Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-09-16


success, the leaders CT the Radical party dis
played their black flag, and every election
tsincc has gone against them. New York,
Pennsy yvania Ohio, Connecticut, New Jer-
sy, California, Oregon, Montana and Idaho
have all changed about, and hoisfed the Dem
ocratlc Banner Kentucky and Maryland
have doubled their Democratic maj"rties.
TIE American people are devoted to Re.
! publican principles and Constitutional liberty ;
; und j! is impossible that they can sustain
party. which ignores the Constitution, and
has ,s;ablishcd an absolute despotism over
onc-thirl Of the Republic. The SINS of Con
gress are too glnriny and manstr"us To bc
overlooked in this election. They have struck
down ten Sovereign States, disfrancLised the
white race and eufrarchised the negroes, sus
pended the civil Courts, and established Mill
tary Commissions, for the trial Of citizens in
time Of peace That great Charter Of human
Liberty: the writ Of Hobeas Corpus, has bad
to give place to bayonetsl
The Radical party have increased the ma
tiona debt to three billions of dollars, aud
the annual expenditures Of the Government
from eighty millions to four hundred millionsl
During three years Of peace the American
people have paid in taxes fifteen hundred
millions Of dollars Trade, Commerce, MAJ
uiactutcs and Agricttl IRE have been pros
trated. The laborer has now to work Two
days to purchase as much bread, sugar, coffee,
iron, salt, Or clothing, as he could have pnr-
chased with one days labor in 1861 This
the masses at the North see and feel. a
standing army is kept up in time of peace, at
an expense of one hundred and fifty millions
Of dollars. They have established'a Freed
mans Bureau ut an expense Of fifty millions
OF dollars, in order TO prejudice the negro
against the white man, and control his vote
in all the elections. They have sent their
yilest and lowest men here, and all over the
Southern States, to fill al our Offices from
Governor down to q School Commissioner.
No one would suppose that Souihernman
with white face, would ally himself with
such party, in order to degrade and Cypress
his own native lard. But such men as Joe
Brown and others, have turned up in all of
the Southern States, rencgndes and traitors
to their race, their country and their God. |
have repeatedly said that Judas Iscariot was
a gentleman compared to these sclawags,
for he went out in the bushes and repented of
his great crime, and hung himself! Now,
these Southern traitors and betrayers OF their
race, their country and their God, must go
forth and repent. and hang themselves before
they cuu raise themselves to level with Ju'
sdas in moral point of'view
.ai4 spresidentiale'elsction We can eAin
no victory, without The colored vote, in South
Carolina. We must work for our harvest in
th.s field, and explain to the coored people
that our interests are their interests, and
that we arc both mutually dependent on each
other. They must have cur lands to work,
as they, and ne need their labor to prosper.
The carpet-baggers and scalawags have no;h,
ing to give them for their votes but lies and
deception. If the colored people will vote
for our enemies we should discard them, ard
cease to employ them. No one is bound to
cherish in his household political and perso-
nal foe.
We should show the regro that these
scoundrels are leading him to his own de-
struciion, for il a war Of races comes, they
will 20 as the Indians have gone, who made
war on the white man. An inferior race
must iali before superior one in any contest
that Games.
But We should be very careful to avoid all
co!lisi II with the colored pcoi,le. This is
what the Northern Raliicnls now desire above
ali things Wclnu>t be patient and 1orbear->
ing, and on all occasions treat the negro With
Kindness and humanity. He is much TO be
--s.
pilied, for he is ignorant und crcdulous, and
easily imposed on by these earPet.bagsers
and scalawags.
In conclusion, l beg you to present my
re.pec.s to The ladies who may be present ct
your Mass .,leeting, and say to them that |
haye always found more patriotism, virtue
and wisdom in the Instincts Of weman's heart,
than ever discovered in the Cold calculating
action OF nun. Tho soft sweet voice of wo-,
man, cfeered me on two years ago, in my
opposition to the Reconstruction Acts of Con.
gress, when not newspaper in the State
would endorse my efforts. They wrote me
letters of encouragement, and said that il The
spirit of the men was crushed, theirs was not,
and that their daily prayers were offered
up to God for the success of the just cause
in which was engaged of re@cuing the white
race from tespol,m and dish"nor.
Il. +. PERRY.