Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-09-04

taxes, tho rich bondholdcr and millionaire in
public funds shall pay no taxes at all on his inn.
mcnse l!l-Sot,cn wealth! They have declared
that there shall bc ono currency in gold for the
rich bondholder, ami another CURRENCY in de-
rrccia,cd paper for the solIier, meohanic and
| la5orcr! : = X
is it possible that the American peoplc do
voted to republican principles and constitu-
| tional liberty, as believe they are, will con-
linuc i'll power such a party, whose fntricidal
| crimes and atrocious wrongs, are unatoued for,
and nrc still crying TO Heaven for vengeance
Never! never: never! Two years ago these
black and hcllish designs were concenicd from
the people of the North. They did not dare then
to declare universal negro suffrage, mud pa ymont
Of bonds in gold. They caused tho elections
then TO tnr'l on tho adoption of the constitu-
tionai amendment. But cmboldencd by their
success 'hey openly aroused their platform,
anu nave had nothing but disaster and dcfeut
III all the States and municipal elections since.
Towns, villages, cities and States, one after
another, havo abandoned tho Radical partv
and wheeled into the Democratic lines. The
glorious little State Of Connecticut, ovcrwhclm-
Gu rs We thought with abOlitionism and radi-
| caiishi, rose up like strong ninu and was the
first to hold alott the Democratic banner Tho
great empire State Of New York followed and
%aSe " democratic majority of fifty thousand
| Inc Keystone State WAS next in order, and she
tr"inpled radical majority of thousands the
cratic Chief Justice. Ohio, the empire State Of
The West, theE came forward, and rolled down
| univcral negro sul!lage with O majority of Gr,v
thousand! New Jersey, about the same time,
tralicd IN tho dust her radical flag. The golden
State Of the Pacific followed suit And her
SISTER Oregon came Immediately after into the
| Democratic fold. Little Montana and Idaho.
not yet grown to be States, have recently
| changed their colors, and hoistcd the Demo-
cratic flag. The noble old commonwealth of
hcn'ucky had the honor Of firing the first
| Democratic gun after the nomination of Scy-
mour anu Blnlr. 1t was big one, and pro-
uuced great consrcnatiUn all over the Radical
k'hsaom. rho carpci-baggcrs trcmblcd and
| thought OF "hum." Tho scalawags bepan to
dream Of the Ku Klux klan, and some raw
heads, and bloody bones! Nincty-fvc thous-
ana Democratic majority in 'old Kcntuck -
| lhuInna only wants au opportunity to dis play
her Democratic banner with "ff1y housauI
| m4or"y' cmblozoncd on its ample folds.
! In truth there is reason to believe, that tho
whole North West will be Democratic in No
yembcr next. There is no telling where this
Dcmocratio revolution will end. Massachusetts
- ,i' noi saie! -Four thousand Democrats met
! tho other day in old Fanuci Hall, and had a
glorious "rousihcaton" in "the cradle of liber-
| ty! George Ii. Pcndlcton, tho Napoleon of
| mo West, has gone to Maine to secure that
! State. EA-Prcsidcnt Pierce may redeem the
granite State. Ex- President Fillmore has
fadIcal electors arc taking The stump for Sry-
mour and blair. And it is sravcly said in the
-'dli"HW Int,Niycncfr that Grant himself is about
| 10 Withdraw from the Canvass and leave the
iiadicns with the bag to hold IL is not in.proba-
ole. Ills nomination has fallen sillborn before
inc american people and has excited no enthusi.
asm anywhere. The kindred and friends of his
hundred thousand soldiers hutchercd in vir-
glnia feel no interest in his election. Tho
Ahaersonvllic prisoners whom he refused TO
nave exchanged cannot feel any enthusiasm for
mn. The men of honor at the North cannot
make an idol of him after his treschery and
ialsehoods to tho President. The men OF sense
atl know that Grant is no Statesman. and will
%, ne The mere party tool of his faction if elected
IAe nomination Of Seymour and Ilar has been
met WIth the greatest enthusiasm from ono end
OF lhc Republic to tho other. ratification
meetings have been hell in almost every coun-
~, town and village in every State Of the Union
Torchight proccasions with banners hnos
ira":larencics and suitable and appropriute
inoti"s, have greeted the spectators eycry-
where The people seem run mad with en,hu-
s'asn', and with the hope OF rcscuing the Re-
pubic from the terrific domination Of Radical
rule.
This Presidential election at tho North is a
question of liberty or despoism But at the
south, my fricuds, it is a question of life or
e'dM II tho Radicals succeed, war Of races
Ill the South ensues inevitably. Friyh,ful will
!c the consequences for time, but tho result
Is certain. The inferior race will DO extin-
suisilcd or driven from the country. They
will so rs the Indian hns gone when he made
war on the while man. AS deep an interest rs
the North may feel i'll this canvass, the South
snoui'' iccl n still deeper. We must tell them
PLAINLY that these carrct-baggcrs anl renegade
scnltwagS are friends OF thicrs Their
only purpose is 10 get ciiiccs aud position by
means OF the coiorel voters; and if danger
will toa
their poor dcluded victims to their fate! The
freedmen onght TO see and know that their
former owners and friends arc their best pro-
tectors, and that they can derive no belluit OF
ndvant age from the carpct-baggcrs and rene
ghdc whites. They hnvo nothing 10 give them
but lies for their volcs.
We nust explain 10 Tho colOrcd people that
ihcy we're Get free by their owners and not by
The Kadicals. That VIC will protect them in
their freedom and in the enjoyment OF ull their
rghss, and life, liberty aud property When
they arc qualified by intelligence AMI property,
VIC will extend to them The right of suffrage
! likewise. AT present tllcJ ought to know that
ihcy are not qualified 10 govern the State,
and cannot do so. This is white mans gov
crnment and must ever remain 80. Let them
DO toii hat We arc mutually dependent OFT each
other They want our lands TO cultivate and
we want their labor. If VIC grow rich and
prosperous, they must share it. If we arc poor
anu wfetched they will he still more poor and
moro wrctcled. Our interests aro their inter-
es's: But if they will not act with us, but
agninst us, VIC must discard them. No one is
bound TO employ his enemy in his household, or
OH his lands, and should not do So If we re-
fuse to employ them, they cannot get employ
ment from their political friends, for they have
none to givo. Wc ought 10 show them that tho
men they are following are bad men, and tell
them that il il shame they should be voting for
rosues and worthless wliito men Instead of
voting for gentlemen and honest good men. IF
we,nro taxed hoavily., they must pay their pro.
portion of those taIos when their crops are
gathered. E'@ 4'<F'.. ~
! cannot conclude ~ i,honi paying A compli.
ment to the ladies who know will attend your
meeting. have ever found them more Patri-
Otto and aeif-sseriicing and more spiJtsd than
the gentlenen. The instincts Of W omaus heart
are always true aud patriotic. After the pas
sage Of the <Reconstruetion Acts, ths stats
seeuned pahiczstrcken and paraIyzed. .There
was not newspaper 10 South Carolina that
opposed them. nor a leading man. 7 COM
meneed my series Of ietiers agai,.sI those infal
nd - II