The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-08-07

out expense to the negroes. !
Again, they declare in convention,
and have made it a part Of their
platform, that the old negroes, and
infrm negroes and paupers, are
to7be supported by the property
of the whit esn1en, instead Of taking
care of their own aged parents
and pauper kindred =, -; .;lES :.
In the twelfth :; article, adopted
by this radical negro. convention,
they avow openly: their purpose OF
disfranchising alfwho* have serv-
ed in the Confederate, army, or
aided and abetted the war. They
are disposed to take a step, and a
wide one, beyond the radicals in
Congress. The white radicals have
tlisfranchised only those who have
filed public Offices; but the black
radicals are determined to-, extend
it to all, who were in the army,
which includes almost the entire
white population. This will be
accomplished in that convention
whichsthe white people are going
to-vote fora convention to dis
franchise themselves I;confiscate
their property, and place the State
absolutely Under !. the control d
the. negroes.. Was there: eversueh
folly and dmadnesslleard of before,
inthe. civilized world2 In sack
:clothandsashes, they will have to
repent Of their stupidity and dis
honor = -. -. - ~ 80,
. This, negro radical convention
further demands a revision Of our:
laws and the reorganization. Of
our courts. They, aset ofpaupers,
ignorant and debased, arc to gov
ern the State, and the white men,
who own all the property, are to
pay the expenses Of the State.
They speak of'building railroads !!
No doubt2a thousand sehemessWiH
be .concocted- =. for spending the
white mans money, forthe. benefit
ofthe negro, before they proceed
to take it from him BY force por
fraudulent legislation. Horrible,
most horrible, is the future Of our
poor State and degraded people.
No one seems to~realize our atr11e
1t is now as it was in
the days of secession. We arc
standing, like idiots, on "a maga-
zine. of powder, 1ourishing in our
hands a fire. brand, and laughing
at the beautiful ring of ribbon it
makes in the dark. The explosion
viii come, must come, sooner or
later, and bring with it universal
death and destruction tosthe pee-
pie and propertyzot the !State,. =.
In Liberia, where, thefe@.ise a
nationof negroes, sent from @the
United. States, and where, they
have formed 81 Government, no
white man is allowed to. hold
Office, or 10 o1Eotes at. any..selee etien
for any Office. This is WISE and
proper; and they have thought it
to make this exclusion
for their own peace and prosperity,
Have not the white men the same
right to exclude, the, negro. from
the right of suffrage, when they
know that the. negroes have "a
in the State, and will
seize the Government of the State.
if permitted to vote ?
It is idle folly to tell the people
of South Carolina that capital and,
immigrants will flow into the
State; when reconstructed on the
Black Republican platform. On
the contrary, as soon as this negro
government is organized, every
dollar of foreign capital in South
Carolina viii be withdrawn, and
not one cent will come here seek
ing investment. Nor will any
foreigners move here to settle,
under negro rule, and the confu-
sion and disturbance which it will
give rise to in the State Mr.
Calhoun predicted, years ago, that
if the negro was set free, the
Northern people would insist on
his right Of suffrage, and if allow
ed, the negroes would seize the
Government, and the white peo-
pie would have to leave the State!
He further said, that the former
owners would lose all influence
over their freedmen, whose sym
pathies and partialities would be
for Northern men and vile emls=
saries sent here to control them.
think it is pretty generally &C:
znowledged, even now, that all
control of. the negro, in the COM
ng election, IS already gone from
their former masters. Gen. Hamp-
ton and his friends hadjust as we'll
try to control a herd Of wild
ouffaloes in the vast prairies Of
the West, as the negro vote OF
Columbia. B. f. PERRY.
GREENv1LLE, S. c., July p, 1867. =.
With what fear, reverence, and