Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-27

there are men in this Convention, voting
for all these measures-such measures as
this Relief Bill-witli clerical commissions
in their pockets. Oh! how shockiue!' /
conjure to teach the people truth. Teach
the people to love truth, and honor it. II
is the way out OF all Of our difficulties.
Next to tue ministers, 1 appeal to you,
my lady friends. Gen. Franklin said bad
things about Gen. Pope, but Gen. Pope
certainly told tho truth when he said the
ladies' Of Georgia were limit against Re-
construction (so-csllcdl. [Cheers.l I
would scorn the husband of my bosom ~
unworthy OF me, If should or GOULD hear
him whisper to his prattling boy that lie
was no better than negro. Applause.l
| tell you, you must bring your powers t.
bear on this matter. The movement is to
degrade you aud your children, to bring
Jou into collision with the negro, TO depre.
ciate your property, TO destroy your inter.
csts, your government, your LIBERTY, and
you must wake up. Use your social pow.
ers, but not in spirit Of vindictivencss
l have not the slightest vindctive feeling
for any mortal living. SeIl-preservatiou
and sel!-iefence, however, require tia,
this matter be me. at once and instantly,
and met decisively.
Did pep, you who have spent most o.
your days under good government, ap.
peal to you. Do not vainly fri,ter away
the last days of your life, to bring you,
children under such government as that
Young men, I address ysu-and would
to God could speak to every young man
in America to-day! Would to God ]
could have every young man oi
Georgia and O.! the South before me to
day. would cojure them by the graves
Of our sons, and the sleeping places of our
comrades, and would make every youth
sweor before Heaven and earth that the
slaves no served their fathers should nevor
govern them. Enthusiastic npplause.]
Ard you, my colored friends, DO not be
ashamed Of the position Which God gave
you-act well your par,-thcre all the
honor lies. l do no, know why our Heav
only Father gave you black skin, and
gave mo White one do not know why
he made your physical Conformation diff
feren: to mine I 10 not know, and can.
not tell. In his inscru:able wisdom, Hc
did wisely. lie did it for your good. Oh.
serve, bcscech you, the position that
your Heavenly Father gave you, and
sPurn, as you would the poisonous ser
pent, the miserable creature that would
whisper into your ear TO avert His law il,
order to give your deceiver power. Those
men, who Tell you to deceive you, that you
know and understand all the laws rela,in Q
to suffrage, aud the laws Of government,
| say what you know TO he false. They nrs
lramplers upon the Constitution of III.
country, aud they do Nil this. xickednes,
for no o:hcr purpose than to induce you to
give them Offices. Arc you willing to be
deceived! Are you determined to be de
ce:ved? Join the mon that are willing Il
protect you in your proper place. Join
the men whose interests are your interests
Take their advice, and all will move along
in peace together.
But, ifyou riH 60; if you will moi lister
to reason; if you will listen to the falls.
teachings OF your deceivers,, 80, on. Be
lieve the falssl,ool ,ba, GQl made you no.
different from the white race--believe the
falsehood thai, uncducated, ignorant, RS yor
are--as you kaov you are--wnelhcr rigl,,
ly or wrongly. you are able TO exercise al
tho responsibiIiis, of suffrage. Go on
but mark what tell you, ! give, my warn
ing, my duty is discharged, my skirts are
clear. You are rushing OH destruction fo,
yourselves, and for your children, and when
evil bef"'lyou, the only people that will
she'd tear over your fate are the Southern
men you have abandoned. And those whc
will rejoice at your wrong are the cres
lures that betray and deceive you. They
have betrayed race and country. The,
have been false to truth. They lave do
y'scd and executed fraud. Think YOU
they will be true to you. Nay! Nay!
! Ny friends, Of all CLASSES, aud Of all con
ditions, WAKE UP! Tie hour 10 on you
WAKE UP! Ths issue is at hand. l care
not for former opinion, Or your former &C
ton, CONE Up NOW. This 10 our couu,rv
let Us Hve in it. This il our country. le,
US rREsERvE it! THE is our country. le,
us REDEEM it.
>-c- ."
WAsnrScroS. March a4!-In This Senate, y,
petition was presented from the South Carroll
ns Convention. nsking a loan for educatiora a
purp"ses A hill regulating the, present alton
Of bills to the President passed. a. the usua
hour. impeachment began. Replication va.
submitted: Chase said the business In otd.,
was Johnson's motion allowing ths Pre.iden
ten days. Sumner submitted . subsliiute. thu
the trial proceed. Ed:nunds moved. that ,b,
Senate retire. Sumner. Howard, ard other
cried mol Mol" .Conking called for the yea,
and naya. which resulted: Y.as-Anttonv
Bsyard. Buskalsv. Corbes, Divk, Dixon, boo.
little; EAwsrls, F<sssndsn, Fosler,i FIe.iuc-
huv'en. Crimes, Hendsrsob.. FItparisht. Hove
Johnson. McCrery, Morrill,, of Maine /: Morril
! o.. Vermont; Morton, Norton, Patterson :,