The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-05-30

ABOUT the last OF 1859, or the first Of The
preseAt year. Fredrick Douglass, q mulstto
Of New York, WHO is said to be q highly
educated md polished man, who conducts
himself with great propriety every where
travelled ae far West as 81. Louis. and was
there and everywhere on his route refused
admission into the first clu.s hotels Of the
North and West. Nearly every Northern
State has discrimiDated against them as iu-
rors, witnesses, and heretofore ut the ballot
box. They nowhere at the North en1oy. In
fact, oil the rights of white people, and In
most States North they are by local laws
denied political equality at the present
time. One or more States went 90 far as to
deny them settlement within their bounda.
rie. altogether. ..a.o ... s.s
You have been reminded. by the gentle
man, Of pecuniary f,vors conferred; the
supplies voted you by his party. and the
Burenn under General Swayne in Alabama,
as another reason why you should act. with
the Republicans / believe Gen. Swayne
| TO be friend Of yours. / believe the gen.
item an who has addressed You is also a
friend. for they havS no cause 10 be other
wiseS but no better friend than / am
and many other Southern men. MANY Of
us have been educated by your labor, and
hope sball live long enough to pay YOU
back with compound interest In promoting
education among ron, which tell You is
the only hope Of your race
l requested that Gen Swayne be contin-
ued over us; for although we see things
iron, different stand points, yet believe he
wants TO do right, and I never think less Of
any one for an homes. difference Of opiuion
merely. ....
But however worthy the motive Of the
act on the part OF the Government in as
sisting you through the Bureau, and for
which the Senator, amongst other reasons.
claims your votes for the Republican party.
| IL Is an undeniable fact that the snmr party
discriminates against you 10 the way Of
taxes on cotton, and in this way wiring from
the sweat Of your brow one hundred dol
lars TO every one received by you through
the same Bureau. ..
With these facts staring you in the face
| which the honorable Senator will not deny.
whatis,he obvious object Of his visit South
1t Is this, my friends: His party is in pow,
He is here 10 form political alliance with
you and what few whites can Ge induced to
join him. They want Office. they want
spoils, aud they want TO retain power. II
is quite pleasant aud profitable to them. II
is not because they love you better than
other people. j warn you against him and
all like him, at home or from abroad.
It occurs to me Just at this moment that
there is another portion of the honorable
Senator's last or second speech, to which
will briefly allude. lie says have men.
toned some things he never before heard.
In that no has none the advantage Of me-
Tor he Las spoken Of many things that he
did, that | have not heard oil before. He
boasts Of what the Northern army did. but
I did NOT Enouv ha waa MIL, tbo,, T., z.
only very recently that he invaled the
South. lie reminds ME OF the bold renters
man, who. when the bear entered the cabin
door quite unexpectedly, ran up into the
loft. The COOL wife, having no means Of
escape. used the pitchfork very freely. kill
ing the bear the husband in the loft crying
ont all the while at the top Of his voice,
Lay on. Nancy lay on, Nancyl" When
assured that the bear was quite dead, he
descended from his safe retreat, walked mp
to the side Of his wife, and, with the air Of
| q game cock, exclaimed, Nancy, ain't We
bravef" The gentleman cin afford to boast
now Of v hat TOO didl
In conclusion, let me say, that you have
known me from my boyhood. have al
ways done the best could for YOU and am
stll your friend. Although have been
deprived Of citizenship, yet love my coun
try and her people, aud l will remain with
You. When | took the oath to support the
Constitution and Union Of tho States, | did
so after much r.fectic and in perfect good
faith. did so with determination that
I would do all that could TO promote the
peace and prosperity Of my whole country,
and particularly your race. who were and
are now so mach In need Of Instruction.
There is q minister (Rev. Jamcr Newman)
OF the Gospel in this city who knows that
during the war and at a time when the
South expected to he successful, that we
pledged ourself one to the other, to give the
energies Of our life TO the improvement oi
your condition. Things have since changed
am prostrated by the war, but | will assist
you all can. and am doiAg so now and en-
couraging others to do something. My heart
was made glad a few days since when
heard that Southern man. notwithstand
fog our impoverished condition, had do
mated piece of land ia this city Tor q schoo
house for your children, and upon which,
learn, the Government proposes putting uT
the building. Bot for the excitement and
prejudice on the question engehdered by
politicians, North and South, before the war
your condition would have been O much
better one than It il. ] believe you will
bear me out in the assertion that your for
mer Southern owners treated you quite al
we'll as the Northern men did, before they
sold you to US, and as well as those who
settled in our midst and owned slaves be
fore the war. Your own observation ant
experience teaches you that the latter class
whether from Massachusetts, or any othe
New England State, were, as ageneral rule
more exaoting than our Southern born peo
pie;
Ny father hired out slaves for many year
for an estate, and told rae. what knew b,
be true, that those slaves never did refuse I,
live with or run. away from any but tw,
men. and one Of these was from Conn eeti
cut and the other from some other Notheri
State. When you retnrn TO your homes
be industrious, sober. and economical, sav'