The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-22

t;mHfe free by the Ieg1s!atures orGne Soutn-
ter1: :sstss,t 70 ofhst which tcqatd not Be done
Eibylany Presidential proclamation or act Of
ftuoanagrsas, iigas done BY The former aiAve=
towners; and an amendment abolishing for
| overall Involuntary ssrfitude,: except for
fcrims, ;became,i by their action, a part of
the Constitution Of the United States.
IdWhen. this had been done the cnlored peo-
1plS were; free they were free, to speak and
write, free to teach and be taught, free to
labor and to lay up the fruits Of their in
dnstry. ~ . sf! cd .s..z i.s;..a s!. 8;
|; But the oolofed; people were not long per-
uittsaa to enjoy their. freedom The Radi-
cal party, seeingthat the grand counter rev
olution in the North and West. threatened
their speedy overthrow, resolved to- build
up for f themselves . new: power which
would know no other. lord but them. As
their aim was self-Preservation, they paid
y p regard to the secondary laws Of Justice,
wisdom and truth, but were ready to sacri-
fics eight millions Of whites and enslaYe
three millions Of blacks to accomplish their
selfish purpose. Thespeediest means seemed
btb be the Acknowledgement of the whites and
the enfranchisement Of the eblaoks, in such q
manner thatin thamost fertile States Of the
Union the man Of Intelligence might be over
comeand: :subdusd politically by the ballot
of colorsd voter !, BY the Reconstruction
acts the privilege Of voting was forced upon
thVsolorsd people # the South, and s from
that moment they were again in condition
Of slavsry-not tho slavery Of the days
before the war, but political slavery. far
more ruinous,, far more destructive, and inf
nitely more unjust. .-.25 .. ,o.s-- ..
Had the colored people been untfamrilel- .
| led and unfettered, they would either have
refraiasd from voting altogether, or have
voted in acc oordsnoe with the suggestions Of
their oldmasters!r This would have secured
the freedom and prosperity Of the newly
enfranchised voters; but II would have been
the certain ruin of Raaicalism. 1t wss
necessary, said the junta at Washington,
frst, to give the freedmen the right to vote,
second to make him vote upon all proper
occasions, and third to make sure that he
would vote the right way. s,a .o- -. H.
To carry out these: deorees, loyal agents,
supplied with money, were sent to the South.
Loyal Leagues were formed. in every dis
triot. Meetings were held, at which Rsdi-
cal orators denounced every man who feared
God and loved the constitution; and in a
few months the system was SO complete that
the party could rely on a vastnegro vote to
perpstaats their rule and defsat. the ex.
pressed desires Of the white. voters Of the
ret;nn 81 -. - .'-.S.s ~ '.:r 80 -.
The loyal leaguers and loyal orators, in
securing the oolored vote, in support Of the
Radical party, deprived the negro Of every
shadow Of free will . - ~: ~ 90. : i'''
To the colored man who desired to work,
instead Of wasting time at the polling place
Of, meeting hall, they said: eff you do not
.svote against the white men they will strip
.syou Of your wages and lash you till you
ssdie. If you do vete you will have from
s.your father in Washington forty acres of
s'land and good fat mule. p The man be-
lieyed these lies and voted with the party.
To the colored man who wished to take
the advice of his old master before he voted,
they said: "Unless you vote with US, your
"old masters will obtain the upper hand
"and put you back into slavery" This
man doubted not, and,voted With them.
To the colored man who fatty refused to
have anything to do with them, they said !:
ssYou will be false to your race, and they
"who are false must die" And the man
was cowed and voted as directed
So it has been from the beginning. The
Radical party have bound the negro with
chains; they have deprived him of every
shadow Of liberty. When meeting is
called, he must forsake his W orkto be pres
ent. When an election is ordered he must
vote the Radical ticket-even although he
knows that Radical triumph will close the
store Of his employer and deprive himself