Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-04-17
This is White mans Country, and
must be Ruled by White men.

IN the moor ignorant and de!u.led blacks
,murue for "n. moment tla. all political pow
or las ra:sct IN, q their hands. and that they |
.r. to iu. this c"nnirSf If SO, they arc mis-
.r.lly. deceived nh,! lie sooner they AZ" undo
c.iy,d III. letter. What NE they, hut the
DIMES of nr,ful md designing men, who 10 |
effect their own selfish purposes nre urging |
,hera on TO n course whir, rust esGTiuate iu !
their utter rnu. I'll, ir ":,iy !ai Of safety |
wns in an u!,inrcc with the Sou.icrn whites !
xEo have always been, a,c ROW. and worlI |
s,wny. b. ,l.r true fic,.ls and protectors.
The true men cs the South have extended to
,L-m the right hand "f Fellowship and have
p,cH red u "a, M civil ard political "Gnn';y,
lint they have turned tit;r Il cE3 upon thc:r
old friends anl consovicl with aliens and rca-
rsaA.s. These men or: n"c''y .dr"H-"f'rS,
anL hvartlesa domng"Cu.s who are s"<":Hg
their own advancement Mt the sacrifice "i ihc
l.., iu,r,cs,s Of the h!;.yk man. ihcT Lave
ne,t,c the will nor tl," ability TO mid LIN, but
ran orlv nlieua,e l;:m iI"ia his true frri.,.s nId
natural protectors. the southern wi'it"s. Wnh
th. Southern whit. :nan nS his caen.I VIII the
Enlthcrncr prove his i,'cn'i: Let the history
Of the pas, a,.,wrr. ii" has ever been tho
cruel at.! !car,!rss t,Ss.masirr. a:!'t even nov.
when forcing nrr:"->:r!clii"cy ut'on the
Scu,h lie is unwilling allow him 10 raitici-
nat. in the fra,.chsr ut houe. Suci is the
declaration Of the white llau in Chic, Penn
syivani:. and Wisconsin, rs nnL- i'll the recent
rlec,i"us. The h"gr" is made the dTre md
willing tool Of designing: mea who, to effect
lh.ir own purposes, AZ" bringing about au
.ntagonisn cf races at ,hc South. The result
Of such a cCn,cs: ia {, ,i,!cnt-thr doom Of the
nrur, is I. evi,nL!r. lie has neither the num-
hers, nor the capacity tn compete with the
white man. In enlenvoriny I" grasp all pow.
-r. he has aicna,.d those who car alone a.
him. In seeking t" be master, lac will become
the vpri".l Of slaves and will l." GROUND I"
the .i,,s, rnler the fee; 1i the white man. II
puch il the fate "f the nrgr" Of III" S.n'h
what shall W" Say "t the r:re:.a'i. white. who
descrls hls sounIy III its hour of need, "r'
,uru!Lg against Lis own li"od. would seek 1.
risc Oh the i,iin # hi- own Ei'h and kii.t Ills
policy is ms si,ur, sighted as ,.iIuitous Will
i..s character. nn.; scarcely more intelligence
than the blacks themselves, he will share the'
f,t~ aud earn beside. the traitors doom, an
the ranegal:'s sEanc-,he eSecrati.n IA ~"
OF The race that he has rui':cl Is Of that he seek
to betrny. The dire ct effect ui the te,ch'ng
Of suci, ,aen an1 their K .di'al ai"s is ,hI
trutl.iIly eHI ","d IN Tie following paragraph
tr"m the New York !".E"!I:
Many r,nn;ls u"c W. warned the Ead;:a!
that they were S.'wi:,c fearful harvest IN til
South We told them ,!,Ht the measures IA.
w-r. adopting would inevitably result in
c"ntii., between the two races. lIee.!css ,
III. anleInn l,-:.;,s which history Teachers, an
utterly lcgG:,i-,s "f ll:" laws .; natulc, ",i
Ea,cn! rulers forced their policy uron tn
s"n,h. anl ,l,,a y We h.sinnu. 10 Sc
~ta, li.e c",.>c.;..-:icrs will lie From Al, az
pcaiances war Of races i'll tia, unhnrry Set
lion of The L :.io; i. raIi'lly approaching. Til
first s"e1. Of dist ust We're s"wn hv tie Free,
mems Eurenn, which. al hnugh under the pa,
r"nage Of the general government, was mo
shaul.fully used by tl'e Radical party 10 20
aon the mint!s Of the iCuorsnt blacks nya:n
their former n,asiers. AT a later Iar, II
Bureau not being as secret n CONCERN rs "
desirable, Loyal League clubs We're icrn,
from In" Potomac to the Rio Grnl.i-. The
organizations were composed almost cnir..
Of negroes; they hecar:,e so I"w-riul i'll rr,
lers and political imIoI tlnce that eventual
their members assumed TO ke the rucrs !.
nasters Of Ike whites. So long thcy ".
RET united I" display their arrogance nn,. as
their uau,p.d d power 30 long wns tho dams
avertcd. But the l"Eical result OF two We
Of despo,isn lies now h-!nre rs in I'll. fact
cnnnt-r action On the part Of the wiki
From "Ie end Of the South to the other a IL
secret snci.iy known as the "Eu Elux k!,
has hcen "rraniz.i in opposition 10 univ.
negro suffrage aud negro rule. The aims
PURPOSES Of the association are rot conc.a
from the woIl TIL. Southern whites II
drclnrcd that they will TO longer to. raj
j:ol cy which sinks them into servitude
II axes -Larharous race their mas:
THUS VIC now have two intensely hostile
In.nts organized and organizing, and ia
zach other-lhc kn kluX Klan, secret $
ETY. Of white men, on the hand, and
Loyal League Association, or secret socri
ns.roes On the other, each strugslin. FIR
Iren,nuy. aud eaci, Of n race alien in cvi
tion aud ideas to the other. How long "
he before such nHtag"nistic elements rass
boGn Ia of political warfare AMI engage
contest Of Glootshrd an, ucsolation