The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-08-14

TO me, eighteen lnOllIIS ago, LDdI all Iuc
Radical party wished was, to have sim
partial suffrage" BE said that we might
declare that no one should vote, unless he
was o graduate of the South Carolina
College. All that the Radicals then
thought of was equality between the
races. But now, they are determined to
have the negro vote, in order to radical
ize the South.
In the negro convention which sat the
other day, in Columbia, it was claimed
that, in the next Presidential election
there should be placed on the Radical
ticket negro, either for President or
Vice-President. 1t was contended, too,
that the lands should be divided into
small farms, SO that each head of a family
might get homestead. If the land
owners refused this division, then their
lands should be taxed so heavily as to
force them to part with them. There is
considerable ingenuity in this scheme of
confscation. The whites who vote for q
convention to avoid confsoation on the
part of Congress, will find themselves
nicely caught by the negroes in conven-
ton. AS l have already said, they will
find that, after sacrificing their honor. the
rights of the State, and the principles of
clf-government and constitutional libcr-
ty, they have lost their lands into the
bargain Another scheme of the negroes,
promulgated in their recent convention,
is to have nothing taxed but property.
This will release the negroes from all
taxes. as they do not own property. Then,
the property Of the State is to be taxed.
to establish free schools and colleges all
over the State, for the education of their
children, without expense to the negroes
Again, they declare in convention, and
havc made it q part of their platform,
that the old negroes, and infrm negroes
and paupers, are to be supported by the
property of the white men, instead OF
taking care of their own aged parents and
pauper kindred.
In the twelfth article adopted by this
Radical negro convention, they avow
openly their purpose of distranchisng all
who have served in the Confederate army.
or aided and abetted the war. They are
disposed to take step, and q wide one,
beyond tho Radicals in Congress. The
white Radicals have disfranchised only
those who have filled public Offices; but
the black Radicals are determined to cx-
tend it to all who were in the army
which includes almost the entire white
population. This will be accomplished in
that convention which the white people
are going TO vote fora convention to
disfranchise themselves, confscatc their
property, and place the State absolutely
under the control of the negroes Was
there ever such folly and madness heard
of before in the civilized world? in sack
cloth and ashes they will have to repent
their stupidity and dishonor.
This negro Radical convention further
demands revision of our laws and the
reorganization of our courts They, Il
set Of paupers, ignorant and debased, are
to govern the State, and the white men,
who own all the property. are to pay the
expenses of the State. They speak OF
building railroads No doubta thousand
schemes will be concocted for spending
the white mans money, for the benefit OF
the negro, before they proceed to take it
from him by force or fraudulent legisla-
ton Horrible, most horrible, is the fu-
ture OF our poor State and degraded pco-
pie. No one seems 10 realize our true
situation. 1t is now as it was in the days
ofseccssion We are standing, like idiots,
on magazine of powder, fourishing in
our hands fircbrand and laughing at
the beautiful ring of ribbon it makes in
the dark. The explosion will come, must
come, sooner or later, and bring with it
,Io,t H. To thn
people and property Of the State.
In Liberia, where there is nation of
negroes, sent from the United States, and
where they have formed government,
no white man is allowed to hold Office. or
vote u. any election for any office. This
is wise and proper; aud they have thought
it necessary to make this exclusion for
their own peace and prosperity. Have
not the white men the same right to cx-
cludo the negro from the right OF suffrage,
when they know that the negroes have a
majority in this State, and will seize the
government of the State if permitted to
vote?
1t is idle folly to tell the people OF
South Carolina that capital and immi-
grants will flow into the State when re-
constructed on the Black Republican
platform. On the contrary, as soon as
this negro government is organized, every
dollar Of foreign capital in South Carolina
will be withdrawn, and not one cent will
come hero seeking Investment. Nor will
any foreigners move here to settle, under
negro rule, and the confusion and dis
turbancc which it will give rise to in the
State. Mr.. Calhoun predicted, years ago,
that if the negro was set free the North
ern people would insist on his right of
suffrage, and if allowed, the negroes
would seize the government, and the
whito people would have to leave the
State. He further said that the former
owners would lose all influence over their