Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-04-13
IIENs G, IT,, s. c., SATURDAY, APRIL 1s 1867.

charge upon the Parish. 1t is your interest
for the black man to vote with you in the
coming election. | hear Il great deal said of
the control of the vote of the black man
If it is to be supposed that that vote is con-
trolcd by merely Offices Of Kindness to the
black man against his convictions, you arc
mistaken That vote is to bc controlled not
merely by personal considerations, but by
coming to the black man, not SO much in pub
lc meetings, as by conversation, and showing
him that the white mans interest is his inter
est / think could show to the black man
in ten minutes that it is his interest to vote
with you i'll preference to the man from Mas
sachusctts. is it to be supposed that because
the black man for ages past, has been in the
condition of scrvitndc, that so soon as the
sharklcs arc removed from him, he will in.
St"nty fly off and become the enemy Of the
white man Aud for what? Il is said that
"n' friends North have set him free. The
!:'>t year Of the war that object was not pro.
f''swl nor in the second and not in the third
nn'i' they were called t" eo into the Army
The success Of the Northern people has set
them free. They occupy new positions to.
wards us and we towards them What then
arc their material their Socinl and their rcr-
sonal interests. | suppose there are many in.
tclligent cnlorcd men in tho CITY Of Charles.
ton, free prior to the war, who arc able to cite
Instances of personal kindness aud pccuniary
aid to them from the white men a flourish.
ing condition of the State is ms much the in.
tcrest Of the black as the white man Is il
not more so to the man who guides the plough
and wicldS the hoe. than the landowner When
an Act Of Congress imposes n tax of three
cents pound upon cotton, how much have
the colorcd people in South Carolina been
called upon to contribute? !? Look at the last
years short crop OF only one hundred thousand
bales cation in South Carolina, and We have
been heavily taxed upon that
What proportion of that has gono in the
shape of taxatca, while one million two hun
drcd thousand dollars which has been literal
ly rung from this people in the shape of taxa
tion not one dollar was levied upon the wheat
grower III Ohio or the corn in Kcnturky ov
olso,vhoro DO not tell Inc th"" .h.1 +'-v-eot-
orcd people Of this country have not the Intel
li"cncc to understand it. They need repre-
scntation in Congress ns much MS We do. They
iced the tax to be takcnoif the productions of
thc, labor. Not only is the production Of
South Carolina but the tobacco cf North Car.
olina and Virginia is as wrongfully taxed. 1t
is not then by intimidation hy browbcating,
by wronging the people, that we are to con
trnl their votes, hut show them that it is to
their interest to vote with us, and undertake
TO sny that tho great mass Of thcm-ccrtainly
those who can read and wrtc-will co operate
with us when the contest comes. They will
be found shoulder to shoulder, with the white
man and standing upon the same platform
1t is to be expected that the sympathics of the
colorcd people will be appealed to against us,
1t may be supposed that designing men will
come and say to them these people have hccn
your taskmastcrs and your opprcssors." But
let this be true. They were in q condition nt
servitudc, which was believed to be best for
them. Now this relation is changed. and cv.
cry dollar earned by the labor Of a black man
precisely as every dollar earned by a white
man goes into his pocket Our interests. at
least the agricultural one, must be the same
for years to come, all over South Carolina.
desire to makea remark or two directly
for the consideration of the black men. When
cmissares come here from Massachusetts,
Connecticut or New Jersey, H,r the purpose
Of frying to hitch them to this or that party
and say to them that the white people here
arc not to be trusted. want them to say to
these eni;ssaries that, under the new law in
South Carolina, no matter by whom passed.,
every COl0fPu inan OF the aye Cl IWShGS one
years is entitled to vote, while in your States
he is not allowed TO cxctcisn that privilege
unless he can rend and write. Say to the
man from Ohio, who comes here to give dircc
tions as to how you shall vote, "go back and
cnlightcn the heather in your own States. be-
fore y,u come hcrc to tell us what the Black
ulan is to do"
One month has not elapsed since the States
Of New Jersey Ohin and Michigan refused to
Civ, the co'oro3 ,ncn CHS right but the Rep
rcScntnsivcs Congress Of these States voted
for this Bill to give universal suffrage in the
Southern States In those three States the
Legislatures in solemn concavc resolved that
the black man should not vote Under any cir
cumstanccs whatever. Let the colored men
tell these emissarics to ego back and remove
the beam from the eyes of their fellow-citizcns
before they como hero and attcmpt to Mke the
mote from our eyes?
have seen indications in various localities
in South Carolina of efforts to organize the
colorcd peoplo, some white people participn-
ting in what they call, believe National
Union Republican party. think it is wise
not only for the people Of South Carolina,