Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-08-19

into private life rather than obey the orders
of military satrap, whose -place was fiilee
by Zephaniah Plat; and it is one of the few
bright spots in the operations of reconstruc'
tion, that its completion has removed this crea
tpre from Office. can make excuses for the
Radicals who only take the votes fthe colpree
people that they may thereby obtain botn
money and place. In this they are true &C
their instincts. Like the birds of prey they
pounce down upon the carcass that they may
satiate their ravenuus greed. But when !
think of any South Carolinian, who should
have y instincts of o Carolinian, who has
Ia al his nourishmept from the breast OF q
Carolina mother. who has received at the
hands of the State all that she can give
| when sach man turns his back upon bis
State. / cannot find words in which to de-
no1nce him. -.
OF, for tongue to damn tho slave,
Whose trcason, Ikea deadly blight,
=. Comes oier the counses Of the brave,
And blast them in their hour OF mig NJ
His countr5's curse, his children's shame,
NJ fs.Bereft ofsvirtue, peace and fame,
May he at last, with lips of fame,
On parchcd desert thirsting dio. =
And when from earth his spirit flies, s. u
Just prophet! lot the. damned one dwell .
t.. Full in the sight of Paradise ....-s
Beholding Heaven and feeling He'll.
ag [cheeraI
I now want to say g. few words to the, coll
oted people, of whom | am glad To see many
/ here. I believe, and 1 have told them that,
if the interests of the white man are.at stake,
theirs are even more in jeopardy. IF the
worst comes to the worst, the white man can
gather his household gods and carry HE sor-
row and his suffering to another Land. But,
before the black man can go away, he must
make money enough. Even then there is no
place in which he would be treated as well as
he ia here. II he goes TO the North or North
West be will be met.as an enemy. | assert,
and I have before expressed my willingness
to grant more rights to the cplored people
than any Northern State has shown viii
liDshess to grant in the recent elections. l
feeEthat the interests of the black men and
the white men Of the. South are bound up
together feel that the black men. are
ESouthern men, that we were born upon the
same soil, and that we have lived our past
lives together. / know that as the white man
prospers so will the black man prosper. l
know that if the white men become poor and
broken down. the black men will share the
same fate The Radicals have made them many
promises, but when they had got what they
wanted.they allowed the eo'ored people to
whistle dewntbe wind and shift for themselves.
,Itell you that if you are SO unfortunate as
to draw the line between the white people of
the South and yourselves, you will soon find
that you have 70 friends at all The white
men will bring other white men into the
country WHO will work cheaper than the col
ored man. In few years they will have &C.
cupied every foot of ground where you now
dwell. They will be bired to the owners of
the land, and gradually, but peacefully and
surely, they,will spread over the country and
the colored man will be driven out, and will
disappear as the Indian has disappeared be-,
fore the onward march of the Write man. IL
l,, l...-:-e l,-5.-.-1izi - I I g.
as there is a God 10. Heaven. believe that
the colored man can do great good in this
country. We know him, and lie knows US.
We recognize his freedom fully. 1t is TO our
interest that he should make good crops and
receive gnod wages. Even it we were not
.actuated BY old acquaintance and friendship,
our interests would compel us to look after
his welfare. And for their welfare, we advise
them to help us 10 drive away the Radicals
and scallawags who are in our midst. My
coored friends, dc as was done in Mississippi.
There the colored majority was greater in
proportion than it is here, but the colored
men came 10 the support Of their only friends,
swept over the State, and voted down the
raconstruction constitution by majority oil
10000. That is what you will do here, al
though, perhaps not now. You will find that
Radical promises of forty acres Of land and
a mule will come to nothing. They will give
you piece of land six feet by three feet,
enough to bury you I'M but you will get no
more except as other people do, by buying
and paying for it. [Gheers "
desire Dhcc mole, my friends and fellow
citizens, to say that lam glad to be with you,
and desire to ask the fair women whom |
see around ,me to help Us the coming fight,
as they did in TIE fight now passed, during
which they gave up all that they had to as
sist the soldiers of their country. Maid,
mother and vile devoted all their energies TO
sustaining the cause in which their fathers or
sons were engaged. But I would prefer to
speak of your women now in words which
paint their deeds mere beautifully than |
could hope to do: -
The maid who binds her warriors sash
And, smiling, all her pain dissembles,
:. Tho whie bsnen,l, the dropping lash,
One pearly tear drop hangs and trembles !;
Though Heaven alone records tho tear,
: And fame shall never know her story,
| Her heart has chad drop aS dear
As e'er believed the field of glory.
The mother who ounceals her grief,
AS to her heart her son she presses,
Then breathes.a few brave words and brief,
Kissing the patriot boy she blesses;
With no one but her secret God,
To know tho pain that weighs upon her,
Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod
Received upon the field of honor:
The wife who girds her husbands sword,
Mid littc ones who weep and wonder,
Then bravey speaks hor parting word,
Although her heart be torn asunder;
Doomed nightly, in her dreams to hear -
The Its of war around him rattle,
Has shed. as sacred blood as o!er, ,..
Was poured upon the asld'of battle. =.
Tremendous cheering
Gentlewomen Of South Carolina Iagain
thank you for all that you have done, and
beg Of you to give US still Jour encourage
ment and help. Tell all your kinsmen to go
earnestly into the fight. Adjure them by all
they hold dear, never to falter or tire. Re-
mind them.that in Carolina, Maryland and
Virginia, they were ministered to, as was,
by the women Of the Southj and tell them
that upon the manner in which they do their
duty now depends the future fortunes of their
mothers, their sisters and the whole suffering
South.
Hon Mr. H111Ipn of Geornio and Indpp