Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-09-09
10 GRANT more RIGHTS to the colored

wiling 10 grant more rights to the colored
people than any Northern State has shown
disposition to grant by the recent elections =
that they are willing to grant suffrage to the
negro under educational ana property quail.
fcations." This is not question as to intel
ligence or property; it is q question Of
whether the negro and white man can enjoy
political privileges in common. And if they
could, is it desirable that they should2 His,
tory proves that they can not enjoy political
equality in peace; and political equality
would lead to social equality, and this to
miscegenatiou, and you would then Lave
monsyel population, which IS IAN abomina-
ton in the sight of the Lord"
This question of uniting the whites aud
blacks upon the same political platform is
not new experiment. In the Islands OF
Hayt;, St. Domingo and Nautilus, it has
ben tried, and has resulted in the blacks not
onlySsefusipg. to act with the Whites. but in
their driving the latter from the Island, and
forcing even the mulattoeS to live In an allot.
ted part. And the most intelligent blacks
were those who pressed the prejudice Of
race, with the greatest bitterness aud vio-
lence. The experiment now going on in this
State points TO like Results. The extreme
negroes IN the present Radical Legislature
are. theamost5 intelligent, and are thegones
that. have most aroused the prejudice of race.
The line has been clearly drawn, and even
some of the scalawags have declared their
determination tesstaud' by their race. As
web. might you.expect to mix water and oil,
or the :agle and dove to mate together, or the
lion and lamb to lie down together in peace,
as the negro and white men to share the
privileges of the ballot boIiin common. i7o
Some of the advocates Of qualified suffrage
assert that the interests of the negro, and the
white are the same, in regard to labor and
capital. Inthe absence of white laborers,
this may be- true but there is no political
interest in common, nor can they have any
surh interest; and the. history of the two
"a, ) has proven this to be true; and it is a
political fact that the wisest statesmen of
our party assert they ytwiH be governed by.
I,aslsl where:is the policy of promising the
negro what you know, he is not Constitp-
tionally entitled to, and what the Democratic
party are not willing to give him? Some
assert that this issthe only way we can carry
tie, State.e4if.we have to. carry. the State by
getting. of the Democratic Platform, and ia
king a half radical position, BY ignoring our
pride Of race, by deceiving the negro with
politicai promises that WEI never can fulfill,
why letitLe State vote Radical. / advise you
to stand upon. the. principles of the Constitu-
tion stand upon the Platform Of the Demo-
cratic rariy stand by the white race, and
stick to- truth and honesty; and when Che
Radical wave haslpassed over our State, all
will vet be we'll. with Us, for our deliY.
era &c must come from those WHO were re-
Gently in arms against us. In attempting to
c.rry this, rState-ia this way, to secure six
electoral votes, You may lose the twenty,one
oi Ohio, the thirty-three o New York, the
six;G, IF Tllinois, the thirteen Of ftiaiana,
the4twehty-slx 'of Pennsylvania; the ssix.ef
Connecllcai, land 80 on.thruug Moth,
E,.l,M.d .,Y,.st-z Ihisywould. be really drop.
pil.y .Lhe substance, ing,i.sping at theShalow.
But sllaff dwell 10 longer upon this sub
i.ct;;ssit .is@too self: evident for argument.
tYour instin Observation-Disclosures your reason,
will tell You, that the snegro inust not become,
part Of the body polite Of this Stale. ].
have Confidence IN the intelligence and integ-
rity of Vie whitesrace of, South, Carolina; +
believe that theyswihnot forget the wisdom
Of those who formed this Government; that
they will prove true to our. friends at the
North hat they will abide By the platform
of the Democratic party that they will not
blur, .by,anS false action, the record of their
race; ihatlhey:will profit, BY the, teachings
of history that they will. listen to The de,
clarations Of the 'wisest statesmen Of our par
ty :ssand thatahey will NOS attempt to con-
travene those laws of race that the Creator
has made gimndtable. sa - se8. 81
do not fear that the, gloom which over
shadows thsfuture Of our State, or that its
past or-present troueles, swillevcr cause you.
to abandon principle for. policy or to forget
the gentle courage, the courteous hostility,
the mild and merciful justice, the proud sub
mission to law, and respect for right, which
have ever characterized the gentlemen OF
South Carolina. s.s 1$