The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-03-23

yonr Children. destroy the peaca OF your fami-
| lies. and the prosperity OF your country. Do
NOT rush the black man to determination, and
the white man to paralysis and ruin.
| admit that heretofore there nave been good
men who have differed with me. do not say
that difference OF opinion, honestly entertained,
oueht not to be tolerated. lam willing to make
! this bargain now with every man who is true
man. don't care where he haf been-whether
with the convention or Loyal League, or any
where else, let him but come out now and DO
whatisright. The Crisis ls short and the issue ls
oro domination or not? mean negro domi-
Ration through the bad whites that control
them. and deceive them. Are you willing to
make a. fnndamentaElaw for your State, saying
TINT there is no difference between you and
negro? "a voice, "No!"] II you are, then
seek your company. If you are not, care not
what has been your opinion, nor your course
heretofore, come up to your country now In .s lIs
hour of extremity-come up now, and say you
are willing to vote with us to defeat the ratih-
cation of this constitutions; and you shall be
onr hrothers again. and all Gins shall be forgot
ten forever. Well, I'll not even call them
sins-I1l call them errors-m mistakes-I'll take
That back, too, and call them-no, won't call
them at all. Laughter.
Let US all unite. MINISTER'S OF the gospel
highest in commission -noblest in work. do
not appeal to you to make political speeches.
or to enter the arena Of political strife; nay,
nav. but I do appeal to you to do your duty
from your sacred desk-teaching your people TO
abhor lie, and to eschew liar. Teach your
people to repudiate scheme to g slave the
white people Of the country that few adven-
turers may get office:
Next TO the ministers, appeal to you, my
lady friends. Gen. Franklin said bad things
about Gen. Pope, but Gen. Pope certainly told
the truth when he said the ladies OF Georgia
we're unit against reconstruction (so-called).
ICbeers.I would scorn the husband OF my
bosom as unworthy OF me, If should or could
hear him whisper to his pratuing boy that ne
was no better than negro. lApplause:J
tell you, you must bring your powers 70 pear
on This matter. The movement is to degrade
YOU and your children, to bring you into col
fision with the negro, to depreciate your prop
ertv. to destroy your interests, your govern
ment. YOUR liberty, aud you must wake up.
Use your social powers, but not IN spirit OF
vindictiveness. I have not the slightest vim
dcye feeling for any bNegyar se 1aore pre-
that this matter be met at once, met instantly,
and met decisively.
Old men, you who have spent most OF your
days under good government, appear 10
you, Do not vainly fritter away the last days
of your life to bring your children under such
o government as that. ,
Young men, address you, and would to Goo
I could speak to every young man IN America
Young man of Georgia and Of the South before
me to-day. would conjure them by the
graves Of our sons, and the sleeping places OF
our comrades, and would make every youth
s,oenr before Heaven and earth that the slaves
who served their fathers should never govern
them Enthusiastic applause]
And you, my colored friends, do not be
ashamed Of the position which God gave youi
act well YOUR parEthere all the honor lies.
do not know why our Heavenly Father gave
Won black skin aud gave me white one.
do not know why He made, your physical con-
formation different to mine. do not know,
and cannot tell, 1t is His inscrutable wls-
dom. He did it wisely. he did it for your
good. Observe, I beseech you, the poslno9
that your Heavenly Father gave you, and
spurn as you would the poisonous serpent ae .ae
YOUR ear to avert His law in order to give your
deceiyer power. Those men who tell you to
deceive you that you know and understand
all the laws relating to suffrage, and the
laws Of government, say what you Know 70
be false. They are tramplers upon tne
ali his wickedness for no other purpose than
to induce YOU to give them Offices. Are You
willing to be deceived? Are you deter
mined to be deceived Join the men that are
willing to protect you in your proper place.
Join the men whose interests are your inter-
eats. Take their advice, and all will move
along in peace together. But il you vii! go-r
Won will not listen to reason-if You will listen
to the false teachings Of your deceivers-goo
on. Believe the falsehood that God made You not
different from the white race-beleve the false
hood that, uueducated, ignorant as you areas
YOU know you are-whether rightly or wrongly,
you are able to exercise all the responsibilities
Of suffrage. Go on; but mark what I tell you,
give YOU my warning, my duty is discharged,
nv skirts are clear. You are rushing on to de-
stfuction for yourselves and for your children,
and when evil befall you, the only people that
will shed tear over your fate are the Southern
men you have abandoned. And those who
will rejoice at your wrong are the creatures
that betray and deceive you. They have be-
trayed race and country. They have been
false to truth. They have devised and executed
a fraud Think you they will be true to your
Nay nay
NV friends, of all classes, and OF all condi-
tions, wake up The hour is on you Wake
upl The issue is at hand. care not for your
former opinion, or your former action, come
llp now. This is our country, let us live in it.
This is our country, let us preserve 1t. Ihls
is our country, let us redeem 1t.