The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-09-25
Y VOL. III.
Negro Supremacy.

= Negro Supremacy.
The Springfield (Mass.) Repu6h-
caa,f hitherto consistent champi-
on of the principles Of the Radical
party, has an important and sea-
gsonable article upon that threaten
ing question of "negro supremacy"
which cannot be killed by the
SCOTS or jeers Of Radical papers in
either the North or the South. As
7 far and as fast as reason returns,
the sentiments of the Republican
will find responses in the North !;
and, when common sense resumes
. its sway, the Radical party will
meet the fate of all venal re7olu-
tionists.
The Republican says:
Some of the Northern papers at
tempt to allay the fears of the
Southern whites on the subject of
negro supremacy by telling them
thatitis impossible as permanent
thing; that the white population
of those States is largely in the
sInaiority ; and after reconstruction
power will gradually return to
their hands. So 1T must at last,
.But how long and miserable the
conflict will be no one can tell.
The mistake of disfranchising the
most intelligent portion Of the
white men Of the South, while
suffrage to the mass of ig-
norant negroes, becomes daily
more apparent. The prospect is
that things will be much worse be-
&oresthey begin to mend that the
heWState governments will be in
the hands of men who will disfran-
ssehise nearly all the whites and in
~augurate schemes Of taxation that
will practically be nearly as bad
: as coniscation itself. The white
I Republicans of North Carolina ex-
pe:t to control their recent State
conyention, and did elect its Off
GERS; but the negro majority vo-
. ted down resolutions reported by
the committee against confisca-
tion and in favor of larger amnes-
. ty to the whites, and were poorly
content with a compromise agree
ing to such confscation and other
measures of reconstruction as Con-
.sgress shall decree. The speech
most applauded was made by a
young mulatto named Galloway,
who advocated a school tax heavy
enough to compel t be sale Of land
by the present owners. The most
y popular, leader among the South
Carolina negroes is now a negro
named Williams, a religious mani
ag who declares himself to be the
spiritual essence Of Thad. Stevens
and Fred. Douglas, and tells the
celoured men that they whipped
tie rebs, that they are the most
powerful nation On the face of the
globe, and they must vote for no
lone, who is not for their own COL
tour; that Lincoln promised them
forty acres Of land, apiece, and
they must have it. if they had to
whip the blue-bellied Yankees to
getrit.g Another ambitious negro,
named Charles Brown, writes to
sstke New Orleans Times:
.ss;:;s,.stasW g intend to show to this city,
State, and the world that we are
capable Of governing, not only our
selves but white men. My former
master (and he was a good man)
told me that white men would
govern, take care of and protect
the niggers, because God gave them
5athe right and made it their duty
$50 to do. We are willing to do the
same by you. We shall have no
use. for Goldman or NAPLES, Or
.saany ,ofstheir class, after. our next
,sState election. 1t is not an easy
matter to disfranchise US after we
once have the elective franchise.
" Hancock will be powerless for
evil if we only keep up our secret
political organization We have
commenced organizing our Fire
Department, and one year will
find the s12O,O00 per year now
paid to white fremen. transferred
worthy reconstructed citizens
Of African descent. In a few
years it will not be a question
:; whether there will be schools for
coloured children, but it will be
whether white children will be ad-
mitted to our institutions oflearn-
ing. The bottom rail is on top,
and Yankee, as we'll as all the mi
.:nority, must take back seat.'
= For such folly as this the white
= *demsgogues who misled the ne
. groes are most to blame. For the
present, however, they have almost
exclusive control of the freedmen,
" and Republicans who talk honest
ly to them are met with suspicion.