The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-06-26


dress In order that our readers, not favored with
the polite attentions (?) of the Committee, might
be fully apprised of the policy and purposes OF
the Republican party, we publish the address IN
full, and invite careful perusal. 1t would be an
easy task to 10y bare the falsehoods and inconsis-
tencies therein contained, but We are! not aware
that any good result would follow such proceed
ing, as every man of intelligence will readily de-
ect the errors and reject the false theories upon
which this party hopes to- oIbuild foundation in the
South. The following isithe address:
The preceding acts of Congress were designed
as measures of benefcence and restoration, and
not of revenge or punishment They are measures
looking to the restoration of the Union in the spir-
it of justice and upon the basis of equality.
Slavery has passed away, and it only remains to
destroy its spirit and to crush the institutions
which it established and nurtured. The Republ-
can party expects and desires the restoration of
the Union, but upon such terms and conditions
only as shall render it impossible for its enemies
to renew the civil war to involve the country in
sectional strife 1t will be true to its friends in
the South without regard to color or previous con-
dtion The Republican party is the party of free
dom and progress. 1t is its purpose to aid in Sc
curing for the South freedom of speech, free
press and system of free schools. These desi-
rable results will be sought through the action of
Congress rs far as possible; but our main reliance
must be upon the wisdom and virtue of the people
of the respective States By the acts Of the End
of March, and of the 23d of March, 1857, proyis-
ion is made for the enjoyment Of the right of vo-
ting by all male citizens, twenty-one years of age,
except those who have been convicted OF felony
and small class of rebels who are excluded from
Office by the third article of the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of the United States.
The negroes of the South by the measures of the
Republican party, as expressed in these acts Of
Congress, are elevated to the full and equal rights
of citizens of the States to which they belong, and
of the country which hereafter will recognize no
distinctions on account Of race or color. The ma
ton is indebted the negro race for services rem
dered during the late war; the negro race is IN
debted TO the country controlled in its policy by
the Republican party, for the emancipation of the
race from slavery, and now, by these acts pf Con-
gress for its elevation to position of equality.
From these reciprocal services arise mutual obli-
cations and duties.
The nation can no longer hesitate. II will at
once, and freely, concede to the coorcd race every
political and public right that is enjoyed by any
class of citizens. The negroes, on their side can
not hesitate to support the party and the princi-
Piles by whose labors and influence their redemp-
ton has been accomplished. ,Thua, by. this natu-
raj and necessary union of forces in the South, and
throughout the whole country, peace, progress and
prosperity are secured.
Nor is there in these suggestions my food for
hostility between the races. The wants of black
man and the wants of white man are precisely
the same; their interests are the same. Especial
ly is this true Of the aborng classes. The labor-
ing man, whether white or black, needs the pro.
lection of law. He needs the ballot as the means
by which he secures equal laws and the just ad-
mnistration of them. By the ballot he rebukes or
rejects unfaithful public servants. By the ballot
he arraigns and condemns corrupt or tyranical
Judges BY the ballot he organizes and maintains
schools for the education of his Children and In
spires the police and magistrate with due respect
for his personal and family rights. While the
measures of Congress extend this great right to
new and numerous class of men,, there is no inya-
sion of the rights of others. The white people of
the South, with few exceptions, comparatively,
are to enjoy just and equal political rights and
privileges Freedom hos given to the North unex-
ampled prosperity and constantly increasing wealth
and power Freedom and free Institutions will
secure for the South the Same results 5; bat there
must be cooperation of the races, and there must
be cooperation upon the principles which prevail
in the North, and TO which the Republican party
is fully committed. For more than two hundred
years the slaveholding aristocracy Oh the oouln
originated its policy and controlled Its destinies
The result is seen in its exhausted and barren
fields, in the condition of its laborng people, white
and black, in the relative poverty of the inhabi-
tants of oil classes, in the absence of public
schools, of commerce, Of manufactures and Of IN
enlightened system of agriculture. Wethen ear
nestly invite and mplore the people of the South,
of all classes, rst to accept the plan of universal
suffrage MS the busis of POLITICAL educational, and
industrial prosperity and power.
The black man will soon prove that he is more
to the State as citizen than he was as q slave.
The laborer, whether black or white, with educa-
ton and culture, will elevate and enrich the COM
munity, which, in his ignorance, he dishonored
and burdened. --
/. Secondly, upon tho basis of universal suffrage
We urge the people of the South to direct their ef
forts to the establishment and maintenance of
system of public schools for the education Of the
children of all classes.
Finally, public policy should stimulate the Ia
boring people to become land-holders. The own
ers of largo estates should divide and subdivide
their lands and sell them at reasonable rates to
those who.need them and who can improve them.