laws.
THE TAX LEVr.
I now refer to the act making a levy
taxes for the ensuing year, as more in ace
dance with my views, viz : A specific tax
school purposes of two mill?, and six mills
all other purposes, except Interest ou put
debt and redemption of revenue bond set
for both ol which a definite amount ls fix?
Tnlslsaslt should be, with the exception
Legislative expenses. I would have a sped
tax for that purpose, and keep the expen
tures within the amount collected, then t
system would be as nearly perfect as lt cot
be made. But as lt Is, lt is a great lmproi
ment on the past method. Thus the two ml
assessed for school purposes, ll collected clot
ly, will furnish $300,000, which cannot
diverted. We are tbus approaching perte
Hon in our system, and with laithful, coi
petent officers In each county, we can rc
assured tbal the financial difficulties now si:
rounding us will not be repeated.
MORE DEFINITE APPROPRIATIONS.
In reference lottie matter of appropriation
my Idea has always been that they should I
fixed by law. Just so much and no more li
each and every purpose annually. I bellen
future legislators will agree with me upc
this point.
Wmle the amount should be dehned, the a]
propriation should be ample for the specific
purpose, and specific taxed sufficient In umout
io meet the payments should be levied. Whe
this ls done we shall have a successlul govert
ment, one that will be respected at borne an
abroad. Nothing less than this will accon
plish so desirable a result.
AMOUNTS RECEIVED PROM BONDS.
It appears that the sam of $9,000,000 of bond
has been added to the State deot ta lour yean
While the face value ol the increase Is $9,000
000, the eum realized from the sales of th es
bonds has only been about $3,450,000, reveal
lng the fact that the average price obtaine
tor the bonds has been about thirty-six cent
on the dollar. The cause of such depressioi
of tbe bonds Is graphically and trulhlully de
scribed by tbe Hon. R. B. Elliott, in a speed
made In Congress, May 30th, 1672.
SUCCESS OF DEMOCRATIC EFFORTS TO INJURI
OUR FINANCES.
Alter commenting upon the report of t in
treasurer lor the fiscal year ending October 31
1871, la which he defended the issue of bonds
he went ou io say:
"If lt required the sale of a greatei
amount or bunda than is customary In otbei
Stales to realize theee amounts, tbr responst
blUty must rest upon the Board of Trade ant
Cbamber oi Commerce of the City of Charles
too, united with other influential combina
Hons who, acting under tne bellet that to de
stroy the credit of tbe Slate was a sure mean;
ot destroying the political party in power,
stigmatized, la advance, tbe bonds of the
State as worthless, and declared tbat as soo?
as the Democracy Bhould regain the political
control ot the State they would repudiate
every dollar of debt contracted subsequent to
the adoption of the new State Constitution.
Pretending to represent the people ol South
Carolina, they boldly proclaimed their wicked
and unholy purpose to sacrifice the honor ol
the State. Thia wicked determination to de?
stroy the financial credit aud to depreciate
the securities of the Stat e was recklessly put
inex?cution almost simultaneously with the
advent of the Republican party into power,
and before it could have rendered Itself, by
any act of Its own, obnoxious to tbe charges
of corruption or Improvidence.
"THE CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS, the leading
Democratic organ of South Carolina, on the
17th of July, 1868, but ten days after the new
State Government went into operation, boldly
proclaimed the purpose of Its parly In the lot
lowing' language:
" 'BAYONET BONDS.-It would, doubtless, be
a very comfortable tblng ir ihe debt of the
State could be paid, or the interest funded,
uulll the people, under a legitimate govern?
ment, are able to meet their public obliga?
tions. But this cannot be done by ihe motley
Legislature now in session lu Columbia, nor
can they, by the issue of 'bayonet' bonds, pro?
vide, as proposed, for tne deficit in the annual
r?venue of ihe State.
"'The Legislature will, of course, bleed
freely everv property-holder In South Caro?
lina, and, as long as they usurp the machinery
of the law, may compel the payment of taxa?
tion. Negro legislators, negro sheriffs ana
negro constables may distrain, and there the
scheme of financial white-washing will come
to a premature ead.
" 'Beyond this they cannot go. Vhat capi?
talist would touch 'bayonet' bonds Issued by
our bogus Legislature. Would New York or
Boston touch these bonds issued by autborlty
of a horde of negroes, and lo the face oi tbe
protest ot the white people of the State ?
Would not our Northern brethren 4 er to
walt until after November ?
" 'The State debt of South Carolina-the
debt now existing-will be paid to the last
cent, whatever the General Assembly may do,
but no 'bayonet' bond, lor whatever reason
?ssued, will ever be recognized by the white
people ef the State.'
"Under date of December 1, 1869, referring
to the act of the Legislature providing for the
payment of the interest of the debt in specie,
the same paper says:
" 'We can pay our debt as lt stands. The
question is, whether one year more ol Radical
rule will not so largely swell the total lhat the
people will, at the first opportunity, shuffle off
tbe weight of care and repudiate every dollar
ot debt contracted alter the war. * * *
" 'Had the Governor advised that the war
debt be paid-a debt contracted for the ad?
vancement o? a cauBe in which our peoDle em?
barked fortune, life and honor-an attentive
ear and willing heart would have met the pro?
posal, and the whole subject would have been
considered with kindly ?Dd generous care.
r *
" 'Every merchant or financier does see, or
will see, that the whole scheme is a job and a
swindle. Beyond ibis, there is the certainty
that the law of specie payments will assured?
ly be repealed as soon as property-holders and
honest men have a majority in the councils of
the State. This majority we Bhail have in less
than a year.'
"Bach was the language o? this influential
exponent o? the Democracy of Sooth Carolina,
repeated with equal force by the press of the
Slate, and commended to the peoole by priest
and politician. Does any one wonder at the
stringency ot our finances ? Let elm turn bis
eyes io tbe fruits borne by the incendiary and
revolutionary utterances of these Democratic
leaders-the political allies of the gentlemen
on the other tide-these men who so loudly
proclaim their honest concero lor the interest
of the Slate, and his wonderment will cease.
"Does be inquire whether or not these wild
threats had me effect ot accomplishing the
object sought ? Let the history ot our securi?
ties in Wall street; let the hardships en?
countered in raising our annual revenue and
in obtaining loans to meet onr liabilities; let
the rapid decline of our bonds from a market
value ot eighty-five and ninety per cent, to
twenty-five and thirty per cent, answer the
Inquiry. Does he ask whether i he threat con?
veyed In these words, 'this majority we shall
have In less than a year,' bas ever been put
In execution ? Let the hundreds of new-made
graves lo which lie tbe bones of the victims
of midnight assassination; let the lacerated
backs of men and women; let the women
wbose persons have been violated by the
fiendish emissaries of Democratic malice; let
the dark annals of the Ku-Klux dens, which
have so foully disgraced the history of
Christian America, as unfolded by the confes?
sions ot many ot their misguided tools, and
confirmed by tbe heart-rending recital of
cruelties endured by many of the victims
themselves, furnish the true and conclusive
reply.
"That It required $9,614,000 lu bonds to
raise $3,200^000 in money can certainly be a
surprise to no one wbo ls In any manner ac?
quainted with the terrible ordeal through which
tne Republican administration of South Caro?
lina has been lorced to pass. That the Legis?
lature o? South Carolina could not even as?
sume to affix a market value to tbe bonds of
the State can easily be accounted for by the
bold and reckless threats of the Democracy-by
the bitter denunciations burled at the heads of
the legally constituted officers of the State,
through the public press, on the hustings, and
even lu the pulpit, by the infatuated advo?
cates of the Democratic party of the South.
The surpliced clergyman, commissioned to
preach the doctrine of tbe new Evangel:
'Peace on earth and good will toward men,'
stained and pol lated as a man his surplice as
as a priest. Instead of preaching peace he
sowed discord.
'.The political leader?, Instead of evincing a
spirit of amity toward their fellow-cltlzens
Instead of lending their statesmanship and
their Influence toward retrieving the shattered
fortunes of the State-advised resistance to
tbe State Government, and threatened open
opposition to the Federal authority. They
fired the hearts of their fanatic followers, and
thus sacrificed tbe lives of hundreds of Inoffen?
sive citizens to satisfy the demoniac demands
of the blind votaries of a bel Usn Democracy.
"Had the Democratic party of Sooth Caroli?
na evinced a desire to advance the prosperity
of the State, to maintain her credit in the
financial world, to develop her resources, and
to make her 'waste places blossom as tbe rose,'
I know lhat the Republican party, forgetting
all political differences, would cheerfully have
lem IIB every effort to the accomplishment ol
snell a laudable and beneficent undertaking.
"Instead of forming combinations, having
for their object the crippling ot tbe finances of
the State, me driving away of capital irom our
borders, and the hindering of our commercial
advancement-bad they listened to the exhor?
tation of the people with whom 1 am Identifi?
ed-the asperities of the past would have been
forgotten, and to-day the blessings of peace
and amity would pervade our entire Stale."
WHAT DEMOCRATIC MALICE HAS COST THE
STATS.
It will thus be seen that while tbe debt of
the State appears to be about $15,000,000, or
aa Increase ot a little less iban $9,000,000 la
lour years, nearly $6,000,000 of the increase
arose from the depreciation In the value of
State bonds, leaving $3,400,000 to be accounted
lor, and lt is accounted for as follows:
Paid on account of lands.$ 700,000
Redemption of bills receivable. 600,000
For the past due interest In 1S69. 700,000
For all other purposes.. 700,000
Total.$2,GOO,000
The last Item was the floating debr, con
trccled be/oie the present State Goverument
went into power. The only portion of the
above which is chargeable lo the present ad?
ministration la $700.000, wnich was paid lor
lauds, lor which ihe Stute has got the value In
them, and should measures be taken to sell
these lands In accordance with the law to set?
tlers, an amount can be realized sufficient to
reimburse the State for the outlay. Add the
(700,000 to $800,000, and we dud that tbe real
lucrease of debt tor which the Slate has had
tho benefit in lour years ls $1.500,000-less
than $400,000 a year-a sum not largely in ex?
cess of the amount annually withheld by non?
payment o? taxes.
There are not wanting those who denounce
the administration as corrupt and extrava?
gant, and declare-ihe same to be a failure.
Those In our own party, as well as ont, would
do belter to study minutely Into the financial
affairs before they presume lo criticise or con?
demn lt. I boldly and unequivocally deny
that our State Government has been a failure,
notwithstanding the large increase of debt. I
bold lt te have been an unqualified success In
everything save the matter of debt. The ad?
vantages gained by it are far in excess of the
disadvantages Incurred by the Increase of
debt.
DEMOCRATIC RULE.
Graot that the debt has been increased
59 000,000, who can say that lt would not have
beul, quite as largely Increased under Demo?
cratic rule ? Who doubts that tho millions of
war debt would have been adde'i lo the bur?
dens of the people had the State been in the
hands ot the Rebel Democracy, and you would'
have been taxed to meei the Interest on it,
and eventually to pay lt ? Should the same
Democracy succeed lu getting Into power this
year, there ls no fear of their repudiation of
the State debt already contracted-none what?
ever; they will add $5,000,000 to it within two
years, and while they might lessen the tax on
real estate, they would put lt on the colored
laborer and the mercbaut. Tarn back to 1865,
when the Black Code was passed, and see'
what tbey did then. Believe you that the
spirit widcii existed then has died oat ? Not a
bit of it. At least I do not believe it, if you
do. I see evidence, dally, to convince me to
the contrary.
THE REPUBLICANS FOUND AN EMPTT TREASURY.
Let mose who say that the Republicen
party has been a lallure here, take a broader
view ol lt, and then ask themselves the ques?
tion : Wnat was the condition of the treasury
In 1868, when the present administration came
into power ? There was not a dollar in the
treasury. The old bonds of the Suite were
worth no more ou a dollar than tbe new ones
are to-day. No interest had been paid on the
public debt for years. The State had neither
money nor credit tben, and no worse can be
said of lt now. If lc ls ruined now, lt was
ruined then. But lt ls not ruined. It ls to
be regretted that the debt Is so large, but lt
cannot be helped; all there is to do aboutit
is to pay it; it won't ruin the State lo pay it;
It must pay it.
BETTER TIMES COMING.
The last General Assembly has made ample
provision by law to pay the Interest on the
debt, and have money enough to pay the ex?
penses of the government. All that remains
to convince the world ihat ibe Republican
party of South Carolina ls not a failure, is to
raise, by taxation, a revenue sufficient to
meet a liberal expenditure for tbe govern?
ment, and pay the interest on ihe debt. Who,
In all our great Republican party, would re?
linquish the blessings and privileges which
they have enjoyed In the past fonr years for
the sake of putting the debt back to six or
seven million dollars ?
RETROSPECT.
Look back, count the privileges enjoyed
during the last four years, and contrast ihem
wm those years of humiliation and oppression
wu.ch preceded them, and then say ti the Re?
publican party Is a lallure. Turn back to 1865,
and examine Into the actB of the Legislature of
that period. A more barbarous law never die
graced the Statut? books of any State or coun?
try In the world than that black code, passed
by the first Legislature ihat met I? this State
after the close of ihe war.
Even arter the United States al dished sla?
very, the Democratic party tried to re-estab?
lish lt; not in name, but in substance. This
was the meaning and Intent of that inlamous
black code, which will alwayB remain a black
spot on the escutcheon o? the Democratic par?
ty. That law was passed by the Democratic
Legislature lo December, 1865. And what
were Its provisions ? I can only reler you to
a lew passages; but these will show you Its
spirit and purpose.
I quote section 70, ot an act entitled "An act
to establish and regulate the domestic rela?
tion o? persons of color," Ac, approved De?
cember 21, 1865.
.s"No person of color shall pursue or prac?
tice the art, trade or business ot an artisan,
mechanic or shopkeeper, or any other trade,
emplovment or business, (besides that ot hus?
bandry, or that o? a servant under a contract
for services or labor,) on his own account,
and for his own benefit, or In partnership
with a white person, or as agent or servant o?
any person until he shall have obtained a
license therefor from the Judge bf the District,
Court; which license shall be good ic
year only. This license the judge may
upon petition of the applicant/and upon
satisfied of his skill and fitness, and <
good moral character, and upon paymi
the applicant to the clerk o? tie District
of one hundred dollars; If a shopkeep
pedler, to be paid annually; aid ten do.
a mecoanlc, artisan or to engige in any
trade, also to be paid annually: Proi
however, That upoo complaint being
and proved to the district judie of an ab:
such license, he shall revoke ihe same:
provided, also, That no person of color
practice any mechanical art br trade t
he shows that be has served an appre
ship la such trade or art, or ia no w pracl
such trade or art." j
This ls a specimen. The lar in ever
lion bore with crushing weliht on the '
man. He had no more prlvleges undei
law than under slavery. It pu him, wit
family, in the entire and absoute contr
his '-master," as in slavery ames. It c
I bis employer "master" all through, and i
I the position of the colored mai that of
vant" by law. It prescribed the hours i
be should retire at night and lee in the n
lng. Every house servant must pron
answer the bell, be very civil fo his "ma
and the members of his famllr, and lo gu
and obey all orders without tomplalnt, <
dragged before the district ridge and
fenced to as many lashes, as t|la august 1
ttonary might decide. Beside, every col
man must pay his tax of tea dollars 01
hundred dollars, BS the case might be.
object and effect of these outrageous exaci
were to prevent colored peopufjom enga
in any except the most menial employmc
Think of a man having to pay i tax of Len
lars for the privilege of makin; a tin wbl
or driving the foreplane, or minding a s
Or If, like onr friend, Richard Young, he
sired to peddle fish through tie city, he t
pay the State ten dollars, because he wi
colored man, while a white nan might rr
tin horns, or peddle fish, or keip a store, o
anything else witbont paying my license.
Many of yon remember abott these dis
courts. The Judges had themost arblt
power. If a colored man waned a liceos
work as a carpenter or tailor, >r to peddle
set up a little store, and a while man said,
objected; he wanted thatnlgi?r to work
him," that settled the matter. The cole
man was denied and turned over to the w
man lor bis profit. Was this freedom? '
lt for this your "best friends" \') thought
bad been emancipated ? Conirtet all this \
your position in this Stale to-lay. Now
are Iree Indeed. You belong to yoursel1
Not only can you go and come al pleasure,
you are full citizens. Now yon vote and t
office, and have schools and all (the civil
political rights of the white ?ce. Did
Democracy . give you any oflhese ibinj
Did they desire you to have any
these rights and privileges? By
means. They opposed them all wlih
most malignant and bitter hitred at ev
step. They have reviled the colored peo
and persecuted them and the white Unlonl
of the State with the moat relentless ?nimos:
from the hour the Republican party was
ganlzed in their mldit. To accomplish y
overthrow and final resnbjeclloo, lo place j
again under their heel, and drive your wt
friends from the soil of Sooth Carolina, tl
have murdered hundreds and outraged tho
ands of your people, and perjured their so
before high heaven to escape the punlshm
due to their crimes. Yes, every page of Dei
eratic history in this State ls stained with :
blackest crimes against humanity, and agal
beaven. Systematic oppression, s s sterne
robbery, systematic murder aod perjury-t
has been the fearful record of the Democre
party BB an organisation.
Think you that the spirit which pervad
those men has. to any great exienr, chane
or died out? You Know lt has not Chai
upon ihe Republican party ol the State that
has been a failure it you will, but let me I
yon. when you see ll defeated at the polis, j
will wake up to a realization ol what lt I
dono for you. It ls sn easy matter, and
seems quite popular among a certain class,
denonnce the administration, aod to call t
or that member of the Slate Government
thief; but, fallow-citizens, it IB not tbe way
correct evils which exist. Hard names a
false accusations, and loud denunciations t
not facts nor arguments. Critical, unblac
examination will ascertain the evils that exl
and a cool Judgment will point the way of
form. Remember, the ory of "stop thiel"
most Irequenily raised by the thiel hlmBi
whose oastardly cowardice fears delectli
and leads him to call off. attention-Aeon hi
self by vociferous obarges against some lni
cent or unsuspecting victim.
DEMOCRATIC TACTICS.
Of course the Democracy are, In their ot
opinion, all honest and honorable men.
r.ear their sell adulations one would take th?
to be saints or angels direct from heaven, w
could not be templed of evil, and In whom w
no taint ol sin. But they do not tell you
their long and persistent efforts to break do\
your Republican State Government, to desir
its finances and ruin its credit. They do n
inform yon In detail as to the history, wor
Inge and objects of their Democratic orgai
zatlon-the Ku-Klux Klan. They do notspei
of the hundreds of Republican victims, wi
sleep in martyr gravee, slain by Democrat
hands. They do not tell you of the thousan
of Republicans, who, until they are called
obey the last dread summooB ol the King
Terrors, will carry tho scars Of wounds I
fllcted on their quivering flesh by the coward
hell-hounds of this same Democratic part
They can manufacture the Hackest falsehooi
against Republican officials, and repeat the
to you wim ever Increasing fervor, to pw
udlce your minds and poison your hear
against those who stood (he shock of bau
tor yonr deliverance, and who now, with soa
of your own rac, stand goard on the watcl
towers of your liberty, but they do not tell ye
that they had planned for the overibrow i
your liberties and my liberties by the savng
atrocities of violence and raarder. "We wai
but one more year to compete the subjectlo
of the State to Democratic mle," was the sij
nlficant idea which went ihe round of th
Democratic press two years agc. And but fe
the strong hand of President Grant, aud th
prompt action of your Republican lrlendi
long ere this they would have executed thel
bloody threat. For what were they arme
and equipped? For what were they bound b
solemn oaths into a criminal aid treasonabl
conspiracy ? Was lt to preserve the l?bente
of the people or lo destroy Hem ? Was lt t
elevate the colored man, or to crush bim an
the rights and liberties secured ID him by tb
Republican party? Now, these are the mei
fellow-citizens, who are. and have beei
calumniating our Republican 3 ta te Govert
ment. I want you to know Hem and thel
character, and their purpose. Ask your ow
hearts If they shall be returned to power wit
their hands and garments all covered with tb
blood of slain and dying BepuQlcans ? Sha
the unproved chargea of unfaithfulness I
office, made by snch men, welglln your mind
against their deeds of violence und murder
Look on your wives and your Hile ones, grow
log up nuder the sweet Influencie of your new
lound liberty, and tell me. No' you have no
trusted these men in the pat, you will no
trust them tn the future, unleia they chang
and become ihe sincere frlendaand advocate
of universal liberty and right. But when th
leopard can change his spots, md the Ethic
pian his skin, then will we loot for justice t
the black man and the poor wtite man troc
the Democratic parly. They want you to vot
for them, and promise that Wien they ar
once again in power there will bi a new era o
good feeling and of peace. Yes. but it will b
ihe peace o? death; the knell of lberty in tbi
fair State will be Bounded by lie voice tba
proclaims lhat party triumphant at the ballot
box. Then, indeed, would th( lion and th
lamb He down together-but tte lamb wouli
be inside the lion.
REsrONSIBrrjTT WHERE IT ?ELONG 3.
I have thus endeavored, my friends, to glv<
an expression to my feelings aid views, am
au account of my official stewfrdship, at thi
Important Juncture of Dubllc Iffalrs. What
ever responsibility belongs to ne I am read;
to assume. What belongs to ofaers shall no
be laid to my charge. The law ?bat ls good li
the church is good In politic^- "Let ever;
man bear hla own burdens."
AS TO THE FUTURE.
AB to the future. I do not setnyself up as i
candidate superior to all others: but if the pee
pie of the State believe that I can serve th
party to advantage and the ptbllc interests
that my past experience will be ol service ii
conducting the nnanciul interese ot the Stale
and I am asked io continue rn; labors In thi
department ot the public servite, 1 shall no
feel at liberty to decliue. But whuever the pee
pie may decide, whoever they nay call to th
Iront la this Important crisis, vhen the moa
vital and fundamental questions are at Usu?
and the tate of Republican principles am
the whole fruits of the war are trembling i
the balance, he must be a true and thoroug
Bepubliean. Every man whose soul ls Ure
with the lofty principles of JuBtice and of rlgh
must stand with the Bepubliean party. Th
party whose record adorns the brightest pag
1 of American history. The party which faa
made freedom an accomplished tact; that ha
established Justice on ber sure foundation
that sheds the light of Intelligence over th
, whole land. The party that Koowa no dlstlnc
lion on account of color, or riches, or' nation
allty, or creed. The party whose platform la so
broad that all fair-minded men may stand upon
It, and whose principles are so right and Just
that their uninterrupted sway will be the ush?
ering in ofthat universal peace and good will
which shall crown the civilizations of the dis?
tant future. Every victory, therefore, for the
Republican party lsastep towards this looked
for consummation. In the national conflit
with the patriot soldier, Grant, and the patriot
statesman, Wilson, at the head of our columns,
we shall be successful against all the the com?
bined hosts of evil which the enemy can brine
against us; and in this State we hardly need a
campaign for an overwhelming victory td
perch upon our banners. In fact, the unin?
tended compliment of our complete success as
an administration Is paid to us by the opposi?
tion in their despair of carrying the coming
election IQ this State. Theyhave no bold on
the confidence of the people. They deserve
none. Died of Ku-Kiuxlam ls the epitaph ol
the repudiated Democratic party of tnls state.
Standing, then, upon the gorlous founda?
tion of Just and right principles, and with a
wise and honest administration, the Republi?
can party in South Carolina will abed its benefi?
cent influences, and maintain Its peaceful
supremacy, for a generation yet to come.
insurant*.
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BARGAM?ST~~~
IN
CLOTHING!
MENKE & MULLEH,
CLOTHIERS,
NO. 325 KING STREET,
THREE DOORS BELOW LIBERTY STREET,
Kespectfully announce to
their friends and the public
that they have marked down
their entire Stock of Fine
CLOTHING- and FURNISHING
GOODS to actual New York
cost, preparatory to removal?
on the first of September next,
into their
NEW BUILDING-,
IT THE CORNER OP KING AND WENTWORTH
STREET j.
. THE PRESENT STOCK MUST BE
CLOSED OUT. AND THEY SOLICIT
A CALL AND AN EXAMINATION OF
THEIR GOODS AND PRICE8.
aproarnos
?Draga ana ?Uditineo.
FIRST-CLASS MEDAL
ALF. LABARRAQUE ANO Co
QUINIUM LABARRAQUE
Approved by the Imperial Academy
of Medicine
The Qainiam Labarraqae is an eminently
tonic and febrifuge Wine, destined to replace
all the other preparations of Peruvian Bark.
The Bark Wines usually employed inme
dicine are prepared from Barks which vary
considerably in the degree to which they
possess the desired properties. Besides,
owing to the manner in which they are pre?
pared, these Wines contain scarcely more
than the traces of active principles, and
these always in variable proportions.
The Qu ?ci um {.abarraque, approved by
the Academy of Medicine, constitutes, on the
contrary, a m?decine of determined compo?
sition, rich in active principles, and on wich
Physicians and Patients can always rely.
The Quinium Labarraqae is prescribed
with great success for persons of weak con
tilution, or for those debilitated by various
exhausting causes or past sickness; for youths
fatigued by too rapid growth; for young
girls whoso development takes place with
difficulty; for women in childbirth; and for
aged poisons culeeblcd by years or illness.
lt is thc best preservative against Fevers.
In cases of Chlorosis, Anemia, orGreensik
ncss, tliis Wine is a powerful auxiliary of
Ute ferruginous preparations. In conjunction,
Cor example, with VALLIE'S PILLS, the rapidi?
ty of its action is really marvellous.
Tepcl in Paru, L. FREUE, 49, rae Jacob.
! Agents In Oharieston: DO WIE, MOISE J
L * DAVIS, Wholesale Druggists. J
DO NOT STOBM THE SYSTEM, WHES
disordered, with violent cathartics thai
rack and tear and weaken the unfortunate Inva
ltd, thereby assisting the comp'a nt, whatever 1
may be, to prostrate tbe vitality wbich ls tin
n it G ra! antagonist of disease. Tone the stomach
relieve the bowels, regulate the liver, and refresl
the nerves with
Tarrant'! Effervescent Seltzer Aperient
when the first symptoms ot illness are experi
enced. A more deilgntfnl effervescent draught i
not to hefoand among our thirst-quench ID g sum
mer beverages, and a more potent remedy fo
dyspepsia, biliousness, constipation, nervou
headache, colic and general debility does no
exist, sold by all druggists, Juiy24-M
gtrg (Sorjos, jgt.
nirS^ GOODS
AT LOW PBIOES!
In order to losare untformTtjrss well tut LOW j
I PBIOES, the aa bs criber bega to give" aouco that
! bis STORE WILL BE CLOSED M0NDAY,~2&*i^
I instant, when a further careful R?DUCTION" OF
PRICES will be made, and the Stock ready for
I sale the day-following. ,
CHAS. KERRISON,
July20-6 NO> 252 K|NQ STREET.
DRY G?0 D S
AT
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
Tbe subscriber takes this opportunity to an?
nounce his intention or giving np the DRY
GOODS BUSINESS, and will sell off the Stock of
Goods at
GREATLY REDUOEO PRICES,
FOB GASH ONLY.
A rare opportunity la now offered to parchase
all kinds of DBY GOODS
AT VEBY LOW PBIOES.
The Stock ls now being MARKED DOWN, and
win be sold off as rapidly as possible..
-A. R. STJJ^LlVLfVNi
No. 281 KING STREET,
Fourth Door Below Wentworth street.
July20>mtuths4
Cigare, Soaauo, Stt.
EMPEROR WILLIAM
WHOLESALE AND BETAIL MANUFACTURING
CIGAR AND TOBACCO HOUSE,
So. 310 KING STREET,
THREE DOORS SOUTH OF SOCIETY STREET.
CIGARS AND TOBACCO of all kinds.
PIPES of every quality.
Call aad examine stock before baying else
where.
WILLIAM SCHRODER, Proprietor.
N. B.-The Wheel of Fortune constantly on
hind. * invest? cents and try your luck.
mcii7-oc*wiyr
STEFFESS^^ERNEB St DOCKER
WILL SELL7T^. DAY, -BEFORE
.their stores, Vend ne Range, at O.o'clook,
60 rubs Goe?en BUTTER _,
26 Arkins Goshen Batter
10 kegs Choice Family Batter, 26 pound* eaoh :
36 tubs Lard ; <'? '.
50 kegs sal Soda
30 bbls. Pig Hams, Shoulders and Stripe
6 bbls Tender Loin? - . .
8 boxes Smoked Loins
5 haas. Br. Smoked Shoulders. ? ; joly??
?^ByLAUREY, ALEX ANDES ct COt ,
\Tlnr^?jfiK srjGAE-C?BED STRIPS,
11 TJHa^BELLIES, *C.
THIS DAT, 30th ma taaTTMit be Soil itt front ol
oor Siore, at half-past 9 o'clock, . ^"
2000 lbs. H. T. S. O. STRIPS, small J
2000 lbs. N. Y. S. C. D. s. Eelllea, ?mall
1000 lbs. N. Y. S. 0. D. S. Loins
Just received per steamer. 1
AND
8000 lbs. No. 2 BACON.
Conditions cash._Joly80
By HENRY CORIA & CO.
CHOICE SUGAR-CURED HAMS.
THIS DAT, at0 o'clock, we will aelL
io ??ces sugar-Onred HAMS
1000 Prlaa^tanriderav^.
Conditions cash._ jnlyao
JJy wa. McKAY.
SALE CONTINUED.
Will sett THIS DAY, at his Store, No. 46
Wentworth street, at io o'clock precisely,
The BALANCE OF STOCK remaining orar from
yesterday'seale. 1&A?fp02
Also, on account ofwhom lt may concern, '
22 pieces BLACK BaTlNET, slightly damaged. .
Terms cash._ -.Jalya* "
TinthonttXB' ftrirjt?t Salee, Ut
BJBINBTCC^LITCO. ?
AT PBIYATE SALE. .
10 boxes Choice New York Pig Breakfast"
STRIPS l"l.<f..
io hhdB. Qood Baltimore Shoulden.9tr.
' AND
20 tierces Choice S.O. HAMS. julyso-i
Sanction gak0-""^cttt? Sfl?Bml
By W. Y..LEITCH & B, % BRESS, ^
Auctioneers.
DESIRABLE RESIDENCE IN CHAPEL
STKEET. --.'I .tsiiacuft!.
Will be Bold on THURLO AY, August 1st, at tho
Old postomce, at ll o'clock, _?? - - 'A
That Two and * Had otory WOODEN Ssw-1 .
DEN CP, No. 16 Cliapei street, containing 'our
square and two attic RobtBs^prtto J**gXl'?E>
Dressing Rooms, On the premise* ara Eitufien
and all necessary outbuildings and Cistern, --rr.;
Lot measures in Iront on Chapel street 42 nate
menes, and on the back Une 40- feet, In deptn on
one line 102 feet, and on the other -1H feet,TBoi?.
or lesa. . ...>.. 'itick
Terms-One-half cash; balance Lu ona, two,
three and fonr years, with In terest, psy&ale semi?
annual ly, with bond, secured br.mortgage or tue
property and insurance. Parcaaser topay ta^rw
papers and stamps._ jnlj2T<rat3i8
By CrRUBBS A WJLLLL4?S,*S
Heal Est*lo Agtnti and AuCtl^??r?.
rTIEUSTEES' SALE OF THE RICHMOND
1 AND YORK BJVEB RAILROAD. \~?V
Ky virtue of two deeds Of trust from the Rich?
mond and York River Railroad Com pauy to thu late
Wm. H. Ms orar?an d and the, undersigned, dated
respectively the stn or september, nw, andrea
Ut oi January, 186?, tba undersigned, Burvlvlng
trustees, wUL on WEDNESDAY, the men day o?
August/ 1872, at 12 M., at the auction roems^
Me?ars/ Grubbs & Williams, Richmond, Vlrglcia,
sell by Puolic Auction, ' , UJ?L.'?
The WHOLE LINKUP RAILWAY of tho jedd
Company from the City or Richmond to Weet
Point, together with the Franchi*e? of the sal?
Company, and the Equlpmenta,. RoWag Swckv
Machine Shops, Depots, Water 8 uanna, ?oe?
ned, Machinery, Tolls, Er.wmente, ..?di^ev?rT
other right,, interest or. eau? conveyed, by thp
wlQ be CASH sufficient to par au me costa of , ex?
ecuting t?e trusts of said deed*, and to par.tfce.
interest on the bonds outstanding nader toe deed
or 1869 aforesaid, estimated at about $86,000, and
then a credit tm'll the lat Of January, WT, ts to
?48 ooo, wltb Interest, from the Ht cf Jalj.lS?,.
at the rate of 8 per cent per annum, payable
semi-annually, and then Cash sutnclent to pay
tue interest due OB the bonds o? the first-olas*
under the deed of 1866 aroresald, estimated at
about $62,000, and a credit until the lat or Janu?
ary, 188? aa to 8800,000, wltb tmerew at the rave
or 8 per cent, per annum from the-lat o? July, -
1873, payable semi annually, and then Oath?nf
noient to pat the interest due on the bondi ??ne
second classTunder the vxartg&ge of 18M aXorOj
sold, ostiooatod at about $166,000, and tuSH .>
credit tintu 1st or January, 1877, as to airw.ooc,
with interest from the lac of July, 1873, st the
rate of 7 per coot, per annum, payable semi-an?
nually, and then a credit un tu the let of January,
1800, as to the residue of soon parctiase money,
with interest at the rate of e per cent, per an?
num. As to so much of the purchase money aa
may be applicable to the bonos, secured by th?
deeds of trust aforesaid, the purchaser ?hau give
his bonds corresponding with the suis outstand?
ing bond*, and as to the residue of auca-purchat*
money, the purchaser shall give his bond or
bonds, as may be determined upon after the san;
the purchaser's bonds to be Moored by dead or
wost on the property and rraoohlaes sold. .
capitalists will take notice that the eflact of*
sale and conveyance'by the undersigned witt ?.
to extinguish the Company aforesaid" s^ matt
the purchaser a body corporate. For f^her par
tlctuars, apply to Messieurs PAGE A- MAURY,
Coonaellora at IAW, Bichnmnd. Vtw?
W. H. MAURY,. .. .iL
J. PROSSER TABB?; '
. Surviving Trait?es,
ja- Sale conducted by Mesara. G?tUBBS *
WILLIAMS, Auctioneers. - ? ? ?
NOTICE TO BONDHOLDERS. '?,j??,
Holders of the Mortgage Bonds aioresaiawtll
report at once to Messrs. PAGE A.MAURY, Rich
mond, va., the number of Bonds bald by them,
the deed of trast by whloh they are secured, tbs
amount or each Bond, and the amount of In tere?
doe. Holders cf Detached Coupons will reposta?
above R. H. MAURY,. - ,.".,
. J. PROSSER TAt?B, . Wj
jun s r surviving Trastee?,...
0i)irt0 arto ^nmiflrjmg ?codfl.
SBASONABIiB
GOODS.
-... ?
ENGLISH AND B ALB RIGG AN
HALF HOSE.
GAUZE, MERINO, SILK AND TE3??D
mmmmn AND DRAWERS
Elegant Suspenders.
WINDSOR SCARFS, BOWS A TIM.
DRESS SHIRTS,
COLLARS AND CUFFS
PAPER OTLLA*o;
TN GREAT VARIETY,
WITH THE LATEST PRODUCTIONS OF
ELEGANT NECK-WJ2AB,
AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES. ,v.
SCOTT'S
STAR SHIRT EMPORIUM,
MEETING STREET,
I OPPOSITE THE MARKET HAI*.
nnvis
TAY COOKE, MCCULLOCH * OO;.
No. 41 LOMBABDSTREET, LONDON;, ?
CABLE TRANSFERS.
JIBCULAB LETTERS
RNR TOA FELLERS, AVAILABLE IN ALL PARTS
1 OF THE WORLD.
JAY COOKE * CO.,
Na 20 WALL STREET.
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