The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-07-10
Having registered, it becomes the duty

Having registered, it becomes the duty
of every good man to vote, whether he is
opposed Of in favor Of Convention. II
the Convention is to assemble, every clti
zen is deeply interested d in having it com IN
posed of good men. They who are op'
posed to the call of o Convention are as
much bound to vote for the candidates as
those who are in favor Of calling the Con
vention. If the selection of candidates
is left to the negroes and bad white men
all may be disfranchised who have been
in the Confederate army. If the selec'
tion is left to the negroes, they may de.
clare in Convention all white persons
disfranchised. We must not permit the
government of the State to fall into un.
worthy hands, if we can possibly prevent
it. Look at the State of Tennessee and
see the deplorable condition of the people
there-a negro regiment, under Governor
Brownlow, committing all sorts of depre.
dations on the property and persons Of
the peateable inhabitants of the State
Cow Brownlow himself declaring whole
counties dsfranchised. This sad condi,
ton of affairs was the consequence of the
good citizens refusing 10 have anything
to do with the first elections which took
place in Tennessee after the close OF the
war. No matter how much you may
loathc and detest the call OF q Convention
and feel that it is the greatest humilia,
ton and dishonor that can be inflicted on
free people, still you should vote for
members of that Convention. The Con.
vention will have to make for you and
your children State Constitution.
Having voted tof members of the Con.
vention to represent your wishes and
principles, then endorse on your ticket,
aaqaiast Convention" If q majority OF
the votes cast be against Convention nc
Convention will assemble, and the State
will be left as it is at present, under mill
tary rule, with her Constitution unchang-
I'D, and her rights as State unsacrlfced,
by her people. If the majority should
be in favor of Convention, it will assem-.
BILE, and the good men chosen by you will
be there to protect your rights and inter
ests, as far as it may be in their power.
The military bill leaves it entirely, with
the registered voters to say whether a
Convention shall assemble or not: The
voters have an unquestionable right to
exercise their sound discretion. They
are not ordered to call a Convention, and
whilst option is left them, by the powers
that be, they should not voluntarily re-
linquish the rights Of the State, and the
principles of selfgovernment.
B. F. PERRY.
GRBENvI11E, S. c., June %, 1867.
p. S.-Since writing the above, have
received the Louisville Courier, published
at Louisville, Kentucky, from which l
make the following extract. Letters re-
ceived from prominent men in Boston.
Philadelphia, ST. Louis; New Haven ard
other portions Of the North, use pretty
much the same language, and express a
confident hope of reaction there
alt does seem to us that it is the patrl-
otit and Imperative duty of every man
who would not see negro Governments
established in the Southern States, and
white men disfrancbised and proscrihed,
not only to register, but to vote against
Convention. The Southern ttlan who
votes for Convention will fix a brand CT
infamy Upon his name which will cling to
it. and descend with it to his children, so
long as the WRONGS of the South are re-
rgmbeted among men or are recorded in
impartial history"