The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-09-18

vide out the lands, lheir sycophantic pre-.
tentions to the cortrary notwithstanding
The best ilIustration that can give of this
sui j-ct Is afforded in one Of E.op. Fables.
" The doves. fearing the kite, asked the hawk
to become their protector. He consented.
and being received into the dove.coie, he
destroyed more in one day than the kite
could have done In long time The peos
pie OF South Carolina. fearing confiseaiion,
and " worse terms " from Congress. are ask
ing negroes and radicals TO become their
protectors. and they. ike the silly dSves,
may find that as SION as these are admitted
into power, they Will eon6ecate more in one
day than Congress could have done Ia many
years. In fact, all they want is 10 be let
into the fold, and then they will kill and
divide for themselves
Again You appear to make distinctions
where none can exist You tell the. negro
that the objects Of The party are only TO
give him "poliiical rights equal with the
whites, not social" You seem TO conclude
that the political is no part Of the social
power Of the State Then man can be Gov.
ernor Of South Carolina, member to Con-
gress, Judge Of the Court. Sheriff of your
District, and, yet not socially equal to one OF
his subjects, or constituents This is GER
tainly discovery OF the nineteentii century.
and belongs to your party Of freedom and
progress. 1t favors system Of free
schools" Do you mean to say that you are
in favor Of whites and negroes sending their
children to the same school, together9 II
you do, lie there no social equality in thisi
Or do yon mean that the poor, Industrious,
working white man, shall be taxed TO keep
up free schools for the education Of the in.
dolent negro. and then send his child to
school with the negro. or get no benefit
IRON his money! Ira word, shall he pay
two dollars into the free school fund, one
for HE own child and one for the negro,
and II he refuses TO send his child 10 school
with the negro. shall the negro enjoy the
benefit Of both, and the white man pay out
two 'dollars more, in order that he may do
as much for his Own child as he Is compelled
To do for the negroi Is this your spirit Of
justice and equality2 am not opposed 10
the negro being educat-d, / am willing
that he shall be But stand in opposition
to being taxed for education and having to
| send my child to school with negroes or
realize no benefit from my money Let all
engage in the work. who wish To do So, but
let them not impose any such burden upon
the shoulders Of those who can barely raise
and educate their own offspring. I find
more than I can do. TO educate my own
race, without having any time to devote 10
the education of negroes. 1t may not be so
with Others. r.
Once more. You say "As one looking to
the entire interest Of my fellow citizens,
must accept them" Accept what Why. the
degrading terms Of negro equality, which
aresnow being imposed upon the people OF
this State by the Radical party of the
North. Now, for the very same reason. I
cannot accept them; for can zee nothing
bu. a war of races. confscation, anarchy
and desolation to our entire country,
through their acceptance. II will cap the
foundation Of all our social and political in
situations, overturn our churches, upset our
Religious organizations. make our fields a
| wilderness, lay our cities nnd towns in heaps
Of rnins, depopulate the land. and ,wsep
the face of the whole country With bssom
of destruction. I. hath nst en.ersa i,,n
the heart of man to conceive. ;hnae;hat,o,
cant fanov. languages axnras. no. "a. A..
scribe. the evils tba, lie before n. in sp.h
state of things. Already are>,he negroes
I'm rnany rarts Of The coun,yv becom,n, ;n
i doient and insulting 20 tho whites ,neoL.
lipp-of "Iand or blood - "a ,bov looL D..
ward 10 The wealth. they exre.t a. ,,h,.;,
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