The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-08-19
VERY Seberness and Truth.

YEA SOOO4 hCS>~o e-AASA = 'AS
Tse following is an extract
from the very seathing speech OF
Hon. B. H. Hill, delivered in At
husa, on the 23d alt:
aAefsw more " ords and I will
close II, as I now hope and be-
fese, we shall again have liberty
add law under the Constitutions,
what shall be done with those
who hsge taken. advantage OF
these corrupt times to insuit inno'
cence. trample upon rights, and
hslplessasss3 These criminals will
be- among US, and must be assign
ed appropriate positions. What
shall we do with them Ye who
have travelled through the blood
and losses and sorrows of war for
asserting nothing but that the
very trainers Of the, Constitution
taught was your right; ye who
have been taunted and reviled as
rebels and traitors ye who have
Bsen disfranchised in the land of
YoRr fathers and made exites in
the home of your birth when
shis victory shall come and we
shaH once more:be free men and
no longer insulted and oppressed
bssmisefable vagabonds and reno
gades whatshalI we do. with the
criminals ? / woald not hurt a
hair ef"their heads, do them no
persenal harm; and deprive them
ofno'right. Give them over-oh,
give over the miscreants to the
iaextinguishable hell of their own
consciousness, Of infamy. But
something's You must do for the
protection of your children and of
yourselves, and for the vindica-
ton of your honor. / affirm it
and uIsRant it heard, It is going
sasbe the law Of this country and
SHAW more irepealabie than the
law Of the Medes and Persians.
Not one man that >dares record
hs Eote for. the inequality and
7assalage Of the Southern States
and the degradation Of, his own
race, ought ever to be received
inte-a decent family in Georgia
or in.the South now or hereafter:
fGries of"never."] And this rule
We can make now. It we haVeznot
the-pewer to help make the laws
Sor our Govenment.er for society,
-
thank God we can at least pass
social laws for our OWL. homes: I
charge yoa this day, as you honor
yaur household; and would pre-;
serEe your good nsme for your
pasterity, never suffer a single
renegade who votes for the vassa-
lageSof these States, and ztffe- dis
grace of your children and your
race, to darken your doors or to
speak to any member of your fam
~. ,ICries of s'good," ''that's
right, t'hurrah:"1 You condemn
tie poor victim to the Penitentia-
ry.whe steals q horse or a hun:
dred dollars, and yet these miser-
able. creatures have sought to
bsrgain away everything that
you, have or can value. You
eeern the criminal who has viola
ted the penal laws of your coun-
tsY, These miserable renegades
sre faithless to every law of Heav'
en- .and Of earth, and have used
every means to sell you to those
who hate you, and to place your
lives and your all in the power OF
ths~ignorant and debased. An
other thing insist shall be done:
T. people who will not resent
such foul innovations of their
right are not worthy of free
dom. IA voice *true."] You
have been helpless-your great
men have been silenced ; you sur
rendered your arms to what you
thought was a gallant foe you
surrendered them under the as
surances Of protection, and yet
these men, your own citizens
many Of them, who hurried you