Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-11-13
Negroes in Virginia.

1.-The Charlottesville Chronicle, Conser'
yativc, and not ant-rcgro paper, says;
z The negroes in Virginia have set the seal
to-their doom. There is no longer any peace.
The question now is who shall occupy and
rule the territory between forty and thirty
two degrees north latitude-the blacks or the
whites. Every conceivable effort has been
made here to harmonize the Two races. Eve
ryf form of overture has been made to the
blacks by the whites. Every appliance vas
resorted to, to carry the election. all has
been in vain. Drilled like an army, mane-
pvred like body of disciplined troops, obey
ing an order from the central league like q
sign from marshal's baton, tho negroes have
tdelivcred their vote like a concentrated broad
side. Perhaps it is best to bring matters to
crisis at once. Let it be developed at once
what negro suffrage means. The farther the
revolution goes, the more violent will be the
Erecoil. The North will not believe until they
fsee; and they will see when the Southern
llelections are finished"
The Richmond Dispatch,a a paper which has
been in favour Of Congressional reconstruc-
}tion, says:
|. ~ Every one. who has not been made nc
quainted with the thorough system of or
ganzation through secret societies of the ne
gro population OF Virginia, will be amazed to
ses with what unanimity they have voted
eSsrywhere for the Radical nominees. There
sghtsst fssPGSt !SF Hs aGSa Rssa a tPsp e sS
ties. They have voted as unanimously for
the most inconsistent corrupt, and disreputa-
bic men, as they have for those in better
standing. There is hardly single one OF
their nominees who is respected in rcspccta-
bic communities, but there are some who are
very much better than others. Their black
constituents show. however, no greater de-
ference 10 thcsc than they do to all others.
"a dreadful feature of this atrocious game
is tho complete alienation Of the negro from
the white pc ,pe with whom he has been
raised and with whom lie must live.
q The returns from every county show that
they are completely banded together as one
man in war-yet only political-against
their people and their own best interests. 1t
is The saddest feature Of these monstrous
tines. Oar citizens find that they have a
body in their midst which IS wholly and
blinlly antagonistic to them. No division
amongst thetnsc!Tes-no appeals to reason
from withoui-havc made the slightest i'm
pres sion upon their soi'union 1t is is pair
fa as it Is incomprehcnsible."
The Norfolk .l'irgiaien, enc Of the most
respectable papers in the South, says:
aThc intolerance manifested by the nc
groes hrre yesterday towards one of their
own colour who ha.i The maniness 10 VOC
the white mans ticket" rs be called it,
shows tic effect Of the teaching they receiy-
cd from their Radical tutcrs. All tie sara,
gerry Of their nature was aroused. They hunt
cd and bounded their intended victim through
the streets aud bcset him until, like stag at
bay, he turned upon his tormentors and gave
them taste Of his metal They still threat
en- to xii him, and his lie is really in jeo-
pardy. And this is the sort OF f'eedonl
we are to have under Radical rule and sui
frage. Well did Mr.. Doolittlc say that tic
Radical Congress had organized hell Iii the
South"