The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-15
(. THE BLACK DEMOCRACY. !.
GREAT REACTION AMONG THE coLoREI
PEOPLE AGAINST THE scALAwAas
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THE MOVEMENT SPREADING THROUGH
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We are glad tC see from our exchanges ID
the various Southern States, that the, freed.
men are at last awake to the folly Of trusting
the pack Of shtftless and unprincipled adven'
turers who have heretofore been their party
leaders. Colored Democratic Clubs are being
form ed in Ill portions Of the country, address.
es from Leading colored Democrats are scatter
ed abroad, and the negro is at last finding out
that his best friend is the white man with
whom he has been brought up, and with whose
interests he must in the future be identified.
II SOUTH CAROLINA. '.sr =;
In Charleston, though little has been done
publicly, the colored Democratic clubs are in
fourishing condition. The Ward No. 6 club
OF one time numbered about five hundred
members, but many Of these have now joined
the club Of the ward in which they live. In
Wards Nos. 8 and there are also colored
clubs, and in O short time there will be one in
each ward Of the city. At least one thousand
colored Democrats may now be counted on.
They are respectable men, and have joined the
Democratic party from conviction that Radi-
callsm is only the road to ruin. Altogether,
the movement shows encouraging elements OF
strength and prosperity.
Throughout the State the change Of senti-
ment among the freedmen is even more de-
cided. as the statements published from time
to time in our columns will have shown. There
ia hardly district in the State that does not
boast one or more Democratic clubs, and the
disaffected members of the Union Leagues are
daily coming over. r.. -.
vILGINIA.
Tn the Old Dominion where the white vul-
lures from the North, who deceive and prey
nnon the blacks, are more numerous than in
any other State, there is great reaction Of
sentiment among the colored people in favor
Of their former masters. We copy the follow
ing address which Virginia freedman has is
sued to his colored brethren:
The writer of this, colored man, made free
by the late war, desires to commune with you
on matters which concern your peace and pros
nerity. as we'll rs the happiness of the commu-
nifty in which we 1--we.
Can the colored race prosper in state OF
strife and antagonism to the whites?
answer unequiVocany, no. Inc %nltes are
sAS
erfv Of the country. They have more reeour-
ces; @ they are more enterprising and determln-
ed; ed the laws protect thom in in the peaceful en-, n
yment Of what bel belongs +oeratsd to them WIZ Xoens s
submit an to the laws. Then We cannot cope
with the whites. They represent the power
and influence of the government, North and
South. ,. ,...o,
+be -ocas answer there is no sufficient
reason r for such state Of things. The whites
have declared no war against US. Our me-
chancs and painters Darb1rs
Servants have been generously patronized ant
literally paid, while white men, equally com
petent and equally worthy, have failed to ge
work.
the good deeds Of the whites in the proper
spirit? What return have we made for all thes
acts of kindness? I answer, while living Oh