The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-08
Demoeratie nrsetipg.

on the LIST day of August. A. goodly
number were present upon the ,occa-
sion. Not only the young of the
neighborhood, but our grand fathers,
were there, to attest that they mean
to fill their places in ranks at the
ballot-box, in November next. The
meeting was called to order by the
Chairman, DR.. W. L. Addy. Seve-
raj accessions were made to the Club.
A few pertinent remarks we're made
by General Paul Quattlebaum, after
which the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Resolced, That, while we fully ap-
preciate the delicate duty, in the pre-
sent crisis, of selecting suitable can
didates for President and Vice-P -Presi-
dent of the United States, we, the
Democratic Club of Leesville, Lex
ington District, South Carolina, do
most cordially approve of the plat
form and nominations made by the
National Democratic Convention,
recently assembled in New York, and
pledge to Seymour and Blair our
Jealous support in the approaching
election, believing. as we do, that,
by securing their success. the Union
will be restored upon the broad
principles of justice, fraternity and
goodwill among the people of the
several States comprising. it, as laid
down in the Constitution adopted by
our fathers.
Resolred, That, rs we have borne
the yoke of military oppression, and
now must bear the no less CALLING
yoke of civil misrulc, for season,
with the hope of righting our wrongs
through the all-powerful agency of
the ballot-box; and, as the oppor.
tune period is lear ut hand, we call
upon you-the friends of civil liber-
ty, everywhere throughout the entire
length and breadth of the United
States-to come out to the polls, in
November next, and help us gain
back our lost liberties. In restoring
us our rights, You make the more
secure your own-for we are your
allies and friends in the great strug-
gle for the maintenance Of the supre-
macy of our race.
ReSolced, That, as God has made Il
distinction between the white and
black races, which no one can fail to
recognize, it is sinful in man to
attempt to wipe ont this act of Di-
vine Providence, and make all equal,
either socially or politically; and, as
the white race in the United States
predominate over the colored, in the
ratio of eight to one, the political
power of the country must of right
belong to the dominant race. How
absurd, therefore, for the few colored
people residing in the Southern
States to think of ruling, for any
great length of time, these States,
when the whites, in the South alone,
outnumber the blacks two to one.
The North itself will not long tolerate
such n representation in Congress rs
that now foisted upon them through
this minority in the South, whereby
the one-third (the colored) over-rides
the two-thirds, (thc whites,) and
sends twenty-five additional votes to
the Senate to sink the South, if pos
sible, into deeper humiliation and
more irretrievable ruin.
Resolred, That, amid our own mis-
fortunes, we can but sympathize
with the colored man in his; and,
while we are desirous of doing him
justice in all things, by which his
true interest may be promoted, we
can but advise him against the pre-
posterous idea of his ruling the
country SO long rs the whites are in
such great ascendancy; for persisting
in such attempt must ultimately pro-
duce war of races, in which the
weaker must, of course, go under.
Resolred, That equal justice before
the law, qualified suffrage, is as
much as the black man can reasona-
bly, expect, in country like that of
the United States, where the odds
are so largely against him, and where
the cry has already been raised by
thousands in the radical, as we'll as
that OF the Democratic, party, that
this is white mans Government
and the white man must rule. In
such q contest, where are the colored
men and their few white allies to
stand?
ReSolred. That, believing many of
our colored friends have been de-