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At the Complimentary Demonstration, in - ^3- -."M*?*?'? - :-- ?' rT?a^oftlance- with"-the .promise--made'4 ers^ith^ti>e.,;8?bstanoe. pf: theriremarksr?f to m'tbfebeading :.????>.in- ? >"?Wf The-pb^it^ ..Buceessfal^n^ai'di bearers ef th e Nation al 'Dcr^S?^?-Rirt^in --South* Catalina^ at tioVtfJf&^^'ihh have honored .nie tK^&verMng.'- - Andlyet, 1 not only:, thank yoSr^tfrmr^emvcHy ; hut.cortfaHv. unite with/von in your coh graWlafro^ - opportunity has been afforded the citizens ot-.oni^beioved oid^onVnTi5irwealth, to ap pr?ach' the ballot box, xtnd unite their T?Fe3,?!(n:"iU'e chbice !of' th6^;^?bt)!ar<> to r.pie thVde&tnne* ojt;r>our, jCouptry^.; Th.js, - ? jf^iow-tM^izens^fter years of disfranchise ". joicing to bur entire population; and "that - j the rocorit election, the "first that many of yon bad particip.aied-in-for years, al ^ though "conducted with unusual ardor and enthasiiism f:&hpiild have.Vpassed .off .with ?oritpopular th-mult;er~ violence, isvoot on ly Cause of personal-congratulation to ev . ery^itizen -?f the Statey but >affords: the latioh ^^S^^^^wl^^^ha^^f^b^mipii ,:'of ' tfaeip^e^^ the hiiy'a ;6f tricuAco'uhtry. True, iellowr-cili zeni^Witavo beeri.defeated iri\the para? mount o^je^-of the gseatcpntest through :w lnc^v^^i?a vej ja^ earnestJ^hoped and believed, that flora-. ti?lS?y'rao?;?:,: tho'd^'tihguished 'citizen and; .' staTesraan ofTNew York^would he elevated to th$p?i?f l^?uUtVCe ? ^ffice^j^^ t'jj>$,g&^^ great s expedi? ence; wisdom and state?manshi|>-,4iio Cop-j stfta ti o^^o d. jili^. ion ^ t^tb^ jhod ifi-' calion^hec^ J>y. the ?war, would liavo been speedily, restored - to the -equitjity,.energy .'and'purity "with which it \vas"endbwea by , the fathers of j the Republic. . ^ut^'alt'bVugn;debated in' !secririi?g;thte\'?^mihisthttive' agent whom they desired, tho National Dem'dcfacj bay^'ffeWn^rivted-"that " them is life .in tbe-^oiilJand yet," and ."that, hut', for tTie nrv^pundedvpersonal popularity-of .Gep^ Grai4^1^p<fpniafi t.'y, ^'-iventufce tafn&yj several hundred thousand votes greater .than the. strength oj^tiiepatty who nom? inated him?tho-Result of tfte^election -would huve sbo'wri an ovorwhel'ning ma? turity of ti^u^Americnn pcpple^cbnserva tive in tlieFr^sentiraentev of the immedia te restovu tio n of the Stf u i h b r n ? States to the^'nidrr,ireei-4i,om the fet? terer ?^he^eqoastrnvtioa'At;tSf and ^re otJberlLnofnuti?? perpetrated agnms^them by the 'extremes' of Radicalism, on terms of ?porfeet equality with tbefother States. of on?; who nominally" the neadiof.the'op^ position; is solar uncommitted by personal pled wes,: o? the elastic'platform of his parT " ?ty^W^t4lo^imiJd;;bY*the' conservatism' Jof theijwbole .country,7^yi?ldirig to .thyrjj3? p'ukes-of an ^enlarged patriotism, and-de eiring^to -snaloB b'i.nnjselt' firstdn|peac^ as in waiy.w4Jl huve^fn .hiB yfower. tb secure the restora^io"ncahcl rod?mptfon~ of his country, "including the down-trodden and suffering South, more speedily and cer? tain Urathup^ perhaps anyftothernman -in 'A^rteW^*" tAi; ^H^ent?;i'BeRVaW bcipfes and consolations, that now that the smoke of battle has "cleared ?way,cahd' we are _ penpitted. to review tho field calmly and dis"p?sgwn?tely, ..wei should^seize ^hpldj'ot and cherish as an anchor to the noul, in this 0,07* day -of.tribulati?n-.^ItfwIU never do to despair of our country. It cannot "be, that an 'experience of eighty years. ibsB.r-*x^inguished ife the. bosoms ;of jttje Americftr^pcople^ tlyerepirit of ^ih[erty and free goror4iorient:- -No', myifollaw citizens, it la not dead but eleepeth, and it may be as before remarked, notwithstanding the terrible forebodings>we have indulged,' ;that Gen.-.-Grant is the :man ^ordained yof .Providence, to rekindle the fireijsf (lip?r ty, lead^pat^of the wilderness of des? pair, afJd-TestoTe ofjf country to its former xjonditi^n offraterjci.|ty and presperity. In one wofrd, though bjaaten we are not de? stroyed/j. We^ must, .'^never give up the '"ithef^pssiaen'tiai ft electmh/-:.^.>h^vethe .prou^d^e^^aJtion^ niocracj^^?ir^E^$eJ(^ .iSangainlfan^ci^at;^ ?x>? bur JJxrTr'g^rion^^ ?And-that but?-^or*tha .f^e..atid jedtuai ve anfluences that have bfeelr^seSby those ?who aro stratigerBjto-our people^jand in the main enemies; to pui^ prosperity, to ^Btr?hgetth? rocentJy enfranchised class -?of our. citizens from ^tbeir.. allegiance to -their friend^ and'their State, we would -to-day have stood before the world a uwit in sentiment and action, from the seaboard to the mountains. .This result, eo grati? fying in itself and so. important in its con -sequences, should.go very ,fur towards rer ?oncilnig us to the Rational defeat we liave enCoiintered. -It is hei'e in tho State .of^Sputh Carolina that all the interests, most" important to ns ?s a people.V^re t0 i)8 developed and inaintained -'andj if'le/t ,tfP ourselves, the day is not far distant when, we w ill be- able to settle 'up on-a just, and'satiafactory basis, all the complex and difficult questions fesflljffng frbVn'thle' neW 'rWi^n8/p$;p.arr.?oJo?^ ?iifd. our-entirepeople wUl.be prepared to unite pe?ce?bljj'eneTgeticallyaTf?JBiitisfactorily Hij tfb effort* t?'!butld,3A[T^r W^tt places, an<jtefd;orce apVos^eflty^ and.contentmejjt pnprecedonted* by our^earl-ior .history. To aid in accomplishing thi?'end, to the .eitebfc of my poorabilitiesj-wafe the iead ing^purpose which 1','hafl in* view during 4he*eoWw"bat.exciting^c^^ .that lias 'ftrst.closed, and is, 1 beg to.asaare.you, ray 'fellOW'-citizens;: the object; ?tu jny highest lut?re ambition. Prior- ttO'.'-Wy -nomina tip'r^as the'Democr^tic^aindida.te'for COn gres?afrom thj's Di8tr|0^a,.nominatr6n; thai) I accept^, (CS^ypaii, ^'e^sates/to^Qj-. lumbia are aware, with: great reluctance, ?^-l'liad attended-some publie discussions. Of'ihojissues of' the.dayboy out*'ablest and most(^ distingi^is?ed,wji?libw}Wt?;e'a?j' and whilst I was aeepjy./jnjp^es^ed, yj'\t\jt .th!e\ peal'a'nd ability with wib.icb',the\sjpeakers. entered into the merits of the Presidential cnjivaks,I must eonfess that I consfdereJ' th?jspirit manifested a n d: '? 11 era n c es;used' asy/i-r^many respects, pjpgo^rdep "and jm-. politic. In other -words, itiiappo?red. to. mithat the riyje.m: wbich>:tbe canvass WaJ-opened, was7ra{b*r'? eafcnIfeCed; to un ?y$y ?x$te the ^%t\^^,o^'?ijf peppMe at* h'pmoj and toe. prejudices of., qnrjppfitical. enemies abroad, than.Ao convince, the un? derstanding and influence the;-judgment/ I, Jiherefpre, deterrnTtie^d ?tthe commence-' m.onttjof-tbe caosass, ^litfch1 iett *it'my' duty to make; to endeavor ;?b^tejraper,tbe. ardor* of debate so aiuto conciliate rather than?ezx:;te, and by atidresTjm'g myself to itbft, practical questions irivplved^'in'jjthe issues of,the day. .in a'way';Hi a t. could n o t fail- to reach the understandwgf.of 7the. ;mb6t: illiterate?produce, >if"possjbjoj- :a : unity of'feeling, sentiment and ric'tHon ;on the'par.ty.of our .entire .pppul^tioit.,.'^This line pf "policy relieved me irgpi4.Uj^'Hc<|es-.i sjity of-'assailing either the character or. perbonal pbsitiou of any one of our po? litical opponents, and promp'tefrme toMn-* siatt, asl:(j*d most strenuously ?v?ry\vh;ere',' that,' thpipeace shoujd,.jbe/'preseiXl^'alt acts "of-.violence avoided, andjPpnefpther. tlVa'nr'.legitimate means resorted'tOj/to con tr?l the pending eiectipn. And-^h'turn? ing no')^ to.? review pf'the?^'d,ri apjhot" consci<3rtt8(tbat I uttered a w^^'in'^auj'jpne of Wy.addresses l4iut/.any. i.udJ.vidual:cou Id take^personal exception.~>to- or- that could berconstrued into an'eff?i,t*'to'exci-te'the pa6sion8.39t either sections, or 'races.;' Of GenT Garant, the' 6*"anclar5-hea.%'.of' th j> opposition, I knew nothing,-except that he'had been a successful-soldier} and as siiclj, belb'nged to a^cfaas" th'at:'trreyArn'erii can l people iia^j^r^Jw^y^'i^n^^'^^1 t'o honor,:and I 6edulpusly.avo^ toon'-of'his name until.after the, result of the State elections in "Indiana/Ohioiand Permsylvauht was known/'whrchproUiicad spideprepsing an effec?'bb'pu^ I .felt it my-dtity 10;.8ay,.'on"mbre'tbapjonc occasion, that he would'doirbtless.be found branch better and wiser man than we had ?been {augtftjto regard him^that being elevated'to the; first p'fficer in "the gift of : the v American, .pe?pie, V?ncpraVn itted- a nd untrammeled us .to his future - policy"ig? noring the control of > the-more Ultra of h'isj>arty, we hatt reason to 'hppe't'hat he wtouId be influenced' by,".'wise'/counsels? that his patriotism .w?uldibc. found Jarge enough to embrace-iho iiiteresns of'. the people of the whole Union?that we need not* b^preben^d the eyila:fro,m bis adminis? tration 4pat3.^^ many (had depicted ; and that the.re'?u'Jf. of the election in our own State was of in compa&ibJy more importance to us than the result of tbe Presidential election stated then,-as I repeat now. that no mat? ter what party succeeded in-the Presiden? tial, ejectfoh^we could not hope to throw off tlie irucubus pf tyranny and oppression that has "been ' fastened upon Vine State otherwise than by our .own exertions? i through the peaceable instrumentality of the ballot-box,:under- the existing State Constitution.'' that with... the' influence und patronage of. a j)emo'cratic adminis? tration, .we would doubtless have" been able to bave accomplished that much de I sired result at an'earlier day, but that it was only, a question'of 'time, and defeat in the P.reeid.en.tial.e,lcp(,ipn should prompt Us to increased efforts to-.excite the-pride and stimulate the interest of every citi? zen of the State, without regard to race or color, to unite in one grarid and un? yielding struggle to throw oft tbe un? paralleled oppression that we are subjected to^by our domestic rulers; that, the in? terests of the White and colored popula? tion'are identical,,and their future pros? perity.or adversity entirely in their own keeping; that the :party in power will neither clothe or feed thera, but protect I ing all alike in the rights guaranteed to them by the fundamental Jaw, will leave -thero to work out their.future destiny in their own way; that: if not tho policy, the inevitable consequence of tbe admin* istraitiori of the State Government1 by the present regime -Of foreign .adventurers and their native.adberonta,; as they liafe set out, will be tD'.accomplisb the utter ruin, degradation and expatriation of a large proportion of our population.-white and colored; leaving them,.with the fresh importationsofbirds of like feather, which they intend to introduce, to revel in the homes of our fathers, nnd luxuriate on the lap of our venerated mother. Topics, like these, fellow.-citizons, en , larged upon and illustrated by a particular J analysis of" the:'principal enactments of the body which styloBitself the General Asscmbly 'of South Carolina, rind more particularly of .its financial policy, by which swarms of new officers with enor? mous salaries have beon created, to do the simple work which has heretofore been performed by public spirited citizens, without fee ot reward.'Jts vast, uhnobes dsary- and u rijastifiabl* 'i ncreasV of the pbb Jic debtj^its^enormou's^b^ tipn, and. expenditure, ^&^g^jrA^S'}ij'A'. b?dy Hvh?) in tbe-main, own no,property, ,'and' pay' no faxesy together with" the. in? ternal ' reven ue'an d "jlntiff systems oHthe ?Ignited States, t>y,>vlnc? sfty thing" in; .the-previons,jfinanci?t uisipiry.S>X 'Gbvernm'ent,;discriminat}ons are made in "favor'of/thp rfcb 'tfndAgainst/the ?popri-in-, .favpj^pf^ ? wiheareby. the rjcji/Wi I Ljfrow jric'? e*r|:aiyd'tn'e' poor- poorer,; until.vye -wilt have, i af?Mtii.pn,. of -lords and - vassals - (th* .freedom. o.f;the? few colored .people South,^having{'been sub'stitt^ slavery, of ^ peoplej.iwbite. and ..co'lored^Nprth, and. South;-? ^TopioH -like these; I eayffellow.-; citizen s.h'nve bonStiCuteii' thastapleof;the. n?m'e'rb^s'pu^nt* ^ddres'?s'l'^?'ve 'had the' ?privilege of making, to this people during thei'recentiBresidentiai campaign. Jfi, wie' Counties below this, where the..%colpred, populatioh we mdbh m?renumer?us.lhan with"' us, I was fa vor ed wi th' the' opportu ni ty, ofadd r'essi ip g.largei'n.u.nVb^era" of themi' on .divers occasions, and Ugiyes.rae pleas ureito state that I -invariably-found them, not only <anxious;to bear-all that- might bje ? sai d, j but" re'adi Jy' i m^fres.sed by reason-1 ihg addresseii to their utfderst'^ specting .their 'personal/.,#.e.cbri.iaiy,, and, ]>ohtical:iutereste.?:.:I endeavored..to, con-, vince nhem of'tbe:i truth; that^ the only real friends' they, now have.left upon the wliple face of, the . earth, are their'fbVrner owners,?the; whites.; wjth ..whom ,,th.ey have-been raised,, that they know, nnd:by whora'they are intimately known. iTAiat whilst their necessity1"is'' 'regular'tfett pi ro^fi t ?jbl ?! e m pi by rae;n t,^ l^hs, ^fflH,"-^1 - ?"1 th'e'.land ^wner-. is' Steady and. reliable* labor/ - That the two races being-mutual-,: ly'dependent ion each'other, if deft to: adjust.tbeii; own relations/ would '.readily acooinmodatp..t^in'gs.s9 'as/ip''seteqi^. the highest atta inabie degree of prosperi ty a nd contentment, to each.' > But-Ahat, to- insure: peace" and prosperity;'the' 'employerarid' ?mplpyee itiiistTnecessarily bo ?n'f terms of. peVs.onal;arid^. ppliucal. fricii dain^^art^T that such-.a friendshipijt iautteriyimpossi? ble to maintainj if they Continue to affili? ate witb'V'ptrYty :Whoae'-'policyy:w' the 0pInion, of their employe rsf,"'is'Jaaktru61 iWS? of their' highest and duu res, t.. 1 nteres'ts^, Q'ha-t. next to.-their- honor,-mankind gen", erally aro disposed to defend their rights of .property, and that the burthen of taxation' to 'which-our poverty-stricken common wealth isSubjected by'the-:Fcderai and State' Governments' under -Radical rule,--is'* so utterly ruinous to our entire^ population', that'the* man at the South who sustains'that parly in-its premedita ted oppression, roight.juslly-be regarded as a public enemy,--r-nay ;moro, as in.some degrceptheenemy.pf: every: good,citizen.. .That it- was ,not. to ..be expected,- that, persons ? desiring Jabprece?or # Mp," .to use a New-. En'glanjj^p.lu'ase-rT-.w.o.altl., etn-. ploy, .those, who,, were; opposed .and*vun?. [friendly to their interests, personally.or. |x> 1 itic? 1 lyj-^ad ,1, a.ppealccl, to ...them'. to. state whether they would-do so, if they .were themselves;'Ienii:?6yers, and was :invariably and promptly answered, in the ? negative. That.'employees as a general rule,.. in ...ail.' countries, .and' of; all rjvecs, readily- acquiesce .in? the -Judgment ,and wishes of thcir?mployersr as'to-.tlie por-t' sons or party they.shall support at politi ; cal'elections.. .Thatthis: was particularly j the case in tho Northern States,' where it is^veir'kn^ invariably' marches" his ' white ^operative to the polls-with the.ballot ;in,his;liandi j which is' deposited as directed,-with: the ; pfetteflent umieretandingT^at^Wre-veTi I tures jt^^isr<^^di4he/?iJ,ecti,pos/given him, lie is to' be promptly "dismissed from j service. That this .is, bqt-. a^ practical illustration of ttfe-influence r^Lat capital exercises- over labor: everywhere," :and accounts,1 In a great moasure, for the unanimity of political sentillYebt''in tbe manufacturing towns of New England. That this accord between the capitalist and laborer is essential to the profits and income Of each', at all times and in all places, and more enpeciallj- so at the South at this^tiipp. where pui; highest intei*cBtsldieniaritl tlm't Wf -people Should bo a unit in all things. ' That in'this State, there should be but ono party, and tho dictates of an enlarged patriotism demand, that every voter, white and colored, from the sea-board-to-the.-moun? tains,, should; stand-in solid phalanx to resist the oppressive taxes and penalties heretofore fastened upon us by Radical misrule, an^ ^jjeb-looms- up*- inliriitely more terriBc in the Tuttire7from the ac? tion of the existing-Legii-latnro of South Carolina. <?? explained to 'the colored poople how, perhaps, one . half of thoir hard earpings are at present taken fronv them indirectly, without thoirknowledge, by KadidiFCon'grossional legislation, and thereby -the-wages of labor reduced, and the prices, of. tho: necoss.aries.'-of life in? creased,until with all their efforts, they, together with the poor 'of all races and colors,: arc comparatively speaking, per petuully the objects of hunger and. want; and it gives me ploasuro to state, that I found no person so illiterate as not to understand.and Jipprcciate why it iB that be now has to pay, if purchasod at'retail anywhere in this State, one dollar for three pounds of Rio coffee, whilst prior to the war he could purcliase eight or nine pounds - pT the same' article lor a dollar,?whon'it was explained that the import duty?tax?on.'coffee, imposed by a- K?dical Congress is five cents personnid in gold, whilst during tho whole previous history-of the Government coffoe was ad mitted free? of dutyj-^-paid- no tax what? ever; nor could any one fail-, to.perceive how it is that the.-Radical party by its system of taxation, discriminatos in favor of the rich and against the poor, thus re? versing tho rule adopted and acted upon by the Democratic party from tbe foun datjon of .t.her Government, .until "it was expelled from power; when it is ex? plained that although the poor man lias to pay to tho Govern mon t a tax or five ?Qen tp per pounil 'jn gold on" every pound ?of coffee tiebtiysj ari'd'ani equivalent- !tax on i'very oiher necessary of life which he '^consumes; tne';Northern capii?lia?- who owns firs' thousands''and lens of thousands ???f '?hlMrt'^w?rth'-'?f Gevernment bonds,' they'principai:;and ' interest of which ' is payable inlgbld,,:to be-extorted from .the ,'hard earnings of the poor man by direct #ndr>indirect'itsrxatioh, is.not himself re-: quired to puy a farthing-of taxes to . the Government. Isay that:thcse illustrations 'ieomedlaheiaDderstood^and, .appreciated by the most illiterate, and prepared them, jo put a proper estimate;-on the honesty ahd.sipceri.tyj^'/:lhpse.1wj)0 pretend -that the? Kadieal; party ;ia: the. friend of4the colored im?ivior'i the poor ^man of -any class; and it is well-known that we are all poor in this 'couhtry'at present. -I also, attempted .to; show ? tb those, who might chance /to,'be a "little' obtutfe.in' perT ceiving the enormous proportion of their, Jiard earnings that they pay to the-Federal j^overnmefft'Hn/in.dfrect taxes,* how they would very"soon Vealizo the amount tbey would hav? to^'pay, directly, to the" State Govern meht; if' the enormous aystem of taxation and expenditures, inaugurated by the powers that 'be; is persisted in. That',' tb^B?y nothing of the unjustifiable increase 'of the public deWby millions of dofla^-by f?llig the.bills of the Bank of the State at. their par value,, which had been purchased "up at,eight or ten cpnts :ori: the-dollar, and are held by -Northern ?specuj?'t?rs';'by the issue of several other million'si of bonds to aid. certain railroad companies; by the-.expendituro of nearly, half a million by a so-called Convention arid Legislature, and otherwise, the in? terest on all'vvhTch has' to'be paid annu? ally, fro air Jt4e- .ty?1. ancl sweat ol the ;po'or laborer,.- the..lordiriary-rexpcnsos of tlie State government, as it is proposed to runit,'will ^moitnt annually to probably ten",times'tlie/.'suin'.'we were'? reqnired to pay in tli.e .daysof our.hig]i'estfp.rosperity.: That oven tho expenses, of collecting the taxes*; nnder the -system inaugurated, w il I. av^oiln't to more-?rinurflly. than the entire' expenses, of tho Staie:'government at any time v.b.cfbYe . .the war. . That to add to the symmetry and beauty oft,tbis, sysr tem,,1iwe"h"ave? been, suddenly-converted, on'',"'papery into a great and prosperous people. by. the enactment, almost, 'verba- j tim et UteralWt-?i-ync statutes on the same subjects of Massachusetts, Vermont, or sorive'other New England State, where an exceedingly dense population, and? gr^at . wealth, excuses, if it does not jus? tify, .so complex, and expensive a ma? chinery ;,but. which, with us,, with our sparse population and-extreme poverty, will give to almost " every foreigner and ?native, white afifiiated with that parly an office, at a,rate of compensation that will enable them, in a fow years, thus indi? rectly to confiscate and appropriate-to their'bwn usp'/a large proportion- of the little property remaining in'"the State. That such, indeed, seems, to be the settled ipnrpose of the existing State authorities, as is evidenced" bj'the land system thoy propose to establish.- A land commission, consisting,of a number of well paid per? sons, is to be appointed, whose .duty it will bo tobuy.up for the State all lands that are sold for taxes, or that can be purchased othorwise at low rates;, and to enable them;to p^'i for these lands, it is proposed' tojssue at the. outset three mil? lions of'State boncis,' which will be put upon the market and sold for cash at what they wjli bring The threo millions bei?)g appropriated, another and another like sum.m.ay.irom,time to time be sub? stituted, until the State has reclaimed a title to 'its: entire territory, m The lands thus acquired, are to be divided into forty or fifty acre lots, and made subject to pre-emption, , as the. public lands of tho West; upon the person who enters paying one-third of the valuation in cash, and giving bond, and security $o pay the bal ance.in, two or three }'oars. That it is falsely, and fraudulently represented .to the colored man that he will in this way, I which is neither more nor leas than abso? lute robbery, be enabled to acquire the forty acres of .land, which he has long been" led by Radical promises to expect; when it is well known that if the lands of" the present proprietors aro sold tor taxes, or by compulsion otherwise, no na? tive citizen of'the State, white or colored, will be able to acquire one foot of them, bur that, being open to pre-emption upon j payment of the value fixed ou them, the teeming population, native and foreign, of the New England and Northern Slates, who are-crowded for elbow-room, and where greenbacks arc plenty "as autumn leaves in. Vallambrosa," will swarm down upon .us like the locusts of Egypt, and occupy our entire territory, to the utter exclusion of our native population, of all races and colors. That such is unques? tionably, tho end and aim..of the inaguifi cent R}'8tem of expenditures and taxation which is about to Jje inaugurated. But these taxes are to be imposed exclusive!}' on property, and ,the idea is held out to the cbiored nice, and all thoso who own no p'ropcrt3y that they will escape tho burthen that others arc subjected to. Not so, but on the contrary they will neccssa- j rily be the greater sufferers. I take it (that the landholders of the State under? stand their own intorosts, and so far as their own action is concerned, will be able to take 'care of thomselveB. To do tliis, they will bo compelled to make the employee, the laboror, pay his full proportion of the taxes they aro subjected to, and if the laborer is Radical in his proclivities, and has contributed-by tho ballot to tho ruin of his own countrymen, he should, and will bo compelled to pay, in a way he will understand, the lion's share of tho taxes imposed t0 run the ma-1 chine-he .has helped to construct. For example?A. owns a farm of the value of ono thousand dollars, the amount, of the.. Homestead exemption, which, by the by, cannot avail against taxes or public dues. During this year ho paid certain laborers ten dollars per month wages, and to oth? ers he gave ono-thirdof the crop produ? ced; by them. Before the crop is pitched another year, he .is required to pay ono hundred .dollars State taxes on .his farm. This hcmust necessarily provide for, and can do so in no other way than by throw ing4t-o&4>nUij?-employces,. by.,gi ving to those to whom he-paid^ ten. dollars per month heretofore, six dollars'per nionth hcreafterj and to those to whom he gave one-third "of the crop heretofore, one-" fifth hereafter, to be fixed irrevocably in his contract. This result is both just and natural, as"evejj man'white and colored must perceive-'atouce,1 and it Cannot fail to'convince them that we are alike.inter? ested in-throwing off the incubus of Rad? ical^ misrule. ???>'. , But having satisfied- the- colored , man by reason and argument that his inter? ests are identical ivitb those of .the, white man, it became necessary .to cxposo to his understanding the fraud and falsehood by which.his credulity and fears had been excited, in. relation, to his emancipation and his future status as a freeman:' He had been taught to. believe that he had been freed by tlieRadicuI p?rty, and that if the Democracy were successful in the Presidential election he would be re? manded to slavery. It is painful to know that even "men Who drifted South as the hangers on of a victorious armjyand re? mained here as a part of its debris, to fill their carpet-bags^wjth the scanty earn? ings of both the white and colored races, and then decamp to'1 their own country, should have 'united in propagating such 'unmitigated and mischievous-'fakehoods But the fact, was nevertheless-so,-and it ,bad to be met. As to the mode by which tlrt slave became free, it is admitted that he was practically emancipated by the results of the >war,'but he is really more in? debted to the Confederate thau the.United States army-for the- fact. The .former began and persevered -in; the contest which ended "in- bis freedom, in despite of, the offer held out by Mr. Lincoln, the .bead of the Radical party, as also by:tbe Radi? cal Congress of the United States, up to the first of January, 1863, that an aban? donment of the .contest on ou,r part should, secure to-us tbe perpetuation of slavery. This the South refused to do, preferring rather to give up slavery than abandon tho contest for self-government,.in which, after years of sectional strife, they had been led to engage. Therefore, the' South, on the first of January, 1863, consented to give up slaver}r, upon being defeated in tbe contest of arms. But it we admit that they were practically emancipated by the army of tbe United States alone, then that was not emancipation by the Radical party.* That army was composed of both Radicals and Democrats, and, generally as we were adviaed, much the largest proportion of the latter, and it was not, therefore, the act of a party, but of the American pe?ple..iB?t; however, their practical emancipation may have been accomplished, they were never legally free until the people of the South in their own State Constitutions, and by tho ratifica? tion of an amendment to the Constitution of'the United States, unanimously declared them free, and that slavery should neuer again exist in the broad limits of the American Union; and to sustain their freedom, thus established and secured, every Democrat in.tbe United States is pledged by the.ballot, by principle and' by honor, and every white native of the Southern States by his solemn oath in writing, which is filed with the archives of the country. Not so, however, with the Radicals as a party. On the contrary, whilst falsely and corruptly charging that tho success of the Democracy would re? establish slavery, they have themselves took a position that would enable them to affirm, consistently, if their interest prompted them to do so, that the colored peoplo have never been emancipated, and aro, to-day, legally the slaves of their former owners. By the Reconstruction Acts they, in effect, affirm that the terri? tories South, formerly knowu as States, were not Stales at the close of the war, but conquered provinces. If this position be correct, then .slavery has not been abolished, for the people of mere prov? inces could neither have mado constitu? tions for themselves, or ratified the amendment to tho Constitution of tho United States abolishing slaver}"; and it would remain to-day, as it stood when the Northern merchant-man and specula? tor forcibly brought the negro from his native country and sold him to the South ! ern planter, thus establishing an institu? tion that has recontly become revolting to most'of the civilized world; But, my fellow-citizens, I am sure you will say, as I said to the colored people on all occasions, that it is absurd ai.d ridiculous to discuss this question, ovon to meet a most malignant falsehood, and but for the illiterate character of that people, it would havo been so. Thoy are.free, and no party or individual in the United States or in the world, will ever again evon think of remanding them to slavery. If, however, they continue to countenance the persons or party who propagate such falsehoods amongst them, and suffer thomselves alienated from their fellow citizens of tho white race by men who aro deliberately plotting the pecuniary and social i*nin of all classes South, they will realize ere long that tho boon of free? dom is a curse instead of a blessing. I am ploufed, however, to be able to ex? press tho opinion, that the colored people of this Stats, and particularly of tho Third Congressional District, are being rapidly enlightened as to their true interests, and that tho time is at hand when they will be zealous to drive from our territory .those wh'o have so basely deceived them,' and cordially unite' with their former 'Owners and friends in building np a pros purity and happiness that we are ?ll now .strangers to. " i Having informed myself of the change of ?sentiment that was' rapidly taking place amongst the colored voters of this Congressional X>istrfet, I' wits not sur? prised at the result of my own election. I knew/that mfge numbers of them would vote' with the Democratic party, whilst the great "mass lind determined to stay' away-from the polls, and have nothing more io do; with elections until better in? formed as tbf heir true interests, by testing practically the sincerity of the contending parties; and it is to this commendable de? termination pb their part that we are in? debted for the overwhelming victory achieved in the Third District, which would have ' been still more' crushing if the: people of "gallant old Edgefied had j.been permitted to participate in tbe elec \ tiori; for there I found that most of tho citizens. ' white and ' black, felt that ! whether in a State or territory,tbey were , still Carolinians, and disposed to join in a huzza for their country and thoir coun | try men. I I know it has been charged by tbe op? position, and as tho newspapersstate, by my late opponent; Judge Hegej that tho colored voters- were kopt away from tbo polls by intimidation. The allegation, so ? I far as my observation and information 1 evtohds, is utterly groundless; and, in? ^dee'd, the result of the election incontesti J)ly proves it so. The}- went to the polls -wherever they desired; throughout the j Congressional". District, and cast a large Radical vote without hindrance or raoles fa'tion anywhere; and I venture io affirm that a mure quiet' and orderly general election was- never heldin any State in tho"Union.: If; they labored under any .intimidation, other than that produced by the fear of loss of employment, which I have-?|iown it is entirely legitimate and : natural the employee should .be subjected to by the employer, then it w'asas ground? less as was the intimidation, of my late competitor, Mr. Justice H?ge, when he fled froni this' place on the- night of the 16th of October last. There was not the : slightest cause, for his intimidation or flight, nnless it arose from a conscious ncss of the' unholy work in which he was- engaged, iri' trying to stir up strife: and alienation between :the white aud colored races. If, however, he is pos? sessed of the usual-silent monitor within, which it is generally thought is difficult to find about'perpons following, the.busi? ness in" which he was en aged elsewhere than in the recesses of their port-monies, then-he may have had cause of apprehen? sion? "For conscience makes cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o;er with ibe pale cast of thought." Even this cause, however, could not have operated to intimidate and keep colored voters from the polls; and it is not true that they were intimidated. On the contrary, most of those who did not choose to vote with their employers and friends, absented themselves of their own accord, influenced chiefly by the causes I have already mentioned; and hence their conduct in the recent election should commend them to the confidence and kindness of our entire white popula? tion, as did their patriotic and praise? worthy deportment during the war, and generally since its close. It is true that a large number of them, unable to throw off! the party shackles with which they liiid been; bound, and chiefly on account ol intimidation from the threatenings of the "Loyal League," as it is falsely termed, adhered persistently to the opposition in the late contest; but it is very difficult now to determine who they were. They are generally heartily ashamed of it, and ready to exclaim, "thou canst not say I did it;" and my advico, fellow-citizens, is, that those of them who are earnestly re? pentant should receive a full and free pardon, with the hope, that having seen the error of their ways, they will go "and sin no more." In conclusion, allow me to suggest, fellow-citizens, that although disappoint? ed in the leading result of the recent election, it cannot fail to have taught us many important lessons, and if we possess ourselves in patience, the day-star of our deliverance will soon be seen rising above the political horizon. Amongst other things, we havo learnt that even the uni? versal enfranchisement of the colored race, forced upon us, and maintained by mili? tary power, in violation of tho express letter of the Constitution of the United . States, is not, it foreign influence wore removed, and we wore left to ourselves, tho intolerable grievance we had appre? hended. That in this State, as elsewhere, intelligence and wealth is competent to mould the politics of the country, and that at an early da}', South Carolina may and will be remanded to the govern? ment of South Carolinians. That to se? cure this result the sooner, it is essential that we should yield to some extent our preconceived opinions on tbe subject of suffrage, and unite on the platform laid down recently by tho Central Lxocutive Committee of the Democratic parly, which assures the colored man that when re? stored to power,, wo will promptly and ungrudgingly securo to him a liberal qu'alifiod suffrage, based on education and. property. This will not only be just, but is satisfactory to tho intelligent portion oH.hem, as I have had ample assurance. ! They well know that the present condition of things is unnatural and unjust. They know that the Constitution expressly provides that the States shall regulate "the elective franchise, each for itself. That Congress has no power to interfere in the mattor, and that one rule for the South end another Jbr the North cannot cod