The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-09-26

al stains far different from that you now occupy
They wish to preserve kind and friendly rsla. |
tons with yon, but let me tell you plainly, that
the white people Of the South do not fear YOU |
ii the blacks of the South, urged on to despe- |
ration hy the malignant eounsels OF Tire rsvo- |
lutionary traitors at the North and their South
ern renegade abettors here, all Of whom are |
seeking to create a new revolution by attempt |
Ing To invest three millions Of blacks With the
are az foolish AZ 20 pace themselves IN open
hostility to the whites, and thus io.,itxbl, pro-
duce var OF races If the spirit Of tressona-
BILE fanatieism should plunge your d-luded race
into contest OF this character, your doom il
sealed your exter,uina,ion is just as sure rs
fate.
The colored speaker intimated in his speech
that the whites In th. South were disposed TO
expel you like they did the Indiana. deny
the charge and call for the proof. But tel,
you, that If you permit the cmissaries Of fanat.
icism to come among you aud incite YOU TO .
war Of races. then you will go like the indian;
you will be extermins ted or driven from this
country. Let me warn you against the machi'
nations Of these political emissares These
men. IL men they can he called, fear the in8u-
ence Of your white fellow citizens Of the South
will be used TO divert your votes from their par
ty candidates, and they wish TO prevent this by
creating hostility between TIE races They care
nothing for your welfare If they Can but remain
in power and engorge themselves with the
emoluments Of Office But my colored friends
let me warn you to beware Of rare hostility
II Il should come to that, which God forbid,
you must be the sufferers.
Do not believe that the Southern whites are
your enemies. There are thousands Of good,
honest and true men among them, who sre yorr
true friends, In whom Il Ia your duty to con-
ide. and with whom you should ever seek TO
maintain the most kindly feelings. Your lot is
| cast among them; among them you are 70 live.
How suicidal on your part, 70 reject the coun-
sci and friendship Of your only natural white
friends, and allow yourselves TO be lursd into
ruin hy fanatical eInissaiirs Of the North
Tins District has been distinguished above
| any in the State for the harmonious rela tions
which have subsisted between the whites and
| their former slaves. Aud must cay that I. in
| common with every decent and respectable
white and colored man in the District, from the
bottom OF my heart, hate, detest, despise and
abomnate any one, white or black, who direcly
or indirectly, secretly or openly. attempts To
disturb these friendly and harmonious rclsti, M.
Let the color"d people e.pel from their midst
all emisssrirs who attempt tO array them
| against the whites. Do not, my colored friends,
| allow yourselves to be deluded into the fatal
error Of snppoSng ;hat the white people Of the
South fear you. and that you can meet with
| anything hut total extermuaton in q race slrug.
gle for political supremacy. II there be one
trait Of character for which the Southern
whites are distinguished above oil others, it is
their courage and valor. During the late pr o.
longed war they displayed this courage en hun.
dreds Of battle fields against superior numbers.
Their courage, we repeat as displayed during
that struggle excited the adnrtion of the
wsrld, aud has even elected the applause OF
their antagonists. ! venture TO ert that there
~ not u hrAve soldier In the United Stat - ar.
mics " ho fought against us. that will not freely
accord to the whites Of the s II Il the most dis.
iinguish.d character tor vslor and courage
IL has passed into history that the Souther
whites ave equal, if not ,uperior. in point OF
splendid courage. to any people on the face Of
the broai earth.
The hired emiss iries Of fanatic patty, who
seek their own imte est and aggrsndizement 1t
your expense may attempt to deude you With
the false hope, thst, by following their fanatic
counseIs you will ultimately secure the political
ascendency in the South. and make our form.
er masters your futGrc political vassslS Iwarn
you TO reject such counsels. With all h sneaty
and candor, warn you against them Such
perhdious cOumsels ~ill but lure your d-luded
race To their own destruction. I tell you
sol'nnly and sincerely that three millions OF
blacks will never, while the world lasts, be
permitted TO assume and exercise political su.
premacy over ten millions of whites in these
Southern Ststes- Let me beseech YOU, for your
own safety, to beware Of Any such dangerous
aud false opinions
But ] am trenchins upon politics and must
return to the purpose for which arose To
speak. wish knew from What source your
col"ed speaker has derived hi. false opinions
IN refe' encs TO the relations between tn. whites
and T. z. 4
had met four white ren in this District who
declared themselves TO be Mon Republicans;
he expressed q distrust Of the honesty OF the
professions OF these renegade white men, aud
ti'at he Intended to place spies around them
and discover whether thy we're true men or
not I think he !. scting wisely IN adopting
this preeaution- these four men, I expect.
need catching. wish knew who they we,e,
but he declines to give their names Il may
be, that he has been indsced to make his fnl.e
charges against the whites Of this town and
District by the lying representations Of such
msn a. these II 10, hope what kavc said
will put him right and enable him TO do us
Justice II he is so disposed. Again IL may DO
that he forms his opinion Of the white people
here from what he knows OF the Whites Of
Charleston, whence he comes. Now. have
heard that since the var closed q great many
trHing whites from the North haze sone into
Charleston, and are really the worst enemies
to the colored people Of that place, whilst the
native population are their best friends. Nov
] wish To inform the speaker that our white
people here are dife' cat stock IRON the nor.
thern white population with ~hon he has pro-
badly been familiar elsewhere. ! do not wish
that speaker tn leave here with false opinions
as TO the real character OF the people Of this
District. ! wish him distinctly TO understand
thai tn q kindest feelings have ever suhsis te,
between the whites and blacks in this section
- and wish him ~bes he leaves here To say
to the people Of Charleston aud else where, that
he found the whites and blacks here living In
snty aud exerc ising q spirit Of kindnss. 10.
wards each other, and that ,f any emissary
should come here to create dissension hetwsen
them, he will stand q fair chance Of being
driven away.
Ia conclpsion permit me to say one word
by way OF sdvice to my colorea friends. -
! never knew an honest man tn make any thing
5y engaging In the basiEsss. o. poli.ica- W
advice 70 you 10 TO 20 70 work-make meat
and bread suDnnrt voursalysa and I.n,it;a. l.