The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-05-22
VIOLENT LETTER FROM Ex.Gov. PERRY

VIOLENT LETTER FROM Ex.GOv. PERRY
Ex-Gov. B. F. Perry has addressed let
ter to the Columbia PAenir advising every
body to vote against Convention. he
says: y
"Just as sure as general suffrage IS gwen
to the negro, in South Carolina he Will feel
his numerical strength, and sooner or later,
under the vile lead of black Repubhcan
emissaries, seize the political power OF the
State, and exercise it to Cypress and plum
der the white race There are thousands OF
unprincipled white men among US, who will
unite their destiny with the negro for the
sake of spoils and plumber. They Will cas-
lily be persuaded, and persuade themselves,
that it is right and proper that the lands OF
the State should be divided out equally
among all of her citizens. Every one
should have home-the poor freedman as
well as the former rich master. Having the
power in their hands, and with this belief,
it is folly and stupidity to suppose they Will
not execute it. They must serve on Jurles
and hold office, ride with you and your
wives and daughters in the cars, and eat
with you at the hotel, and sit with youth
the church. All this, and ten times more,
you must endure from your black politl-
cal matters. And can it be that the pride
of Carolina has sunk so low, and been SO
degraded, as to vote for all this vnlun-
tarily, for the purpose of getting back iu-
to that Union which. her citizens protested
to hate and despise SO cordially a few
years, since2 Are they willing to go to
the polls and cast their vote for Con-
vention, with this destiny staring them in
the face, in order to save their lands from
confiscation 2 No. They will be voting
the ultimate con6scation of their lands
and their political rights as surely as they
are voting away their honor as men and
Carolinians
Better, far better, to remain as you are.
under the military rule of your conquerors,
and await their returning sense OF justice
l feel assured that nothing but mistaken
appeal to base fear, and that dastardly virtue,
called prudence can work sacred so wonderful
change in the public sentiment of South
Carolina And it is melancholy to see the
people-a proud, gallant people-sacred in
to their own ruin and degradation by the
false CRY of confscation, like the consump-
tive lunatic, who had such terror of death
that he butted his brains out against the
walls of his cell to avoid it. In order to
save our lands from Congressional confisca-
ton, we are persuaded to let the negroes
parcel them out among themselves.
There is no danger of confiscation by Con-
gress. The members of that body may not
be superior to the negro in honesty, but they
have not the same motive to vote division
of the lands. They will get none of them
A man is not so likely to rob or steal tor an
other as for himself But is it not better to
be robbed and plundered by Congress than
by convention of South-Carolina As
wicked as Congress is, the members may
have some regard for the opinion of the
world. They may, too, have some appre-
hension of agrarianism at home.
greatly fear there are many white per-
SONS in South Carolina who will vote for
Convention, under the hope of its repudia-
ting the Indebtedness of the State. This
class may influence the negro vote to unite
with them, and then, in return, they can
unite with the negro in parceling out the
lands of the State. One step leads to anoth-
err Stay law frst-repudiation next; and
the follows division of the lands and an
equal apportionment of property amongst
all persons. And last of all, the honest,
hard working, industrious and prudent class
must support the idle, dissipated, extrava-
giant and roguish class.
Who cares to he represented in Congress
by negroes, black Republicans, or perjured
| Southernors2 All others are excluded by
the iron-clad OATH And this is the great
| boon South Carolina is to receive for her
voluntary abandonment of honor, and prin-
ciple, and constitutional liberty2 We are
to be represented in Congress by men whom
we despise, and who will only increase the
black Republican majority in that body;
while at home we shall have Legislature
composed of negroes and their vile represen-
| tatives!
Congress has left its discretionary with
the people of South Carolina whether to call
convention or not. They have ordered a
registration of voters and an election, and
authorized every one to indorse on his tick
ct Convention or No Convention There
fore, let every man who is not disfranchised
as he values his life, and honor, and proper
ty, and the peace of society, 60 forward and
register their name, and then vote at the
election. indorsing on his ticket No Con-
vention' In this way alone can we main
tain our honor preserve the peace of society
prevent black suffrage anu a division of
ands among the negroes.
B. F. PERRY"