Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-02-13

IN the hands OF negroes Is preposter
ously absurd None of them havl
property, and not one in five hundrc,
can read or write In the recent eleo
tion for members of convention
many of the negroes had forgotten
their names, and scarcely one in
hundred could tell after the election
for whom he voted They were con
trolled blindly by the loyal leagues
The tickets were printed in Charles
ton, with n likeness of President Lin
coin on them. There never has beer
before such n wide field opened for th,
demagogues and unprincipled aspi
rants to Office. The negro is the mos
eredulous being in the world, and mos
easily imposed on by vile wretchei
who are disposed to pander to hi
ignorance and passion. Emissariel
from the North, white and black, hav,
come here and prejudiced him against
the white race. lie has been tolC
that unless he voted the Radical tick
ct be would be placed back in slavery
and that if he voted that ticket hC
would have lands and mules given him
In some instances the negroes actually
brought with them brides to take then
mules home with.
BY military orderin South Carolina
negroes are 70 sit on juries. In some
of the districts Of this State the Negro
population is so much larger than the
white that they will compose almost
the entire juries. How it will be pos
sible TO administer justice, with such
juries, in complicated cases, is more
than can tell. l am equally at a loss
TO know how the offices of the State
are to be filed. The "iron-clad oath"
excludes from office all who are com
petent and worthy. This difficulty
was foreseen by General Sickles, and
he requested OF Congress the removal
of the oath. General Meade has re-
Gently suggested the same thing in
Georgia. 1t will be impossible for
the negroes and the worthless whites
to I'll some OF these offices, or give the
security required by law.
Property Of ali kinds, and especially
real estate, has deprecated in value
ono-half or two.thirds during the past
year. No one is disposed to purchase
anything, and foreign capital has been
driven out or deferred from coming
here tor investment Property sold
by the sheriff brings nothing. The
marshal Of this State told me the other
day that he sold a plantation, well
containing two thousand
acres, in Horny district, at public auc-
tion, to the highest bidder for FIVE dol
lars. Mules brought only five dollars
apiece.
A great many persons are moving
from the lower country, where there
are so many negroes, and that section
of the State is destined to become a
The same thing must
occur in many portions Of Mississippi
and other States A gentleman just
returned from Mississippi tells me that
lands, which rented last year for four
teen dollars per acre, were now offer
ed at two dollars per acre, and no one
would take them.
Unless there is a reaction at tho
North, and better legislation for the
Southern States, they will be an incu-
bus to the Union, utterly destructive
Of the whole republic. The present
force viii have to be kept up
10 maintain peace between the two
races, and there is no certainty Of their
ability to do this long. ! have for
some time thought that when the ne
yro government went into operation
{ would be impossible to preserve the
peace Of the country. A war of races
must ensue, and it will be the most
errifc war of determination that ever
lesolated the face Of the earth in any
.ge or country.
lam, with great respects and esteem,
yours, truly, &c. b. f. PERRY.