The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-05-16
NUMBER 13.

Nor, Senators and Representative, dos the
State Of South Carolina merit, at your alissls,
the political treatment that has been melted ols
TO licr without stint sszsss ~ &
It is true. South Carolina took * tic fold
promptly, in the late war between eeh .Ie Sfatsss
Her pooplc embarked their all ips tho struggle,
because tho sovereignty Of tho State denh,aaHSd-
ed this Of them. But when tho Mar. ended,
and tho arbitramcnt to which they fesortod
was adverse to their cause, no people over
yielded more gracefully to the decree Of Proyf-
dencc. Quietly they laid down, their arms,
and. in peace, they became laws-abiding, as, as ID
war, they had been faithful to their, nag. THEY
accepted the legitimate results of the war.
They were ready to abandon tile claim Of TIE
right of their State peaceably to, sccede from
the Union, and they asscnted, in Con,ycntiioan tia
assembled, to the emancipation Of their slaves.
And now, were the State admitted into tiic
Union, on just and reasonable basis. W .wo hes
tate not to declare tlat again would our poo
pie greet the starry Banner Of the Union, and and
unite with tllcir follow citizens Of tho. Whole
country in the effort to promote the, glory,
wealth and prosperity of our common land.
In our relations, MS proposed by us, with the
black people Of this State, we are not disposed
to exact anything that just men may dony or
Heaven disarprove.
When South Carolina assentcd to the Act
of Federal emancipation, VIC hold that the
freed people became members of the body
polite, and, as such, entitled to all tho civil
rights that enjoyed alike by all classes Of
the people. They became entitled to ssiife
liberty and the pursuit Of hap mess to ali
that the Declaration of Amcrican Indcpcn-
dcnce and The English lNayaa Gidyto chin
for as his a!ennble rs. But as as
it regards suffrage, VIC hold that this not q
political right nor a civil one for man, either
white Or black, but it Is a trust, i delicate lini5r
trust u De conferred the ssfatc nI,ol tho
people tIisrcoi to tions .of
edieacy, an,l tile
doctripe she ia tile s;Ts
tiass fssSss: u ;lsIsl sssl|ess s.sl
hinctcnths Of our people are williag to con,
cede it to them, duly qualified. we cannot
admit universal suffrage, because tho great
body of the colored people aro utterly united
to exercise it with intelligence and discretion
and because it would make the negro, domi.
nunt and thus bring about fatal antagoniisls
between the races. We cannot deny it al
together to the black man, because that would
bc neither right nor polite. Hence the policy
of the mean between the two extremes, which
has met with general favor in this State, Tho
Conservative party Of SnysY Carolina, now
atands and gathers strcsSsh, day after day,
upon this proposition. Dfhe Convention onf
the party lately passed tho following resolu-
ton &t ~ tAs dg{ 49, t'A sAs'F" =
"ReDlree', That Under the action Of the
State of South Carolina, heretofore taken, We We
recognise the colored population Of the State
as al integral element OF the body polite;
and, us such, in person and property, entitled
to a full and equal protection under the State
Constitution and laws. And that as citixenis
of South Carolina, We declare our willingness,
when We have the power to grant them, '1ir. ut,-
der proper qualification rs to property and In
telligenee, the right of suffrage. ''ls''s x'si
In behalf at least of the Democratic pnrty
of South Cnrolina, which embraces nearly
every white inhnbtant, and many Of the color.
cd people, the Committee declare that this
policy represents the political sentiment Of tho
State. We offer this in good faith, as The
basis of true, genuine and lusting recon
struc.ion. This we earnestly believe, is tho
peaceful solution of the great question ofwhitc
man and black man in tho South, This solu-
ton we offer to the Conservatism of the couil-
try, as one alike advantageous to both races.
Let this be accepted let the vexed question
Of the black man be removed from the hiel,
court of the land, and let all of our speoplc
North, South, East and West be permitted
to address themselves to the great work of
individual improvement and national aggran-
dizement-then again may VIC expect return
the better days Sf the Republic, and u res
torntion of the Union in fact as we'll as in
name.
WADE HAMPTON. 't.'sia
JOHN P. THOMAS, rs gl
JOSEPH DANIEL POPE, II.
Il. w. McNiASTER, .' Y
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