Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-06-12

Judge on the Bench, from the venerable Chic
Justice down to the youngest member of th'
judiciary, must throw aside his gown, ant
1 will 10 longer be permitted to administe
Justice in South Carolina. ALI who hav'
served in the Legislature, or filled the Office
of Justice of the Peace, are excluded from
any participation in the administration of th'
government. To the place of those Judges
Governors, Legislators and distinguished men
who are disfranchised and declared unworthy
of holding office, the negroes are substituted
It is not surprising that the Radical mem
bers Of Congress should wish to exclude from
the councils of the nation.all Representatives
who are worthy of being regarded as South
erp men. They have so long INDUCED il
vulgar and malignant abuse of the South
that they would naturally feel unpleasant il
having true Southern man listening to thei
billingsgate. 1t is very likely, too, that Mr.
Sumner and others might not, from old asso
Citations and remembrances, feel exactly safe
in nttering their calumnies. But that any
honorable and spirited Southern man shoulc
consent TO vote for such exclusion,is to me
most passing strange.
| South Carolina, and the whole South. with
one voice, rejected Indignantly last fall, the
! Constitutional Amendment, which only ex
'cluaes from Office the leading men of the
Southern States, and reduced our representa-
tiol III Congress. 1t did not disfranchise any
one or establish negro suffrage. But now
both these dislonoring and fatally ruinous
principles are established by the military bill
and;the people are ready to adopt them
What has produced this seeming craven and
covering spirit?
II is urged that unless we vote for con-
vention, establish negro suffrage, and disfran.
.chise our prominent men, con6scation will be
adopted BY Congress. A friend said, the
other day, that this ought not to scare us, for
we were all broke and ruined .pecuniarily,
and had nothing left to con6scate. He
thought it was too late in the day to dishonor
ourselves in order to save the remnant Of our
property: ] think if any one will read the
speech of Horace Greeley, in Richmond, on
confscation, he will see, as have always
contended, that there is no danger on, this
subject from Congress. Mr.. Greeley says
that Thaddeus Stevens is the only prominent
member of Congress who has ever suggested
such q scheme, and that he has never, with
alIhis ability and influence, been able to Fer
suade others 20 adoptit He then goes on to
show that such policy would not benefit
tho freedmen; whilst it would entail ruin and
starvation on the Southern States.
But we are told that if we do not adopt
the military bill and vote for q convention,
something worse will be imposed on the
Southern States. In my opinion, nothing
worse than negro suffrage and negro govern
ment can be forced upon US. 1t would be q
thousand times preferable 10 remain under
military rule, and submit to all the exactions
Of military authority. The officers of the
army are generally honorable men, men OF
our own roce, and intelligent men, who have
someiregard for the opinion of the world aud
theirlown reputation. They are acting, too,
undef the direction of the President and his
Cabinet, who are wise and enlightened states.
Ra haze some EsgsESa 1SE UsSfs a
not have, when lis self.hness and passions
are aroused.
There are some who advocate the voting
for convention rs means of controlling
the negro vote. They seem to forget that the
convention is bound to establish negro suf.
frage, and that no discretion is allowed on
this subject In my judgment, negro suffrage
is tue ne plus ultra of all political and social
evils. have, in former letters shown the
fallacy of hoping 10 control the negro vote in
the future, and will not repeat what | have
already said on this subject.
T. III boya yo;5 7 lypou fh,F 7 on,
in large minority at this time, as | was in
1860, aud that ] have been censured and
abused now, as was then, for resisting and
fighting to tie last moment, what | believed
10 be the ruin and degradation ot. the State.
Minori,ies, which are so frighlful to some,
have no terrors for me. have lived in them
all my life, and grown familiar with them.
Indeed, have O great respect and sincere re-
GARD for them in times Of political excitement
or panic. TheY.have generally firmness and
principle, which cannot always be said Of ma
jor,ics, however large they may be.
| will conclude this article with an extract
from letter received, the other day, from. q
noble lady, of South Carolina, whom | never
had the pleasure of seeing, or corresponding
with before. 1t was the spontaneous effu'iun
of spirited and patriotic heart. She says:
81 believe speak the feelings of at least
every ,coman in,South Carolina, when | say
we heartily endorse your views, and each
and every sentiment You express IN your re-
Gently published letters. We pray you to
continue your efforts to save US from such
dishonor aud such degradation, to which the
pain of twenty violent deaths were preferable,
q may Heaven aid you in recalling the
manhood Of our Safe 10 a sense of what is
DE at least their race
This is the entire letter, With the exception
Of the address and the name OF the writer.
Such patriotic and spirited sentiments from
one lovely woman fully .compensaies for all
the criticisms and abuse which have bsen
heaped on me.
now repeat what have saidin my former
articles. Let every one, not disfranchised, 60
Ind register bis name. This he must DO If
he has any regard for the preservation OF bis
ife, liberty and property Then let him go
% the election, With ut fail, aud vote for good
men, endorsing on ii, "Agai,ist Contention"
These are the words Of the military bill, and
must be used instead of mo Convention"
Let him influence others to vote the same
icket, with the same endorsement Having
lone this, he will bave discharged bis duty
o the country and himself, and done all he
an do to save the honor o. his State
B. T. PERRY.
FIrrY PERSONS DRowNrD.-The accident /
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