Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-09-16

success the leaders Of The Radical party dis
played their black flag, and every election
fsince has gone against them. New York,
Penusy vania. Ohio, Connecticut, New .Ier-
sy, California, Oregon, Montana and Idaho
have all changed about, and, hoisted tile Dem
.ocratlc Banner. Kentucky and Maryland
have doubled their.Democratic maj"ritics.
I The American people are devoted tore
publican principlesand Constitutional liberty |;
! und it, is impossible that they can sustain !.
party, which ignores the Constitution, and
has established an absolute despotism over
onc-thir,i of tl.e Republic. The sins of Con-
gress are too glaring and .monstrous TO DC
overlooked in this election. They have struck
down ten Sovereign States, disfrancLised the
white race and eufranchised the negroes, sus
pended the civil Courts, and established Mill
tary Commissions, for the trial of citizens in
time Of peace. That great Charter Of human
Liberty, the writ Of Iabeas Corpus, hos bad
to give place to bayonets!
. The Radical party have increased the na-
tienal debt to three billions Of dollars, aud
the annual expenditures Of the Government
from eighty millions to four hundred millions!
During three years OF peace the American
people have paid IN taxes fifteen hundred
millions Of dollars Trade, Commerce, MAJ
tfactuies and Agricti tire have been pros.
trated. The laborer has now to work two
days to purchase as much bread, sugar, coffee,
iron, salt, or clothing, as he could have pur-
chased With one DAYS labor in 1860 This
the. masses at the North see and feel. A
standing army is kept up in time of peace, at
an expense of one hundred and fifty millions
Of dollars. They have estabished;a ii Freed
mans Bureau at an expense Of 6fty millions
Of dollars, in order TO prejudice the negro
against the white man, apd control his vote
in all the ELECTIONS. They have sent their
gilest and lowest men here, and. all over the
Southern States, to >fil al our offices from
Governor down to School Commissioner. o.
No one would suppose that a Southern n'n'an
with white face, would ally himself with
such party, in order to degrade and oppTess.
bis own native lard. But such men as Joe
Brown and others, have turned up in all of
the Southern States, Ienegades and traitors
to their race, their country and their God. l
have repeatedly said that Judas Iscariot was
a gentleman compared to these Scilawags,
for he went out in the bushes and repented Of
his great ernie, and hung hilnsefl Now,
these Southern traitors and betrayers OF their
race, their country and their God, must go
forth andsrepent. and hang themselves before
.tey can rai>e themselves to level with Ju'
.dss in ainoral point of'giew .N.
lsetion ca'can gain
no victory, without the colored Sote,i in South
Carolina. We must work for our harveatin
this field, and explain to the colored people
that our interests are.ctheir interests, aud
that we arc hoth mutually dependent on each
other. They must have our lands to work,
as they and ne need their labor to prosper.
The carpet-baggers and scalawags have no;h.
ing to give them for their votes but lies and
deception. 4, II the colored people will vote
for our enemies we should discard them, ard
cease to employ them. No one is bound to
cherish in his household political and perso4
nal foe.
We should show the regro that these
scoundres are leading him to his own de-
struciion, for if war OF races comes, they
will go as the Indians have gone, who made
war on the white man. An Inferior race
must lall before a superior one in any contest
that Cannes.
But we should be very careful to avoid all
co!lisi II with the coiored people. This is;
what the Northern lsa'iicnla now desire above
all things Wa'lnu,t be patient and 1orbear-'
ing, and on all occasions treat the negro With
Kindness and humanity. He is much to be
plied, for he is ignorant aad ,credulous, and
easily imposed on by these carpet t-bagsssers.
and scalawags.
In conc'uson,s I beg you to present my
re,pec.s to lhe,udies who may be present ct
your Mass ,leeting, and say to them that |
hays always found more patriotism, virtue
and wisdom in the instincts Of wsman's heart,
than ever discovered in the cold calculating
action of man. The soft sweet yoice.o wo-.
man, cheered me on two years ago, in my
opposition to. the Reconstruction Acts of Com
gress. when not d newspaper in the State
would endorse my efforts. They wrote me
letters of encouragement, and said that if The
spirit of the.men was crushed, theirs was not,
and that their daily pra5riS were offered
up to God for the success of the just cause
in which was engaged Of rescuing the white
race from despbli>n and di.h"nor.
B. L. PERRY.
-o--