Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-11-23
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The /" Charleston Gourier Il Ile no.
groes have nov, through their lead defs. oken
OUT, andspoken plainly Where atl,sy have
had nj nnl2stt;latitude, they hye been most Syio.
lieut.; and, whiesuch hot. t.lleaded AYES ne
the Riohmond negro Lindsay ,nlsysndt.repre.
sent the wishes of tho more, respectable Of the
coored people, they do carryinauo6os enougl,
town applause for their haralig.N,s.. s and to
secure to themselves corsolid,tSll Sll,neVro vote.
They proclaim, without hesitatiph. stInir do.
mands Of white Acknowledgement md land
contiscationj and, as in the case Of .Sthe Ala.
bama Convention, show ,heir desire to up
set every established principle, and to de.
sroy tho basis of the title toevery description
of property. On their part.. any modcratnn
is u, rare nsa black tulip or bifurcatcd lizard;
and without accon'plishinga good fnr them
selves, they have succeeded in driving their
Radical white brethren from til. ir noisy com
cc's, and in turning against negro power the
former organs Of tho Southern White Radical
party. This is the work they have done !;
this is the dark side Of tho tablenn Of Recon
struction.
| On tho other hand, the Southern whites
subject to NIL possible prnvocatinn. aud no.
even free from negro insnlence -shnSe acted
With rare and heroic moderation, They hive
set their faces against clau,or.. rissl6ncc seli
ton, aud rioting Again lna Ygain haze
they told the col,red pnnple tll1t the South
wonld not return thenlSto slavcry-ifi, conld
that It desired to give them. and secure to
them. all necessary protection ,ahd that tho
schehes of the Northern RadicnE could ,,ut
end IN ina negro ruin. They have explain
"a to the co!orcd people tho duties aud respon
s'b''t''s OF their new position, a,yl have ever
r''NA:,c '':c- rom any "ttc"pt at cocrsioo or IN.
iln!daton The Southern white man lid not
desire to revenge himself upon his former
sinvc; and, when the negro hccaule idle, rcck.
less. and insuhordinate. his former master re-.
rnrdcd him with an inhulgent eve, and laid
tho whole vast responsibility whore il belong.
cd lat tho feet of the R.'i-.L party. No
circumstances has been allowed u, force the
white man iron his usu cal,.SysK X nowlrd.c
snd experience taught him that the end would
come aud. unAinrlingly. he has awaited the
day when liberty should he snu,.thin. more
than hla"k abstraction This is tho other
side Of the Reconstruction picture.
The Northern elections hive -cAns..d the
hong headed business men nf the N,rtb 10
W itch with care the progress of events in the
South. They have hehcld the p,ti,nrc of the
white man. and the h,rdihnni uf th. negro
aud they hive been di4=u>t.d hy thc r,nt of
tho new voters, aud the Yelling nf their mean
white allies Nav dn they heuitto see thu,
VI ilitnry Reconstruction il Southern negro
rule = and, although home experience has
t"ush them that prnfligacy nf prrty IL M brr
tn political success. they recnl III horror from
the men &C of African supremacy uvcr the
Intelligent aCcassirn Every d ~ onerrs their
eyes til" wider; every hnur is clearing AWAY
the scales that hay" "bsrnr"d tnir visinn. =
- hl cks te,ching the NortlYtlai they are
u,trr,, unti, i. hr trusted witlTsthe suffrage
md. it the S"nthc':: p""ll" c"htifrte t" he as
quiet and srnsnt" ms hithortr .thnS hnve been.
tsscvcs ;E y sh ihd best St sP YSfs salHon RfH