The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-08-08
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Fsorssnts, eight or ten1 IN number. have pever
LEFT mo, and Ars,ssilf living with mo, ON, tho
same terms they did whilst slaves It is be>
cause wish'wsll 10 The negro, that am un-
willing to sec him placed in q false position
he is unhs e, exercise tho right Of sofr.p.
and wiii become the dups and tool OF base and
assigning men, A war OF races will ensue,
and the negro, being tho weaker and less in.
'telligent VIII be sxterminated In such a war.
Extinction VIII be the retuit or this great boon
bestowed Sou them for the sole purpose of
strengthening the radical party ~ General
benjamin r. Butler said 10 nee eighteen months
ego, that al the radical party wished was, to
have Impartial suffrage.'1 He said that we
might declare that no one should vote, unless
he was sraduato Of the South Carolina Col.
lego. All that the radicals then thought of
was equality between tho races. But now,
they arc determined TO have tho negro vote,
In order 10 radicaliae; the South. % ra sa.ss7 .
IS In the negro convention which sat the other
day, in Columbia, ID was Iclaimed that, in the
hext Presidential election, there, should be
placed on the radical tickot negro, either for
President or Vice-President. It was contend
ed, too, that the lands should be devided into
small farms, so that each head Of q family
might get Homestead. II. the landowners
refused this division, then their lands should be
taxed 80 heavily as to force them to pa rt with
them. There is considerable ingenuity in this
scheme Of confscation. The whites who vote
for convention, to avoid conascation on, the
part Of Congress, will End themselves nicely
caughtby the negroes in convention. As have
already said they will find that, after sacriac.
ing their honor, the rights of the State, and
the principles Of self government and consti.
tuticnal liberty, they have lost their lands in.
to tho bargain. Another scheme of the ne
groes, promulgated in their recent convention,
is to have nothing taxed but property. This
viii release tho negroes from all taxes, as they
do not own property. Then, the property
Of tho State Is TO be taxed, to establish free
schools and colleges all over the State, for
the education Of their children, without
expense 10 tho negroes Again, they de-
clare in convention, and have made il o part
Of their platform, that the old negroes, and
in6m negroes and paupers, are to be support.
cd by the property Of the white men, instead
Of taking care of their own aged parents and
pauper kindred. ... a .s .r..s ~ ...
In the twelfth article adopted by this radi-
cal negro convention, they avow openly their
purpose of dsfranchising all who have served
in the Confederate army, or aided and abettcd
the war. They are disposed to take a step,
and wido one, beyond the radicals in Con-
gress. The white radicals have disrranchis.
cd only those who have filed public Offices +;
but the black radicals arc determined TO ex
tend it to all who were in the army, which in
oludes almost the entire white population
This will be accomplished in that convention
which the white people are going to vote for
q convention to dsfranchisc Themselves,
confscate 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 Of
their stupidity and dishonor.
This negro radical convention further de-
mands revision of our laws and tho re e-orga-
nization Of our courts. They, n set OF pau
pers, ignorant and debased, arc to govern
The State, and the white men, who own all tho
property, are to pay the expenses of tho State.
They speak Of building railroads No doubt
q thousand schemes will be concocted for
spending the white mans money, for thebene-
ft Of the negro, before they proceed to take 1t
from him by force or fraudulent legislation
Horrible, most horrible, is tho future of our
pscr State and degraded people. No one
seems to realize our true situation. 1t is now
asit was In the days of secession. We are
standing, like idiots, on nsgasine of pow
der fourishing in our hands fire. brand, and
ughing at tho beautiful ring of ribbon Il
makes in the dark The explosion will come,
must come, sooner or later, aud bring with Il
universal death and destruction to the people
ard property Of tho State. .
In Liberia, where there Is nation of ne.
groes, cent from the United states, and where
they have formed Government, no white
man e allowed to hold otfice, or vote at any
election for any Office. This is wise and prop
orr and they have thought IL necessary 10 make
this exclusion for their own peace and pros
perity, Have not the whito men the same
right u exclude the negro from the right OF
suffrage, when they know that the negroes
have majority in the State, and will seize the
GOvernhent Of the State, II permitted to
voter t'''''-ea-' '..
1t 10 Idle folly to tell the people of South
Carolina that capital and immigrants will
flow inse ths State, when reconstructed on the
Black Republican platform. On the contrary, as
soon sthis negro government is organized,
every dollar OF foreign capital in South Caro-.
lima will be withdraw, and not one cent will
come here seeking Investment. Nor will any
foreigners move here 20 settle, under negro
rule, and the confusion and disturbance which
It will give riso 70 In the State. Mr.. Calhoun
predicted, years ago, that II ths negro was set
free, the Northern people would insist on his