Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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S ever mat ti? conwntlon, which presented a liner arroy of the intellect, n?.iI it v r/S wisdom vf the State. than that which cyft*f' fj ?*\W t In this tclljr on NWPvjr.lay last. *ho * lawl distinguished 4ltlxnns fh the Stale mm tegelhof to mlaxtl! tholr counsels and ' . tk*ni(? Qiiir r?lwi upon lln fn*< qudh* of the hour. It Is nrollwi t<> ray. that whatever has been done has boon tie no deliberately, and according to the best judgment of the best men. Kvery w >rsl end not has boon carefully weighed, and that which has been promulgated as the result or the Convention has passed an nriloal of tho calm and uniin|ta'*aioned k ' scrutiny, which eatltlos It to tho.consideration .r.^V-ir u.e public. All appear ha have been impro^se-! with the soleinity of tho crisU, and dots.rthincd only to do that which would fccud ? to promote the public weal. Annexed we glee the Address of the Con,, , .-fontton to tho people of the State; ' To/Ac PmapU'A/ S"Hih Carotin*. Fhbhow CiTiruss: In times of great puhH* v * l> dangor, tho instinct of self-preservation prompts a poople to nssemhle and confer togolhor upon tho Issues tbst the stora loicio rtP nv'nnis Ciri'OA imrtn thoxr Ihtnlinn Tim cit'.ion* of South Carolina stand, to day, in _ this position. It becomes oar duty, therefore, V'-?' to tako counsel together. and to announce our yi ' ' conclusions UrSr?rM?l/> (?m Ormly and fear lastly to the pa'die. In performing this diVty, wo shall avoid all term* of nntiaadrcrsion upon men, parties or cottons Tito vioo of miaprsscntaiion and detraction lias heroine tho order of fl?o day, and both North and South bavo suffered from the arils whfeli had their origin in this fruit. fttl source ot mischief. Tho Northern people, fl,iuhed with victory, havo not been solicitors t to ascertain the temper of tho Sontheflf mind; and the Southern people, crushed hy the loss of tboir cause and the|r most cherished hopes, have been alike indifferent to events (or which thby do not fool thomsolvca responsible, abd over whicli they havo not tho power of control. In the meantime, wicked and designing men. both ot tho North and at tho South, have not been wanting, to keep alive , . the fires of sectional bato, until now they 't threaten to inrolre tbe whole country in uiis* rule and anarchy. \-Qf tho late war. It Is not one purpose now to speak?dbo sanguinary fact wil^ stand forth forever in tho Jiistury of theso American States. Our duty now ia with present evils, ,?nd their future consequences. The cmnnci patiop poliey of the Government was and is (the great fountain-head from which springs, and will eontinno to spring tho'thousand evils * * by which wo are onviroued. ** What but disaster enutd follow In Uio foot* * . .: steps of tho,br?.?ty and inconsiderate) policy, by which 4,000,000 of shirts, without education, and without tho least preparation for tho change, wcto turned adrift from the dicipline and i u tercet ed care of tho master, to provide for thontsolres. Must it not ho self-evident to any thinking mtih, no mutter what his prejudices, thnt nothing he con now propose will he able to convert an idle, roving, thriftless J fee neyro population into the steady, hea'thy, laboring population tluit wo formerly employed in our fields at tbe South, lint gloomy as tho prospect, mny.be> tho jieopie nt the Smith must regard this disastrous result as now fixed and settled beyond recall. Slavery is at an end. Wo do not propose that what has been don* alio'lid ho nmlonc : but wo do propose to how thot, with the present /roc asyro Inbor, tbe industrial resources of the South arc in no onndilion to contribute fo tho prosperity of 4'ie country. It is the part of wisdom to 1 >ok our uiisfortlineg lu the face. We should not deceive ourselves, either ?* ?ho North, or * -at the South. Three years vf experience by both Northern and Southern men attest the fart that the cultivation of both rice and eot> ton?the groat staples of tho South?is, under the present system of free negro labor, tho most uncertain, tile least remunerative, and the most burrnssing employment in I lie world llad a gradual system of eniuiu ipalion been adopted, men would by degrees buvo accoin inodated themselves to the gradual change, and tho industry of tho country would have received no such shock as now prostrntoi the South and overwhelms her in despair. Upon the agriculture vf the country mainly depends the wealth and prosperity of tho country.? )tnt a few years ago, the cotton exported from the I'nifed States controlled foreign oxchnngo, and held tho monopoly in foreign markets.? How is it to-day, and liow will it ho in the future ? Instead of tivo millions of hales, sent forward to exereiso tho former influence upor. trade, wo have not uioro than ono thin! of tho crop of 1R00, coining into market, ami that at a price per pound, in currency? tho revenue tnx considered?very little, if any ^ thing, in advance of what was realised pet pound for the large crops of former ye.rs paid in gold. Why is this ? it may bo asked The lands are the same?the seasons arc the . nine?the cllhiato is tho same?why, then the difference T We nutirrr, the lobar it ?? the tome. Instead of industry, wo liavo idle nes*; instead of system, wo have disorder and instead of profits, wo bavo losses. Sim I we he aMe to drivo out competition in tin future, as wo have in the past? Surely not But a few ^ears beforo the war, one of ou most intelligent planters represented thii State at tho World's Exhibition, in l'nris, and upon his return, reported that bo saw upot exhibition there, tnc cottons from Al?icr and from tho En*t which were in every wa; equal to the finest productions of tho Unitoi Stale#. lie asked why cannot these cotton compete with tho Amorican cottons? Thi answer was, because we cannot produce thi article for tho same price; wc aro cotnpcllci to hiro the labor wbicli you otru?ours is un relial^e, idle aud costly, while yours is undo control, sternly and cheap. For these reasons yuu will always he able to drive us out of tin market. But wlint now is the condition of th< Southern planter? His labor is inuch tnort costly than that of Algiers or the East, equal ly unsteady, and, probnldy, less under hit control, and ho finds.,hiiuself now, alter ar exhausting war, driven from tho market bj prices which his former competitors oan aflbr< to take. The present low priee of cotton i hut the evidence of the causes already stated And it may be that, in a few years, we shal be importing cotton and rice into the Uuitet Stale*, instead of exporting these great coin modifies. We arc now eating, in tho interioi '. of South Carolina, rice imported from China and we have been credibly informed that Fas Indian cotton has I oen imported into New York. How soon the State-craft of flreai Britain may find it expedient to impose ni import duty npon American eottons, who car tell? But it may be asked, is ,hero no renin dy for fl ese cnlaruiii * to the Southern poo pie? Wo answer, most probably no immeJi ate remedy. Time is the groat master of tin situation. If our people will give up tho do tasivo hope of growing rich by tho rulliva Hon of cotton?thereby brohahly workin; their utter ruin?if thev will cultivate less cot ton and more lirendstufl't raise for their ov/l use and for sale horses, mules and stock of nl kinds; .euro (heir own hay, mnko tiieir owi butter, and sell the surplus ; If they will labo to fill the hind with plenty they will, in a sbor ltn.il n nk.nn. 1* , 1. ~ knll.. In ll...l own conditio* Anil the condition of the .South at leant they ahnll not hnre debt* and disap ( ointinrMn added to their other eularnltie* And in railing our own food and supplies a tba South, wo aliould also manulaeture on own elotha and implements, upon onr owi fulli" There con Ikj no more nuspieiou* mo fnent than the preaent to begin, nt tho South tha psitoufaelure of gooda from our own r?? '< tna/ef'ial. Thia w?? tlono to a groat axteu during tho war. No matter on how small i wale, let the work begin. To he snccersful wemu?t begin at the beginning, nnd work up ward, n? our popnlottoo and wealth Increase We repeat, that we would not now rs-otablijl slavery at tho South. It la too late to rorruel the error of its sudden extinction. It la t< our interest to make tho most of tho cireuin stance* h/ wbiib we arc surrounded, Wecau MP - LHthi nwri'Uta MWn Jfiitnrr ago. the grout onimodiir ^x[Sn?| (tam tMs S'nte wa# -lniligo, U e"??ed to h? profltgble lt?r*l'tN,OIUM it POuI-i h? inors ?h?Mptv *?) tinned ttMirldft; Cotton wo* introduced u< it* and was, cultivated witj> tin>l\nmli?'lfd snore**. T<>l>nec<? and Hoe con. tribal ed t?? lnw<>?M till! W>'rtt?l? (if the Swlllll, If lllrla> I-|A|>W| Ce-'Se to bo M I reiiittnomtie* in the firtitr* na they Inure lw?n in the pwt. We still have t great country left to nr. rtn-l, with fepmelhing lik > lt"oJ government, o^r n-'ces-dtiea will ulve rise to sew expedient*. T?? ?i<nqu?r our Mfhau'.liea, -we- tuttst uiect.Uigtn with p?tinnce, fortitude end courage. Itnt shatl we h??# good government ? TIihI i? the great question presented in the next point tlint we propose"to oon-i ier. To admit, a* it hi hn? her it assumed to bo the result of the war. that the Go* ei lenient of the Unite 1 States it supremo. I and that the Stales have no rights or if they have rights, that they are suhordltinte to the Onvernnti nt of the United States, or which is the snme thing, suhoidinnt.e to the wi-I of ? Hi"j rily having r>ai<rnl of the Government, ia'to admit the a'Vngntion of tho Cous?iitrtlor, ami to ignpre the facts ot history, fn other word*, it is to acknowledge thai we ln? vo a Government of 0(1*0IVHitf oowet'ft instead of a (Jnri-n m-1.1 <-f ! and dehgated power* It i? ndJ mitted, that any GoVvrnimutt, li.ttvvj er limited. may for n time usurp nil power. A single mnu may rise "p mfii s>v, 1 nm the State." Any assembly of men may. for a seanon. arrogate, to themselves, all j power?executive, legislative and jtiiielnl. j but tlie ?|?ieelti?'n recurs. is .this /ore. or ir thin usurpation ? Is this good cK'tninifiit, or i* it revolution? Mere plit>i< al force i-> not law. It tnay'coinpef obedience, lint it cannot gtvb to it< nets the Sanction of In*' ; uiilm it l>e in those countries where the will of an absolute desp"t is the recoifiPKod , Inw of tlie Intnl. To nilmit I lint the war has eslnblishot su di a power in the United States, is to admit tlmt. nil eonstitn } tiotml government i- nt an end. ntnl that. n? [States, or on indi vidoaln. we ho|?i our life, liberty and property nt the will ntnl plo t* uie of any m-j-irtty, which, f >r the tliiv being, may hohl the power. Such, to .Inv. mty be practically the condition of ton States of the Am'lionn Union. Hut, nro ' \v?t |irrp.\fP<l In Vlidv>l?v I lives? p|-> ceding*, and engraft so nioin?.rous n proros'lioii it to our governmental polity! Tlmt. i* the question tltr.l the people of the N--rtli, ns w.ll ns ??f tlie South aft* called upon to consider! The great ohj.ot of laws, nt eonati tut ions, nnd <f government, in li prntcet the weak na'iist the Mr ".g?in shield minorities nciiiiiKt the encroachments of majorities. It in a political nphorWm hat n majority ran pro'ert itse'f. Acting by the sheer rxeicise of arbitrary power, n I insjniliy. tuny, for a time, set nt untight all I laws within these Stales?it may en'tnc- nn obedience to military decrees, front whirl there is no appeal?It may administer " purely military government according t? i'a own will, nm) as ??<e/i it must lie uhevod lint whaii we ate cnllc I upon .to S'frlint such government n* heing in aiecur Inltri vvi'h the ciiprlilu'|on mid the law*. w? have a right to lest the question it * * lint to the m/e proposed nml to withhold out assent. We admit The fnel th.it niaitia law exisla in South Carolina; but d? | not admit the r:'or.t\_ tlmt iii..nial lt? has the right tn in p so a civil gov eminent. ?t| <m us without o r con I sent. K?r b it froin ns In raise a f.tsiiiHi Iopp-tsiiion lo the reconstruction acts ? Congress. Wo believe tl,it tim e nets nn 'the measures they pro| ojc tire dostmotive not only to our eot.riiintiniinl rights, hu , to our tociftl pence. Willi n? it in n->t i 1 i|U(tiion of party. nor of political im^rt 1 We curt* nothing for (here thing* Wc t?r 1 .quite willing Hint other* should ciij >y nl 1 the honor*, ?!' the eqtnhimcuta ol office. nl the pomp and ch'CHiotaiii'ei of place.? 1 Wlml we iKaire i? pejic*??i?l I ! ? ?eni | bianco of pence, I ul the fi<b*t ti.ee of p.-nc ( ?pence nl our own Hreai '(*ntnl llir nighon ill our border*. \\ o do*irc pence In eiu? l I tie U* to bi.iid up our wn*te p'llecn, mi I leruple* of WOl'rhip, our narked and II iff I rilii'* i<o* lying in nnhe?, our diamatit'ci dwelliiign noil our proatrnte ciedit. W r dosiro peace for" il* own *nke ; lor i* e It I; r Chriaiian influence, arid for llie eivilixiiitm nnil refiio nienl which apiing up ill i'n pnlli " l)o the I tecmiat ruction Acta of l\u.g-ea pr?-p"iio lo give i a thin pence) No, llie J give tin wnr nml nonreliy. rntlier. The; now tlie needs of diriord in our mid-1, ?!' < . place the heat ittlerml* ()f Jably l'?|o 11i ) hand* of nn IgnoHiiif Iiinb. They dirfr.in a chine llie while eiliy.cn nml enfranchise ill , newly cm unci pn led slave. The njavc ? r j yesterday. who knew no Inw but llie wi' ? i of the master, in lo-dav nhout lo he ji.ventc. ?[ with the control of the Government. !i 1 j a'l popnlnr Oivemmeiit*, the two gren * I courcen of^ovrer may be traced: Ut T J ! the exercise of the bulbil. id. '!? lb g franchise of the jury-box. Iiiv.at an; D people with there two greut |?iw crr,. oti # they hnee nt once flic government of th 1 country in tlnlr hand*. lty the R. cor . | at ruction Actn of Congress. iheae powei r are conferred upon the negro?ho en ( miiKf nnu unmake liie Cox'tilittinn mi a the laws, which he will administer ncc oil 5 ing to the dictate*. of otlicia, or liU ?>w 5 caprice. , We are not unfriendly lo the nepm ; o , i the contrary, we know tl?nt we m? hi* Ixi f friend*. While lie occupied tile position < 1 | a slave, he wn.. protected by the law 8. >? I cording to hi* condition in )ire. And huh ' that he tin* been made free, we *re m>t oi I ! ly willing to omifer upon I im eve*y ?-iv ' right, loit to protect, him in the full nn " flee eijoyniCnt of iho<e riglt'a. In hi r property, in lit* life, nod in hi* perron, w ? me willing flint the l.lnck man aid th . white man *hall stand together upon th E s.ime phiifornv ttnd ho olii. hied by th , same <<pinl law*. We venture the opinio! i flint the people id tioiitli Carolina nre pri .' pared to adopt, a* their own, the C-'0siini - I lion of otiy New Knglnn-I, or other North ' ern State, wher-in it is *<ipp<med that th ' 1 civil right* of the nezrg i.re most fully an I amply secured. But upon a question hi ' t volvmg nch grave and momentous issue: X t wit oliititLl 1 *? * - ?* - * .......... .'%> umruv Ml nunirlTN, Mil un'air to onr opponent*, wne we <o will hold tlio fmnk ?>i<l full exprenion of on opiniMMt Wf, thrle'oee, feeling the t? epoioubility of the #ulj'Ct mid Ho ore. Noti, enter our in at folruin prntpet iijjMint t he | ><i fey f inv*>*iiriff the negro wit politirol rphU. The h|?ek mnn in win Ood mid miture mid c-irciimaiunee* limr liie.te liiin. That he ?< not fit lu I ? inve?l d with there in:|><irtmi.t righte may l? ? n fanli of bin. Put the fuel i* patent to nl rbnt IIim negro i? utterly unfitted to rlrl ci^e the highest function* ot the riilm-ii.' The gi'V?*i nii.eiit of the eonniry atmuid no j b- primilled to para from tire I.end- of th t white rntin into the hinJr of the-uegro._ The enforeen e<>t of the !? c"nrtttietio .' Acta hy ndlttni y ?>?wer. under (lie gube i , negro vn'ltl ano neirre c- Attention*, enri i not In wittily r-?ei?|?l.|i-h civil govermn.li I in Smith Cnmlina. It nniy for n lime hoi ? n? in ml jeelion t" a t/'niti civil gowrnmen! . I lacked 1 y nilli'aiy fxroe. but It cmi ?1o n ' mtiit. , Am citicci.s of ilie United Stnt?'*, W negro en T pretoaey, n*>r should we anpiienee In negro NJflntily, N>)( for iwrflr^ onhr, hnl on hehall of |he A ntilo Hiixyn igee and bloirl in this e.onnti'v, do we prnfeM. against tl>i^ .snbveirston of the great mioi.il lew, where*hv. -mi IgnArnnt *nd rf^rrAved rae* Ir placed In power and liifluoite alxtve the v4rni?ni?. the ?dne?i?i| and the refined. By il)M? Anlt of pon^h-s?, intelligence and vlr'ne nr.- put under foot, while i^noianoe and vice art tiffed into power. In Month Carolina, the negro majority, mdor the Il?con?trtM>l i?n Aete. it rnwch |iw? ihan two to one. fh moft of the other Sunt hern Stater, the negro majorities, it not M greet, it ro nl in out. ns difMfd. In timer S'tnti-A whore the while vote ir In the lie een-lniit. tiie flrttinn dl'lrirta have been eo nrranued, ne to take the political power from the white vote find <nst it in f>ivor nf th* neefo vote, " What, then, is the inevitatile re?ulrf It invests the negro with al go. btte (Mi'l'ieil power in egrh of the ten Moutlmrn Sinter, end nt the same time. invest* him with the balance of power In the United S'a'es. Nor ie tliie all?the reconetrnetinn echeme close# the bnllnt?h*?x agaihet the beet Informed and educated plom, In the community, and npen? it >o the negro, o| whom noi more thin one in e hundred n?n read a word, and not -more than one in five hundred can write lile iimne : and mnllitnd'a nf vhoni are an profoundly ipnnrn<it na to Or unnOle to r> tnnubrr the nomi by tehirh they hare been rryinerrtL Yvrilv, this seefu* to he converting a pnpuIni dov rnnient. of whom we linve been justly prohd. iuto a popular farce' and we j would he con'mil ao t?? consider it, if it. did not involve the issue of life and dentil to the form of Government established by outI falhers for the benefit of themselves and tlielr pes'erily. If the " ject of the fearners I of the it "const roo'inn Arte was to degrade | I lie -oulhern I en|de. it is lime for them to [consider wlirlltrr the dcprndatirtii nmv nm ! j he Iiroiuflll li? their own doors?whe'lifr llif poisoned cup ntny not l<? returned to their own lips. Ittii <t may *? ? MkiHl, wliv I ?lo not ll??* Southern people neeppt the situ ! -iiiou nml control iliiiepru ejenicnt ? This ?pi.-n i ? ii? mnrli tii<?re easily neked tlifto answered. In 1 Wo first plriVe, "1* mn? he *ni 1 tlini. the liHnnifj ftf ili?'rnriii| t nml Inn ipuinp d< mspopoe. who will appeal to pnsei?n-n"d iiirjniliiM*, line always hern imiihl to h* mom powerful with rxfiied ' it ml ipnnrntil ntnl.a ihnn the wls.-st counsels | of the |ici>t frh-n 1a. lt.?i li-*, the foundation Atone ojnitl which llej-iihlioitli On> eminent |r-tt'/i?, tint tJie flculivc franchise is to lie ; el' ritiiH'il In it froo,liiioM,tr,,?it nml mi I "in 1 j .ilpment; ni"l whem-vei it I* n iuiitteil thnt | ilos /rnui'/uM l? to he controlled. of, in other | ; noiih, to In* mn-'e tins wtl'jii't of undue In flue|:e?< nml of bribm then, too, it nut At he admitted ttin It* |mt lienn llnvernment is nt nn eiol, nti'l mn?t, noon or or infer, pive wnv 1 to Aiteii otlior t?"T?-rimoot, ha innt lie forced upon n lirprm't-d nml already corrupted penI pie. li t if it to proposed in trivnnuft t" i pi too the iifr?n,,lit*?,?s n-sjiK under control, i I why conf? r the tmnrhlse nt nilf Surely, i ' tip- part of wi?r poviTnniPtit is to prevent i i tli* ovil. noil not open tho 'lour to the mis | chief w hich olhorA ore n.tmiuiishc.l they i ' must t?* |ifopnri'il. hy t . ick or ninnnvriio-ni, | tn nvirt, lint wliv press the subject liio 'iher? It in cnoiiph for in to know tlnit thin wild hiuI tooklc ft xprrimrni names r f lo in- to ills licni'ili aIoiic of every eit'lteii, t . n il invi Ives family nml property, moiety, i 1 I'lierly, nml v<mi life Use f. Nor in thi'tiM. r I The ciUi t? of Justice nre drn,Tjfel into the . | mire from their liiph p isilimi ; our ii.oai in j te l If. III. "w l.i'e eilir. OA nt(. i'\e|uil"?l front < ; the jury, while the ipn rut negro 5a el>* vn f till to 11?*i ro*poi>wli|e |-outinn : the jmv | ; liet.- ?pe oin-le u;? lr.>m the lis'sof rcpUtsT <1 , 1 voters, wliieh, ii* we Imve oiil, nre loore t [than two to one in furor of ihc ficpro. Not x , o'tly. he it renti'iiihereil. is the i.opro admit>( ! te l to the jury ho*, hut (lie white II,nil ia .. Jexcluded I lier. fioin. *1 li i n k V"U lli.it when I i the great III trier* ?.| *tl?e cominoli Iniv ol 1 iKnglnd proiioiiuei ,1 ilieir enromium upon . 1 thelriiil by jirv, Ihnt tl or contemplated ; for n liloine it Aileli nn iu<t ni'iietit iia no | ignorant mpro pnnel ? Think ton, thnt I | when llie trainer* of the Const il lit ion of the . ' Unite<l S'?ie< iiio.e po-n'eil into <hnt iiiA'rn , I nieiit the provision Ihnt. the trial hy jurv i 1 kIiiiiiI t nlwny* he liehl iiivioitle, thnt tiny J j intend'"! to ngrnft upon it mcli nn eno-,. | lliity iia ii.-pro jlieymeil, trorh from the cot f Ion ne.l rice tl l.ls of the South? Think ,, j von. thnt. when John Uolle.lpe nml his illus. i j ilion* m iiioeers ?ipiied ihnt. in?truinent on * j I lie pnrt. of South t'nro'iiin. thnt lliey inv 1 lenili*. to fin pe n clmin which, in n pi riot! y ' no loupe? than nn ordinftry lifu-time. woiiM It I drnp lln-ir prnml eliililt'eli (who VT-re then y ! plnjinp nrouud ilieir kiins. nml some o! . j whom nre now litinp) fortrin) hrforen jnrv j, of their own s'nvosf Tn'k of mhlilmnu! ,f ; linti.ilintion, talk of omi Remit ion, con.plain I j of el. on-net to relo-ls, nflcr this ! C. d for| | hid ! Tile Cloven niei.t of the United Slnic n , lin* enforced npiinet the Southern people t the most stupendous net of eoiifisen'ioti ihn' ,, ' lis* i-vr enforced in the hiatnrr o1 nation*; their property in Inn he.eri y ! cot-titrated to tin* amount of three ilnni'sml j I millions of lulliti*; other p*w>nitl property v ; in the shape of cotton, provision*. Mmk 1 pinto mot tin has hern ruptured or de t| strayed, to the vn'nc of ono lliomnml mil i, , lion* of dollars ; a;ul from tln-re cnus. * iheii ,| . I it rt ! hm ilrl?riiirNt il to tile extent of mil I. thousand mi lion* of dollars?t?t??l?I ? in tlti n ittftf ofpite the enormous sunt of live tho i iennd milli-oia of dollar*. There overwhelm |njr pee lint try liwse* full exclusively it pot the Southern peop'n. The |M?'.it1cal tvil . eoinp'itliieil of will, of course, full rh'eflj ' J upon the pen pie of theSonlh, lilt not cxcltl J sively tipon tlieni. Fasten negrosttp'eniact ' itn on the South, snil it tniirt he felt throuul J I all of hor relations with the North?wheilin ^ commercial, political or sic'itl. Shoiihl t Northern man?anil how often must end nteeemii!V he the <-S?e?he l.r.night to tria * in the Sta'e or Feilerul eourts at the South ' 1 Ins life or liherly must he pa?-cd tipon l.j | ipmrnit negro jitiors. Should tin* mosi ' rt llii nlt slid coiiiplicatcil questions of prop [eriy arise in Southern courts?ire! lorn I n'lp-l must stldl he the esje, srMog front j inter marring**, inlierilnnce or trade?tin * cati?c of.the Northern man ni'lil he deride('j | hy the estne Ignorant triluinnl. Nor is tli'l ! \ el nil. The liiolte*i ]>rrr<-gaiire of govern 't | ment is the taxing power, ond the . /Torts ?? j' the wisest Stst-siiien have heen expend.d N ' Jouaril this it rent power strti'mM nfmse. N' r, power lias Keen more jealoiutjr wniche.1 ! than tli'S No pnwawhar given rire ft* ?r . | much rtrifo sod bloodshed in the hi-lory o * ! the world. The coot eel let wen the moth ' I ee country ntl-1 the tnIo*<i"S o>igtl.flted it ' j her as-unipt ion of the right to t?? " 1 represent it ion. Hy ?' ? R.-oon#ti iih!o? e ! Arl< of Cot'lT'* *. rtid ( ower ii plneeL" ! in f ! ?' Itm di of thoee who own no property ** iaii'l i* tnk?n awaV from (Itefte who hold tin property nod ioo.il pay 'hrtixee Tin* wm j t|?> t Ime nltray* *- ! In ttveen oipiiul ?n< ~ Mntmr la deeiili'd in fnenr ol the latter. ami '* the w.nitfi ot the Ooontry i* proaliatrd nl 0 | the f.el of tine* who hove nnthi'ic ? Xak< " ' their daily wane* nftd their dntly bread ' Mow will thi* power he exerd?*d T fun ii '* i he inp|M-BH<1 for a moment that It will In " lexerelwd in arty other wny than to iinprwi ? ' eu'rli burden# upon the inx-j>?y?-r? a* will '' amount, in the end. to pmeti.tal court* -at inn 1.1 of the small remaining atilwlane*of oitrpeoo | pie f nut we mn?t fot henr. Sueh are doiut < of the immediate ftvaro'jneiteeftof the Ileeon "Iruction Arts upon (ha people of the Sooth and upon the whole country. We have aaiil. and we repeat, that we de sir* pre, .- ; but the polfoy now proposed cannot five im p*ao-\ It is oenlrtt* to the rclco ol reason and the Uw of nature. In tend of pn?er, under >he Ileconktetietlon Acte, we shall hive strife end bitterness.? j Instead ot the South recovering front her poverty, nrtd contributing her there to the common wealth and prosperity of ill* counter. she will litrnmi' mora and more impor -riehtd. The blight of ntUrtdo will cut abort her harvest* and dry tip liar roeoureea. The lew. if violence, wlttrh has prevailed for more than two year* in rrroai/ftirM Tenncaaee, will extend Its awav throughout the entire Mouth, and we shatl reap like Iter, the harvest of ctime and bl> O-l mulli pll' tl two fnhl. We hare shown thai free negro labor, under the (Hidden emancipation poller ?'f i the. Oovernnici-t, 1* a disaster front wliieh, ' under Otu timet favorable circuiua<anec*. it w ill requite years to' recover.? Add to this I the policy which the Heconalruction Ac s propose to enforce and you place the Until It, liolitlcnllv and socially, under the h?vl of I the negro ; there influence* combined ifuttll drag lo hopelrr* ruin tint mart pmaperou* community in the woKil. Vli?t do ili'M Rcconrtruclinn Act* propone! Not negro ennuiity mrivlv, lint negro tupreiitivy In I lie iintti*, I hen, of humanity to liotli tnee*? in tiic in wo of tilitennhip under the C><n*ti , tntion?In the name of n common hirtory ( in ilie pad?in the nnnie of our Anglo Saxon rnce and Mood?in the nnmo of the cl\fixitlon of the nln-teenth' ronturv?in the t arn- of iniignnmmity nnd the nolde tret inc'r of ro-inhond?in the name of Ood ami nnturo. we pro net ngnirirt thc*e Act*, n? dcnliui'tiee to tin* pence of Wfirtj, the prosperity of the country and the gioalner* mid grandeur of our common future. The people ot I lie Smith ate power)' a* lo avert tIt** impending ruin. We have l?e*u iiverlumie; and the lespormiliility tp porterity nnd to the world ha* passed into ollu-r haiiila Cl;t .fautjjrru (BnlrrprisrJ GKEEy VlIeleE, S. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1807. mini tier of important Editorial item* taavo been crowded out. Inducement* Extraordinary TO ADVERTISE IN I HE ENTERPRISE. In in iter hi ?ffer the i/rental inducement* in I nnr I hi ire r to nilrertiecr*, ice purpose to our Town mrrrhnnt*, the Columbia merchant* awl the nirrrhnnt* nf Char/en toll, In ittue, on the 20tk Mm.*hrr, (ml., DOUBLE OUIl USUAL CIIIOULATlOXf mill lhn*t who wi*h to let their bitnne** he hunirn to the people of (j rem t'ille, Ziehen*, Anderenu, Spartanhnry nmt Lauren* Di*'rlet?, *hnn frf not fail to hurt heir rard* in**rlrd, in nnr pn per will he extra air* I y rirenin ted In rnrh nf' thn*e Dl'trirt*. Th'* I* an opportunity hut mchlnm peemrri If it to them, anil irhieh mhuiitil nut he urerloiihed. Senil ohmij ynur Adeertieemtnl*, and huitd up r/on r hiitlne**. Do not fnrijet the time: 20M Xorctuher, in*t. Tho Address of the Convention of vtrptte Men, in C tumbln. H"td on Wetlnerdav !act.---What Ought the Fe pie to do. Miwl i'l itie l>i-trio'? in Smith Carolina wit- well and at Iv ??*|?r ?e|?l?"d in the C?n veiiiinii, w hirh mi-l in Columbia, on iVi-il-wliir. t!??? (Hit test. There wnf p'r i feel unanimity in oppofllinn to the radical i CJongr#Monai scheme of rwomiiiipii-n, 1 ?y I which the negroes of this Stale are cxp-ct! e l t" gain |wtu->i|nn of absolute power over lite white population. 'flier# wo not i a delegate |iri"i!iit, nor the report of acy inlelligA'U wli't* cit'jten of flir State, t tin I i? now in favor of rotihs "for a Convention." The mloi-tloii of ilw- aide and eh-rpient nililrni, which will ln? 'diinit in our column*. w*s ilie only measure of the Coin vent inn. Hnwlly ni-lol upon. We commend I lo nil our r ndei* I lie tnrrfnl rroJihij of thii addr>f*. Tlie con el n 'injr portion of it, o?> p-o1aliy, is exactly adapt- d lo Ilie timca.? It reein* to in tlmt, no honest irinn, of nuv I sens*. I o lie Xm l hern or Southern. can re ml I | 11?i* address mnl Idittue nny lioily ill th<? I Stole for opposing the negro government, wtlieli ilie Itadiculs are itrivlli1.' to faster j upon in. We pity the poor deluded men j wliocver lltey are, tlmt can have the heart | to vol? * lor a Conven'ion." for in ?<i I | voting, tliev ilec'are th-ir willingness foi i the ignorant negroes of the low country, j and the Hume cine* everywhere, to goverr them", their., wive#, their children th-ii r brother* and slaters Merciful 0<??1! what n d-gradation I t*? "hink that the free 1>orr J rvh-fe men of our liberty-luring inountnii region, shauld he called on to vote to p)?e< ' | thein>eivs under the government of tin *| wretched,lt d ignorant black negroei of Qi-orgetown And Ueaufort, Colleton nnf ^ ! Charleston, Barnwell and Orangeburg, am j other l?l?trlets; and. ho-rilde Jo tiiiuk there are actujtlly white men nspi'ing foi , olfiee, hy negro voles, g ing ghoul tin in try witli Ilie nrrurance to usk dirinter ' estrd while people to Vote for till* lie?r? II Convention ! ' Whatever may have been the prospeet o ' *he It ce<>n-t ruction Isv't nf Congress at tin ' first, there is now nothing hnt. one coccin rum niinm mom ; ? ? Know. overy'>oil\ 1 { know', lh? Viltiury 0 onmaiiders ninl tlx r whole world know, rtrxl understand perfect 1 I iv. ttin' thora Itci'iiiittmi'tinii Iowa won ' , itilt'nlfd t<? transfer the ^iv^rnntwit of nil ; the Southern Stubs to iltc negroes. Tin I Supplements! Acta pf Conitrrw, tli? strnln 1 ed construction of llie Military Command I or? in gomg lnTun I lima* Aeis, (yet witli the applause of Stephana, Wnde. etc.) ti ' I enfoice negro juries, nml n">gr? rniMlity, ot * j the South, and to extend, beyond nil holt ' j or?l.l? bound*. ikn (litfnnii'hiti inent o ' white men, oxelttdiug n, nee>>rding t? II Sioklka, and hf enforce i ky Gen. Cav ' < at, the rapt airta of pAlrol from eiii*enaM| f | and the right to vote. Ev?ry one, there * I fore, se>-? that th y have (retired the (tor |, a iiiiiunt of the States to the iiryrn; ant ' | what sort of n erea'ure is thnt whit*- until 1 i wtio can role for a Convention to tnnke tie ' I gro rule sure end steadfast. God help tie | Gone to sttend the Oeneral Aenemb'y Interesting Letters. ' ' Dr. K. T. Bi'ist left this morning. for Vn^h ! ville, Teanes*re, in attendance or Commission * | er upon the meeting of the (lcin r.il Assrmblj r. of the I'rosbjferiao Church, which incet nt I 1 the 2l*t November, Inst. Ife expects to hi I absent sinue fonr of five weeks, spending t ( portion of Ids time in rlsiting e (laughter re ,i siding In tho West lis has very kindlj i promised to write us Ivttors during Lis ataj t nw.iy. Tha weekly supply of his pnlplt wilf be an nouucod under its proper heading. I < ??> ? i IIv request, we again call attention to th< advertisement of Deputy Collector Oca a. win advertises a valuable trad of land for rule ' i on the IHth Inst. This tract l? known as 1h( Jloini stead." y.y," -^-.-r^: cfc>nv*otl?p or no CdoT?otlo?. {,<. NCxtTneaday tnj Wednesday, the people of tbl< plate wfll b? oallad or. to cteelde whether ihty prefer to place thems-1 r*a under the negro Hadical rule and euprem aev. or whether they prefer IP govern them reive*, like the |eo| U of Ounnt<tl?nt, New York, hhln, New Jereejr, Maryland, Hen.tueky, Kdneaa, and vth'r free "Sntea. All who dealre t? aatabliah the horrible away ?,f negro government in South Carolina, may mnaia1 enily endorM Oil their ticket* the I word*, " For a Convention." AH thoae up ' p"#ed to tt, mnat vote either " Againrt a OtftivanUnii," or, what ia the Mine thing, not vole at all on the quealion of a Convention. Anyone dreiring to-vote f?r delegate* to ; the Convention, can vole f?>- fonr naatea, and nothing more In thie DidrW, and arm I ply endorae ou the ticket "ngaintt a ConvchtlOtJ.1' We have direna-ed tliia q itat ion of a Coi-ventiiin freely for aome time. T'hla la the In?t iaane of our paper preceding the | election. Wc have felt hound to warn the people plainly. There ia no good ean com* [ from voting (or a Convention; but, in our opinion, evil and eternal disgrace; f?r it ia 1 a (act that the negro race are unfit to govern lit* w liite race. It la a fact that they are benefitted. r.ther. liy the control of the white man. "We d? not now mean a* ilarce, l>ut aa population of iheS'ate. It ia a (act, that if the white people of the South do vote tlieiurelvo* under negro govern* moot", they arc the ft ret white people that ever did an ; and timet become the moat degraded nnil iufmnnu*. in the hielory 1>f mankind. lint they have not dmio it. In ).oti iaana, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia. every whflv. lli? whites have shown their scorn m il horror of negro niprriimcy, by th* vast majority, either voting against Convention, or hy not voting at alb Ntteh will the corner of tlir people of thin Slate, here in onr inoutitnip country. Who I* there, not ernr.y for otlicr, that can think of voting for a negro Conveml.ni T Who U lliorc a weak of unibrstiiniling, or bo nmiiiiuir.il of the facta about him, ah to he led alot-g l>y nuibitioiiB mm to hi? own dlagrae*, nnd made to vote hi* own degradation f All tha waters of tho ocoan can never wash away tbe atain on tlx nunc of thnl white man of the South, who. with hi* eyes open, votes to place himself ami Ida race under the government of the negroes. Will bi do It to pirns* the Radical par'yf Why the people of the North are'now hilling that party bv millions of votes against ihrtnl , Will be tl?i it In the name of Rsptth. licanlsm? Tbe wisest and ablest Republlcans of the North al Itor the negi o-uni versalsutfrage scheme. Will be do it because he bas been beguiled into a league called Union League, with negroes? Surely not; for,oathbound as lie bas become, through tbe cunning of party eoheiuers, he still hanthe right to retire troni the League, and not to votr.? Tlx people of the North are rpsakiog in thunder lonef against the scheme of Africanizing the Houtli. Can any sane man amnng't ns d.-sire it, and vote " for a Con Vvution* to do this very tlii'-g ? The Elections in the North. State aflvr State In tho powerful auil populous North litis voted this Pall, nnd every where Radical Republicanism is seen going down. Every where tho Democrats and Conservative Republicans hnva gained largely, whilst in Ohio, Pennsylvania. New York, New Jersey, I'oniiectuuf. California, Montana, Kansas, Minnesota, Kentucky, Maryland, nnd other States, the actual majorities against universal negro suffrage are luosl decided.? beading Republican newspapers confess that the people of the North are against their extreme measures, and especially against the socalled Reconstruction sclieuic of uegro suprcui* acy in the South. Thore signs aro encouraging, the night ol despotism is far spent, the day is coming, and the country-will, by the mighty voice of th? people of the United States, drive from power those who nro seeking to place the white people, under negro supremacy, for tho sako nl party. The strong side, its well as tho right | side, is now tin? party opposed In negro dotnination, and thin party will rnpid'y grow and swell till it inriudes ?very living wliito tnnn iti i America. Tho Union will bo restored as om father* made it, but not by ibo negro Convention scboino now propomd. The people o the North, by their votes, are rebuking tlx ]>uvil of Radicalism, and ho is fleeing bo I fore lliont. Shall the foul fiend enter into th< i heart* of our Southern whito toon, after bcin| driven from tho North * If be docs, we aba) sec those who reeeivo him into their bosoms soon running violently down tho steep* o destruction, and plunging into the sen of pop ' ] ulnr wrath, wherein they will bo choked a; I effectually as that herd of swino mentioned it , ' the Scriptures. The Devil besought the I,on i | to suffer them to go with tho swino, after thej , I should be cast out of Ibo dweller among thi tombs; anil be suffered them. We trust tba , tlio Radical spirit, east out of the X<"tb, wil not bo permitted to make swine of Southrri men, and lead them to the same swift deslrue | tion. Tho safe maxim is, " resist the Devi p and be will floo frogi you." i The New Clover. i The Japan CloTtr. as some call it, or tin ? Striate, na liotanicaMy named, ha > attracted universal attention in this 8taU r I We found uiost of the gentlemen we met ii 1 Columbia, recently, from all parts of th 1 State, greatly ii.legated in this new gra>i and full of information as fo its valus am r wonderful ?prt<vl in the last two or tlire t | j m wmwm i>*rr aiiril H VN91 # Xl?*lll Of OUT IWl . | tot v. On jfcncd land*, it grow* high ennugl ? I to cut (or hoy. We heard 0*n. 0ii*8M' | ray he h?? cut a quantity, and that ih f dried hay doc* not ralivnt* horaca am a mulra a? it will in the green elate. We refer nnr readers to an artiole whirl we hnee copied from the Laurenarill* JUr i> nhl, giving a satisfactory arconnt of tin Japan Clover; the wilter we know lo he i , gentleman of high chaiacter and in'cUi I vt'-iice. This grara ha* juat retch<*d On en , villi* and gotten a foothold during the pr*? t ent tuiiDDtr. We may look for ita grncra 1 *pre?d in onr District next rummer. Wi i ate mti'fied It will prove one of the great > . e*t hlrrriaga to our country, in grazing Mock i and |M-rhupa in recuperating onr land. I . 1 *?etn* to l? a Wi'lldri fill prnvldrlltial add! f tiou to our agricultural teaourcea. Clear Wintry Weather. ) We have had the part two day* an< I niylita fine, cl?-ar, cold weather. 1.i?t nigh . a *liarp freeae, mid ice this moining to bi 1 I reen everywhere. We truat U?ia went he > \ will rtnp the fcvera | revuiling in the inert * I Mint he?n icy inn*, especially the teirilde yd I | h>w fever, which hit* been, during I ha anm | mi r mid fall, ai> fatal iu LouUiane ant Texas. ? Mf ? , JH}- Rot. W. II.tRitiaos WjUMSl, wa an requested-t<> an/, will preach in the I'rcshy te . i in if Church on Huntlay next. , , ? ur His Flection Precincts known a i Cedar F?|ls and Jon*#', have liven cumuli - dated into one, to be known iu future a. f ' Jones'; an, also, have the E'eetion Preoinel , known as Kairview ami Founlain Inn. havi * liven consolidated into one, to be known ii future as Fountain Inn. ? ftr- Wo bare had the plcaaere cf a cal ' fruiR Air. IIai.i., of the Charleston PaUg .Veto, | but nur space will adnfit of no uaurv thai merely uionlioninjf the fact. Next week. townEx |Mflp&32 1 *"". .'I ' Jl^". u V Candidates for the Conrention. Constitutional Union Hi liberty! Wo Slavery of the White PcopU under low country Neyrvcs. Tioket Nominated atth?Or?ft t Meeting: on TuoS&y of Court Week. SIMEON R. WESTMORELAND*. THOMAS J EARLE. J. DUNKLIN SULLIVAN, T . nn.UALYiauuWWIH. "" I Nov ft M < , . The Union Bep*blie*n Candidate* 1 FOR the Contention, til) iptek m Mlow* t Greenville C H., Thursday, Kottmlxr ?th et T. P. M. Near Fork Skoals Friday, No rem bar 9th, at 12, M. Lendermnu's, Saturday, November 8th, et 12. M. Jeste K. Stone'*, Monday, Nor ember llth^ | at 11, M. Bmckmnu's, Tuesday, November Ifttli, et ! 12. M. : Marietta, Thursday, November 14tb, at . 12. M. Cool Spring, Friday, November Ifltb, ftt 12, M. ' Gla??y Mountain, Saturday, November^fttb, at 12. tt. Union Republioan Nomination, for Convention. *. JAMES M. ALLEN. WM. B. JOHNSON, WILSON COOK, J. 11. HUN ION. November 6 24 S Milk Cattle, ,1 ?r?THE sitbsoriber has for . BKl rale, a number of YuUNO ffPTl BULLS AND HEIFERS, all ?.,,|>?rior milk stock, par* Devon* sud Dut-htm*, and grades upon the Ayrcehir.*, English end llralim'n. karmers end stock raisers now have an oppoarfnnjty of improving vhrlr milk stock from tbabest breeds aod lierda in this count nr. at for* priefM, K. 8. IRVfNE. Nov 12 25 . -1* Deputy Collector^ Offloe, ( hcknyillk, 8. O.. Nov. Id, 184?. ? T>Y \Irlue of authority vested in me, I 1 > will expose fop sale, on Monday, the 25th November, inst* at 12 o'clock, M, at l he residence of Martin Hunt, Jr., one QHRY MAKE Levied on as the property of Mr*. E'ber Strop, at the suit of the United Staler, tor Reveuue Tax TERMS CASll. A. L. coim. Deputy Collector GreeDTille Diet. V?w 1 M o* ? % f . W . D A Y I S^ AT TUB NEW STORE, BUNCOMBE STREET, CirccRTille, 8. C.V; ; jmaw aaoiairsnaa), 1 DllY GOODS \ NOTIONS ; CLOTHING, IIATS ! SHOES, BOOTS t IIAHDWARE A CROCKERY, AC. t Which will Uaold 1 iflv inn run on nunnr uun iutt uuuu uu LWUWV& .ALSO, A QUANTITY OF BACON, ^ FLOUR ' 8ALT i SUGAR, COFFEE ' CONFECTIONERIE8, AC. J ??U"TM OAltOMNA ; Clothes Washer, AGKICCY FOR ! GREENVILLE DISTRICT AT THE : NEW STORE, i BTJNOOMBE STREEt. UREENVIl^LG, S. C. ; T. W. DAVIS. Jfor IS ? If STATE OP SOUTH ^AROLIHA, [ UREliN VILLK DISTRIOT. * i Sheriff Sale*. T T)Y ot * DMnlal Order freer tfe J[ J Court of Ordinary, I nflll Mill, <>* SnU?~ tiitj in Drtembrr ucjri, to <b? h)gbwt bWdtr, at public out-cry, the following Tl' ACTS 0# 1 LAND; ala; f \ All that place, parcel and Timet of I,et?n, situated la Ureenrille Dietrlct, on water* of Giliier'a Crack, bounded by land* ?f t>r. t. C. Austin, H. E. Lynch, Mary King and otipre,' ' and containing Tm? AvntfrtJ ami Txtntg Acrt*, more or laaa. Alro, All that piece, parcel and Tract of Le<td, a aituated in UraeutUI# District, on watcre of <J ildar'a Creak, bounded by lande of Batata af *' Dr. Manning Auatln, deceased, Ken ben ttrsialettand othara, and containing {tirfu Arm, ? more or laaa. Sold aa the |>r> pcrty of MARTIN i OTTH, dacaaaad, for partition ahtung the bene. TERMS?A credl: of tjralva luoofba far all ' ascent ao much aa will pay tha eoata, Which will ba required in caab. Carebaaare If giro two good securities and n mortgage of tha I preniaea to tha Orlhiery, to aemre the payment of the pure ha no mo hoy, o WW. T. .*111 MATE. S Q. D. ? Shcriffa Ofllco, November 6th, IW>7. Nor Id W S .' "i * ,< I . n .V ar b * j- t /. - '-' ft' ' ' ? As ' > ? aia'd* ihJkW iamf '''