The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-10-07
ADDRESS
To the colored People of Anderson District.
E. P. EARLE, Secretary

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We, the White People of Anderson District who
own the Land upon which yOu labor, and who fur
nish the Money by which you are paid for your
labor, desire to 1dlrsss you few words, and We
10 so in the kindest spirit, aud with>he'hope that
good may result, both for you and ourselves.
Come, then, and let US reason together.
The white men of the South did not make you
slaves. You were slaves when they we're born.
Their ancestors did not make you slaves, but your
own, and the ancestors of the present race of
.'New England, and "Old England" South Car
olna, when che belonged 10 "0ld England, pro-
tested against the introduction of slaves into the
Colony. But .Old England" wanted market
..New England" wanted market and slaves we're
forced into this country. Your ancestors in Afri
ca were willing then as their descendants arc will
ing no,r, to sell even their own flesh and blood.
and the grandfathers and grandmothers Of many
of you now living here, were bought by the CYAN
kee'' and the "Englishman' for few glass beads,
few loads of gunpowder, few bottles of rum, or
old muskets. They wcro afterwards brought to
this country, OF carried to Cuba, st. Domingo aud
Brazil, and sold at tremendous profit. Think of
this fact! whenever you remember that you have
been slaves.
The "Yankee" soon found out that sIarery.i in o
Northern climate did not pay. In cold, rocky
'sNew England" slaves were for six months Of the
year on expense They could not work, they did
not breed, but frozen and half starved, they pined
and perished. Did the pious s.New Englander"
take them to their affections then, and clothe
warm and comfort them? No! no! with heart
as cold his climate, lie sold for good, hard gold
your ancestors to the Southern States, Cuba and
other countries. The father of many New
Englander," who now wal!ows in wealth, made his
first start in life with money got by the sale of
your
So, the black man came South and as time
passed on. the Yankee found that the idle worth
less slaves of the North, as soon as they touched
our warm Southern soil and fell into the hands OF
kind Southern masters, became different beings:
They married and bore children in plenty the
poor, half starved Northern blacks became fat and
joyous, strong and active laborers. The South
grew strong and powerful, and the Southern white
man, by his character and intelligence, ruled the
Union. The Yankee then became jealous, and de-
termncd to break down the South, and for fifty
years kept up the strife. The South at last was
compelled to say, We can't live with You in peace,
SO we want live with you any longer" and the
South seeded! President Lincoln then said to the
South, "Come back! You shall not leave the
Union We don't mean to interfere ,ciA yow slapesi
But VIC don't want you to leave the Unionn The
South insisted, and the war came on After three
years desperate fighting, President Lincoln found
thaho could not conquer the South unless he enlist
ed the black man in his armies. He then declared
slaves free, and wherever he could get at them he
put them into his armies, and this put many an
one into bloody grave, and caused the death of
many thousands by disease. Well, the North ut
last conquered and the South gave up secession and
slavery, and went to- work to repair her fortunes.
Very soon, had the South been let alone, the
Southern white man and the Southern blnck
man, working happily and side by side, would
have made this country again ricl and powerful.
The Republican party saw this, and determined 10
prevent it. They began TO sow hatred and dis
trust between the two races. They told you that
we intended to make you slaves again, and they
told us that they would make the South n desert
rather than let her regain her power in the Union.
They have already nearly succeeded in running