Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-05-08

them satisfied you must bave sufficient
number to form q society among them
seIves, and you must propose to assist
them in securing such religions privileges
as they may desire, and twill be easier to
educate any foreigner TO knowledge of
selc-government under republican gov
crnment, than it will be to educate our
iormer slaves. Tho money contributed Is
not gratuiiy, for the person! imported
agrees % labor for you until the money is
paid back, and would contend that it !
would be good investment if you never
saw tho man, provided. ho BECAME ci,i-
zen and by such importations VIC will DO
eaaLled to control both tho political pow
er and tho labor Of tho negro. Some men
may say, take tho same trouble and have !
the same patience with tho negroes as you
propose with the foreigner, and ho will
make good citizen, Wo deny that he
will, but we do not desire to live in
country whero both political and social
amalganation must eventually take place
between the whites and tho blacks for the
mongro! thus produced would no doubt DO
involved In perpetual anarchy, like all otL.
or countries under the conttol Of "a mon
srel population. The propositions WHICH
some have made, not to employ the freed
men, if it conld be carried out would pro-
Luoe thsse serio:s distarbaEces whiIh
would certainly result, if more than half
the population were without the means Of
a single days subsistence, and without the
rneans of earning it. So it will never do
to give this plan amy serious consideration.
And thep ,ou could never secure any con-
cert of action in this plan. J. believe that
speak the sentiments Of every white man
IN tho State, be he Radical or Democrat,
when | say it would be better for The
State if every negro could be quietly and
advautageoIsly located beyond our bor-
ders, but this cannot be done. Therefore
We cannot see any practical plan for &C.
curing white supremacy other than by
the importation of white people. If our
servants and laborers are to be our equals
: in tLs name Of all that is good, let them
; 10 white. And here at this poiat We
would say that if persons desire white
servants or laborsrs they must not look for
them amongst the white men and women
wko have heretofore been born and
rousht up under the old system Of thng.
' Hundreds Of the poor white men OF our
9 country are Industrious, hard working
: men, but servants and laborers they are
not, en1 peyer will be. We walt mon
who ere willing to drive the carriages
5 black the boots, and to perform all tue
): duties that are now performed hy th'
9 negro, and who do not consider it any
v disgrace or hardship to do it. Let u
J. now, instead Of Democratic clubs, form
" emigration clubss in each neighborhood
u aud have q central club at the Oour
g House. The white people have been dis
l. posed to employ tho freedmen, and hay
u extended to them their cid apd and friapd
70 ship. We have tried to make them believ
o! that our interest was theirs, and that the
ID ought to join our political church, but the
o have almost without exception turne
III against US, and have spurned our offers
ID Kindness. Can We be expected to eoptin
Us re To employ, those who arc so much oI
20 posed to us. Adopt my plan aud it wi
10 DO The means Of preventing a collision
~ the races, and the negro will rapidly di
at appear before the industry and ;cnterpia
vs Of the iwlito man. Before closing I wou,
m, say, that would not consider it any AZ
m. vantage, even If the negro would uni
no with US in politics. :, This would prebab
eh increase the evils of the situation and
OF am satisfied that:it. would not be desirat
an: TO retain him, even should lie identify hi,
he self thoroughly in politics. Let US cea
oV to make war against the constitute
e- Tie eonvpntion' passed many v,se ord
nd nances, and adopted good form Of e.
The ernmeut, provided We did not have /
6" negro population, we are satisfied that I
OF material interests Of the Stato will G
out and prosper under the present constitute
our if we can speedily make it a white ma
ooa country. South Carolina has not chang
yea lor Executive, Legislative or Judicial {
o, par:ments but very slightly from the
VIII English ideas that pervaded in many r
and ticulars our old cppstitption. Many 7
rem visions were no doubt suited 10 the POI
"o Of their adoption, but We Of South Caro-
'ac- did truly seem not to know that there
one such thing rs political progress. 8
S''n pose Mr.. Editor that you will endorse
cen. part Of my plan which would ipvoly
!ne change in your "old baclp style Of
g'fis l ana ready to adopt any sensible |
and that will give us a white Instead Of ID
eh population,
. the pURLTA1I
oer,,
the Arest Of q Delegate.-Frank' Atni
nkse white delegate TO the oeayeption
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