The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-06

protected by ours, without distinction. But
he has not, and cannot have, political power, or
vote, or hold Office, or participate in the ad-
republic of Liberia. That Is no place for car
pet-baggers. There are in that atmosphere
no attractions for them. SO, also, it is ia St.
Domingo and Hayti. They are the colored
mans governments. And If you will, you, also,
may have other governments OF your own, but
they will not be in the United States. II every
white inhabitant Of South Carolina-if every
white man. woman or child in the Southern
States should consent and agree to it, you
would not be permitted by the people OF the
North and the West to establish Liberia, or
Dominican or Hay len government within
the United States. This matter is in their
hands, not ours. Nor ls there to be any part
the government of this country. There is no
middle ground in this matter. The govern
ment must be all white or all colored. Do not
your pretended friends tell you this, or at least
show that then mean this, when they shut you
out by their commands or entreaties from the
Congress where they are for the time supreme
know it is said, you are told, you say il too,
cised, cannot Be taken away. Some Of you
even threaten that the attempt will be fol-
lowed by bloodshed. That will be as you may
choose. I was once voter. It was my BIRTH
right. My ancestors, under Washington and
his compeers, thought they had forever Sc
cured the right to their descendants. 1t has
been taken from me. The bayonet, and pow
will do the same for you, when law or the
color of law, or the voice of the white people,
bids them do it. Our people fought them four
years, and We had enough Of it. You may try
it if you choose.
shall not fight them or you for my right to
vote. II will come without that, and yours
will fail with or without it. You trust to your
present allies, who forced suffrage upon you,
not for your sake, but against US, and for their
You are deluded. "Blood is thicker. than
water" The great masses Of the people will
stand by Us-by their OWN RACE. Your cham
pions will be scattered and powerless excep-
tions. Mr.. Sumner, and such warlike heroes
as follow such a warike chief, may sound loud
and long and echoing e1hortatioas to battle
for youLbut they will not be found in the
"forlorn hope.;' A.
The poor Indian thought as you think when
he boasted, as you do, in calm security Of his
great and powerful allies and friends. Eng
land and France in the supremacyof their power
and in the infancy of ours, were has allies and
friends. They would stand by him in his wars
upon us-they purchased from him the scalps
of our warriors, our women and our children.
Do you understand me? I hope you do.
You have the opportunity offered to choose
between perpetual peace, prosperity and ad,
vancement in all the many blessings called
civilization, between that and hostility to Us,
degradation and final determination. We offer
you the former.
The carpet-bagger tempts you to the latter.
As your friend, pray God to give you wisdom
in your choice.
Thus would talk and have our people talk
to our colored friends-truthfully calmly,
firmly and honestly.
I am, dear Sir, very truly,
Your friend and obedient servant,
JAMES B. CAMPBELL.
MIR. Finley put the following resolutions Sc
riatim, and they were unanimously adopted,
several Federal soldiers voting vociferously in
the affirmative. The resolutions are as follows:
RESOLVED, That the citizens Of South CARROLL
ma, now assembled in mass meeting, do hereby
most cheerfully assent to the nominations
made by the Democratic Convention, held in
the City Of New York, on the 4th Of July last,
for the Offices Of President and Vice-President
of the United States; and that on the platform
promulgated by said Convention, We very cor
daily accept the Hon. Horatio Seymour and
Gen. Francis P. Blair as the chosen leaders Of
the Democracy Of the Union in the approach
ing contest, and pledge ourselves to cooperate,
heart and hand, by all the means in our power,
strepuously exerted in their behalf, to achieve
the victory.
RESOLVED, That We consider the overthrow OF
Radicalism and the triumph of the Democracy,
at the ensuing elections, as essential to the
preservation of Constitutional Liberty in this
country, and that we confidently appeal to ell
the conservative elements throughout our land
&c unite in ehecting this glorious consumma-
ton.
Resozoed, That We entirely approve Of The
course pursued in the New York Con1ennon py
the delegation from South Carolina.
Loud calls were then made for General
Butler, who spoke as follows:
SPEECH OF GENERAL BUTLER.
Ladies and Gentlemen-I have been in pol
itics twice in my life.. First when I tried to
take South Carolina out Of the Union and fail
to the Union and also faiI6dsl Reconstruction,
as it is called, is anidfe farce; it is worse-the
excess Of criminality. FIT Ia. farce to say
South Carolina is restofedwhe sftom one end
to another there is mo Security for life, liberty
and property Three years ago, -at Greensboro.
I gave my parole Of honor ss a. soldier, and
that parole has been observed good fnith by
me asit has been by you. We had night to
expect good faith In return, but We bad not re-
ceiyed 1T; Imongi the esaupporters ofsthe Radi-
calls there are but few who. were soldiers1n the
field. I'VE were called traitors and rebels a
little whileago; and now Hsnco Nc Cenan,
Buell. anda:G Grstnger are called 1.-THE traitors
men With whom we could have settled our
troubles in ten minutes. The Radical leaders,
Butler, Colfa1 and Stevens, were never IN the
front OF battle; they skulked in the rear, and
hurried to the din of war men who were nobler
and more worthy than they. The chieftain OF
the party is q. s. Grant. Against him, as a
soldier, I have nothing to Say, and believe
that if he had been left to himself the terms
granted the Confederates would have been
faithfully carried out. But the Radical
hounds have placed him in a false position.
He knows nothing now of jus ice, or OF policy,
or of statesmanship. He only knows now the
rule of the bayonet and the two-word military
law, "orders and obedience" he can as well
rule this country as doctor can teach law OF
lawer teach engineering. He has placed
himself in false position, and has sacrlhced
himself to love of power.
General Butler then explained the iniquities
of o so-called majority rule, and spoke OF the
contrast between the Radical and Democratic
tickets, in which latter Seymour, the civilian,
was first and Blair, the soldier, second. he
said / and we have abandoned the cause Tor
which I and you struggled, and in the greai
struggle before us no man should relax hls
efforts. ALI that is left of our once lovely LAND
is at stake, for if the Radicals are victorious
we must gather up our domestic treasures
and bid farewell to the land that gave us birth
nm i:L.sk,, -,ooe doun we nnnat seek some