The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-07-10

raise stock, to the careful and
: close cultivation of the grains, to
improve the land, to build towns
fand villages, aud protect the earn
ings of his neighbors? You k now
him well and you can answer these
questions better than /. And this
subject may be viewed in yet an
! other light. Did you ever. earn
estly reflect, how the State is to
bear the; taxation for the support
Of an extraordinarily large. indi-
gent population, from which, no
Contributions can be gathered, and
the; special and liberal, care for
whom-the laws. of the Union have
imposed? Besides hereafter our
eolored population viii be largely
concerned in framing the laws Of
our own State and it. is their al
ready expressed policy, that the
lands must pay: the costs of the
| commonwealth. Their old:people
viii have to be supported by the
State, and their youth will grow up
| withIlotions of their political i'm
portanee; IN habits of idleness and
ready to beeomeohacks and pimps of
the designing, selfish and tanatical
saviours of the human. race. This
is the,certain result oftheir natural
Incidence, of the sudden change,
of their social status and of. the
influences, that are now. .beset,
tang them. Even, in this mat
ter of. immigration they have al
ready bees Instructed. and taken
their stand. I was informed a
fev days ago by@ene Of our; Law
Judges, that the freedmen have
held meetings and made it q prin-
cipal corner. stone Of their plat
form, to oppose immigration what
ever. What does this import? If
the industrious and well-meaning
eolored people could comprehend
their own true Interests and have
THE least idea Of. the real pros
perity of the State and their-own,
they would scout at the bait. Of q
eolored republic Of South Carolina,
and they would Understand that
increase of population is an in
crease of means; that it will take
a hundred years before in. the
South laber will exceed the de-
mand, |, aud that the capital and III
dustry brought in by the farmer
and purchasers of lands increases
their oE z chances of success, and
prosperity. But alas the eolorsd
man does not reason, but will
blindly follow the teachings ofhis
political master and manipulation
I Of the dominant n orthern faction,
| and the premptings of his selfish
| eonceits and passions. This is
| our great. danger, and together
with our own. want of energyjT and
| our mdisposition to encourage inn
migration will certainly retard our
I reeuperation. IF our colored peo-
| pie could only. be made. to- know
their, true friends, all might yet be
well. 1t is curious to observe the
abiding attachment of the whites
of the South FOR their former slaves,
in spite Of all the humiliatfons' and
| incoaveniences1 they have been
,madsEto suffer- .Rut it is all of no
use. The .cobred man has been
| taught to look for his material ad:
yancement: in political influence,
and it viii require the experience
ofyears, to cxpei notions, which
tally exactly with his self esteem
and indoienee. Let us look at
home to apply the effect efsueh a
monstroas change: Newberry
has a white. population of about
ftT0O0: and a aeolored of about Il, 500,
which viii give a white franchise
! of about 400 against a. colored of
! about 278a Self interest governs
theaetieEs of the great majority. of
mankind, and especially the rude
( and unlettered be easiest infu-
eaced by their immediate necessi-
! tiesand their momentary passions:
J No incentive can be compared
to greed and ambition. Is there
I one among the proprietors Of New
berry so dull as not to apply these
views to himself. Do You want
;! to be represented in your Legisla-
ture by eolored Representatives. ?
| Dosyou want, your boards. of com
mission to beS composed OF
I eolo9ed citizens? IF: you do not
object on account Of color ,or, in
recollection Of 7youraucient pride
you would surely object to be
/ taxed. by those, that do not repre-
sent taxable property, And where
! then IS your salEation,> where is
your remedy Is II. not in an in
I crease and.a preponderauce ofthc
]. white population, and in that
alone? And where is that to
teoae from if you do notify all
means promote immigration ? II
you do know Of any other mode
of aysrting this r-thneatenings. con-
tingency, say SO, and work. It out
speedily, for it is-bigh time. But
if you do not, can there be any
thing too costly to save the State
and your children from such a
misfortune? But, let me not ap-