The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-05-01
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY [, 1867.

then endorse on his ticket, "No
Convention." If he is patriot and
an honorable man, he cannot de-
sire the change which the military
bill contemplates, and he should
not vote q lie!
With the cunning which always
characterizes the tyrant, Congress
has enacted that the people them
selves shall endorse the call Of a
convention, in order to give legal
validity to it's acts. Without this
endorsement, the whole proceed
ing might be regarded as forced
On the States by the military gov
! eminent, and, therefore, null and
void. Hence, the trick Of making
the people endorse the call Of a
convention. It is to be hoped
that they will not be caught by
this cunning device, and that they
may be able to influence their
freedmen to act with them. But
should a majority Of the voters be
for a convention, then it is to as
semble, and not otherwise. When
it assemblies, the honor and desti-
ny of the State will be in it's keep
ing.
But if the people should vote
"no convention" what then? The
honor and dignity Of the States
will, at least, not be thereby sac
rifced by their citizens. We shall
remain as we ares under a military
rule, till there is a reaction at the
North. 1t has already commenced
in Connecticut, and will, sooner or
later sweep over the whole North
western and Middle States. Then
we shall be restored to our rights
in the Union, with honor unsullied
and the right Of suffrage un-
changed. Let us await this Dem
ocratic triumph, be it a hundred
years, rather than seek new asso-
Citations with our Black Republi-
can tyrants and oppressors, and
be guilty Of the baseness Of aban-
doning our friends at the North,
who have nobly defended our cause
for two years past, and sacrificed
themselves in the struggle for
Southern rights and constitutional
freedom.
If we are unwilling to bear the
ills to which we are subjected, for
the maintenance Of honor and
principle, then we deserve our
destiny. It is said that, if we do
not accept the degrading terms
now offered, worse will beimposed!
Haze we any assurance that worse
may not be imposed, if we do ac-
cept? Like the woman who con-
sented to her own dishonor to save
the life of her husband, and was
then made to witness his execu-
ton a.! There is no faith in tyrants.
Threats of confscation are futile.
Almost every one has been par
doned, by taking the amnesty oath
or by special application. The
Southern people may be robbed
and murdered, but their property
cannot be confscated.
In order to debauch prominent
Southern men, offers have been
made in Congress to remove their
disabilities, and, it would seem,
not without success! Threats to
the many, and bribes to q few, is
the policy adopted for radicalizing
the Southern States.
With universal negro suffrage
and debauched politicians, we may
bid farewell to I'll hope Of republi-
can institutions. Virtue and in
telligence alone can sustain a re-
public. When the negro has ac-
quired intelligence to understand
his political rights, and property
to make him feel an interest in the
proper exercise Of them, he should
be allowed to vote. This principle
has been adopted in most of the
Northern States, and is wise and
just. But it is wicked to put
ballots into the hands Of those
who will be the passive tools of
their employers, or the mischiev-
Gus agents Of Black Republican
emissaries.
Nothing can be more unjust and
iniquitous than the discriminating
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