The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-10-28
aoyaSnor scsss and, his Proclamations.


eondsianation, and univ 8or,hy acitizcn Of
| The great comuoaw cath, an officer, and
Governor. What does it mean? Why
simply that he will place arms in the
hands of brutal, inferior race, and q
few renegade whites, who are the scorn
and detes.atioa of the honest and law
abiding communities in which they live,
and who lost TO every sense of honor and
patriotism have sold their birth-right
and are ready to sink still lower in the
grade Of humanity. And why this un-
manly threat ? Because few irrespon-
sible white men, who fear neither, God
nor man, ard over whom community
can exercise 70 control, (bccausc they
arc not of thcm) rashly commit dee''s Of
violence and bloodshed. Are the limo
cent to suffer for the guilty? Such ap-
pears to be Gov. Scott's argument. No
account is or ever has been taken of the
daily and nightly arsons, rapes, robber'
les, murders, &C., committed by the ne
groes; no reward is offered for the appre-
hension Of any one Of them, no matter
how guilty they are, or how black and
damning the deed perpetrated; no threats
are held over their heads, oh no, but a
silence which clearly gives encourage
ment to such villanies has been shown
from the beginning, with the evident
purpose to help the radical cause, no
matter what the result. The very con-
di,ion of affairs be so prcteuds to deprc-
cate is thereby engendered, and peace
able citizens arc thus forced for self pro-
lection to supply themselves with arms.
He we'll knows TOO that 40 secret or sur
repti,ious sl,pply of arms have been
brought into. the State by the whites,
bat, on the other hand that such SUI
plies hare been received By. tic negroes,
and that they are mostly armed, and
that they never come or 50 without be-
iIg armed, not alone with corcealcd piS-
tolls, but with rifles, shot guns ard mus
kets. But this is-all right: for these pco-
t pie areltheAoyal citizens, who are rrivi.
. legged to shoot, kill and burn, as their
spirit or that of the:rmasters move them.
If this were done by law-abiding white
citizens, hullabaloo greater. than, has
yet been made would be the consequence.
We do not move about thus armed how.
ever. and because precaution is taken'
and preparation made for an emergency
ewhichIis liable at any moment to arise,
'aud which this policy, aided by scala
wags, carpet baggers and ,renegades, ct
id omne genus, are striving to bring
about,:it is made the. SUBJECTED procla-
nation, and Of threats to arm the loyal.
What Of the murderous ambush and at
t.mpt to kill, Saturday night, orc week
ago? What Of the late outrage on Gen.
MCGOWAN s family and others we care
not to mention? Not a word.
The citizens of Nowberry. ere as law
abiding as any people, and rcrsobatc all
acts Of violence which tend to array one
party against the other, and have ever
manifested a perfect consistency in this
direction. Kind fo, b,arance has charac-
terized their whole course of action, (and
that too, IN nthc face Of many provoca-
tions.1 and advice the most conciliatory
ever giren to that class sf people, whom
the Governor would, make it appear we
are ,arrayed in such cn:nity against.
We don't mean any: harm or injury to
the colored people, nor can any act, Of
whi>h the citizens are responsible, be
shown Of hostile character. We have
ever striven for peace; and Qniet, and
would have II, too, if Gov. Scott IT ould but
exercise a more impartial policy. Another
fact which has been lost sight, of and
which is, that Newbery has been. the
quietest and most orderly Of all the dis
tricts in the State, the white rcople the
kindest, and tho colorcd people the best
behaved. Ard why? Because We have
been cursed with fewer incen,!iary
speeches, and ca:pct.bagger visitors, and
the peop!e have been allowed to think and
act fer themselves. The majority of
both. classes are kindly disposed one to
another, aud we trust will maintain that |
relation, But to guard against the rash
mss of few inconSilerate and desperate
characters is most difficult duty. And
that all of the white citizens should be
held responsible for the acts Of one or
two, is most unjust and unreasonable.
Particularly too, where this violence and
rashnGss IS not confined to few whites
only, but to the colorei as well, for that |
there are some desperate, headstrong and
cvil-disposed characters among the col
orcd people is well known to every one:
and admitted BY allunprcjudicea persons. |
But why say more? We canno, but be-
lieve that Gov. Scott made this abotniaa- |
BILE threat in moment Of forgetfulness.
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