The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-08-29
ensicsd on towards his great danger ana tro4.
BIO by wicked nh;to mon. We know Than.


enticsd on towards his great danger ana tro4...
bio by wicked Wh;to mon. We know then.
vino they are, and ri. sbou, chem; What thew
say, and what thsy ate doing VIC also kaoa,u bot.
ter than Mey c,,t. s:.o,y, che sure and
gsis penalty wIics. will fan npon particular
men when tie conflict begins But this viii
not then save you. You viii not then be OK.
orsed because you have been delu,ed and
cheated bysthese Infamous mon. ;.iston for
one moment to. particulars:
Whom We held our great meeting on the
evening of The 2Ath July, you proposed, it is
sid under the s;uidancesof aswhito man WHO
s Sour candidate for Mayor, AID, 1--WE, are told,
assembled, to form III prooessicn and dis.tirs
our meeting by murciling through full Gyo
Thousand people, closely packed, in the street.
Yen were, fortunately for yourselves, prevent
ed by the influence ofthe Mayor, who is nlao
of your political affinity. If you had attelnpt-
ed this wiifi,l aggression, you would lave
brought Gu The conHiot;at t:.at timo; you did
til gu The 1Ssh 'elayof> Doccns iSS IS; ), ia a s- fi
oiens II,bor o: tho sou:hern SiaiSa,s,al /:
South Carolina, Arkansas, Alabsrna, North
Carolina aiit.,i Geo. gin, having ratified ena ap,
Irfovca Sof't!ie snlsnlment,' Tire Secretary az
State of sio United States! psb.ished tho law:
FIJI -erthicato, with tho seat sssl Of the ma
ton thereto, an,. ..::om this Gay she amend.
mont aid the g.ernsl abolition Of llaye7y, ana
The perpetual freedom o. tho oo.urcd iila,,, be.
came tio ir:eyoeable highest law olis,lro land.
Bus mark you! This is wi,ste re say It is
what tho Democratic party ,..ys, and ins;s.s
upoa: and Is now struggling TO esta',, ssh. NJ
s. the Republican Radical ;arty. They deny
Ath.s. You doubt vi? We viii ssi,w yos we
spesk tzu:h
&'is questions bong, as we suppose, farovcr
settled: was.rcorcael by the Radicals, so Ear
as they could recpca It. Wo DEFY their right
or i.owcy to do this .sw.saiy, but they insist o..
Il and hc ], the i:suo 20 be tied III the sret
contest row go.no OIL.
The Ratl:c.is, j. 1866, proposed another
ainendnicn: to thc constitution, known as the
fourteenth (lttlD amendment. They sent il
10 The Statos for approval. IL came to the
same Leg:sl.turcs. for the most part, i'll Tie
so.,,hcrn States wh::ll had approved anl there
by atHde The .:mcll,lment abo.. i;.l.as slavery
Il was lie same l.cgislaturc Of Soutl, Caro.iap
The Southern I.eS,sl,gLcu rejected the ..cul-
teenth amendment, and it was tilcycby defeat
cd. They did this because i. tlisi.ansl.isod
thei.a bcss lion: who hnd done no c.;ainal oy
oae .siyc sets, except assh as they liars bcca
encouraged and sided aud supported IN lloi,g
by tac people, and It would have beell mean
and d'sa,Tscea,' L tho people OK thai; Isegisls-
tuses had rua;sl,ed those who wcrc only tass
ticipeats. in :ieir own gu;ls. The adseala,
incapable OF .iissingni nialiing bctwoea ,ae
aad wosc iiorcely ;rriiatcd 1T slls rs,
fn$ii; thcrcrpo; they declared our Lcgisl:l-
tlrcs ille:,.l--:llc sanlo Legislatures which had
abo,:shc., s,ayc:y and .ssi.scd yeur freedom,
whose a.i they had invoked aud accep,ed.
They broke up .hese Legislatures by military
power, bsca,'se, they said, they wcro "il.egaln
They cstablsl,e., military governments for a
tine, and finally your government, such as :.
now 's. They call that ';yg,l. We dony it.
If VIC are right, you arc safe. II they are
right and tho Legislature which made you free
"S' A'Aeo"tj o'ioi' LIZ ieSa!iCy VI your .fccCOm
is IA open qucsSio,. ior tho futuro dscassio.. Of
demagog,es, Radicals aud scalawags 1t W..
bo open mcr,ly for d:scrssio. ali mischief, OF
no practical avail, because We, every man Of
ms, and Of tho Democratic party, would stand
by you to resist such {. fraud. We ask you t.
sand ~ lis for your own sake--not for our
sake. Wo can and will take arc of ourselves
We know how to do that, or to sec that tits
done. Thor Hatred to us was SO great that,
for iis sake, with all their protcuded love for
you, they would give up your freedom and tle-
clare il "illcg..l." Their hatred to the slavery
Of the ccl0rcd man was less than thci. hatred
to tho white man Of tho South 1hc. love OF
freedom for you was less ;l,:n their oys 81
slavery fol us. Do you not sec it: Do ycu
not sec hat II the Lcgialaturo Which 9. We you.
freedom was"i!lsgal," its act also :nus: be ille-
gal? Do yor not sec who id Ills, and that
ithcy .laye failod to scc.rc fom tho Lccis.t
tufcs they cal, ay0, ratification CT ihe a,mcn,l-
mcnt CT the constitution which makes yu,
free? Does Tot cl .his show to yu;. whg
ti.css.eis a'll che.::s are ,oadi,g you to your
destruction: 4 ter ,!.s exposure OF them,