Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-08-21
VOL. IlL..''',''"NO. As. /.
The Black Man at the snnth

Ihc black man, as he stands now. n freq
man, at the South, is but a laborcr, utterly
unacquainted with business and laws, and
any kind of art above the eimplest 1aaninula. (
tions Of ordinary industry. Hs Has nosad.
mlnlstrativo talents, little forocasto, tho small.
est degree of provdent care, and is tempted
into extravaganza most easily. Heis ordina.
rliy gentle aud generous: but oreduIoug.
superstitous, easily misled and readily inyoic]ed
into plots and schemes to crafty apimosities
implanted by designing persons. While. no
great portion of men are naturally inclnoa
to industry, the black race are less SO than.
any save the Indian. Yet, if lot alone, ard
made content by kind treatment directed bv
good discipline and rules, he is good labor.
er-yauable in the field.
This is the freedman of the South II ia
plain that such man must lean upon others
aole to take care of public order, and direct
wisely and prospcrously private enterprise
and industry The question is, should he
rely for this sort Of assistance aud profession
upon people who reside in another part Of
the Union, or upon those amongst whom he
llves What interest have those people at
the North who desire to control him in his
GO, duct or his welfare beyond his vote at tho
POI .! None. What can they do to better
his physical condition? Nothing. Thew
nave no occupation for him, and they propose
to give hiu nothing. They only imbuo his
mind with hostility towards the white neonle.
who arc his neighbors, because that is neoes.
sary to mako him vote as they wish him =.
Inc ph'lanthropist, so-called--thc fanatic, in
tact-who obtrudcs himself upon tho negro
may have friendly motives towards him: but
MS oiilolousness arouscs the Same unIind
ieciings IN the breast of the colorcd man to.
wards Southern whites that are melted bv tno
| Northern politician and carpct-bagecr.
The interference of all these people only
brings evil upon the blanl man, ,yhosc wei.
fare thoy profess to desire. They alicnato
MN from the only people who can really mako
hlm comfortable They begct strife between
MN and his sincere freinds-they who Under.
stand his disposition well, and know how 70
satisfy his wants-and who are, moreover,
sincerely disposed to afford him oyorv onnor,
tunity for improving his condition and IN
| o's"SihS liS AnoWlcdge "
AS long as the outsiders who arc ut,0r,,
Ignorant of the black mans true character
ana who really have no idea of doing anything
tor his permanent physical benefit and com.
tort, interfere between him aud his own
Southern white ncighbor, there must be alien.
alton and want of harmony between them
IN other words, strife--a strife which NAV not
90 bloody, but yet disastrous TO both. Their
lnutuai interests must suffer by want of co.
operation and harmony in the daily eoonomv
OF life. Production must be as ithas been
very much ourtailcd; and there must bo q
scarcity OF money and a scarcity of provisions.
want and distress must follow, and upon
whom will it fall heaviest Upon tho black
home. rRichmoud D;s,,,.n
WANT OF CoURAaE--Sydncy Smith, in
ms work on Moral Philosophy, speaks in this
wise OF what mon lose for the want of n littl.
btass, as it is termed
:" A great doal Of talent is lost to The world
1or the want Of little courage. Every day
sends to their graves number of obscufa
men who have only remained in obscurity be-.
cause their timidity has prevented them from
making first effort, and who, If they could
only havO boon induced to begin, would IN an
probability have gone great lengths in the ca
reer OF fame. The fact is, that in order to
90 any thing in this world worth doing we
must not stand shivering on the bank ana
thinking Of the cold and danger, but jump in
and scramble through as we'll as we can. It
Will not DO to be perpetually calculating riska
and adjusting nice chances; it all did yerv
we'll before the Flood, when man could oo,,.
suit his friends upon an intended publioat;on
for hundred and fifty years, and then live
to SOC its success for six or seven Centuries af.
terwards; but at present man waite ana
doubts, and hesitates, and oonsults his brotb.
or, and his uncle, and his first cousin. and h;n
particular friends, till one day ho finds that
no is sixty five years of age, that he hasslost
50 much timo in consulting first cousins ana
particular friends that he has no more t;n,s
loft to follow theirsdvioo. There is I'D i,tl,a
time for over squeamishness at present t,sS.
opportunity slips away; the very pcriod az
hfo at which . man chooses to venture. IL ya.