The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-04-22
North Carolina.

the National lnfctttJehcer contains so much
truth, aud is alike applicable To the COLI
dition of affairs in this State, that We
copy entire:
We have before us copies Of the cohsti-
, tutions formed in six oil the Southern
States by The Conventions which were
lalcly held there. These Conventions. il
is we'll known, did not reflect the se;,ti-
menls Of the white population OF these
+ States. but rested mainly upon the negro
clement. reinforced, inspired, and con-
trollcd by as basr IN element as ever
walked the ear'll-thc carpel-bng ;luvcn-
turcrs who have gone to tie South tn
make profit by the ruin Of the people.
Examine ali these constitutions, aud you
find one key note pervad!lg each one
negro equality. political and social This
itir;, goes through them all. We have
seen how one State after another at the
North. even those most ultr;, RadcaI.
Ohio. Kansas and others, have rejected
negro suffrage, aud NOW. to crown tho
list. we have Radical Michigan, Which
usually gives that parity fifteen to twenty
thousand majority, now refusing by :;
large majority the principle nf negro snl
ll4'ge. Such are the instincts OF race in
Il Stale where the negroes ovcr twenty
one wears number only some $50 votes.
us against 1G6,uU1 whites. In Michigan
tic question is hardly practical, save as.
the assertion of !; principle wl:icil white
men will not suffer To t'e compromised.
But there is no community in Michigan.
.ut even the smallest cuu,slv nor M:lf,
nor village where the wl.i1e population
would not have the power To protect
themselves agains; negro rule. Contrast
this with the condition of the Southern
States, in five oil which the negroes regis
tered prcponderate largely over the reg
istercd whites; and in others, though in
Il minority in The State. control large seq
,ions, and i. number Of the most fertile
counties.
North Carolina is State OF this last
description. In the eastern counties, and
not Il fcw of the middle counties. the nc
groes are Iargelv in the ascendant. Ne
gro local government and negro taxation
! in tl,c,e co.iuties is inevitable rllc qurs
zion cul:,c> home 10 these people i'll tie
most practical unti direct iorll, ami c:,
we wonder that they are excited at TIE
prospect ol' !, ruin that will be rrctriev;
bic, and !: dtgr;:,ation such as ll:c white
race has never suffered in the history OF
mankind.
This constitution of North Carolina is
to be volcd on upon the 2ist ui this
month. .is We remarked before The in
s,runIent does not elnanate from llc
wLjru uopuIntion o! North Carolina. 1t
is the WORT OF negroes and alien adyen
lureis. and WIS expressly designed To
pulpctuate their asrcn,ancy. Every ne
rro. therefore. is allowed To vote. Even
crime is no Disqualification. And every
negro voter is eligible 10 Tic .n..,' box.
This doctrine OF negro equality runs
through TIE constitution. and under il
the races arc to be comningled at the
public schools. ut the State University, in
churches. public hotels and u,sclnbuge>
sand in Tie militia All this is matter al
law and Obligation. according TO the prin-
cipIrs Of this constitution. Such are the
ab!lorrcnt features nj this government.
| which it is proposed to i.istrn OH the
whites Of North Carolina. Have we ANY
ght tn expect social order. peace. or-,li'
mission To the authority of Government
when such degradation is inflicted upol.
Tie population
ii there WAS any doubt as to thcntcni
ri this constitution. it i, supplied by tie
votes Of thr Convention which framed il.
We fad that ii WAS proposed that wille
aud blllk children shouid not so To the
Same schools; that they ,huu'i mol inter
marry; that whites anil blacks siIonl' I'M;
muster in the samc companies, anl that
black officers should not command white
men; that poor white children sh"lild not
he bound to negroes HAT marriages be-
tween whites and black, should always
remain void; but all these propositions
wcrccontempluon>,y rejected. Tie great
ambition OF the negro is. To IL g, ;;.:: ;:
of complete social equality with the
white race. and they insisted upon these
conditions.
This constitution we may hereafter ex
anime more in detail The above are It's
more salient inqni;ics. Its aim is entire
go aiitv lor the negro amalgamaiion. in
liinacy of The children. negro o!licc hold
ers jurors. magistrates. >lleHiS, police.
and lax as>e<solS There is nothing that
makes life valuable chat is not to hc held
suffice, To the degrading coniac' or op-
llcs,nn of The African race. 1t is Il bold
and daring conspiracy against the proper
". the intelligence and the manhood ol
this people. As Il measure OF naIi@nily.
these constitutions such us We have Sec!,
framed in Arllal>as; Alabama, and North
Carolina. slllpass anything That could be
expected from ticnts
Aud yet we are told by the Radical
Dapers that there is discomfort. .sdi>loval-
tyr in tic South the whites are .rci,rl-
ions,' &c They fret and arc resllve at
the prospect. nay nj the actual inficlion