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VOL. XXI
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1871.
Tl sato o> BnnaoB Bt Dona, Fcrensea.-Vifg.
NO. 38.
DEVOTED TO Ll TER 4 Tl RE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE A?VEOT^BR filbs:T?- CA'f.X ATI
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PREPARED CAREFULLY AT ALL I OU RS,
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WHISKEY and WINES,
_3oid x McKAQiSN'ft.
ALLSPICE, ~
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LARGE and FRESH SUPPLY OF
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Feb I?
CASSiaHRES, &a
I sm now: recemng a Large and
Complete Stock of
FALL AND WINTER
CLOTHING,
OF EVEBY DESCRIPTION. '
CLOTHS, XASSIH?RKS, TWEEDS,
Kentuckey Jeane, of low gradeo sad. rory J
cheap.
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Drawers,
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Collara, '*
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ALSO A FULL SUPPLY AND VARIETY OF j
Thee* Good?! am daterai ?ed to eell lower |
than they caa be boagbt ii tbU market Deal?
ing in tkls Koo'aioae, lam eBfiMed to do thft.
I oa?y ?Amy nWoend? tc cal! ami ctaa-iae,
and if tb?y do not Ind ay goode cheaper, I erBl]
sot expo? thom to boy.
D. J. WDOi. Agent.
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Wendi ead tb? pabilo. ' "
LOWEST '?ICBS, FO? CASH.
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moat of
Drugs an? M??icm^
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?H of Waich I intend saning nt -
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Paint Brushes,
Varnish Brushes,
Tooth BrioTi?s,
KEROSENE LAMPS AND
all appliances thereto.
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SUCCESSOR TO
A. ANDERSON 4 CO.
Sept 31 ' _\]_
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Soeeeasor to A. ANDERSON. A CO.
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FIRST QUALITY Cfcearieal*of erary descrip?
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Bj Dr. A. J. CHINA,
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Soft?_:
General Life and Fire
MUM MM.
SUMTER, S. C.
1 J. HS roflowiag Coospcaiee having ooaplil
rila the Law, and deposited $20,oM each with
tia? Con p.'roller General, efier protection to
h oueebohU against Joss ar damage by fir*-:
Pfcmaix piVLtsnranoe Compaoj, of
Bi ooklyn, H. Y; Cash Aaae??, ?v.
Soot h ?re Life loren vcv^^pnj, of
Atlante, 0a., Ge?.- J. B. Gow&ON,
PreaHwit, M. C. MORRIS, *eVtjt
Security' Pire lowrance Company of
Mew York, Aasettii, $2.0l736St $1.
Germao Fir* Insora?ee ?or?p1?y of
New York, Assetts, 1*053,054 61.
Georgia Home losaran ce Company,,
Colam'D as, Ga., Asserts, 468.73110.
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VOL. XXI
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1871.
Tl sato o> BnnaoB Bt Dona, Fcrensea.-Vifg.
NO. 38.
DEVOTED TO Ll TER 4 Tl RE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
to pi
w?Ujastify
,*h?s addifc?eV '
igiP^ipli?^ re*ol?4
tietvitorcr to -enterpnbt?c cr political
^ 50> bat tc Jimit the- gn;tiioatioji o?
tioi> to pr?f?wional flQ<;cc83. v tbu
Tesofution wits based upon thc assump?
tion tb at ike- integrity" of tt e govert?
oren* would- tot te <iisiarb)?d, and was
froa only- TfiiflD that integrity
ighi into qu^?stiott. Entering
p^li tier with none buuhe most Gtiselfish
'''t desire to-aid ig preserving
tl union, I was caught in
the WWft^wbi?b<lQicicene?i ?nf> revo
t?tionary ,msd?*?? on-t?e repeal of the
. Mir^wfi *; na^otBiee, iud have si nee
been Wrtie ato&g, every hour'vaiah but
eaTtt?stlj endeavoring to arrest i t-* wHd
rato to our ruin.
Through til its three stageu- of se?
' - Tecoo?rtetioB, I
hare been, ?iii SCaiom >e?d cosisisten t
antagonist of therevolution,aoc; regard
inges I did the first stage aa nu error, |
the second ?s a crime *od the third as
X' maestreas eaurpatioc, J would act,
if I ctroW, disguise frosi jon. thc fact
that the conscious memory that I oppos?
ed arl, ano>am, rn no degree, respoosible
" r the cons?quences ofany, has beeo to
me a well spring of joy through-all the
horrors of the 'past, and will be a source
of strength ia ali the straggles of the
future. Whatever els?' be lost, tliis ooo?
seiouiness of self sacrifice sind devotion
o what I believed was riglht ?3 a treas
irs of inexhaustleas wealth which DO
power can destroy aud no - mb fortune
can take away.
? Tba revolution, at least ia its work
of violence, let tts hope, is at uh end
Leaving now cit of view r.he material
tad moral devastations sustained,- it is
our duty to ascertain and fix with all pos?
sible distinctness, and without passion,
the changes wrought by the revolucio?
io oar political framework ; for these
changes, though wrought as resulta are
BOW to become causes, and in their time
artist work results, for good oir . evil,
over all our country fer, perhaps, gen?
erations to coma.
The tangible, permanent results thus I
rrronght by thc war io the character of
oar political institutions ara embodied
io what arc known as the thirteeth,
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to
the Constitution of the United States,
it is historical accuracy to say that the
thirteenth amendment received the as?
sent of the original constituency of the
Southern States ; and thc two other
amendments did not receive that assen*.
Nevertheless, all these amendment*
have been proclaimed,. by the -power
having jurisdiction of the question, to
hire received constitution:;! ratification,
ind to constitute parta ot the national
fundamental kw.
Taking this, then, aa oar starting
point, thc first question is, What are
thc specific changes wrought by these
amendments?
The first changes 1 notice are, per?
haps, the only .ones which the popular
ind seems to be aware of aa . accent*
ished at all. The amenda^nts, io
e order camed, established with a
qualification, the freedom, civil, equali?
ty and political equality of thc races- |
ail races and colors.
The only badge of bondage remain
: in America ?j the qualification al
ed "to--beiog the disabilities i mposed I
the Fourteenth Anreodmeut upon a j
? of thc waite race xn the Soutb
gut**. s.'
ruth, thane changes io the
statue cftb* different jacea are
the^Jwi^wtii?eot eieeia of these
ameodasent?. Not only has th e civil
sUkwof the negro race
bat, what ls inwpimi
^?jvrh3ktit?i or<rr thc
tical status o? cM thal
will be held to|
by these amend*
aWre?ly.,to tl
t. Ta? effect*
ft? eiara?r of the
aajcDt-gr'-itiy iacreas
Iadtc4> Ua*
are tb.? ic
Wm*
crt being wufcrrod,
<tWBT hs
ocr?.
DC t firi*e or "real, but ?ot??d;And ?e?rpa
torf, and, frnaV therefore, tir? ?" Supreme.
Court will declare the proclamations of
soch/ratificati?i?fi to ,be noll and void.
fl replythe\Sp^reme~"?oQTt has. only
judicic?power, an??'tbe power in- ques
?lot ft po??cal andjbot judicial. ' Again, j
$ris jadisial--pbirer of tb* 'Supreme
Court is itself limited to^ cases . arising ]
j tader. the Constitution-that is, to.ques
i ifons Citrising in the onstr?ci?m of the
Constitution ofter it is made, and not "o i
the muk j Dg itself. The political poorer'
makes tho Constitution .and the Judicial
[power construe* it.The political power j
having proclaimed, the?e amendments to
be par a.of the Constitution, the judi?
cial power can have no jurisdiction to-j
review or reverse that proclamation,
but eau only decide what the amend-j
meats, so proclaimed,..mean. The facts j
necessary tc. ratification, as recited by
the political p?'w?r;fh?st be accepted as |
Aras bj tba 3odieiaTy, and can no t be.
e ver judicially questioned ; for the ju?
dicial is no part of the ainending. pones*
There is A vast difference, in-thia -re
?peet, between the making of, tbe Con
Institution and |he passage of fairs nader j
it after readeT .^ " \- 5
But, j ap asked, caa usurpations be?
come laic, biuding a .people and courts ? j
? replyy yes, easily, verily, -and often.
As efforts the most patriotic failing, be?
came rebellious, so usurpation the most
glaring, succeeding, becomes law. A j
majority of human governments have
no origin save in usurpations. Indeed
tuccessfid usurpation ts the-siroogest ex?
pression of power, and law itself, io its
last anaiyais, is only power.
(~. In plain troth, human experience bas
discovered but one remedy for usurpa?
tion.' That remedy is preventive-not
curative ; military-noteivil. It is the
sword. To apply this remedy in this
case, the South was unable, and North
unwilling, Conceding then, that these
amendments were usurpations, they
were successful, and.have become law
fundamental law-binding upon States
and people, courts and ruler.?. It may
have been criminal-was criminal-to
aid in committing a usurpation; it is
crime itself to break tho law. And thus
are we bound.
Bat, again, va are told, the Northern
people will discover their error, and a |
reaction will take place which will ob"
literate these amendments. But it will
take three fourths of the States
literate. Besides, I now bel
following propositions may Igsj
assumed concerning the Nor
pie.
1. Feeling that their prot?
io their power rather than in
they have not been induced
stand and learn the nature o? the^Hr?
ero meet as their fathers did. iHShat
men do not know they cannot love.
Their government the ?ior hern people
know... They know its potter, iu-boe
sense, tud, for tiuxt, they love it. They
do not understand its federative cliarac
ier and do not love it.
. 2. The Northern people believe that,
what they understand to be the States'
rights theory, was tbe real source, and,
til ere fore, the cause of Secession, the.
war,.and all its consequences. There?
fore they hate that theory of our gov?
ernment \?
3. The increase in population, tbe
great accumulation of wealth, the won?
derful growth of commerce and trade,
the close intermixture of many States
and people through the agencies of
railroads and other improvements, re?
quire, iu the opinion of the Northern
people a strong national government,,
and itt these amendments increase the
national powers of the government, they
are not likely, on that account, tc
change them.
4. Add to the;e views the weii known
fact that the great body of the Northers
people regard the freedom and the civil
and political equality of the negro ai
.great national, philanthropic and rcii
Lgious results; and yon, most agree with
me that the' hope of a change at tbe
j North? which would ? obliterate these
amendments, must be abandon cd.
If we could not hold ?be Northern
peopJe to the franchise system when we
had it with all the sanctity of cammoo
revolutionary straggles hallowing it,
bow ?ball we induce them to return
voluntarily to that system, after, as.they
believe, they haye paid ?o much in
ircatrare and Hood, te get rid of ii. 1?;
a word, the masses of tbe Northern
people have been taught to regard,and
do regard slavery, secession^ and Stato
rights, as words of close affinity, if pot
of iden I tal meaning, and whether , they
are righi or wrong io their conviction
there is. .no probability of its early
|?aapo?ft.
Tbe conclusion, then, is, .that *>e
have a new National Constitution with
J ?OW and enlarged power* of-grrv-enmieot",
establishing new'end different relation*
Between tie Oeneral ayd State GoWru
?enis ; and a^it? a new system of fo?
nt w'^?be
^^e't^^t of life,
liberty and .^?iprej
wheibeM?V'^H^lP
*'*X'?oW?'f?r msor*y??o^?Ven?t^^
i^ery "go?j i?d tf^t^WMn-l/ citiseo
pWilLoppese'tf ba~c?n, and disag^pa
"any low, a proposed^ wr?n^ aod'?wy
t ao?h citi?re^ an. estafe
tac^TaFanct %1^?j^'.?cc^t?]??shed -'fict?
; if the citizens": ^?p? .?t i she law,
.rather than the. lawUfcsalfj fuinrsired the
f: m eas ure- of 6 is phijjjiti en ^tc/ ?bey, J ?
would hrii?pot??ble to ^?v?-, enS^m
; rule, scttledlaw, or kabie* gove^iiiejpti.
2d. Ir. waa year eprnioo thai/the
colored map was act prepared aV Moe
and indiscriminately ta understand and
: a p precia* e, and, there fore," tb receive
< the great trust cf suffrage.? Bat- fight
, br wrong, wisely or .unwisely,. th* new,
faudatDeo:al Jaw . has conferred upon
I him th? right to exercise tna^trust.--?
It has, therefore,-bec>me~pur daly as it
is also our interest, cot only/ tc permit
and assent to its exercised but - also to
render ready protect ina and cheerfula?-:
sis tance to the colored min ic its free,
full and Unrestricted enjoyment. 1
'know, feliow crtisens, that yon coneac
in these tiewe?ud dn--not treed ~&is
admonition ; but theT .is noepbject pc
which the Northern people and the gov
crnmc?t itself so grertly sasocct your
fidelity ; and, 'Krefore, you Will "know
how to pardon this repcated:counsel.
3rd. *I respectfully suggest that the
time baa arrived wherj duty, does-- not
require, nor interest seek, a continuance
of the divisions on the principles and
events which have led tc- cur present
condition, Their heroism io the'field;
and wisdom io tho.Oahinet duriog?the,
war ; their fortitude under sufferings,
and patience nader wrong, since thc;
war ; and, above all, the grandeur of
that manhood which they ' alaros*- uni-,
versal ly exhibited in persiateatly with
holding their assent, under the severest
threats, from a scheme which proposed
to.manacle, intelligence and virtue, and:
turn loose ignorance aod vice te inau-i
gurate government and administer law,
have mad* a record of sincerity* deyo-'
tion and sense of honor for the Southern
people which time must ever brighten
and discussion cannot strengthen. Let
us, therefore, cease all quartering over:
the past and all threatenings for the
future, and manfully unite ocr energies
to bring hack prosperity to oar country
and good will among our people. -
Touching the pending ?lection I will
add b?toue suggestion, lt' is cf se?
condary, importance whom else yob
chooie jor^our General Assembly ; but
it is of first importance that you choose
honest~"?M?. We are coffering for wise
and hVag?f legislatijfifr We carjjfaevet
get sui^Kegislatioa^WMess you elect!
members whom ^ffit??isl? cannot
buy. r<A" black maqay - cannot be
bc^gh^is better .thar^Hpite man who
cajfcfed * Re^bTte^'Twho cannot 'be
b?.1s better D*e m o erat who
caOHPh ? woratijj?pble condition for.
2ny mPP'c ?8 &vffiff; ?? ignoraist ?ad
--n-irTr-'nhf-^ftJ^ger the cooUw? of a
band of profe?Bp lobyist^vcl by
aoscrapu'ous spap5fetors. N??overri
ment can be stechend no o?prtry can
b? prosperouSrif these things iieot: aol
conde m nation by/ and correction (rec J,
the people. ,
December S, 18ttf. BESJ H. ??1I&:
ORATORS 1KB KBWSPAPE&S.
Compare thc orator, one of thc noblest
vehicles- for thc diffusion of. tbeoght,
wit)? tko newspaper.,-and wc may gaie ?
faint glimpse oHheobiqtiHeu^^wer ol
the latte?. The orator speaks to a. few
hundreds, the newspaper addresses mfl
f ions. Thc words of" the1 etltor may
die io the air, ?he language of the a iv,-?,
paper is stamped on ?ables imperil bable as
marble. Tho arguments of the orator
may follow each other so rapidly that a
majority of the audience may straggle
io a net of ratiocination- the reasoning
of the o-swgpaper may be scanned at
.leisure without fear of perplexity. The
passion of the orator influenc?e an as?
sembly, the feeling pf a newspaper elec?
trifies a-cuhticeut. The orator is fte an
edifice, the newspaper for the werlS, th*
one sh i ssa-1er au hour,, rh? ot her glows
for all time ; the orator may be ^com?
pared to lightning, which flashes over
a varley for ."a moment, bu* it leave* it
again tu darkness ; the newspaper to a
san bining? steadily ever - the weds
earth, and "fixed on the. bqsis of it* own
eternity.'* Printing hse been happi-j
defined "the art wbieh preserrcs aH arti
Printing mates th?.prater' more thar
a?t?intof:v* catfl?ies upi hi* dyros
{-words,- aad rbreeihes-: north thetb vtfct
breath of ?SRa^."' %i i^J^e speaking .gai
lery through which.the orator thunder;
lin the ears of ages, f?e teans-?rpin th<
{.tomb ojtir the otadle of, ^fHuj^siaec%<
-gadara ; , ? ,"^'V;.
An A'ri.artsaa editor :
t1*ek et editorial ??4
teat *tfw ??y'?h??
en ?wertet challenges *rie\ ?. rangiogFpre
Jan -t^ise-te flgwti? ? ?e aaya <*a.f&r?
ure pi editorial duties bada^we? ?^di
ipatt?rs to accurodat* on his Rand's fo
MsWtwW;?*4h* he had V^ro*
1OTB4MW*?F?EM CAUSE.
FAHKlVfiSt/Ir A ??BESS OP Ta?B EX
To eke Itntor? of the U??oa. Befo nc
- .Party. . ; - .
J.Ihotimc has arriv?d-when it becomes
{.proper to announce'to you the tern:i:ia
j^oa~?^ ifceilalw? of
your E'x?citlts*' Coaafiltfte at aa -carly
|^y, airdthe dissolution of the party as
ap organisation uatfer thceouveatiau of
Jone- last.
Had thc party, beca successful* or
even so &t supported by the colored
people as to furnish any reasonable
ground of hope that we might succeed
io the next general election, it would
have been eminently wise and proper
to baye held} together, .to labor -s with
Ten?wViilBo?rgy-aa?'faich for tl-.e re?
demption ot the "State by the same
means whereby we had. achier eu such
eec?tfriigtng results, Bat we c?unot
disguise the fact that though rh? ma?
jority'against ui'VetwrneSJ''ny th* officers
of electroni%;$robabfy frstrfnient to
the-extent of* mor? than 20,000 To'ts. j
yet enoujifh remafaVto deme nstrate that '
ail otfr efforts hare failed lb'conciliate
the eeiored-?oterr to any hopeful ex?
tent. ??ay,'it is even- evMchr that cs a
people they are more embittered against
the white rac? than after the Demo
eratic campaign of 186$, and very much
more so than ai the Jbeginoing ef the
late canvass. Hence there would be no
propriety in continuing effjrls whict
irave been? perverted as -rather to
alienate thtw^tn attract" those whom
We w^uld:'?H?ijt.'to\rara8ta?a^Td?. On'the
contrary, it is Jboth wise and just that
room should he. made for other agencies
to dojhe work."thatmust be done to
save the perishing State. Those who
take" our place iff the arena will find fhe
whites arrayed ii? solid pbalani, steady
and deter -mined, ready, willing at d
prepared to. do and to - dare all that
S?uor would; sanction or ?od approve.
tO reawe'J.heir people ."from ruin'acd
despair. Th.eyrwUl also ffnd- by the -side
of these a faithful and heroic band of
colored'men, wno, rising above the j
prejudices of their fellows, $.nd appre
'CtatrtrS' thc claims cf honesty : and the
necessity\of good j?overpraeat', bare
braved dangers and pers?cutions calen la?
ted "feb try the stoutest: heart, ?odj
vindicated their rights as'".freemen by*
votinft'?v?D1 af the risk of life, for the
mon ?nd measures of their choi: e -a
bandi, to be fo?*ered ahd'eJtwished"ULd ?'?
all the'stern vicissitude* o? thc future
r They will fiml, also,"that no barrier
exista'between the 'goad people of this
Statemud any organization of conserva?
tism feat can arise in the next two
yearn hy reason of the principles' an?
nounced and established by thc ':Ua i or,
Reform party. On the ' contrary, we
have thereby been brought into portee'
har?M?ry with- that'type cf Demoerncv
dCW triumphant in so many Stat**, and
that enKgbtened and ~ conservative
Western Ref tfilicaolsm which has so
n?bly and signally won the great State
bf Missouri under the broad s banner oil
free trade, universal suffrage, universa!
amnesty and enfranchisement. Thi?
solidarity orCwf j^odeitisens, and their
harmony with the better class of pol it"ca>
idees now swaying tba great masses ol
the American people, sud destined, WY
tmst; to restore' their broken unity in
1872, arVfru?ts of thc Union Retorm
movement, weil worth the faithful labor
which they ?wt.
N These, however, arc. uot the only
fruitsresulting from the Irberiri poi ic v
and the self sacrifique lab irs of th .
party, it his exposed to universal
execration the corruptions of thc S r?t?
government, and the persons controll?
ing it-r ami foreed ils officials and org tti
witbln the State, and its friends with
out. to demand reformat ion. It h*>
demoastratad toerery fair mind eh*
determination of th? white people o'
this State to abide by the afeoinplMieo'
resnUsof the wai, and 'remove*, a*
pretext for farther p*r*pc?ition- on tlu
part of the .General Government I
has washed its hands of ali the hind
that msy hereafter flyw io a conflict o;
races, so appwr<^rttty imminent in carraa:
leoalities, bys public a^d* -.??>ie?jo ' cots
cession eT-lcgalr^^lo th* rights' of th^
colored rase, te^ii^by informai ami;
revolutionary precesses,. thus ?tty**?.:
?poQ rhcaltar of pesco aH -itrb?^dr U
o^conliltent with honrrr, s?rfcri?<pec' j
and-sc'f preservation. Finafly, ii h*v
d^veloffcd tH true eo?diiion of s- -elc\jj
m the'State, aod the r?al and vita:
nature ot the eantcst ita whieh we^a+f
engaged, and i?a>deme^rated, be-on-.
a d?t, Swat fted?erii**? In S?nth
C?tc4?a4WW ttpcft 'th?'Vewraj^wirm^
lh^:*i?h> *ve* t? th? -Storth era
w*&-ve*^ ^ this aa
Xa&nriiaa-** a^wba?p??;-vrii' appear f*n?
jrXJfiKM- ?he- saurai 3
i c^si?ccv
with - tb
.J^hH?a* ingress
v?vf^TM?n et
traite in
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?1T?1?Y?IESCSIPTI
P?OMirTLT EXECUTED AT THE
OFFICE OF
?heSuxater Watc?ima?T*
pe tr; -i' ' * - " ' ; * *?*f\
Hilliest Style of tho Art. 8
outside of political is ?-\<*. this w*s.-?\ ?
Tiere weis literally noshing'ia it
?repel any citiaen ot any. ??bool af
poli tics, except th ?? few wt;o; clinging t.o
the is?nes o"i tl?e past, -.rf:re offended by Jp
*he HberiJ-coccessious made tn- thc Jv
colored people. . If. therefore, we ' couta' 'rib
establish onr- charge- ajraiast the. t???a,*?B
existing .?doiinistratio?. of" th?? Sr ate gj
-goverD?iieci, we had a right to count ?
upoa the support of all houest meo.- I
Th?ie charges were, in general terms, J*^
incompetency, extravagance, prejudice \j
and corruption, aad there is not. a cou?- /
fy or precinct in Ute St*te where rhrcy .^
were not proved to he trite te the cco'~ i" ,
viet ion cf the commonest under.-tar.d- 1!
ingc-and to an extent wholly o^iparaftei- -A
ed in the-annals. ci ..ciyijized gov<m- -
men's. These proofc.wero nevtr rcfated. |
Some errors io; particular .^eciScarioGS |
were occasionally poi?re<i ?<rj}. but aaa ^3
whcleihcy stoud anconTovoried-a;? they
were encoutroversib'e-iuctTaeebiv rm- I
pressed opon :hc recorded- acts'of the
government. ILtd^tJie battle, b?cn i
;>erniittcdj:ovrcst ATOO' ;.h:s i*uev yoa 1
would tc day h.-v? been v<joiciag^c'^lre- IL*
restoration of peace ?ad'good govett J^R,
mcnt to this -stricken- a>d debated f
State. The wicked ..Idader.v of the-" "J
prejudiced and benigrit.*d- masses* nf . J
eo^rcd-pefcivle, who. Itft-W-i. to thei? for 'J* \
iuidance with 'the .??in?ple' tai:h. of .JS"?
sh h I hood i kcew Uro worl whets t'ierein? ? ="
taretii?tb, by" not to avert thin blesgadvti :
boon from their ?k-HieL-d^followers. Trna .ts j
:o thc principle cf **ruio and Toro^f ijj
which has ever actuated them sincV/*]
riiey came amung a?, they . app^aledi-to' i*,
.hat spirit of antagonism which, st a nat^?j
bered, ant i I th? y. carn? and r\vd their.; v? ?
victima blio.ded'io thc sacrifico. - l^ej? .sj:
gretended that we w.erc not iaveiro?ert "91
-that oar le.'t&ng meu.did not support
as; that ocr liberality cf -principia sndi-$
practice was-bnf premeditated tres chery
T-.a subtly and dec^ptifco schecre to *
icquire power : that that power, whenvffl
squired, would be used to nut th eat jfl
back into slavery j that wc were the[~???p
>3roe people who had, held lhea in *#"
bondage for so many, gentratioos,.- andvwj
focghs foar years to rivet their chains, ^JM
and could never be. trusted. Theyrakcti:1? I
the ashes of the past to Ead the old %
wres of slavery! opened them. , afresh,'3g
:tnd rev* lied ia the torture they iuf?ict?dt^S*
hythe creel pictures they - drew of Jg j
wrongs which were either never endured JBt*
*r as exceptional as child-murder io:?;;
N"ew England-^ The more fiercely rage4afr;
the mad passioBs of the j?rowdr the^t
greater their effort s to ??rgrivate ar^d^i
?nfu.riaie them. They told them-? every//
ccuceiyablc story they could invent 'U?Sfi
maka ?hem believe that ?e^oushtiheir
ruia. Every brawl between white atei?|
clack waa magnified iota the begining of ^8
war against their race. They ware teldbfia
that we would prevent their voting by/'^l
violence, and on th is pretext they -weref^f
armed by the State the farther to^larm
md excite them. They were ?oH tba'
we were rebels, enemies of fhe Genera! - .
and Stare Governments j thattiie ?re?:
lent aud the Governor, and the great
Republican party were our ene:uks-and?
'heir friends; thatM?y w<i&id r.ever- be? \
hurt do what- th*y m:?ht ; tlntl high *
axes were goth in g lo thitn---tliey /
didn't pay them ; that it w?.^d -be g?>od :;'
tor them if the fuoiii^'d^r should be-?;
forced to sell his tanja d-own to a mer?^?
homestead. They would then, have.*
liomcs through the optra'iaT of ihc^
:and conamission and othi r canses5-thoa-.?
all the accumal tti.d pro.wrry here-vas
"he result of their- lab -r ; ?hut. it tight.< .
fully bclonsred to them, a-id ;hc way to
iel it was to vote for what thvy''wraaj?;.
pleased to term ' the RepaMi?an parTy,''
.iicant??g thc ruling dynasty ;B ?>cths*
karolina. These were thc argumenta?
rith wh'ch th>: prefC'tticd t? ics is'afti^
s"Tf cuns??t?>?fl *! !vis-rs of dre >?I?te-i^S
popple n>et the. *o!(? nn t>?'a. <? (?'?..: ing .?f;3 j
he whites, ratified by them by a 'JiTgejt? '
...ote then has been polled sbee thc W?f3|
Tj> th(s<ea^pHaw to|?rnj'ii?iee,rnridnjj^'.
I ?i ;?ii<'i?ncc W? rv6?f??.4et|i that *<*??
i ?vote ipeapablc rf the I rand* io?va:cd"?o^
^ is; 1 h -<t the whites ire re nqitre^ >ap^i ?'
pH'rt ?>f o:;r .mca-U'C?.'and -.a?w!d'A??|^:
:.rorei>y .their vic^v; ihrt \r-.: V%Q nci'lr^
.-.r thc iitfuni'iwt ??'ir rh?? jv-wtr hf ?
n?n.l lhi'B> ti? *l.ivriy. no-: ?.^ hil w>* *et?
I ttij_wny ahridev their 1 ight- ?Vw.; W'^ih?;^ i
hat, we wore a-V .. sp.-.i.io . tits-fc jv '.
r.iJucti?U uT .s!.i'v? ry; :i>v ?^'urth C*K^? .
una. by >t*Tn:i\ :wi<;e j?r<?'pst.-j a*j>?i>i^|S')
it;, tim. it l;;tdi).-en C(it:?-?iirp-?! iii -c^Wiv
.th t.'cs to a finpi^i -d ,ie?c^ii\ . thatr?o^ ?
sy.sfCin,ig'M*d or Uvi. had the ri erif
reJ?*iaiih? 'hetti fi?fm hfca?3?vi? v> >?*<*y* *'J(i
're ranice th^m what tli-.-v ?eu ; j h itv? I
were Veered hy rrve".Vit?jg'U.y ahvinj?^
e!i >-;?*o rir lh? ;r ?ua^ttJ-s -u-A ^.arWt-j^B^
r.'fher ihotj rheir-ti.??!:?. rn- .'K???-ls -.tb*a?
wai t> be wre.Rtnv-dv. i tt:. ?ift weil hjM
.V;nvwhc? he Sid .?? .:f?.?<?" ; ; ti fl
OX pi ri ?rte ul of the two '..rv -
[ll ijlj* ?:?f? j ?i;-.t-? f.jH.i' :.-.*:H>,' ?SB I
p*?c<y a?<l.?..??*. n ?ti V-c. bo iv:.?_i4n J
.that i??. we<-aX*-tdy* "/> <?J urr :. MjeW?
if Ihey, niado our former rc'-st'^irs
g^ra?rdiof ha?ttiilyv we COK fd .never be njflj
. peace, since we c^tld ne>'cr c?..:nge' tbaBI
^es* ;' that tli'e S?:>tc co?:d n?: l'rrt?rf^rj|
,?$Jocgm the government w'rs '..Imrn'-fi
i iat?^Jb^FAhe on e face, ii? a <urr;t <&G
? heetil?r^ to the ocher r thlH t^? tnad apj&
sc^?id Wy lea? to "Violenree w?d broo*^?!
t^bey^f?]d^>7o^em j'-tha? we ha^ft
jpjov^d ei!t\ci?lrna to th'? * p>*f< c; !.>a ??
.Ihe-flrwa'^?^^^gfhe >cw?.-: i?fjsosesB
? W^^o^octwit' jrnd; $gti '.%,- ?'>?
we, were t?bela who ??tr ef*' a^aT
and Tic?enee agaias? ns in ??.*nV .-?f pfi?rcv J
ibafe neither PKtncfaet -?w <>ovcmbrt|
? ^WPP^^ et?c.?uxa^e%.^ejii.ia c^ja?'
?aecatflas. wit??cut ?o?aiicjt h?- ".eonati-dt'
.'3 '4ino?4^wa4l^ thal we Wd 'a- -risht tefl;