The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-05-13

a dollar towards The support Of the pau
| pcrS OF his race"
He next addresses himself NOR, as
pcciallv to The colorcd man and r.,
marks:
"lf there be any colorcd man VIII,
intends to be industrious, frupal an,
moral to educate himself aud (amily---
to that man desire to say one word
| h"t hlm acquire real estate and Learn. t,
read and write, SO that he may be place,
IN the category OF the white mn VIII,
Owls taxable property, and i! am no
totally mistaken IN The opinion have
derived from successful and critical OK,
animation OF the new Constitution, il,
VIII be anabic TO retain his property
hrrr years. 1t will be taken rom hin,
by those OF his OWE race who are iiir,
lhrlIll"ss, and do not mean 20 work -
lemcc 1t Is that ! call upon ali rcspccta.
nlc colorcd mon. WHO c"tcrtain hopes o!
'ninro prosperity, TO dcnomcc that
Constitution and JON his natural, ancient
anu true friends IN opposing It's ratllica-
uon.
N'N', a.l"r exposing TIC lccrptivc
features III tie Constitution proposed on
'hc SUBJECT OF the homestead claim, and
The annuIlng OF all debts of which slave,
ry were the consideration, and after
some comments upon the dangerous
organization oi The n2lcial power 0! Tie
state, he concludes thus:
"ln my Judgment, Il Constitution with
such cnormrtirs in it will prove fatal 20
both races. and more fatal to the black
than 10 Tie white. T'hc colorcL man
who has acquired propcr,, has really
more interest IN preventing that Consti~
lnt'"n from becoming the fundamental
law OF the state than YOU haze and |
trust he WI! not allow llinsc''io BE-
dcluded to those VINO would make him
believe that II is lis interest to oppose
'he people who nave reared and nnrtnr
cd MN through me- 50 cumbrous and
complicated Is til: machinery Of chat
constitution, consisting, as it does, OF
'ac most n''nn'r details, and 50 burden.
Some VIII oe Inc government which 1t
,I""GlF't'S 'h"t YOU VIII De crushed hy
It, on cannot bear II. AS well
might IL" hravy harness OF the mailed
warrior DC ru' upon ne ilmbs OF an III"
A"nt, aa 'or 'h"Sr onN.!rn2 to v 'mr1ac.d
upon lhe impoverished people ol South
Caa0i'na. None b"t people rich ana
nn,,5niy cuuca'rn can NVr under That
Cohstll"lch. Try 1t II yon Will, but |
'e., vo"' gentlemen mat antagon'Sm
VII, DC excited between the two races,
anu coh'llct may hc the result, Under
II peace ana ana harmony are utterly lmpos-
s'o'e III Hon II C"r"hna'
We have thus suggested to your
honorable BODY some Of the prominent
objections to your adoption Of this
Constitution. We waive all Argument
upon the SUBJECT Of lis validity. f. isa
Constitution deIacto, and that is the
ground npon which we approach yonr
honorable body in the spirit Of carncs,
rcmonsrrancr. That Constitution was
the work Of Northern advcn'urcrs, South.
crn rcncgadrs and ignorant ncgrocs.---
Not one per c"hlnm Of The white popu-
lanon OF the State approves II, and not
two per ccntm Of The negroes who
voted for It's adoption know any more
than dog, horse, or cat, what his act Of
voting implied. That Constitution en-.
every male negro over the
age Of .twenty-onc, and dis(ranchises
many OF the purcst and best white men
OF the State. The negro being III n
large numerical majority, as compared
with the whites, the effect Is that the
new Constitution establishes in this
State negro supremacy, with al its tram
OF countless evils A superior racc---a
portion, Senators and Representatives,
of the same proud race to which it is
your pride to bclong-is put under the
rule Of an interior racc-the abiccI
slaves of Yesterday. the flushed freed
otto day. And think you that there
can be any just, lasting reconstruction
or the basis? The Committee respect.
fully reply, in behalf oftheir white
f.llow.c citizens, that this cannot be- We
do not mean 10 threaten resistance by