The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-08-15
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56nssi.u.io.l the principle of unis.,


tonssisutiose the principle oil unissr-
annrsge--that this principle will place
tns control OF the State In the 'hsnds OF the
.u"enca' ms,ority. whieh.is co'orsd and
s"s' sns iss's's''on OF sns Ssats ws'i, IN con.
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y .'',. Pos'',on, tnereiore' e'
.s.ns' 'ao oonven''oh Is SIMPLY resistanee
"e ncs'on OIL Oongress, ana the excite
meot OF fatal antagonism between the
races WITHOUT single advantage in the
contest you VIII thus inaugurate. But.
whatis the real danger bef.re youf Let
rs look It fully IN the face. IL is true, that
! VI Convention is called, one OF the condi.
tions imposed. 10, that the Consultation
which Il frames shal! include provision
| for universal auffraee II Il true s,so T.
tb;nk |. tbat pn;vsrasl snF,.ssn 4, a,a.,
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- s,'"is WIZ 10 ho' 4uai'"ep
" saseAe.sr aha ,n'eiiigence 10 exerciee II
stseVi Ape- -s'nscieetousiy.s Ahis, highest
i'sn' u s.o'Nfensh'P mas oeen gwen TO
large Porton OF the population. OF the State.
no-are NOT nj LOT u, by Al power Shichyou
cannot resist and which does otintend TO
be resisted. No action Of yours in voting
Sga'nss convention, can deprive them
OF IT, =, fsaJ@fsa sEr-.s d.
assume, upon the general statement, nj.
though doubt its correctness, that there are
In South Carolina about sixty thousand black
votes, to about forty thousand white oneS.-
but tni' black vote is not and cannot be
made combined majority, except in eases Of
general popular election. For, deleVates to
the convention, for representatives to the
legislature 1t cannot act together. The dis
parity IN numbers is local. For example, If
tnere Is majority OF hve thousand Negro yos
'''s IN beaufort OF Seorgetown District, the
nago'"y oi 'ue "nole vote Is so much dimin'
i'"'o III 'ne rest ot the STATE and can count
IN 'uon election no more than majority of
nSe' LOT "ean only secure the return of members
'foin "s own d,strict. In fact, this disparity
lnW-C0nntTv In
anu 'nose aaJoining't tf, the negro
wy III 'ery marHed minority, even If 1t
"S' 10 an unit ~, then' the antagonism was
=" 'nas 10 represented py the most apprehen-
'"0' you' 'ne white mon OF the er-eonntry,
cannot DO ueprNed without your own neglect
- yo.i 'air REPRESENTATION 's IN the convention
anu 'no hesisiature' ,.... ...., ..-....-...-.. ...
But what, In fact, to-day, is this antagonist
between these two classes Of voters7 Not
| what it may be made-but what is it in the
! opinion OF practical men who govern their ev-
ery day action oy their every day experience !!
| it Is certainiy not an exaggerated calculation
70 suppose that OF this sixty thousand, at
least forty thousand are engaged In the work
! Of agriculture, In daily communication with
you, depending upon your capital aud thrift
tor Prohtahle employment, utterly ignorant
and utterly indifferent as to political questions
which they do not understand. If you arc
just In your dealings with these, have you any
doubt OF your inhuencel Has there ever
been time anywhere, even the most troubled,
IN which finally brains and capital have not
governed You know these people. For two
centuries you have held thom rs slaves; were
they not docilo, afectionate, trustworthy p
During the war, when in many sections of
this State, there were not at homo white men
enough to do patrol duty, aud when, they
knew as we'll as you did that their freedom