The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-12

single advantage in the contest you Will mus lnaugate
But what La the real danger before you Let US iook 1t
hnlly in the face. It is true that Convention is
called one Of the conditions imposed Is that the Const
tuton which 1t frames shall include provision for uni.
veIsa suffrage Is true asS .nnS ihas nfHoiHa
is not only privilege, but very responsible duty
which no one white black. should be permitted to
share who is qua by character and
exercise It wisely and conscentiousy. This highest
right of citizenship has been given to large portion OF
the population Of the State who ara not nt Ior IT, py
mower which you cannot resist and which does not In
tend to be resisted No action OF yours IN Young against
Convention can deprive them Of It
assume, upon the general statement, sithouSn
doubt its correctness that there in South Carolina
about aixty thousand bsck votes to about forty thou
sand white ones But this black vote Is not and cannot
be ade combined majority, except In cases OF agen-
for REPRESENTATIVES to the Legislature it cannot act to-
eether The disparity in numbers is local For exam
there is majority Of ye ts netT of he
whole vote is 80 much diminished In the rest OF tne
State and count in such election no more tnan
majority of FIVE for it can only secure inc fsce ce
this disparity exists chiefly in the low country
In your own district and those adjoining It, the
negro vote is in verv marked minority even II act as
an unit IT. then the antagonsm was an that ls repfe 9,
sented by the most apprehensve. you the white men OF
the uppercouhy be deprived without your own
neglect Of your fair representation In the ConVenon
and the Legislature.
But what in fact to day. this antagonism between
these two classes of voters? Not what may be made
but what is ie in the opinion OF pracuca eh "o eof
ern their every day action by hei every day
1t certainly not exaggerated calculation TO suppose
that of this sixty thousand at least forty thousand are
engaged in the wor # agriculture, in daily
ton with you, depena,ng upon your captai ana tnrt
for profitable employment utterly Ignorant ana ut,ery
indifferent to political questions which
/ thew do not understand. II you are just
In your dealings with these have you any doubt or your
infiuence2 Has there ever been time anywhere even
tho most troubled. in which finally brains and capacity
have not governed? You know TIL Sc people For two
cent,re Won have held them slaves; wore they not
docile aecHonate trustworthy? During the war; wnen
In many sections of this State there were not at home
white men enough to do pstrol duty, ana wnen shey
your failure were they less industrious, less th1u 70
an tbat wss YOURS? You have seen them now 1or TWO
in posseson of their eedom-hes there been vo-
lance or riot? As geneialre has there Deen even
soIancep They reioc ID n their freedom Was u not
atnrsl2 At first they Like children to think that
their new life was to be perpetuai honday pu @ t
YEAR was some evidence of their industry ana the
Universal testimony is that they are WORKING tas year
hundred per cent better. know tnere are sah
bs STATE in which the persistent mischief OF very loosn
~ verv wicked men have demoralzed them, ana that
among themselves there not few VINO nave nao
al q dangerous and very preposerous anpltlon. out,
aknr them In the mass see nothing 10 cause you W
fear that with the land OF the State IN your
with the capital of the State in your hunds-wtn tne
education and intellect Of the State IN your service you
need lose the influence which naturally belongs 70
do not mean to say that your poston - Hi.uous
difficulty The POSITION In which the state IS pncea
an unaccustomed one to both white and BLACK, and u
viii take time and good temper on both sides 10 august
the new relations harmoniousy On the one sue tnee
will be the old preudices, inveterate hants rooteu op
ions to be overcome. On the other there VIII oe susp
cton and an angry exacungness OF extraVagant Pete
sons In the Convention itself you may be opISoo 70
see much done that you dsalprove, and mucn le. uu
done that You think the interest of the State requires
Miserable men will bring their bsseness 70 marKe' a'