The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-03-23

trolled the nisges vote he'd promise 'em land
or anything chc, Demagogues have always
controlled the Ignorant, whites, demagogucs
will control the ignorant blacks. who controls
the niger influence in ec?--why
Brownlow and his paftySS Tcnncssec has done
just what Joe Brown wants us to do, anu now
lo9k Mt her andsSwccp L-a&niggcr candidate
running for Governor.
But suppose We had representation. and
! elected all good men, fair mon, just men, what
could they do for us? Just nothing ,at all
With tile present Radical majority all our
| votes Wouldn't undo anything that has been
done, and With Radical President they could
do rs much more as they pleased. Just let
'cm all alone, give 'cm rope, more rope; history
is repeating itself, the crisis will comic some
time, tyranny and oppression must run its
course, Joo Browns programme wont stop it.
Ono of his resolutions made my head swim;
felt like taking clhoriform. He would make
the whole Yankee nation believe We loved 'cm
like brothers. and wanted 'em to come out
South and let us hug cn,. We'll, al that sort
men in the State that has any more respect for
II Radical than hyenn, and Joe Brown knows
it. But the good Lord knows our hearts, and
how fondly wc cling to those moderate men Of
the mighty North who would save It's from the
humiliation that awaits ls. Let kind word
be spoken to subjugatcd rcb, and the warm
blood quickcns i'll the veins. '
Oh, Int here are the Union Leagues, sonic-
body says, what are they goin to do with us !?
Never mind my friends, the Union Leagues
aint agoin to hurt nobody. They arc made Of
| flesh and blood like We arc. and they cti-
xcns, and their fate will be our fate. They arc
as much disguised ut Shcrmans bill us any
body. They arc our ncighbors and our friends
and if there is some bad men among en- there
is enough of the good to make 'cm do right
So keep quiet and be easy. and the Union
Lcagucrs arc not going to troubleyou. IF they
want to save their own it don't follow that they
want to. steal yours.
| But Joseph is afraid VIC can't stand militia
ry government We'll, l know it's humiliating.
withcring crushing, but VIC have stood it, and
can try it while longer We can do it till
VIC can do better. Military government aint
tho cause of our poverty and distress. It's a
government higher than Thomas. or Sherman
Sheridan. It's the loss Of crops and the wait
of rain. The military never stopped the corn
from CROWN. and there's just much rain in
one platform as another. IF the Good Lord
will only bless us with abundant harvcsts.
everything will gr' on smooth enough with the
humble and honest people who drive the plough
and hoe the corn. il they prosper, everybody
else will too, if they mind their own business
We will have to quit talking so much. and quit
writing ltogothcr-muzzlcl lips and gagged
press. I've done took Awrrnn myself: and
quit. Had my life insured in the Knickcr-
oockcr and the policy wont allow ne to expose
myself. to jump inno unnecessary peril. The
military can out write us anyhow. Folks say
the pen is ni=hticr than the swoll. but you
nut en- both together. and thcyl flank man
out Of his liberty: and may be his life, in double
quick. The Mayer of this town had a little
billet doin with Gen. Thomas the other dav.
and only come out second best, though it wuscnt
an open field nor fair fight. thought my
self that 81 order must be a hoax. rot up by
Brick Ponlcroy, or somebody. and WAS lookin
for the General to come out i'll card dcnyin
oft, but | soon found that it was genuine
Rnbcsrcrcan document. / still think his
postcrity will deny it some 20 years hence.
Well was mighty mad I would have
given Il hundred dollars to have played Van
toun with him hour. just to have been
turned loose in the papers, all free no gag. no
Jail, no barracks, no bayoncts, no guard !
would have got such a grin on him for the
next six months rs would have made every
body except Brick Pomcroy forget that Beast
Butler stole spoons. Living on their magna-
ninlity?" | tell you that got INC, that burnt
me, when knew there wascnt enough magma
nimity in ship load of all such to support IA
poor Rcb "A hours. Magnaminity! NV opin-
ion is they've lost the seed. and don't know
what the commodity is. was as full of cptath
as Erown!ow is of pson Language comes to
me spontaneous; regular hideliitcrs that would
have peeled the bark from Il mans carcass like