The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-11-18


body.Who, iIr theimain, own:no, property,
and pay no taxes ; together within, the, in
F.ternal revenue and tariff systems oftthe
United States, byWhich Ji3iliks iii ike any thing
lin the previous financial, history of tie
Government, observation-disclosures afe made in
favor Of. the rich and against the 'poor;:in
favor Of the few and against the many,
whereby the rich Will grow 81 ticber, apd the be
of lords and Vassals ;sths:freedoms ofhthe
few coored people, South, ,shavingIe6een
su bstituteu BY tilae. on ~ ofses than domestic
slavery Of the, great mass Of the Am siican
people; swhite. and -colored, IN orth and
Southsi Topics like:athese,.I sny, fellow
citizens; ;have constituted tho aple,ofithe
numerous public id dresses Have had the
privilege of making, to..the people during
FtheirecentlP Presidential ca ampai aiggn., n, In5the 5
Counties below this, where thescelored
population are much morenumerous.th than
with'us, + was favored with he,opportu-
nifty Of addressip large numbsrs ct ct them
on divers occasions, and it gives me pleas
ure1to state.that Iginvariablyc ycfound them.
not only yanxioustto hear. ai!'sthat might
BIZ, Said, but feadfy'impressed by reason
ing, addressed to their Understanding, re-.
specting their personal, ipecuniary . iaan and
politicaliuterestsJs.I endeavored to con-
vince them fof'theatruth that the only
real friends they. now have left upon the
whole face Of, the earth, are their, former
owners, ,-tbei whites. with whom they
have-been2raised, that they know, aDd.by,
wlI0rnsthey are intimately known. sIAat
whilst tReir necessity is regular BID
profitable employment. the requisite of q,
the Gland. 5ownersis steady and reliable
labor! That the! Two races being g.mutual7
ly.dependent. ION each other, ifaileft to
adjust their own relations, would readily
accommodato. things. SO as to secure, the
-highestattainablc degree ofprosperityand
contentment, toeachl, But.that, ,to-insure
peace and prospeiitys the 'emplo or and,
employee must necessarily be on terms
Of personal and political icndslip,,afntdI
that such.a friendship isutterlyi possi.
bleito maintain, if they;continue to iafili-
ate with n parity whose apolicy,,Hsin' the
opinion, Of their employers, is distinctive
OF their highest and dearest interests,
Thatnext, ,to,tlleirt honor,. mankind gen
orally are disposed to defend their:rights
of property, and that the burthen of
taxation TO which F'onr poverty stricken
mmonwealth issubjected bytheFcderal
and State ,Governmsnts under Radical
rule; ;is':so utterly ruinous TO rourrentire
population, tllat itlle man at the South
wEoaustains' That party.in.its premedita-
ted oppression, mightsjus,ly' be regarded
as a.pubiie enemyy=-nay1 as; n,some
degree; senemy:of everBrgood citizen.
That. itelwas 5not.E to Jbe expected that
persons desiring laborers-zor 4" e help. to
use a New. England \ phrasewi7,wonld EN-:
|iploy,. those. who were opposed, and .yun.
friendly to their. interests, personally 4 Or
politicallys-and, ,.Lsapp ed.los.them-eto
state whether they would do so, if they
were themselyesi iempl6ysrs, and was
and promptly answered in the
negative. That employees as a general
rule, lin ali. countries, and Of; all races,
readily acquiesce, ,.in.i the Judgment and
wishes Of thciremployerss. as. to'.the pera
sons, or purity they. shall support at, politi.
calteIections. hat ;this:was.p particularly
the casc in the Northern.States,a where it
is we'll known the, @ealthy'imanlfa factnrer
invariably marches his white Operative
to the, polls. with the, ballot in his: hand,
which is deposited as directed, ,2with. tile
precedenr- understanding hatriif-.he.ven-
lures to- disregard. ..thef airectiousy given
him, he is to be promptly dismissed from
service. That this ,iss butra- practical
bf the Influence that capital
exercises over labor everywhere; and
accounts, in great measure, for the
unanimity of political sentittient'iin the
manufacturing towns Of New England.
That this accord between the capitalist
and laborer is essential to the profits and
income Of each, at all times and in all
places, and more especially SO at the
South at this time. where our highest
interestsademand Chat our people should
be a unit in all things. THAT in this
State, there should be but one party, and
the dictates of an enlarged patriotism
demand that every voter white and
|.colored, from the sea-board to the noun
tuins, should stand in solid lphalanx to
resist the oppressive taxes and penalties
heretofore fastened upon US by Radical
misruls, and (which, looms apI infinitely
more terrific In the future, from the &C.
ton of the existing Legislature Of South
Carolina. II explained tos;the colorcd
people how perhaps, oneghalf of thoir
hard earnings are at present taken from
them indirectly, without theirknowledge,
by RadicaFg Congressional Legislation, and
thereby ;ths-wagea' of labor reduced, and
the prizes Of the; ;;snecessariss.sot life in
creased, until with all their efforts, they,
together with the poor of all races and
coIors,i are comparatively speaking, per
petualIy the objects of hunger and, want
Eand,t gives me pleasure to state, ,that /
found no person 80 'illterate 'as not to
understand. and1appreciate why it is that