The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-05-09

Suct Il yoke ~ is 0o Oi tile Noticeable INCL 4
dents of the nge, that, i'll what clains to BIZ
the most enlightened country Of Christendoin,.
q frenzy like this crusade for negro suffrage
so resembling the idelirium of the French Rey5
olution-should take possession of the public
mind. TO US at the South, the absolute in
difference with which the people of the North
contemplate the application now being made Of 4
this system at tho South, is matter of aston;
shmcnt. ssa
That the negroes OF the South can establish
themselves in any permanent supremacy over
the whites, we do not, however, accept for u
gress, as it has the power to do, to put upon us
a Constitution which they have invited us free
ly to pass upon-a Constitution giving the ne
gros tcn-fold the power they have in Jamaica
we shall interpret it as the decree of God
for sharp and decisive settlement Of the con
troycrsy between the white and black, rnces on
this continent. 1t will fcarfully embarrass,
but it will not destroy, the white race of the
South. The white race of the South cannot
be destroyed. When the negroes arc put over
us, then, mt least, VIC shall put forth our
strength. We shall offer such inducements to
white Immigration that these sparscly settled
States must rapidly I'LL up. The negro will
be overwhelmed with numbers, and it Twill be
too late to make my terms 1t is perfectly
evident that Providence designs the territory of
the United States as theatre of great white
empire, whose power and whose civilization
shall exert controlling influence in the history
Of the the future. That the three or. fourlmil-
lions of bucks here can intcrposc any barrier
to the realization of this destiny, is phiny
chimcrcal. The only question is, shall the
changes which impend i'll the South be gradual
or violent With peace between the races,
the whites OF the South might be saved from
much that awaits them under the radical pro-
gralnmc /; and the blacks, while ,.rcmitted to
thcir proper position in society, would be saved
! from rapid extinction as q race. The set
tied and detcrnlihatc antagonism Of the races
(Which will 5e ina,l.s,.ratcd Mt once by such d
liately
the beginning of the end. Virginia, rackcd to
the utmost capacity Of endurance, will be the
first to throw to the surface the disease which
has 50 long prcycd upon her yitals, and though
for some years the pitiublc victim of disgust
Ing eruption, will ultimately be restored to
health. to vigor and untaincd blood.
In protesting against the establishment of
the whites, that they may bc'sparcd, depressed
rs they now are the utter prostration Of firth.
cr violent changes in their social system foi
the blacks, that, iii the name of humanity
they shall be allowed fair opportunity to save
Or ut least to delay the doom of their race
In conclusion, making no hypocritical pro-
fcssions, We affirm i'll sincerity and in truth
that the people of this State desire to be re.
stored to the Union, and cherish no purpose OF
disloyalty to the Governments that they lona
for the rc-cstablishmcnt of kindly relations be-
tween all the sections Of the country and thit
they entertain no other feelings or purposes
than those Of kindness and bcnevoloncc towards
the negroes
The negroes behaved well during the war
and we can trace all of the disorder and cri,ni-
nal misconduct into which they have fallen
since, to the pcrnicious teaching of those white
adycntnrcrs Who are using this ignorant and
crcdulGus race for their own selfish and rama
cions purposes. If let alone to deal with the
negro, the whites Of Virginia would honestly
cndoavor to afford the amplcst protection to his
rights Of person and property, and to make
every provision for his intellectual and moral
culture. But when it is proposcd-for the
palpaby base purpose of aggrandizing party
to deliver over the property, the social order,
the liberties o! the whites to the vindictivc
and liccnious rule of the negro, every instinct
OF duty, every sentiment that can animate a
man to cxcrtion, calls upon the white people of
Virginia to rcpuy.iatc and resist such unparal-
lccd oppression.
Every Northern State which has voted on
the subject since the close Of the war, has re-
jcctcd negro suffrage. Ohio, on direct issue,
no later than last fall did So by majority cx-
cccdng fifty thousand. Kansas, Minnesota
and Connecticut had previously done the same
thing. The late Constitutional Conycntion of
New York deliberately rccoilcd from deciding
the question. And Michigan, hitherto so over
whclmingly Republican, has just voted down
her new Constitution by n majority of thirty