The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-08-07

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and insolent and vicious, you must realize
thashe :to be checked and controled,.
iiassaas AMI and insolent and vicious
white men are controlled Do@not suffer
Yourselves to be- ghteneds ith:the sdelu-
:; .suion that these rights and privileges Will
make him control ling element fthepo.
lfe ofany State onthis con
s;nent. ne history Of yonr race since
history has been written, ought to cure,
that fear. Whatever capacity he @ @manifests "a
tod sfon the exercise ot those rights,
$Rhethers your interest or against, he
owes to his association of two centuries
With you, and that association will retain.
It's influence if youswill use it as an intiu- int
ence, and not as a menace. What yon
have to fear is that the negro Will mistras1
goa, and that a. foreign and 8 hostile e lt lnhu'
encs Viii be brought to- bear against your
common interest. 70 vote againsstza. Con
: V17ention IS the surest way to aggravate
both: Of these evils. If you refuse to call
J. Convention on The. avoWed ground t that a1s
ssrohsa genYentio Will perfect shis:posses-
sion Of the poi liitieal rig hts which have been
,ssiiven him. his mistrust will naturally be
excited, and he will become what he is not
Vet, the ready tool of those who want him i'm
as d means to imjjnre you. Your refusal
viii furnish Already argument to the radi-
{ cal .agitatoE who. will appeal to your ac-
tion as proof TO the negro that you viii
mot do him jjnstice, and as evidence to the
Republican party that the interference OF
shs Goaernment.i is still necessary. Surely
) You have seen enough to know that the
chief difficulty in the way of the most
kindly relations between: you and the
freedmen is the constant presence of an
outside interference. Military govern.
ments, freedman's bureaus, radical agita-
tors, who are sent and kept here, for the
aYoWed purpose Of protecting him against,
you AS long as he sees the energy of
greas government employed in this way,
he nsturally suspects you, and the more
imposing the machinery for his protection.
the greater his suspicion, and the more ex-.
aggerated importance. Surely you
have seenenough to know that just so long
asyou refuse to. the freedman those rights
which, whether wisely or not the ,Ameri-
\ ean people. have determined to give him,
insE SO long will this misehieyous interfer-
once Withyour social and political life con-
tinue. Hsyouwish to beleft to yourselves,
Ito your own nindustry and energy to restore
your State accept frankly that great reyo--
lution which, Intentionally, you have
yourselves accomplished. Let the freed
! lnan exercise freely whatever rights the
AVS give him-giye him ample feld-aid
and encouragement to achieve all that he
can achieve Make him your friend, who
never can be yourriyal, and trust to your
own manhood, ability and blood to work
Sont. under this change a new prosperity for
you and him.
Above all, do not repress the freest
expression of opinion and action among
ssthe freedmen. Let them say what
they think, and what they want, and teach
them as time will aid you to teach them, them,
that what they. want hat: is best for
than and the State, of which youand they
sre citKens, they can obtain through gl1
and with you, more wisely and more thor
oughly than with the alliance Of new and
strange friends. Do not, in a;panic, aban-
J DON your duty, but form at least, if you
can 10 no noreysa nucleus around which
the temperate aud yirtuous and patriotic
sefaslI colors and classes can rally to renew
with a.:wiser experience and q chastened
Judgment the ancient and honorable life
of the State. Remember, THAI when the
Constitution has been adopted by the Con
vention, it, has soebe submitted to the rati-
aciltion Of: the people: If in the Conven-
stiou you have done yoar duty to the freed
men fairly, you may then successfully re-
5sist the foolish ambition of vain black men
and the selfish designs ot unprincipled
white: ones against the evil which will then
shave, taken; palpable shape; you can appeal
mot only to your own people, but to the
Efficient sympathy of that great mass of
yenr countrymen who may be willing to
giye,the negro political priyileges-who
may be willing to use him for the purpose
of preserving power in the next President.
ial eleetion, but who have no more idea
( than You have Of destroying the civilization
of this country by making this black
mems government.