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

RID float before my vision, night and da,
when see people going aloug as uncon
cerned'y as though there was no DANCE
ahead. People Of Cherokee, do INV O
you hear me! VIII you permit mo ON
word Of remonstrance? I, is said l,at',l,;
Constitution is to got its main support from
your region Of country.
Mr.. A. w. uolcombe (of Milton conn.
y) in the audience. 1t will surprise them
| to hear it.
Mr.. Hill, I appeal 10 you, my friend, fo,
l Eno" You are true man. l appeal to
you and all like you, to 20 home and tell
your neighbors wha, have told you to
day, aud ask them. for decency's sake, for
country's sake, for Gods sake, to save
themselves and their race ia lower Georgia
from such foul damnatlon.
Mr.. IIolsombe. l will do it sir.
MIR. Hill. l know you will do it. See,
my friends, what an extreme of madness
this is. 1t is not Reason that has rushed
The American people Into it. 1t is not
l'uth that has brought ,hcn to it. Pas
sion alone has done it-wilJ, uncoutrolIa
oie passion. Passion, captured and con-
trolled by the fatal ambition for Office. Of
tho willy politician, ia what has brought
this people aud this country to the presen,
verge OF ruin. enthusiastic applause. }
Surely, it is not possible that there IS ! man
i'll this country who possesses even the first
instinct of honor, who would dare rstify
such II fundamental law as that. Task You.
fellow citizens, to reflect op lhis. Your
own conclusions must show you the errors
Of such policy. :..-
l now pass to what may be called the
mora! features of this Convention. hear
people around the streets Of A.lauta-p.o-
pie who ought TO know Letter, and who
ought 10 have more regard for common
sense and decency-sayirg that this Con-
ssitution is going to be ratified, and tia,
the ques ion is Us 10 the candidate for
Governor. We'll, il we Cannot get better
candidate tknn some people, do not think
It IL worth contend;ng for. Why give up
the con,est7 "Wel', everybody says so.''
never heard ,rAite map say he was CO.
ing to do 1t. Why do .Ley say so, Is it
because Of the equality Of the races, and
tue social supremacy Of the negro being
established in the fundamental law? Oh.
no, not for that. Then, why7 Well
he'isL They put relief. They put relief
into it-and that is what is called the NOR.
al feature Of the Constitution. l. could
not call it exac,ly poli:ical-I could not
call i, social; and had therefore 10 call
it mor"'-,ho"gh 1 beg pardon c" the
word "morar' for treating it SO BE- ,.
l never blink question upon which the
people ought to hear the. don't care. one
copper cen:-apd want you to und derstaud
't-whcther you or your people ever cast
vote for me or not, and if you consent 10
be negroes l would not have you vote.
l AM going to epeak plainly. think
myself that large portion of our people
ought to have some kind of relief :. and as
iar back as nearly three years ago, some
few of bps in the State turned our attention
to the suljsct for tho purpose of. deyissinse
some scheme that should operate, a. re-
lief and be constitutional and legal; and
one that should be jnst, to creditor and
debtor alike. I would not consent TO- INV
other. thiuk We couli have devised a
plan, by this time, If we had had control
OF the State Government. L have synop.
BIS OF an argument made In August 1866,
In a county Of -Georgis-one which i had
intepdsd .!te' to read to this audience, and may
at some oths! .ime give 10 the public, bat
li's difficulty incur way has been, HAT there
is par,yxa' Georgia, unsorrpnlou,, dishon-
est, and AlsG, hb have taken control, of
the SUI; Jet, ana 60 de!foral.zsd the people
hat noil.ins hoasst d 'selsible;; .lse,l Or
constitutional can Js done; AMI tLis has
bsen effected 'ty. a.,te'iug the, people mot
With the'realiiy; -bu~the idea Of, relief. So
tar from This Constellation operating asia
relief y absolutely prevent relief and pre-
vents mep jn, .ths State that might possibly
have brains enough 10 desire relief, from
doing anythingat all. .,...,n,.: o..
Now, then, I say, in the first place, .bi.
ia no relief Why do say soa What is
he difficulty in the way Of this Cons.itu
ion? His not your .IState Constellation.
What is the difficulty in the way. Of your
Stay Law? whyJis, WAS not Jour State
1t was ths constitution Of
i,S United Sta,e.. r1qle United States
esys that "no law slinll'b
passed impairinss The ! opliigatiiotnI . of CON
'rocta'" The same Constitllisa ag,in says !
list THAT Constitution, and lhe Laws passed
n pursuance tsssrsfSse, shall be tue supreme
aw oG the 'lana's anything in tie Cohsti>
atisnIo or IIaJFs IIJ Of ths sisgss to ,fs cohtqaty |
notwithstanding. "a Npw. aayihing ~ siih- !
CeastiiaAiossdw your, law, irnpair- !
ng thsa abEgasio.f ,of'con.raat.q y. conflicts J
with provisi6h of H. .GThited States Con-
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