The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-08-29

asse Il sepIbeaj.s al i, that .s esreet ;
\ ooassisls ~ t,at % ':ot bolieye
Iltosbc true-Sno'f promise thar we.do,nut giltenl
'l!h6neslyt5 A1iRlrxseG 81 nae doidv
We S55mhsfsa ;sto slio ssHaia ind oarola. a
s. Tie solorei sossrs, fis confidently
|ftrNsting 70 the tluth, to .esni,o tho4c wllosc,
interests arc ide,tioal, J, al,. WHOM, force and
falsseheod have kept separate so long
81 s 80. JAMES CONNER,
I s4asf s.eslt. At;t.SgE t.sat y.
President Democratic Central Club
OF City Of Charleston.
IinE AtDEEas or TIE DEMOCRATIC va TIE
| VOTER OF cnAELIsT@s. 10 v.i.: CULoaEp
/ voTEGh or CHARLES to:., THE arAK.AED.
| AND OF I'VE STATE GENEdALLY
! Woare ina .enced by yaa..crs cons;G,.a:..o ..ons
to address you, aud, in plain und simple ian
guogo, to tell you tra;hfilIy Our views and
purposes. They NE also the Y..ews am, pus-
poses of tho great Democratic party, which, for
fully threefourths Of the lifo of our govern
|.
soon about to resume the administration OF that
government. Among those consider tios, ,.rc
the following:
First We are naturally Your friends and
YOU are nstura.ly our friends. Any othe, re-
las.oss bctwcon Us are unnatural and ini,riou:;
g both. VS. have the cap:.a! md give o..i-
!ploymsnta. We own the as.nds and 1rcsuirc IN
hor to n,hks tnem productive aud poiitsb!e.
You desire TO be employed By you. labor
Alone you, ,cs1 live: We desire 10 employ you
aud 80 have soar lsbos- nat bceasss Il / bet
ter. or oheapSr, Or more profhlbic @ ns tha,,
|thew white lsbor, nhicls DO glad to co,lls
and lake your place If We ats conpolls,l 5ss dis
card yours aud invite it .bat We desire your
labor because you know ns, and we know you.
Wc wSro born together here, and We. have
growus,p together Tn iniancysfWe were
nl;scl together, in Loyhood VIC pls5 ed together
aud We do not e%s;ly forgot these for the s.ko
of strangers. Hence it IS. slat we intend to
leave it entirely to your c'loico, whether you
will bs friends with MS or be o,lr ene.liea, and
compel Us 70 treat you as enenlies,a
We kno,o sae can DO without you. Wo hiah
you Will find it very Difficult; TO 10 witI,ou, u.s.
We think it our duty to tske e,,.e that you are
as fully irforlncd in making yo,-. cho:cc, be-
tween ennilty and hostility Gus, anl ;crielld-
sip. and peace s=;th MS, as wcscan Inform vol
BY telling you the whole truth, h 4'eI 4roason
that Il is odf daty do this Is locai,ae We a.o
indebted 70 you for great fidelity IN the past
anu because We are the stronger, and you Tho
weaker patty 1t il always tic duty Of the
strong and powerful, csides being just, to 10
generous
We have the wcsl.h Tho houses ii, wlioh
you iivel,o ours; tho lands upon which you
| must labor OF starve a7e ours. Wo have cdu-
cation, advancement in tho arts a.d sciencus,
| and in civilization generally. You are, fo.,
the most part, l,nclucated, just s:srt;ng IN the
career III which NO are 50 ss.s ahead Of YOU.
We have the numbers over you; our ..acc IS
thirty millions OF moro; yours four millions OF
less
Ws think it osS duty to use all these great
advantages justly and generously for yo.:r well
fare, for your advancement N e;!ucaiion, il,
tho acqu.stion Of property, and in the pursuit.
Of every good thing whiuh is mean: by, or
makes up what is meant by, '>-i;raaii4tios,," il
you will allow us 10 do IT,
! Second. We see and kssow That you are hur-
rying on into groat and Immediate trouble and
danger to yourselves and your race You arc
proposing to bring Oil conflict between your
selves end ourselves. Ifit comes -ifyou bsine
on tl,at conflict, It viii bc coaeict :.e.wcen
your race and our raco 1horc are indications
that you already t',iaA yourselves prepared for
this conflict. You have Cor some timo p:nc.
ticod aggressive and hostile conduct towards rs
You have assembled rs party o. class, and
you have deliberately interrupted ,s in meet.
ingg, inaulted and assaulted individuals among
us, pe;ted on1 houses with stones, insul.cd on,
families by vulgar and rro;anc language, dis
turbed tho aight-quict by nnoarthly whoops
and sofeanlS threatening "death to tho Rebels
--meaniug ourselves; assaulted and thro.tea.
ed the police and police stations Of tie CITY
! Yoi sre arm;ag aud dsill;,,y in MRiiLo p1ao
tices, and this fosaggres,ion sad attack. noi
for defence because yod hsye 10 saaso or rse
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