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MEETING OF COLORED MEN-OR?
GANIZATION OF A UNION PARTY
SrEEOi BY GOVERNOR JAS. L. ORR.
Wo aro indebted to F. G. DeFon
taine, Esq., for the full report which
follows, of tho meeting on Monday:
The colored men of Columbia, on
Monday morning, held n lnrge, quiet
and interesting meeting, with a view
to organize a party and adopt a plat?
form of principles, looking both to
their own welfare and the interests of
the two rnces. As on a previous
occasion, a number of citizens were
invited to be present mid address thc
meeting. Among these, wero his
Excellency Gov. Orr, Hon. James G.
Gibbes, Col. L. D. Childs, Messrs.
John Caldwell, T. J. Robertson and
A. M. Hunt. A band wns likewise in
attendance, and discoursed its music
between thc various speeches made.
The assembly was called to order
about half-past 10 o'clock, and S. 13.
Thompson chosen Chairman, who,
in a few well-timed remarks, stated
the object of tho meeting to be tho
organization of a republican form of
State government that would bo
acceptable to Congress and to tho
two races of tho South. An earnest
prayer was thou delivered by Rev.
-, (we did not learn th-j name,)
after which, on motion, a committee
of thirteen was appointed to draft a
series of resolutions expressive of the
sense of thc mooting.
The white members of this Com
mitteo wero Messrs. Gibbes, Caldwell
and Robinson. The colored mem?
bers were "William Myers, N. E. Ed?
wards, Janies Davis, P. Nowell, E.
Thomson, G. M. By mun, J. Fitz
simmons, C. Wilder, Wm. Simons.
4Tho Committee retired to perform
their duty.
Tho Chairman then called upon
his Excellency Governor Orr to ad?
dress tho nudience, (which, by this
time, numbered nearly 2,000,) and
he did so as follows:
SPEECH OF GOVERNOR ORE.
MY FRIENDS: I have accepted thc
invitation to address you on this oc?
casion with great satisfaction, but 1
regret that personal indisposition
will prevent mo from elaborating thc
views I had intended to submit, anti
that I shall bo necessarily restricted
to a limited linc of remark.
I am glad that you aro taking some
interest in tho present political as
peet of tho country, and aro alive tc
tho importance of the questions in
volved in your present and pros
pective situation. Tho conduct o
your people, commencing with tin
inauguration of tho lato war, hm
elicited tho approval of all right
minded men. During its progress
you demeaned yourselves with quiet
pursuing your ordinary avocation
without the exhibition of turbulence
or violence; and when its closo re
suited in your manumission, you di<
not even then givo vent to those ex
cesses which wero feared by many ii
tho Southern Staten, and no doub
hoped for by bad men in otho
localities.
Being in a position which enable
me to acquire information lroui ever
portion of tho State, I can say fin
thor, and with much satisfaction
that, during the present year, thos
of your peoplo who are engaged i
farm labor aro pursuing their dutic
with more steadiness and assiduit
than duriug tho year preceding
Such conduct shows that you prc
perly appreciate tho great boon c
freedom which has been bestowe
upon you, and ave disposed to do tin
which, while making you worthy au
useful members of the community
will command tho respect of all goo
citizens. [Applause.]
As the Executivo of South Cari
lina, since November, 1865-whe
your manumission had been but
short time declared-I have sougl
to hold the scales of justico equal
, ! etween you and the white race,
j have thrown tho protecting arm
tho State around you in overy i
stance where nets of oppression ha
! come to my knowledge, and whe
' wrong has been done your peoplo 1
. inconsiderate and vicious white me
I have endeavored to bring all sui
to justico and to condign punis
ment. I havo had equal occasion
reprobate the conduct of persons
your own color. So long as I co
tinuo to dischargo tho duties of tl
position-nud its sands aro ronni
rapidly out-I shall act in this i;
partial and disinterested manner; I
? if there bo any leaning required,
shall always bo to that sido which
least ablo to protect itself. [A
plause. ]
You have- accomplished a great
deal, but much yet remains to bo
done. If those of you who aro ablo
to read will refer to the history of
the Israelites, as written in the Bible,
you will find that thc progress you
have- made since you have been re?
lieved from bondage is much greater
than theirs, And you will lcaru some
instructive lessons in tracing that
history, which will admonish you uot
to attempt to make too rapid pro?
gress, lest, in HO - doing, you fall by
the way-side.
According Lo the accouut givcu us
iu the Scriptures, tho Jews were in
boudage 430 years; and when tho
Almighty had determined that they
should bo relieved, Ho sent plagues
upon tho King of tho Egyptians,
that ho might bo induced to allow
them to depart in peace for the Land
of Promise. He turned the water
courses into blood, nnd afllicted the
Egyptians with locusts, lice and
frogs; nnd when Pharaoh still refused
to comply with tho promise made to
Moses, tho first born of tho Egyp?
tians wore smitten in a singlo night.
Then it was that tho cry went up,
"Let these people go." With all
their worldly possessions, tho Israel?
ites set forth upon their pilgrimage
to the land of Canaan. Pharaoh,
recovering from tho stunning effects
of the nllliction that had been sent
upon him, determined to pursue,
and found them upon the shores of
tho Ked Beti; but just-ns they ap?
peared to be in his meshes, thc
waters parted; the Israelites passed
over dry shod; and when Pharaoh
and his host followed, God, in his
wrath, caused tho waves to como
together again, and the mighty army
vanished from the face of the earth.
Yet tho Israelties did not reach thc
land of Canaan for a long time. Suf?
fering aud privation was their lot foi
many years.
Now, my theory of thc object ol
the detention is this: That this poo
pie, having been in bondage 43(
years, were disqualified by the* waul
of self-reliance, of knowledge, of iu
telligence and training, to occupy ni
once the country that had been sol
apart for them by Divine Providence
They traveled in tho wilderness foi
forty years, and when they finnlb
entered the laud of Canaan, Mose
had fallen; Aaron had been gatherci
to the land of his fathers, and ther<
was none but Joshua and Caleb o
all that vast host of males who wer
numbered at Sinai, above the age o
twenty years.
Tho distance from Egypt to Ca
naau was less than 300 miles-a dis
tance, that may now bo traveled, bj
railroad, in tweuty hours; but fo
forty years they marched and counter
marched, passing through a perioi
of probminary training, until nnothe
generation came upou tho stage, am
euterod tho laud of promise. It i
conclusive to my miud that tho forme
generation was permitted to pas
away because they could not bo trust
od with tho possession, and it was rc
served to thc moro eulightened an
experienced generation which fo!
lowed, to enjoy tho inheritance.
Now, my frieuds, comparing yon
own couditiou with that of tho Is
raelites, tho progress you have mad
in two short years ought to excit
your surprise, and to stimulate yo
to fresh exertions, that you may mor
fully merit tho signal favor with wine
you have been blessed since the hov
your freedom commenced.
High and important duties aro bi
foro you to perform. Freedom si
cures to you tho fruits of your lobo:
it is true; but there is somethin
moro to bo doue. You have got t
look out for your households, and I
educate your families, and uot unt
another generation grows up-I a
talking frankly with you-will ye
find that amount of intelligence amor
your raco which will entitle you I
take the front rank in civilized lif
t presumo there is not ono in fi'
hundred among thc colored peop
of tho South, who enjoy tho a
vantages of education. Those wi
have dono so, have improved thc
opportunities, and profited large
from the increased intelligence ai
influence which has been derive
Your first great care, therefore,
looking to tho future, is to eduea
your children; not merely to teai
them to read, write and cypher, ai
the elements of knowledge, but
impart to them lessons in morals, \:
liteness and self-government, and
instil principles into their heal
! which, in ten, fifteen or twen
years hence, will mako them an orr
mont to you, and a Messing to socio)
These lessons must bo inculcated
tho tendier iu tho school roo
and by tho father and mother aron
tho hearth. It is there that the nn
favorable impressions are mndo up
tho young mind aud heart, and
charactor is formed which, in tho ;
turo, becomes a pride or a curse.
Another point: You must pract
economy. There is now no comp
sion upon you to labor, at tho will
'another; but your own sense of p
I priety, your interests, require that
' you shall labor moro assiduously than
i you have ever clone. There is no
; ono now to pr?vido for your wants,
j Whatever there is in or around your
i little family circle, whether it be
I money or food, comes from you. If
I there be comfort there, yon bring it ;
if there bc distress there, you bring
it. As you thus control your own
affairs, let your chief aim be to make
each one of your homes a happy one.
To do this, you must bo economical,
industrious, euergetic, civil und re
spcctful. Save your mouoy; put it into
a small house, or, if you desire a farm,
buy five or ten acres and com meneo its
cultivation. You will feel that you
have a stake in the welfare of thc
community. There will bc some?
thing for you to live and labor for;
aud my lifo upon it, when you have
thus become tho possessor of pro?
perty honestly earned and paid for,
you will enjoy moro respect for your?
selves, and fool that you aro entitled
to tho respect of others. I repeat it
again-husband your resources; save
tho odd pennies; indulge in no un?
necessary extravagance in dress, liv?
ing or otherwise. Iudustry and eco?
nomy will tell; but they must go
hand in hand. If not, no matter
how earnest you may have been, tho
result will bo that when your heads
have grown grey, you will have pro?
fited no moro by mero industry than
if you had lcd an idle and dissolute
lifo.
I am glad to observo another im?
provement, namely: That very many
of your most intelligent and respecta?
ble people, who havo themselves ex?
perienced the awakening influences
of tho holy religion of Jesus Christ,
are devoting themselves to your spi?
ritual welfare. These persons havo
it in their power to clo your race much
good, or, if they take the wrong di?
rection, much harm. Those who have
less intelligence must necessarily look
to their superiors, and it is therefore
important that you should be so in?
structed by them as that you may not
be led iuto trouble, and that design?
ing meu may not bo advanced or
aggrandized at your expense.
With reference to politics, my
friends, I havo not a great deal to
say. Tho man who devotes himself
to politics embarks in a very poor
employment. I have been at it now
for twenty-five years, and therefore
have a right to speak with some expe?
rience upon tho subject. But thc
clays of my political existeueo have
nearly run out; and when I retire
from my present position-I may add
hero that I am both disfranchised
and ineligible-I never expect again
to hold or seek another political
office. What I may say to j'ou, there?
fore, upon the subject of politics, can
bo relied upon as tho expression oi
ono who has had no little experience,
and who claims to bo disinterested.
Your State matters are of mucL
moro consequenco to you than na
tional affairs. So far ns you are cou
cerned, the constitution which thc
State of South Carolina will adopt i:
a subject of greater moment to you
than tho Constitution of tho Unitcc
States, and tho legislation of Soutl
Carolina of moro importanco thar
tho legislation of Congress. Why'
Because the Slate constitution cover:
the limits of tho State, and affect:
your interests directly. The Stab
laws are thc laws to which you are tr
appeal for protection, and the yindi
cation of every right. If a man un
dertakes to defraud yon, you go t<
the State courts to seek redress-to i
State judgo and a State solicitor. 1
the Legislature imposes au unjus
and onerous tax, you appeal to th'
State constitution, for the Legis
lature is but the creature of tba
constitution, deriving from it, an?
it alone, the power which gives i
strength and vitality. In thc ap
proaching political contest, then
lore, remember that your interest
are moro involved at homo and ii
your own State Government, than i
any advantage which may be derive
from attaching yourselves to the ta:
cif either of the national parties, no^
' known as Republican or Democratic
Now, your people must make u
their minds us to what should b
incorporated in tho State constiti
lion; for whether it be with referenc
to free schools, to homesteads, to th
abolishment of imprisonment fe
debt, or to any other subject, til
Legislature is sworn to carry out il
provisions. Seo to it, then, who
you choose your candidates, that the
; pledges aro secured. Bo not, hov
' tiver, too exacting. You are intercste
as much us wo are in presorviug ha
mony between tho two races. Yo
desiro to remain here. I desiro 1
remain here. When I saw hundrcc
and thousands of your peoplo seel
ing new homes in tho West and Soutl
west, it filled my heart with regre
because I felt we could not afford I
spare a single arm from South Car
lina and tho work of regenerate
which we aro called upon to perfori
I say to you frankly, that if ye
make unjust exactions, you may su
ceeel in South Carolina, because there
aro more black people herc than
white; but it is not tho caso in North
Carolina, or Georgia, or Florida, or
Alabama. lu Mississippi and Lou?
isiana, there aro a few more; but do
you uot perceive that, if you are extra?
vagant iu demanding moro than you
are really entitled to, and you succeed
in arraying tho white race against the
black, and creating prejudices-which,
happily, do uot now exist-do you
uot perceive that thc same injustice
which you attempt to visit upon thc
white man in South Carolina will be
visited upon thc colored mau in
North Carolina and elsewhere?
Auother point : Tho largo tracts of
land now owned by our planters will
probably bo cut up into smaller tracts
and sold at comparatively chenp
rates. Suppose that, in South Caro?
lina, tho price should bo so low ns
fifty couts per acre; can your people,
with tho scanty earnings of the two
years during which you havo boon
free, buy and stock those farms, and
competo with tho white mon from
Pennsylvania or New Hampshire,
who will soon bo prepared to make
South Carolina their homo, and who,
in a fow years, will swell tho white
population of our State until it fai
exceeds your own? Thero arc some
four or livo hundred thousand white
people who como to this country
every year. Consequently, thero wil
bo this great aeldition to tho natura
increase of tho whito population, ane
there being no emigration from Af rici
to increase your own, tho result, in t
few years, must bo an overwhelming
majority of tho white race within th<
limits of thc State. Under thes<
circumstances, am I not right in ad
monishing you to practico modera
tion auel modesty in making demand:
npon those who will represent yo?
and your interests?
Occasionally, I hear utterances o
distrust. 1 'We aro afraiil wo shall bi
cheated." I have no doubt theri
are bad white men ns thero aro ba<
black men. But you havo this love
iu your hand which secures protec
tion. Suppose you adopt a sensible
rational platform, and with it, go bc
fore tho Convention of South Carob
na. Then suppose tho men who rep
reseut you iu that convention
forgetting tho pledges they gave
allow a Constitution to bo adopte
without iuserting thoso provision
which affect you and your privileges
in the shape of free schools, home
steads, &c. Where is your redress
I will tell you. It is in tho Act o
Congress, which declares that afte
tho constitution has been adoptei
by tho convention, it shall bo sub
mitted to tho people. If they arc no
satisfied, all they have to do is, b;
their vote, to reject it, and elemaui
auother. Why, my friends, if yo
were not to raise j our hands, and
constitution should bo seut by a con
vention to the people for their con
sideration, ami its provisions failo
to secure your just rights, it is you
privilege, even then, to voto agni ns
aud demand a revision of tho instrti
meut. It is thus that protection i
thrown around every man-white an
colored-in the entire State, and th
power given to tho people to b
themselves judges of tho charade
of the fundamental law by which thc
aro to be controlled,
Congress has seen lit to give yoi
universal suffrage. I think it was
mistake. I think if thero had been
limitatiou-for instance, such as? th
a"bility to read and write-it wool
not only have threwn a sofeguar
around tho community, but stimi
lated tho ignorant of both races t
attain to that intellectual conditioi
tho reward of which would have bee
the right lo vote; and wo should hav
seen, as a result, that in ten yeal
from now, there would not be a free
man in tho State nuable to read an
write.
Under existing circumstances, hov
over, taking things as they are, will
is to be the result with tho vast pr?
portion of thoso who aro both er
tin ly uneducated and ignorant ol' tl
duties of citizenship? How are thc
votes to be controlled? Somebody
going to control them, and they ai
just a.-> likely to be controlled by ba
men as by good men. Ono may Inn
a weakness for a drink of whisko;
A glass e>f grog takes him off. Al
other has a weakness for a plug i
tobacco. That will carry him i ol
Another luis a weakness for a pocrke
handkerchief or a clean shirt, |Iaugl
ter,] ami that will carry bim ol
Much, therefore, depends cm tho co
rect influences with which these pe
sons aro surrounded; and, in th
connection, allow mo to say agaii
that a great responsibility will bo tl
volved upon your ministers.
I havo heard ti great ileal said abo
controlling tho negro vote, but it
not in au offensive sense. I myse
tlesiro to seo that voto controlled, bi
iu tho samo way that I wish my ow
voto to bo controlled-by inteJ'igom
and by thoso interests which mo
directly concern the community :
which I livo. If I ask a colored mi
1 to vote with me, I (lesivo that he shall
I know it is for our mutual welfare that .
I we vote together. The'interests of
tho two races throughout the South
are identical. They cannot be sepa?
rated nod prosper. Tho same legis?
lation which injures the white man,
injures the black. If one is depressed,
so is the other. "Whatever affects or
impairs tho industry and usefulness
of ono race, equally^ disturbs tho
entire community'. You will bo mis?
taken, therefore, should you yield to,
tho seductions of falso teachers, who
will endeavor to make you believe
that your interests are in any way
different from those of tho white man;
and for this reason, I again warn you
ogaiust attaching yourselves to any
existing organization of a national
character. Look first to your State
affairs. Get your constitution right.
Secure those laws which you need
every hour in tho day.
Suppose you join the Democratic
party, and send your representatives
to Washington. Why, tho Republi?
cans would raiso a huo and cry at
once. And if, on tho other hand,
you united yourselves with tho Re?
publican party, you would loso in
strength thousands upon thousands
of friends who cannot and will not
act with that organization. Now, I
believe that the great function of tho
Republican party has been accom?
plished, and that in tho next Presi?
dential election, you will find a divi?
sion in its ranks as well as in those of
tho Democratic party. The extremo
radical element will bc cast to ono
side, and success insured to those
moderate and conservative principles
which aro represented by such men
os Fcsseudcn, Sherman, Wilson,
Trumbull and others. Indeed, I have
heard it stated that this moderate
national Union pavty will unito upon
General Grant and elect him to the
Presidency.
I say, then, if you wish to exercise
power, steer clear of national politics.
Confino yourself to State affairs.
Choose good men to represent you,
and when they go to Washington, let
them say to the leaders there, "Wo
go for that party which will do most
for South Carolina; which will give
us the best legislation, relievo our
necessities, and assist in building up
the wasto places of the State." As I
took occasion to remark ou a public
occasion recently, in Charleston, let
tho South go back into the Union,
holding the balance of power, and
then both parties will court us.
(Cheers.)
Thero are matters connected with
both the Republican and Democratic
parties which deserve, censure. For
instance, a tax o? three cents' per
pound was laid on cotton, and re?
duced to two and a half cents after
September next. Who makes cotton?
From whose labor comes four-fifths
of the bales in South Carolina? From
that of tho black man, and it is upon
his bone and sinew, and sweat and
toil, that this great burden has been
laid. So it is with the tobacco pro?
duced in Virginia and North Carolina;
but it is not the case with the wheat
of Illinois and Indiana. On $506
worth of cotton produced heve, your
labor is taxed" about ?j?(J0; while, on
the same amount of agricultural pro?
duction in the West, not a dollar is
paid. I say, therefore, the Republi?
can party have not dealt justly by
you. Tiley may talk about the grati?
tude that is due, and appeal to your
feelings, but do you tell them 3'ou ave
now free, and what yon want is jus?
tice and equality before the law and
in taxation. When the recent strug?
gle commenced, it was not to set.'yon
free; anel until two years elapsed,
anet it was i'ounel necessuvy to mako
uso e?f the coloved man as etti element
of military strength in conquering
the South, your manumission was
scarcely thought of. Yon owe to the
efTovts of your own race at the North,
therefore, epiite as much as you owe
to any pavty.
In conclusion, I beg you to reflect
ttpon thc observations I have made;
to oct with wisdom and discretion; to
regard, first, the interests of your
State ?ind your people at home; and
finally, in the selection of your rep?
resentative.0, to choose those who, by
co operation with that pavty which
will elo most for you and for tho
South, will enable US to einen' once
move a peace and prosperity such ns
wo have never known even in our
palmiest days. (Cheers.)
The remarks of bia Excellency
wove well received, and from tho
comments murmured through the
crowd, folly appreciated-especially
his advice.
A coloved orator, named Rev. H.
M. Turner, formerly from Columbia,
for the last twelve years a resident of
Baltimore anel tho District of Colum?
bia, followed tho Governor.
SPEECn OF REV. H. M. TURNER, (CO?
LORED.)
Tho speaker commoucod by saying
that although a South Carolinian by