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: ,f|f?!S iPlnfil;
At!fiie;'G?op^entaxy Demonstration, in
honor, ci' his ^ectionAto>:Congress, pn
Tie^ay uighi, mmi^i^^fW:
Ih^?^?^??^'^^^. <tbc ptoinise'*inade:j
?rs^?l^twjcsi^^pet of:-the?>remarka<<if
.*. to in tbe- beading:.ws>."&!- **,-??ii ? j.m.;"
:^he^b^iii^
..?uiM.es^al^hda.r? bearers'of the National
Dei?^?^^Partj^in Souifa? Carolin:^ at
t h_e^fee^t>*<Blectio n- w it hon t ? reference*' to
any^-^^;i?"jra!^? itferifr^bn;m^';part; h??4
?--??- tioh ;.^.rth- w.h ich ^T0K^^f^h?<^T^iMf
th^evehiffg. -. -?Vdlyet, I 'not only, thank
fciytte;^cqn^l^ent?r
yfflfCTtgg^bft?d!fly pay ?taeif)*i?feonaMy,i
but;\cbidiall? unite with vou in your coo
g^tulatl?^ another
op~portUD.i^ hisl3een afforded the ei tizens
. ot't?u^beloved:b{dCiJDn?nt?TrweaIth,-to ap
pr?aelV. ?ie Coaltpt. bpxj;a?do:jttnito thsir
Toip&Jh^tl'ie choice. 'oTAhf?* w?frfo^ to
fa)er the destraTeav
fello w-ci tizens^after ys'ara of -disfranchise-*
roe??Wd io^?s^qn^e;tqTOanv .gfoofli:
's- joicihgVto "our entire pqpu lation j and that
? the recent election, the'first that many of
yon'-.-had( participated.ij^for years, al
. thbugVcohducted with" unusual ardor and
enthosiasm/ahqnJd have.-passed off ,withr
?out popular'tblhult.br violence, isvoot ou
ly cause ?l personal-congratulation to ev->
. ery i^zenrbf tho StatSy but affords; the
fp^ig^ost pqs^ible^evi'denCe' that our-' popu:
latipnlf&?e^^^ 'oP
' Ifae^&ftij&j1 i^^^j^^rpJ6j^^iik& of the;
/ -law's,'f?f' cne'^ooiitry. True, .fellowt-citi
zeas,.you ijav.o beeh-.defeated ih\tbe para-.
^tinount objepf .of-tlie gr^atcjontest through
-whichSiondiave^^
earnestlyyhoped^and beiieve.d,that Hora-..
ti ?"&dy"ia? dri'-fb ?d nftin* go ish'e d 'citizen1 an d
. statesman'of"New Ybrk^would be elevated
'^ui^^?hih^^kM?.i gteAt..pijp.$rir?
enes; w*is~dom and statesrnanship-,tlie Cob-,
stftutip^^
cations' ?ec'e^^ri^. afcp^nlished Jby the
-war, would have been| sp^eediTyi "restored
. tp ihefutility,,energy and .'j)uri.ty nvith
?which it was eirdowed by-.the fathers of
the Republic.. But:'aKbbhgti defeated in
\ seehring:tne^dmfnistia'tlve' agent' whom,
they desired, the -National Democracy
' ?: have on strut ed 'Chat " there, is life in
the/old land yet," and "that, but'..for the
iinh^?ndedvi>ersooal popularity of j&fifa
(ir?iU^a^'pf/phlarity, 'l?-entufco to/say,?
several hundred thousand.votes greater
than the. strength b?j?he patty who nom?
inated "him ? thO'^Sult of thb^election
would have sbPwr^an . overwhelmjng ma?
jority of tbj? ^American people conserva?
tive in therr^Hentiraents, and ipdSvor of
the immodiaU^e^tor^
? States to the i?nibh;'-freed-4i'Tjtti the fet
. ters^af^hejiecpo^tr^^ trhe
otjberinof^Uie^pej^etira'ted against, them
"' by the extremes of Radicalism, on terms
of ?perfeet equality with thb~other States.
..- T^IfSift? cofKect^in -jthis7ppinipp,-then itb?
'-c^n'tesir. thatr^as^en'^ageid^b
' pf^ff?c'in'im^^ ts th'e Soii^h?
an^d/'pjaj;.;!^
of ohOj who nominally the head;bf,thebp^
position, is so," far uncommitted by personal
pjedgesy pr 'the slastic platform of his parr
" ty,-trat'stTSthiued by/this'cbh8eryatism'",of
the^whble 'country ?^-ieldin'g jlo ths;jihl
. p'ul?e?.of an. enlarged patriotism, and de
siring^^anakjB^himself firs^n|peacs as in
waiv.w^l hiiventrin., his p^oVe^ tb secure
the resf?rJrfityn^aSd rodeTiipftorr of his
country, "including the down-trodden and
'Battering South, more speedily and cer
- tiipb^itbat^.^ei-qaps arrj'Aothei?man in
?^errCar' 'Ai -aHSrvents; thelRVaW fibpls
;ahd consolations, that now that the smoke
o? battlenias"*cloar"ed away,^ahdv we are
permitted, tq review tho field calmly and
disp?ssijLin'atsly:, Lwb shpuid-^seize /.hpldj'pt
a"nd cherish as afi anchor to tho soul, in
this o,tfi, dsy'Of!tribulati?n:'^It?w51l noverj
. -do to despair of our countiy. It cannot
. be, that an "experience of eighty years,
ihas.fjextipguished inr the. ^bq'soins. ;pf ]th[e
Americaiv.pcoplej tlWrSpirit pf |ih]erty and
free govotaniCent:- No, my&A I aw citizens,
it in not dead but sieepeth, and'it. may be
as before reuiarked, notwithstanding the
terrible forebodings .we have indulged,
?that Gen.-Grant is the ;roan ^ordained ^of
.Piovi'deride, to rela'ndie the fird3WF(I(p6r
ty, lead us AHl^of the wilderness of des?
pair, at]a-Tesftofe onf country to its former
oonditi^n of fraternity and pres])erit3'. In
one woid, thbogh blaaten ws are not de?
stroyed;; We. must.." never give up the
?hijEf^: ;
*^tfui;n>ll^
Ana hoi&Qyt coj&^'ihoTxi^iL.*'
3i%tr?e?p^~c^^^ in
?ho<-J?r<^dsh'ttar
prb?d-^io^soiaijbn^^
mocracyib^^s^siicice^
?sanguine 'fanticipatibn'^^^
?.of bur frvftif^p?eS^^^^m^^^ttti,
.And that bot'4'or'tha fiffie^andiJ^uctive
?influences that have be^rtf^eaby those
* -who are strangersjto our people, and in
4ho main enemies'to our./.prosperity, to
^?Btrarigerths recently enfranchised class
-of:our. citizens from ,,their. allegiance to
itbeir friend^ and-tbeir State, we would
'"to-day have stood before the world a unit
in sentiment and action, from the seaboard
, tq the. r?ountains. This result, so gi:ati
fying in itself and so important in its con:
-TSftquences, shonlcLgo very .fur towards re?
conciling us to tho:Natiqnal defeat we
liave ortCbiintereO. -Itis hei'e in tho State
.of. Sonth. Carolina that all' the interests,
roost' miportaht to us as a people, are to
? be developed and jnain tain ed ; and, if'left
,tp; ourselves, the day is not far distant
?when.we will ??be- able to settle 'upon-A just,
?and satisfactory basis, allfthe complex and
difi$^ulii questions'.restfl.tmg; fvtSm'iVfcf new
'r'elaiifchs-pi^pur^coh^^ and.,
ourentire'people will.be prepared to unite
pedceablyjenergetically ferfdAbtisfactorily
Fri aii effort to'bu?ld:,up^'our' wftete places,
and enforce apVos^erfay'aridp^
Unprecedented' by our^eiu:Iie> .history.
To aid in accomplishing thieiend, to the
,ettbbt of my poofabiiitibsj-wais the lead- ]
;ing!.purpose which I^had in* view during]
'^He^so^iiewhatlexcitin^^^paign that lias
dirst-.closed, and is, 1 beg,.tp.'assu.re.you, my j
TelloWloitizens; the object: ^t'rjny-highest
'ifutnre ambition. Prior ito^nry nomina
tib^'as the'Democrit!C^hd)dat^ Cdn
gre.s8^.from this Di8tr|c^a.rjiominatron.:
that) I\accepted, sa.S; ypur, delegetes/to^o-.
lumbia are a warn, with: great, reluctance,
'?m^had attended-some publie discussions:
of'theLlseues of'the.day/,',byPur'abfeBt and
]most, disting^is?ed ? '.i'eIjow-ciilf?Stis: sind
whilst I .was jdeepjyVr'injp^wsj?j?! vfit.jj'.the*.
^eal'aind ability with whicbithe.speakers,
?entered into the merits of the Eresidential
can!vass, I must confess that I-considered'
th?/apirit manifested an|f'u'ttferiinces/usedr
aSjVHijmany respects, upgu^rdep* .and jm-'
politic. In other words, it appeared- to.
me^that the style in which,the canvass
.wjfo'-ppened, wasTathe'f'? Cajeulh?ed:to un
frujy ex-cjte thei^^^^y?^j^^^f at'
homo; and tfie prejudices pf-'/o^pofitteal.
enemies abroad, thanjtocpnvince.t'he.un?
derstanding and influence the-judgment/
Ij [iherefpre, determined.?tthe ComTnctlee
m.ont?of 4,he cans ass, flitch ^.'.ifetV'it ] my'.
duty to make, to-endeavor i'q^e^rap^r.the
ardor* of ;debate so as4.o -conciliateratber
than.excitp, and by addresniivg myself to
?theij practical questions invplyed^'ih jltbe'
'isBU.ee of,the day. in a'way^lbijt^oufd^of
fail- to reach the understandmg^df Tthe.
;m??t- illiterate?produce, * impossibles i&i
'unity ofTeeling, sentiment and ridtfio'n "on
thppart jbf our .'entire rpVp^J^'Vf^.^^This'
line pf policy relieved me' Irpm^th^cc^s-,'
sity of ?'assailing either the pbara'cter or.
pei^qnaTjtositiou of any one of our po?
litical deponents, and promp'tetr me Co-in-*
sisfc, as.ljdjd moststrenuoqsly ?y?ry\yh!ere','
tha-tl tlie :peace shoujd, (^ifj^?|?^gfal|
acts of--violence avoided, andinoflerpther.
tlVa'rh legiti m a te means resorted. to,/to CO n
ti'bTthe. pen ding election. Aud;Mh 'turn?
ing noyv, tp. a. review'pfWe ^6ld,'t}a^ not
conscifl^iSithat I uttered_a^vjqi.^i?'vuu^'jpne
of fny addresses jthatrany. indi vidual.c?u 1 d
takfl^personal exception/tor'-or- that could
be^cpn.strued into an'effoit^to'excite'the
passions ;ot 'either eejjticYj^ ;' Of
Gen. Greint, the B^n?arS?'ear.^
opposition, I knew nothing,.except - that
he' had been a successful. soldier} atfd as
siic?, b?'lojnged to b';cfasS th'atytr<'evAm'erii
can I people have-'*'!wayy;;'delighted' f? |
honor,:and I sedulously,avoided.t'hejpeii- J
tiom-of his name until.after the, result of
the State1 elections in Indiana,lOliio;and
Pennsylvania 'was kno wn,'whicb produced
so.depressui'g an effect'iingirt p.eoplb;:th?t
?I fek i tuvy-tltity to.say^qn"mbre tban^np
occasion, that he woulddoubtless.be found
;u* fn'?ch betterand'wiserman'than- we"had
been taught Jto regard liim-^thai being
eleyated' to the. first office,'' in the gift of
the.?. American, .people",.'?n cpmW{UedT aud.
un trammeled as tains' future- policy, ig
; norlng the control'of; the innre ultra of
j h'is$arty,'we had: reason to'liope'that he
would be influence^'.'byl:'.'.w|8eVco^uriseIs?
that his patriotism/jwpulu^bc.ip^ large
enough to embrace.tJlhe interest?;of-the
people-of the whole Union?that we need
not apprehendI the evihj from his adminis?
tration 3(*t ^M^^r0^^*^?^0^"* ?j
many phad depicted /and that tfiereeult of
I the eleetion in our own State was o? in
c?nVparably more importance to us than
the result of the Presidential eIection^.VJI
stated then,-as I repeat now\ that no mat?
ter what party succeeded.in^the Presiden?
tial, .ejectionj"we cOuld not ho'pe tb throw
off the Hjcubas of tyranny, and oppression
that has been' fastened upon 'the State
otherwise .than by our .own exertions?
through the peaceable instrumentality of
the ballot-boXjiunder the existing State
Constitution.)' that with , the'' influence
ana patronage of. a j)emo'crati6 adminis?
tration, .we would, doubtless have"been
able to baye accomplished that much de?
sired, result at an-earlier day, but that it
was only.a question'of 'time, and defeat
in the presideplLia.l election 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 off the un?
paralleled oppression that we are subjected
to by our domestic ruJersj that, the in?
terests of the white and colored popula?
tion are identical,','and their future pros?
perity ,or- a.dvcraity entirely in their own
keeping; that the :party in power will
neither clothe or feed them, but protect
ing all alike in the rights guaranteed to
them by the fundamental law, will leave
them to work put their.future destiny; in
their own way; that i if not the policy,
the inevitable consequence of tbe admin
istratjoii of the State Government-by the
present regime ;.0f foreign .adventurers
and their native .adherents, as they hav~e
set out, will bo to accomplish;. th.e utter
ruin, degradation- and expatriation of a
large proportion of our population.-white
j and eoiofed; Iedving them1, with the fresh
rmportationaofbirdsof lilte feather, which
they intend to introduce, tor revol in the
home"'?t our fathers, and luxuriate on
the lap of our venerated mother. .
Topics, like .these, fellow-iltizons, en?
larged upon and illustrated by a particular
analysis of the:'principal enactments of
'the body which stylos itself the General
As8cmbly"'of South Carolina, and more
particularly , of Jts 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,
witbontfee or reward.' Jts vast, uhnoces
sfiaixitad a.rij dstifiiib/le incgcf?sj?fof the pu:b
Jic l?e.b'tj" i Ij^^PJTffi^il^S^^^^^?^ taxa?
tion, and. expenditure,, iqaagiiy&\e&'$j{ a ,
body"ivhe, in the-main, own no-property,
sand pay ho taxesy together with" the- in*
iermil' revertue^ii'nd^tiirih* systems oflthe5
?UjnitedJStages, oy .jvlucOn?'ke ifiij tftinF
in; theprWions.iUiancjal histp'vy .o/the
'Gbyerrrment,;discri rni nati one are made inj*.
.fay?r of;the| h'cbr'ttnd;againstthe -poory in-.
, favo^pf'.'the; %e? :ah d' a'gn i n eft: "the.' 'ro'a'ny,:
j* wjhegei)j. the ^^^y?;^pfi^[oVi1b'e"
po or> poorer,; u n til, ,vve".,w'i it hVv,e>', a..paUp'ri.
of -lords and -vassals j-.<the:ireedom. Qfi thea
.few colored people South^havingibeen
. su ^^^j^^m^t^^mi^ 'domestic1'
'slavery of thegreat mass of .the American"
' people^'White? and -colored^ jjtfoftfr, apjdj
South-.'! ;Topics 4ike these; i say-ffellowv
: citizens, have constieu ted' the staple-of ;the>
.' nume rou s p'rfblid a'ddres'ses-lQia'v'e ,had'the;
?privilegedf maUijng/i.o the people dp'ring
the.recent^Prcside^tiai ca^
^Counties below this, where the.:.colored;,
pbrj?l?tiohaTe mdbh 'm?renumerous..than
wittfuri,I was'fay?r?d with' Che opportu
nity.oj? add jr essi,pg.large n.um'bers p'f them'
on divers-occasi.b.ns, and it giyes'.rae' pfeas-'
ureito state that Linvariably?fopnd thpnv
not only ?nxions'to hear- all that- might
bfe^said,^qt^f?ladi^imp'ressed by reason
ing addressee! to their understandi^
specting .their 'personal!'.,jpecdniary,, an$.
political interests. . I endeavored, to, con-.
v.inee 'them of,tb'e"truth' thati-the only
real friends' fhey now have.left upon the
wliple face b? 'the dearth,; are their'fbVm'er
owners,-the.; .Whites.,w'ith .whom ',.tl?ejf
have-been raised,, that they know, nndby,
whom-they are intimately known. >. $kat
wlijlst thejf necessity--is' 'regular' fttt;
prpfilajble^ of
the - i-land-p w n er ? is' steady :.ana. '?elia bl e?
labor; -That the;two races being-mntualr
ly " dependent ;on each "other, if i6ft to:
adjust .their own relationsywouldj.r'eadily
accb'mmodat?,tbin'g8'.,s9 'a8/tp''s^qr^.'the;
highest-attainable degree of .prosperityand.
contentment, to each.'i -Bnttthat, to- insure
peace; rind 'prosper!ty.;'tHe'-'ewiploybr'-arid*
?mplpy'ee. miis'tr nVces\e!?j.,i]lyi!b'?' pn:'terms
of. pe"r&on.al;and .pplitfcaj .''fricn^siVip^fi.b^'
that such.a friendship it.is.?tterly.Jmppssi-'
ble to maintaioj if they continue to amii-.
ate With'a'puVty -whose*-policy,-'in* the
opinion of their employer^ ^
of tKeir "highest and'($oares,t,jntercs'ts,,
That- next tortlieir' honor,-mankind geh-,
erally are disposed to defend theirrights
of property, and that the burthen of
taxation to 'winch -onr poverty-stricken
commonwealth is Bubjected by th*"Federal
and State Governments' under-Radical
rule,-it*'so utterly ruinou? to eur ?entire
population-, that the man at the South
who 'sustains'that' party in-its prem??ditn-:
ted oppression, raigbtv.justiy -be regarded
as a public enemy,?ony--.mor0i as in.some
degrcepthe enerny^pf every, good.citizen..
..That, jt- was ,npt. to be expected, that
peKSons.desiringJabprerj3?or hAjlp/'to
jjusea ITeW;.England.phrase?would, em:
ploy.. t j I ose. who^ we re. opposed a u d \ ..u n:.
[friendly to their interest, .personally , or,
]xji4tic?lly;-arid X ,appealed., to., them, to.
state whether they would..do so, if they
? were themselves^''employers, and was
invariably and promptly answered, in the
?negative. .That employees as a general
ruJc,- ? in.-alj, countries, .and"1 of ? ajl races,
readily acquiesce . in^ j the vjudgmeat Aand
wishes of thciremployers, as'to-.tbe per-f
sons or party tbey.ahall support at politi
cahelections. -.That- this: was particularly
the casc in tho Northern States,' where it
is 'woll'/kbown theAy.eal?hy;:manb/acturer
invariably marches' his'' >yjii'te t?per?tiye
to the polls with th?nballot ;in,hislyindi
which is' deposited asi directed,-with: the
pr'etfedenrundemandrngT^hiit'if^e-reB
tures ^^diBr^at'?i^l^e^?itect^oe/given
him, lie is to' oe" promptly dismissed from
service. That this . ie? bqt-T v- practical
illustration of tHeiinflue*ndb *?iat capital
exercises over labor: everywhere; :and
accounts, in a great moasure, for the
unanimity of political sentiKYen't'-'in the
Vniiniifactiiring towns of'"Now' 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 especially so at the
South aL this,,ti?pe^ ^v.her,e purjiighest
intereBtsLdemari{l -that vinf fpeople^Should
bo a unit in all things. That iti'this
State, there should be but one 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
heictofore fastened upon us by 'Radical'
misrule, .an^rwhicb- loomsj upj infinitely
more terrific in~the lutiire^from the ac?
tion of the exjetingiiegislatriiro of South
Carofina. '--'I explained to the colored
poople hrqw, perhaps, one^half of thoir
hard earnings are at present taken from/
them indirectly, without thoir knowledge,
by Radiciil'Gbngrossional legislation, and j
thereby-the-wages of labor-reduced, and
the prices of the:.necossaries^of lifo in?
creased,, until with all their efforts, they,
together with the poor bf/ all races and
colors,, are comparatively speaking, per?
petually the objects of hunger and want;
and it gives me pleasure to state, that I
?found no person so illiterate as not to
understand,and appreciate why it is that
be now has to.pay, if. purchasod at' retail
anywhere in-this State, one dollar for
throe pounds of Rio coffee, whilst prior
to" the war he could purchase eight or
'nine pounds-of the samo article for a
dollar,?whon'it was explained that the
import duty?tax?on. coffee, imposed by
a-R?dteal Congress is five cents perrpoiind
in gold, whilst during tho whole previous
history-of the Government coffoo was
admitted/we-of duty,?paid no tax what?
ever ; nor could Any one fail to percwive
how it is that, the Radical^ party by its
system of taxation,discriminato's in favor
of the rich and against the poor, thus re?
versing tho rule adopted and acted upon
by the Democratic party from the feun
'da^n^i^^i^^ve^n^e^t? until [it was
expelled from" power;' when it Is ex?
plained ,thnt although the poor inah; has
to pjayltqMo Goyern'mont1 a* tax 6'f"five1
conies per\pouh*d''\n'gold'dn'every 'pound
?of coffeetie'bhys*' and'ad :equivalent' ''tax
pn'iVe'ryoih'er necessary of life which he
'Consumes; the'"Northern capitalist who
owns 'fire' thousands'""^'tens ofthousands
??f 'dbIf?rt'rV'?rth:*of: Government bonds,'
theyprihcipaMand ' inter*St: 'of which ' is-,
payable in lgbId,i!to be;-extorted from-the
'hard earnings of the poor man by direct
^anoVihdirect'it?xati?n, ismot himself re^
:quireJ to puy a farthing-of taxes tO:the.
Goyei iment. Isxy that .these illustrations
seumea to. be audorsLood and, appreciated
by tbe most illiterate, and prepared them.
;.to put a proper estimatej^-qn the honesty
u n d *m ceri ty ;p.t:7thoss.wh? pretend that
'the? Radical; party iis: tlie. friend of.,the
cblorsd i*raij',wor^the poor- iman: of any:
class; and it is well-known that we are
?all poor in this,lcbtmtry; at present.- I
also, attempj/ed' 'td'^iq'w * to those^who
might,chance^ta^beru'li111 e obtuse,in per
:Ceiving the enormous proportion of their
Ji'ard earnings that they p'ay'to tbeEederal
r?overnmeh'tj'-ih' indirect taxes,-how they
;would^ery'spb'n realize the amount they
would have to";"pay, directly, to the'State
Govern m'ent'"ff the' enormous -sj'stem of
taxation and expenditures, inaugurated
by the powers that''ber, is persisted in.
Tha't;: tb""Bay nothing of the unjustifiable
in crease'of the'publTC'debt.'by- millions of
dollars,'-by[funding the .bijls of "tlie Bank''
of the State at. their par value,, which had
been purchased up ut eight or ten conts
iqri'thb-dollar, and are held by -Northern
'sjwculatdrs'; by the issue of several other
'millibris of bonds to aid;certain railroad
oompanies ; by the expondituro of nearly,
?half a million by a so-called Convention,
and Legislature, and otherwise, the??? in
te.rest. on all'which has to be paid annu
|ally 'fronV.t&e. tqlI. and sweat "of the 'poor
laborer/ the..';ordinary-rexpenses of the'
State government, as it is proposed to
run it;'will "amqrlrrt ?'nhbally to probably
ten;,tiih.es'til.e.''sura 'we were'- required to
pay in the days..of Qur.high'e8t,pro6perit3r..
That-even the.expenses, of collecting.the
taxes* nri'deT the system inaugurated, will,
aniodnt to more^annually than the entire'
e x pen ses. ?'f' fh.? S ta te'g'o ver n m en tat any'
time -...before. .the :war. . That .to add to ;
the symmetry and beauty of,.this S),6t
tern;' -we' have< ? been. s u d d o n Iy 1 e on v erted,
bn'/'papeiV Tntb a greafand prosperous
peqp.l.e. py. the enactment, aimosi ' verba'
tim et literatinw.oi.^the statutes on the siime'
Bubjects of Massachusetts, Vermont, or
sorive'oilier New England State, where
an^ exceedingly dense population, and.
gtyeat wealth, excuses, if it docs not jus?
tify, so complex, arid expons.iye a ma?
chinery ;. but. which with . us,; with our.
sparse population and-extreme poverty,
will give to almost every foreigner and
.natjye white ufifliatcd with that parly an
office, at a.rate of compensation that will'
enable rthem, in a. fow years, thus indi?
rectly to confiscate and appropriate-to
t'heifbwn use^'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,
asis evidenced bj'-the land system tboy
propose tq establish.-- A land commission,
consisting of ? number of well paid per?
sons, is to lie appointed, w-hoso .duty it
. will bo to buy up for the State all lands
that lire sold for taxes, or that can be
purchased othorwise at low rates;.and to
enabla themjto pay, for these lands, it is
proposed tq.jssue at the, outsot three mil?
lions of State bond?, whicli will be put
j upon the market and. sold for cash at
what they will bring ' The threo millions
! being approprialed, another and; another
; like sum.may.irqiu,time to time be sub?
stituted, until the State has reclaimed a
title to 'its; entire territory. ? The lands
thus acquired, are to be divided into forty
I or fifty aero lots, and made subject to
pre-emption,, as the. public lands of tho
West,, upon the person who entors paying
one-third of the valuation in cash, and
giving bond, and security $o pay the bal?
ance.in two or three }'ears. That it is
falsely and fraudulently represented .to
the colored man that he will in this way,
which is neither more nor less 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'tho present proprietors are sold for
taxes, or by compulsion otherwise,-no na?
tive citizen of the State, white or colored,
will be able to acquire ono foot of them,
but1 that, being'open to pre-emption upon
payment of the value fixed on them, the
I teeming population, nativo 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 mngnifi
cent system of expenditures and taxation
which is about to tje inaugurated. But
these taxes are to be imposed exclusivelj
on property, and,the idea is held out to
the colored race, and all thoso who own
no property, that they will escape tho
burthen that others are subjected to. Not
so, but on the contrary they will necessa?
rily be the greater sufferers. I take it
that'the landholders of the State under?
stand their own interosts, and so far as
their own action is concerned, will be
able to take' care of thomselvos. 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 tbo
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 to run the ma
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-thirdrof the crop produ?
ced-by^tbem. Before the crop is pitched
anotlieryear, he .is required to pay one
hundred .dollars Stale taxes on .his farm.
This he.must necessarily provide for, and
:can do so in no other way than by throw
i rig^t-?^onJii?-employ^s,,.i)y^4ii.vj.ng to
those to whom he- paid; tea dollars per
month heretofore, six dollars' per month
:hereafteiyand 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"every man "white and colored
must perceive'at'once/and it cannot fail
to'convince them that we are alike inter?
ested in t'hrowingoff 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 expose to
his understanding the fraud and falsehood
by which.his credulity and fears had been
excited, in^relatiou. to bis . emancipation
and his future status as a freeman:' His
had been taught to. believe that he had
been freed by the Radical party, and that
if the Democracy were successful in' the
Presidential election he would be ro
maided tb slavery. It is painful to know
,that even "men who drifted South as the
?hangersTon of a victorious army^and re?
main bd here as a part of its debris, to fill
their carpe,t-bag8.^vy.itH the scanty earn?
ings of both the'White and colored races,
and then decamp to'' their own country,
should have -united in propagating such
'unmitigated and mischievons -fafschoods.
But the fact was nevertheless-so,- and it
(b?d to be met. As to the mode by which
-the slave became free, it is admitted that
he was practically emancipated by ...the
results of theiwary but he is really more in?
debted to the Confederate thau the.Unitecl
States army?for the tact. The-former
began and persevered-in the contest which
ended-in- his freedom, in despite of . the
offer held out by Mr. Lincoln,.the head
of the Radical party, as also by;the Radi?
cal Congress of the United States, up to
the first of January,, 1863, that an aban?
donment of the ..con test on our part should,
secure to us the perpetuation of slayarv.
This the South refused to do, preferring
rather to give up slavery than abandon
the 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 slavery, upon being defeated
in the contest of arms. But it we admit
that the}' were practical!}'' emancipated
by tho arm}' of the United States alone,
then that was not emancipation by the
Radical party.' That army was com posed
of both Radicals and Democrats, and,
generally as we were advised, much the
Margest proportion of the latter, audit was
not, therefore, the act of a party, but of
the American pebple.jOBUt; however/thair
practical emancipation inajT 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 never
again exist in the broad limits of the
American Union j and to sustain their
freedom, thus established and secured,
every Democrat in, the 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 tho Democracy would re?
establish slavery, they have, themselves
took a position that would enable thorn to
affirm, consistently, if their interest
prompted them to do so, that ihe colored
peoplo have never been emancipated, and
aro, to-day, legally the slaves of their
former owners. By the Reconstruction
Acts they, in effect, Jiflirm that the terri?
tories South, formerly knowu as States,
were not States 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 the Constitution of tho
United States abolishing slavery; 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 tho South?
ern planter, thus establishing an institu?
tion that has recontl}- 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 have been so. They are,frue,
and no party or individual in the United
States or in the world, will ever again
cvon think of remanding thorn to slavery.
It, however, they continue tocountenancc
the persons or party who propagate such
fuleohoods amongst thorn, and suffer
thomselves aliena'ed from their fellow
citizens of tho white race by men ,who
aro deliberately plotting tho pecuniary
and social ruin of all classes South, they
will realize ere long that tho boon of free?
dom is a curse instead of a biossing-. I
am pleaded, however, to be able to' ex?
press tho opinion, that tho colored people
of this State, and particularly of tho Third
Congressional District, are being rupidly
enligbtencd as to their true interests,and
that the time ifi at hand when they will
be zealous t?'drive 'from our territory
.those 'who have so basely deceived them/
and cordially unite* with their1 former
owners and lriends in building np a pros?
perity and happiness that we are all now
atrangers to: ?
Having informed myself of the change
of sentiment -that was rapidly taktn"
place amongst'the colored voters of this
Congressional "District, I'3 was not sur?
prised atthe res?lt of my own election.
I knew/that lafge numbers of them would
vote" with the Democratic party, whilst
the great "mass had'determined to 6tay
away .'from the polls, and have nothing
more to do with elections until better in?
formed as tb their trusinterests. by testing
practically the sincerity of the contending
j parties; and it is to this Commendable de?
termination 01V tbeir part that we are in?
debted for the overwhelming victory
achieved in't'he Third District, which
would have ' been "still more' crushing if
Lthe; 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, they were
still Carolinians, and disposed to join in a
huzza for their country and their coun
! trymen.
I know it has been charged by the op- :
position, and as tho 'newspapers state, by
my la'te opponent; Judge Hege', that the !
colored voters-were kopt away from the ?
polls by intimidation. The allegation, so ?
tar as my observation and information
extends, is'utterly groundless; and, in?
deed, the result of the election incontesti
s'b'ly proves it so. The}- went to the polls
wherever they desired, throughout the
Congressional' District, and cast .a/large
"Radical vote without hindrance or moles?
tation anywhere; and I venture to affirm
that a "more quiet-and:1 orderly-general
ielection was never heidin .any State in
|. tli'o" Union. I; If; they labored under any
.intimidation, other than that produced by
I the fear of loss of employment, which I
have-shown it is entirely legitimate and
I natural the employee shoald.be subjected :
to by the emploj-er. then it wasas ground?
less as was the intimidation1, of: my lato
competitor, Mr. Justice H?ge, when he
fled fro hi this place on thewnght of the
16th of October last. - There was not the:
slightest cause, for his intimidation or
flight, unless'it arose from a conscious?
ness bf the' unholy work :in which he
was- engaged, in' 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
tbifind about pcrpons following, the busi?
ness in" which he was en aged elsewhere
than in tbe recesses of their port-monies,
then-he may have bad cause of apprehen?
sion?
"For conscience makes cowards of us all;
And (hue the native hue of resolution
la .sicklied o'er with, tbe pale casi 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, iufluenced chiefly by tho
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 largo number of them, unable to throw
off' the party shackles with which they
liad been bound, and chiefly on account
of intimidation from the threatenings of
the "Loyal League," asit 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 advice, fellow-citizens, is,
that those of them who are earnestly re?
pentant should receive a full and free
paidon, 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 have 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 tho United ?
States,' is not, it foreign influence wore
removed, and we woro 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 day, South Carolina may
j 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 the subject of
suffrage, and unite on tho platform laid
down recently by the Central Exoeutive
Committee of the Democratic party, which
assures the colored man that when,re?
stored to power,, wo will promptly and
ungrudgingly 6eonro to him a liberal
qualified suffrage, based on education and
property. Tin's will not only be just, but
is satisfactory to tho intelligent portion
of "' hem, as I havo 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, oacli for itself. That
Congress has no power to interfere in the
matter, and that one rule for tho South
and another Jbr the .North cannot con