Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-05-29

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they want to retain power. 1t is quite pleas
ant an profitable to them. is not because they
flove you better than other. people. l warn
YOU against him and all like him, at home OF
from abroad.
What claim have the men in our midst to
your confidence, who profess to be Radicals,
and advise you TO join that party ? I see
several of them before me now on the stand.
Mr.. e. H. Metcalf is one, who within lew
days past has written letter saying, amongst
other things, that the Southern men opposed
to the organization, to which he belongs, have
been leeislating since the war 10 ax.the
poor and deprive the negro of his wages. He
ought TO have known that these statements
were untrue. he has lived here many years.
His brave sons were in our army, aud never
heard Of his paying any negroes their wages
until they were made free. have been In
formed, and believe, that Mr.. Metcalf who is
q rood man and citizen, did not write the let
ter referred to.
A second is Judge Fielder, my old friend /;
what is his record? He, before the war; as
Senator from Montgomery county, if am
not mistaken, voted for o Law to 'enslave every
free negro in the State who did not leave by
certain time, and to prevent any more being
made free. Under this law Jack Abercrom
bic, bis mother aud sisters, went into slavery.
I tried to save them from the operations OF
the law and failed.
He now claims to be your champion here,
and invites you TO join his party. The Hon:
Senator, in his last speech, says, Il spoke OF
many small things which occurred here which
he never before heard of. They may be plea
yupe to him way up in Massachusetts,, but
deeply concern US here. He may consider
the course of our local Republican leaders
here, the gentlemen referred to. as unimpor-
tant, aud it may and doubtless is true, that
he never heard of them or their political re-
cord before. But I hope, Senator, you will
BE patient and wait On those gentlemen.
They are young Republicans; like young
birds Just beginning to feather, they have the
will ard will fly after awhile, and you Will
hear from them. For
"Wheu young converts first begin to sing
Their happy souls are on the wing"
There is still another class that for your
own saEes and for bumaDity's sake, wish
most especially 10 warn You against. | mean
those mean wretches who, without employ
nent or character at home, come into our
midst and endeavor stealthily and oIten at the
hour of midnight to poison your minds aud
embittcr your hearts against the white race
your ighbors. Any man, white or black,
who does this to procure Office, or through
any other motive, is o fiend in human shape,
and deserves the execration of mankind. II
this is persisted in, what will be the result ?
+. A conflict ofIaces Of course" From which
God deliver us. See the riot which occurred
in New Oreans-wh hite men got it up, and
when the danger beca;:e imminent many ol
them fled, only few OF their number were
killed, but some fifty or sixty unsuspecling
freedmen were reported killed.
A man mean enough to bring about and
encourage such state of affairs as q conflict
of races in our streets, when the hour of dan
ger arrives, could not be overtaken by. the Ie,
fastest cur In our city.
II occurs 10 me just at this moment, that
there is another portion of the hcnora6ie
Senator's last or secona speech, to which i
will briefly alude. lie says l have menticnca
some things he never before heard. III tha!
lie has none the advantage Of re. for be has
spoken of many things that he did that have
not heard of before. Hc boasts OF what ihe
Northern army did, bat did not know he
was with them. 1t is only very recently tbat
he invaded the South. He reminds me OF the
bold froutielsman, who, when the bear en-
tered the cabin door quite unexpectedly, ran
up into the loft The good wife, having 10
means CT escape, used the pi,cbfork very
freely, killing the bear, the husband in the
loft crying out all the while; at the top Of his
voce. .. Lay on, Nancy lay on, Nancy !"
When assured that the bear was quie dead,
he desce; dcd from his safe retreat, walked up
to the side of lis wife, and, with the air CT
game cock, exclaimed, Nancy, amt we
brave?" The gentleman can afford to boast
now Of what ace did
In conclusion, let me say, that you have
known me from my boyhood. have always
done the best could for you, and am still
your friend. Although have been deprived
of citizenship, yet 1 love my country and her
people, and will remain with you. y hen !
took the oath to support the Constitution and
Union of tie States, did so after much re-
Election and in perfect good faitli. ] did SO
with determination that would do all that
l could to promote the peace and prosperity
OF my whole country, and particularly your
race, who were and arc now SO much in Ned
of instruction. There is a minister (Rey
jus. Newman) of the gospel in this city who
knows that daring the war and at q time
when the South expected 10 be successful,
that we pledged oursclf, one to the other. to
give the energies OF our life to the improve
ment of your condition. Things have since
changed. am Frustrated by the war, but
will assist you all can, and am doing SO now
ard encouraging others TO do something. My
heart was made glad few days since when
I heard that Southern man, notwlthstand-
inc cur impoverished condition. had donated
piece of land in this city for school house
for ur children, aud upon which, | learn,
the Government proposes. putting up tue
building. But for the excitement and preJu,
dice On the question engendercd by politi-
clans. North aid South before the war, your
conditlon would have been much better one
than it is. believe you will bear me out in
heassertion that your forme: Southern owners
treated you quite as well as the Northern.
men did, before they sold you to US, and as
we'll as those who settled in our midst and
owned slaves before the war. Your own OBJ
servation and experience teaches you that the
latter class whether from Massachusetts or
any other New England State, were, as gen.
eral rule, more exactiug than Cur own South
ern born people.
NV father hired out slaves for many years
for an estate and told me, what l knew to be
true, that those slaves never did refuse to live
with or run sway from any but two men and
one of these was from Connecticut, and the
other from some other Northern State. When
YOU return to your homes, be industrious, So
ber and economical, save your wages and
buy and adorn your homes, however small,
educate your children, cultivate peace with all.
and God will bless and reward your efforts. /
thank you for the respectful attention you
have given me.