The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-02-23
Emigration Excitement ia
Charleston.

The Charleston Later, an organ OF the coioreu
PEOPLE in South Carolina. had the ioIIo"lhS III
IT. issue Of November 2oIh.
The arrival of 200 freed people At tins port;
the fact that a vessel, large, cummotieus' ana
seaworthv. Il lying AZ the wharf. receiving these
people, and every day brings more, = evidence
that there i a determination on the part 81 the
people 10 find a home where there i no lr'I"d'S
on account of color. We have learned many
facts from these emigrantS. which we could not
learn otherwise. We have learned that IN n
interior Of the State there i 10 earthly prospect
Tor the PEOPLE TO live unless they become worse
than slaves 10 the whites. The combinations
and aunoyances which are in operation are cal
culaied to place the freed people IN a worse posi-
ton than before the war. ihuse VINO nave
worked faithfully are robbed Of nearly all their
wears labor women and men are tied up ana
whipped numerically. The men are ueeinS
from Newberry District by night 10 escape the
midnight aSsasSins who prowl about hunting
them. They tell Us that 1t i nothing strange 10
find dead bodies and bones in the woods lnere
i no redress, no protection II them whatever
no school, and hardly religious privileges Many
OF the planters are prohibiting meetings on 'helr
plantations, and otherwise hInderIng the deNei-
opmeut OF tue people INTO freedom. We learn
also that the planters on tie island OF EdlSto have
combined not - hire a foot OF land TO the freed
men. and have fixed 4 certain standard OF wages
for them Many men who had planted last year
on Johns and james Islands have determined
70 leave lil4s year. anu ~ S'hS " 'S'4
With all these Disadvantages, Is it any wonder
that the people are excited and are going to
Africa? We lave heretofore believed that the
Southern men We're humane enough u see that
their own interests demanded the encouragement
of the aborers % remain among them but 1t
seems as if they are not yet instructed, and pos
siblv Will not be till too late.
We make no statements as 70 the treatment OF
freedmen in portions OF this and other States that
facts do not warrant. We know of cases in Col
Teton and Williamsburg Districts, where freed
men have worked hard upon their crops, ana
when ready for the harvest they are - RUINED OF -
by the whites under all Tretexts, their horses
taken from them, their corn and cotton seized,
and their lives jeopardized. We 90 not write
thus for political effect no. hut we wIite (know-
ING that there is a class of our white people who
are disposed to do Justice that these things may
be put a stop TO.
The Courier says " Far better will it Inc for
this class of our population to stay where they
are and work tremendously with those who have
proven their philanthropy toward them, rather
than trust TO the charities of Colonization Socie-
ties. or, what is still worsa, the uncertainties
attending Il residence in Il strange land, where
they will soon have to depend upon their own
resources and exertiOns."
And work tremendously torsooth Let
the people change their tactics, and prove some
thing even less than philanthropy toward them,
and they will be able by :. their own e~xertions 3"
(upon which the South had grown fat 10 pro-
vide for themselves, and live peaceably and in
harmony with all others in this country.