Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-08-26


stripeslong enough to be entitled to justic
at lssta What more have We to wait for /? 1
say letna wait no longer, but grasp the fruit
which, Providence has given to us. The gen.
temad;has said that The colored people Of the
uthlenjoy their privileges By the saferance
Of thcawhi'e man, and, therefore. they should
not demand al enlargement Of these privil
eges. ,ltSir, they 60 not ask this boon ns q
eharity-aS a beegar s>ks ior brcad-but as
men they demand il as a right which the
Republican party has pledged itself to be-
stow.
r.peat, thcref.re, that The provisions of
the bill ar. emi'eu;ly proper, and If this
body With its najalny If cultred men, do
not declare that tile discrimination now made
in business TRANSACTIONS is iuvidious and con
tetnptibe, thry will De f.:sc to their rnce, re-
e',nfto their duty, and unmindiul Of the
Icssons OF the hoor For two hunireAycars
the white has oppressed tie black man Of the
SouihE absorbed his earnings. grown rich
upon the sweat Of his brow. drawa his life
bloodland crushed bis ambition. And now
thai he coored citizen has risrl, in his might.
aud demanded the privileges enjoyed by the
former owners of the SOIL demanded educa-
tionahd u participation il the enterprises Of
the age. shall the white man be permitted to
crush5cut this desire, aad perpctua'e the un-
just distinctions which have existed in The
past e Is it consistent with Repubiicanism,
or with The theory Of our government, that
tbe.othiie.s shall be2 Is free South Caro-
ia still willing to enforce those pr,judices
which u derie the history Of period during
which, the bodies and souls OF nen were held
in a bondage worse than death? | do ~,
believe it, and for ono aIr glad that This bill
has Been brought up, ST. that by cur votes
We nay record our determination to blot out
the last vestige Of government which re-
fnged TO recognize all men u equals before
toe law
W.J. Whipper Of Beaufort (col"rcd). Oue
fact which impresscs the very strongly is the
absence of 50 large proportion OF our white
Republican merrbtrs. II / had not hem here
when the resolution Was passed to tlrapt the
Speakers desk i'll mourning for the late Mr.
Stevens, should have supposed that they
had been killed vil by tie Kn-K!ux.K'an and
we were mourning their los. l lunk f'r some
OF our congressional aspiramts fer some who
are rspiIng to be coniml>si"rerS.--fo ''tlers
who have bre elcc.cd rs Republicans and
vino dep.nd E,r their positions upon :Ge black
Vote, but they are ail gone. This fact sa is
iiesime alone that this is n very ;mrorian:
Question. honor thai ! ao III tnes, il,e
Drmocrat,) who sit yopder drictn ned 10 vote
against ti!is bill, bui for those WAC pretend 10
..Repub,icans ami are lurking around ibe
cunui tee rooms to avoid voting upon it,
l. n
from Sumter (Mr. Ferrier says that many
Republicans have lost their >lar'.ing at home
by becoming identified with ihi- party. Let
me Tell bin thati hi is the COURSE they intend
to pursue on this door they will lose every
thing here also.
The gentleman from Samtc: says it viii
break up the hotels Ii he will 70 with ;;lc
to. Tie kitchen vi Il first class hotel be " il eec
there u big black man handing, the meat that
is 10 sbJ Gates in the dining roori Go to iile
d;sirsf room: and he will find him passing
over Inc pI:ltes with a.tthe Familiarity IN the
world. Go to; Il iirst-class barber shop, and
yuu snbmit Ia bis uiu!atioGs even 10 The
;akiug ho:d of that infaliDe thermometer, the
hum:,n nnse.
But when the coorei man asks 10 he re
c'griz rs n.i, and 10 be protected with
ort STOPPING tu the performances oi irenla; du
tics. then he becnmcs III object II nycr:i.n
and the member i.:lks about sac,al rqaaiity,
aid inagines IT, must take yea into ~, arnls
as he proba3ly would your SIS er il she WAS
gooi looking. Til. is an III rage upon t!ir
colored luan. / want yuu t. kiiow that the
black man mas bccn iienti6el! with TIE de
veiopaicrt Of this country iur Two hundred
years. aniI with every great struggle t'r tut
preservation of her liberties. IntiIr language
o! John q. Whittier, their bones wbiered
every field Of the revolutions. ,her feet track
G., wiln blood the SHOWS vi Valley Forge, and
they partouis OF al the har,isLips ot ;bc ud
prison ship Jersey, Again, in the War Of
1872 they respurded IA I lie cali OF tntir coun
t-y ard i'll the h,aiE vi u black mau xas
concc.yed ,hc i'i''a OF defending New Orleans
with cotton bales Again in the late REBEL
in The services OF the black man were re
ouirrd and ult ough hr was II first told that
mi, was "a white uaus war, it cai,e To pass
thai 1lry had i,!ic unorr Dying 10 do THAR
The result WIS lLat when the war closed, two
hundred honsantl loya! colored feet marched:
to !hr music al lhe onion. AR; such Elr'i
10 he tnld tn .Lcv are not 10 b. dealt viii
fairly justly, and IN accordance with every
r ncipc OF jr ice?
We are tod that this measure will defeat
the cicc:ion Of Grant aad CoIiax Nj rerly
is thi,: that il doius right will defeat Grant
and Cu!laX, let them he d,Ical ed. If We have
got TO stoop and Cater to the rr'judices oi
men ii, order to effect SUCH an object, it were
heller they had mt been bCru
This bill proposes simply TO prevent dis
elimination on account OF color in the conduct
OF that business which depends upon the State
for license and protection. Remember that
We carried the State in th last electious. and
did 80 under an order of General Candy,
which forbid these distinct Pms as applied to
common carriers, and If we capAot carry
it again under similar circumstances The
soonvr We yield our c. ntrol to others The
better.
Let this bill fail, and what will be the re
suit? You, members of the Le.lslature. who
happen to have dark skins, will be compelled
to ride in the smokiag car, wb'le others, like
the gentleman trum Sumter will select his
seat in that portion of the train which he
pleases. Pass this bill, and the conductor
who dares to discriminate against you may
be brought to ju.tice. We have to thank
Col that there is a majority on this floor who
cannot vote otherwise than for til: bill. 1t
is your duty to pass it. am not a'r:id of
lose who know will vote against it, but |
do desire tha, every Republican ON this fo'r,
while or colured. shalt record his vote, and
{, this end call for ltn yeas aud nays.
wes about to soy that had my eyes on some
OF these Republicans. but have not. You
can't keep your eye on them, but have
marked them.
The question was on the adoption Of the
o,,o,,,I,,,o,t 6 common carries or ~