Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-24

the New York Convention no ono opJects. lnat
is matter of taste. What the people protest
against is that pretended State Democratic
Convention of South. Carolina should adopt a
moderate Radical plstform. aud undertake to
pledge the State to its support.
A Democratic President can be elected next
November only oy Northern Democrats, and as
they will have the brunt to bear, they ought to
make the whole Democratic platform, and have
Democrats Ough: to go to New York to take ad.
vice, not to give it; to have o platform mado for
them, not to make it. Yet it is proposed to send
South Carolina there with good Radical plat
form to divide, distract and weaken the Demo-
cratic strength. The only hope of Democratic
success in the next Federal elections is in accep-
ting the wager OF battle thrown down by tho e1-
treme Radicals ON the broad issues of universal
negro suffrage at the South, and full payment of
the War Bonds n gold. These are the two live
Issues of the CANVASS at the North; yet party
in South Carolina, calling itself Democratic, and
claiming to represent nine-tenths of her people,
are for shutting the mouths of Democratic ora
tors on negro suffrage, and for letting tho Radi-
calls be able to taunt Northern Democrats with
going further against negro suffrage than even
ultra South Carolina.
This State is tho only Southern State wherein
my respectable number of decent white men
have yet declared in favor Of qualified negro
suffrage. Think of it. Think of it, South Caro-
lima the once proud leader of the Democratic
Party-the late gallant leader in Secession-now
the leader in --- but will not finish the
sentence. The people of this State do not SYM
pathize with this movement to rob them of their
honor, which is all that is left. AS South Caro-
lima fred the frat gun in the War, so che will be
the last to degrade herself by voluntarily admit
ting any nigger to the franchise. Otherwise, her
heroic dead, if thsy can take any interest in the
aHairs Of the living will feel that they have died
in vnin for an unworthy people, and the proud
spirits of the gallant Gregg, Perrin and others
will have but GtIul rest in their long sleep.
Qualified negro suffrage is the bantling of Con-
servative Rudicslism. 1t is tie offspring of the
prudent, thinking, cunning, calculating heads of
the Radical party. The real leaders of that par
ty-the mon who furnished it brains and gave it
respectability-are now only moderate Radicals,
:" conservative Radicals" they call themselves.
Doolittle, Trumbull, Fossenden, Chase, Seward,
etc. These are the men who preach qualified ne
gro suffrage knowing now, that universal negro
suffrage will follow hereafter. They are for drag
giug white men down to the level Of negroes
gradually. They will take time and short steps
to accomplish so violent change. Slavery WAS
abolished only by degrses-negroes must be ml dc
white men by degrees, and tho Government n ust
bo changed into monarchy by degrees. Tisss
same cunning Conservative leaders, having ap-
prshensons about being permitted to count seven
hundred thousand niger votes for Radical
President at the next election, are devising some
schome, either to reconcile Southern white men
to it, or to have threa Presidential Candidates so
as to throw the election Of President into the
House. Qualified negro suffrage, or universal
white and black suffrage, is the platform, and
Chase for President, with Governors Orr, or
Brown, or some other Southern half radical. for
Vice President are the proposed candidates. They
hope to- carry all, or most of the Southern States
md some of the Northern, for Conservative
Radical Presidential candidate; and if such cam
didate should fail to be elected by the people, he
might yet cause the election to devolve on the
House of Representative, aud force both tho
Democrats and the extreme Radicals to unite on
him, or Grant, as the Democratic candidate would
$ tnnd no chance with tho present House. This
is the meaning Of the Chase movement now. This
is the secret why the Conservative Radical lead.
ers so-caled" are taking the lead, since the de.
'eat of impeachment, in admitting the Bogus
States Of the South.
The Leaders of the Radical party differ only
in policy, not in principle. Theirs is friendly
quarrel, and they have pretended to divide into
" Conservative" and "Extreme" classes to split
The Democracy if possible. The Radicals won
tho Presidency in 1860, by three Candidates be-
ing in the field, and they are manoeuvsring to
have anothsbtransuar fight for tho next Chief
Magistracy. Ought Carolina Democrats to act
IS field Marshals in reforming for the Radical
party line of battle which has already proved
10 disastrous to the South?
There can hardly be doubt, but that Seward
IS the real God -Fnther of qualified negro suffrage.
most to idolatry for the intellect of this American
evil genius OF the United States
tho author alike of tho war, and of the auar
,hy which has followed it Can it be possible
hat other leading spirits of South Caroina-tbe
lew converts to qualified negro suffrage, arc also
ishing in Federal waters for national honors as
yell as Governor Orr? Or are they only the
lupes of the American Talleyrand, who, so he is
Prime Minister, does not care much who is King.
Let the South then shun qualified negro suffrage
Is trap to catch the unwary-as q bait hiding
he double barb of Radical President and uni
yersal negro suffrage. These moderate Radicals
hink that the South is so broken in spirits so
anxious for civil government upon any terms,
hat she will readily embrace qualified negro
outrage, or even be reconciled to universal negro
uffrage, if the disfranchisemcnt Of white voters
hall be removed. They give US credit for hay-
ng no sense, no pride, no patience, no fortitude.
These very conservative gentlemen, who are only
'nomios in the disguise Of friends, feel that their
,ower is doparting.-that tho day Of Southern
leiverance is at hand, and they design ut the.
eleventh hour to chent us into base concessions.
The cardinal doctrine of the Democratic party
8 opposition to colorcd suffrage in any form, and
bis is the position of every honest right thinking
Southern man. Whenever the South may have
,ower to reduce negro suffrage from the absolute
o the qualified form, she will go o step farther
md reduce it to no suffrage at all. How many
bigger votes will qualified negro suffrage attract
o the Democratic party. when all niggers are
.llowsd to vote by the Radical party? Can
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