, 1866-04-21
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CHARLESTON, Sc,
saturday, April FL, 1866.
TO Whom docs the Negro Belong?

To Whom docs the Negro Bclong?
Is he the property Of the Southern or the
Northern people o. lIus he n bill Of sale for
himself, given by God and guaranteed By the
Consultation 'of his country Or are we to
believe thnt internal, galvanized loyal;st, who
rtns that nccurscd sheet. tie Richmond Exam
iner,-,hat fawning hun.-on to the skirts Of
to believe W hat we hear. lie has heoh an cye.sore
10 the people Of the South all through the late
rebellion and when hi. lrnitorous sheet was
suppressed by General Grant, went to The sn-
cnllel .nccrish !IPei,vr," ESD un .s-.,te.,
knees begged his royal master to Iiermi, t,isn
once more to issue his abortion Of decencw.
pledsing TO sustain him i'll all his 'hcts il he
would only give him the pound of flesh. Yes,
this thing, *ho talks of n !ree press. and the
right Of American citizens, and "who accepts
the situation, (und would accept any'othcr If
it we're otfcred) has, in an article Of last week,
undertook TO say what kind Of papers shall be
III the South, and who shall read them. How
decent men can read that sheet is to US q won
der. Perhaps he bu!l:Gd them into it. That
used to be the ra!e in days gone by, when the
Pryors and Brooks went looking for The liurl,n-
su,ncs ind potters. Rcad the impudencc Of this
fellow as he undertakes TO dictate to that class
Of honest men IN the South who are doing all
thc* can to help Il poor people. Whose only
crime is that their Faces nre 2 shade darker
and their hearts Il thousand times whittier thhn
many Of their wculd be mastsys. First, he
49, "a. nj tb, Nno. Nntiop-u ~, i,st .tnrt,J
il, Il, hmond. and. like ourself, devoted 10 the
Interest Of all. Mark
..1f we have any proper mems lief. whereby
| this sinking nuisance. the New Nation, may
bp nba,cd, let us not fail TO use them TO t.ica
furthcst verge
Not coMtcnt With wishing that it mky be
suppressed, he also asks that any poor colured
man who contributes his mite 10 sustain Lis
friend und advocate, shull be turned ont of en-
pioyment and the test Of u gentleman shnll
be, does he hire II negro who reads the Nation
if he does, he is not fit 10 move in the societ,
of the cduor lthat is a bad thing for Gar -ruoms,
lie writes:
"Ali ncs,ocs who pn,ronise the New Natio,
should at once be discharged f7o,n the employ.
ment Of every gentleman WIN respects hinisel
and the society i'll which he moves"
But the worst is to come, and we would thu
the ministers Of the churches in that State stoE
praying for the President, and turn their utten.
ton to the Examiners damned. This from
piper that claimed the white man was in fear q
his life froa. q war OF races by the granting Il
the negro the .ame right To be hung rs the
white imam, and urged them If the right Of all
men were acknowledged by Congress to sharper
the knives. and make ready for the day o
throat-cu,!is. Yes, let It be known that IN
says:
"All white men who siYc the New Natior
countenancc arc already banned
Thh, paper is "A class which does more Il
keep these States to-day in The position they
are than all the radicals IN the country. he i
not alone. There is another I" beautiful bird
IN Memphis. Tenn, who undertake. to coihphl
men to think as he does. We haze secn taa
bird it days gone By he used to tell or ON
pure Southern like him. bcing equal TO fy
poor Yankees like Shcr,nan's heroes. But Ii
went To prove it III the qunr,ermastcr depart
trRcnt q. jackson, Miss. and now when tn
boys in blue are at home. and the poor dcIudrt
rlan ~ o.. Satt,h src ia their .rnvcr. brough
ihere by such rs he: liz comes from his hi