Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-08-12

sneofo uSSs q Ii9nt tO vote anu uOlo olllce why
not thesem men whom you have always trusted ?
tsoh, you:Mhited sepulchres-ye who are de-
grading the poor negro by your example OF
fraud end ,seachery. Ye vile rene negades from
every laWsof God and every right Of llumani.
tyy you fxe deceiviug the unfortunate negro
to his ruin. A voice "that's what's the
matter If the negroes ever get a psrma-
ncnt right to vote III this country it must tc
by the sonsent Of The people that live here.
If the negroes, when this infamous propo>i.
ton was made to them by more Infamous
white men to dlsranehise the white people,
had como out end said publicly and openly,
Eve arewiling to accept the franchise; if
there isany benefit in political equality We
want II, out we will never consent to disfrnn-
chise .the.intelligent white men of this coun-
ftfy,' N1he negroes had come out and said
that they would have furnished an evidence
that they were capable of exercising the fran.
chise. "a voice ".some of them did it."]
Yes, aud those that did it must forever be re-
memberEd. You K .iicals of the Legislature
have agseed TO degrade your own State and
pc ,ple, sand you have agreed that that degra-
dationishal be perpetual
| The Question in this contest is whether that
progra.stna shall be carried Co... That is
where Grant stands, and where Colfax stands,
and where oil you vagabonds stand. Where
do We stand2 Where do Seymour and Blair
| stand Ri Upon the glorious ancestral doctrine
that the e3Statesare equa, and that white blood
is superior. Loud applause.] Now choose
ye which you. will vote for. Some of you got
scared last fall for fear of losing your proper
| ty By confiscation, others Of you were afraid
of being disfranchised, and others still were
| boughtsthis spring with relief. Where is re-
! lief nov? Echo answers where +? [Chears !
Now come, my friends, know you feel very
badly. II know you don't feel like associatng
with gentlemen; come now, 60 home imme-
diatclgY tell your wife To put on you clean
shirt laughter and cheers, take agood wash
! with soap and warm water, and then eone
back and he free aud decent white men.
Come 20 our side of the question. We will
try to forgive you but you must come quick.
adnitsthat there are some of you would
be very sorry to see cnme, for the reason that
know our party would be betrayed very
soou 9sStll you who didn't know any better,
you who we're sold, if you will clean up aud
get onlaclean shirt, we will take you back.
ECheers and laughter.] How many white
men inGeorgia are going to say by their vote
that Georgia IS not an equal member of this
Union with Rhode Islatd, and that Virginia
-pcoua old VirgInia-that State which has
in its boso:. the ashes Of Washington, and
has fnffished more Presidents to this couatry
than any other State, shall not be the equal
of Ka;sasl | want 70 know how many III II
| in Georgia are willing to say that proud old
| Virginia shall never be the equal OF Kansas.
wantsto know, zoo, how many white men IN
! Georgia are willing to put upon the record,
that phuperi in shall fix the burdens for prop
erty, aud ignorance aud vice shall prescribe
the law for intelligence, and vir' ue! Take
this concern up here-take the Radical wing
of it;asid tell me ho3 much property ia this
,Siatesthsy possess. A voice "Jce Brown
has "a g00d lot Of il but he stole it, 1t is
one man the, whole concern
that represents some property -ffttifs-saitf
he stole it. [Cheers and laughter. 1repeat
how much property do the Radical members
OF this thing that imagined itself Legi>la
ture representa- 4 voice "eight dollars
day.'l Yes, but it does not represent taxa
le property enough to pay their per diem.
And these men are to make laws TO tax dis
frauchiscd property holders in this cnlght-
ened nineteenth century and in this christian
country. Shame Shame! Is there q nem
Der of the Legislature .sho hears me to,dsy :?
Ah, to your shame be itsEAid, more than II
hundred of you have so recorded your names.
Go, my friends, and takei. back, ior | charge
you this day, in ihis bright sun and in this
central city of Georgia, that if that record
remains as you have made it, whereby yon
have covenanted and ag eed that these South
eru States shall be unequal members OF this
Union, and that the Intelligent men OF thr'
country shall be DISTINGUISHED and deprived
of their right 10 hoId uifice. and t.lat .paup.r
ism shall fix the burden OF taxation, aud vice
and isnorace make laws for intelligence and
virtue, you viii 20 down to po.teriy so infa
nous chat when altgitimate Legislature shall
have assembled some unfortunate creatures
who may Be compelled by Prnvidence to call
you father, will apply to the Legislature to
have their names charged. l understand
some of. sou tha. vo:cd ior that l4rb Article,
aud voted TO expnngc relief call yourselves
Democrats You are vain. deluded creatures
if you think THAI iae Democratic dnof will
b. ever open to receive yun with such a name.
Such vote is directly against the Demo-
cratic platform, and directly for the Radical
platform, and must be repented OF and
changed.
Are these, then, the terms Of the new Uni
on Terms of negro dominion. of paupcrlSm
in power and ignorance in legislating. say
such terms will never succeed. The white
people have refused u consent to them, and
tell you that they will not consent to them,
and you can never establish any government
permanently in this country against the con,
sent of the white people. The Supreme Court
Of the United S;ntes made up their minds
that the reconstruction measures were uncon-
stitution al and void, but they we're too COW
ardly to declare the decision. This is a mel
aneboly fact, that the. Supreme Judiciary OF
this country should have given way so COW
ardly. But it will not always be thus-it
cannot for eyer refuse to pronounce its deci-
| sion. 1t is true, Radical Congress has ta,
1 ken away jurisdiction in the McArdle case,
but We shall have another case. a gentle
man, who is the only real Governor OF Geor'
.gia. is-making c!'e in which Jurisdiction Is
! given by the Constitution, Crlas OF thFae
cheers for Jenkins, given by the whole audi
ence. Yes, when mention him, mention
man who, in any age or nation, IS worthy
to be Governor! tell you, then, you who
trade in the responsibility of your raceMyou
who are vendors of peoples honor tell you
to-day that this very Court will pronounce
these acts unconstitutional and void and eve.
rything done under thela Unconstitutional ana
void
But we have party now organized, a strong
and glorious parry, with state>r,en at lis
head and with correct principles for its plat
! form. From Maine to California, the glorl-
GUS tramp ofthe Democracy is growing more
and more distinct. AID by November YER