The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-13
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is9 o friend and WeIl-Wishe for vot
future welfare, III give your o few
items for lyour special benefit, whiol
viii s esndeayor TO prove Ito you il
Z I Will first inform cyrly Won that i have. y
Tor the past two months, been in Go.
iumbia,. where I have had access to
1.-the sayings and doings of the
prominent and leading radicals Of
the State, and feel assured that il You
only could see and hear what L have,
you would readily see who are your
friends. -.
Let an outsider meet with one of
them, and he will, if asked his OPT
MON concerning the freedmen, re-
mark: "Oh, we know they are not
fitted for Office or to vote, but we
have to bear it for this once, until
we can carry our points; we want
Grant and Colfax elected" 6ssEs.
Now, freedmen, is that giving you
justiceP Is it anything but making
you his tool to keep him in Office,
and fill his pockets at your expense,
after which, you are despised? He
is only after getting you thrown out
of employment, (but promises to see
that you are not, which is not in his
power,) and then he knows you will
perish and die, and by that means get
rid of the colored race.
L would here inform you that nv
business throws me- in daily contact
with the leading men Of that party.
which naturally enough leads them
to believe 1 am concerned in the
party also, (but no, never.) Con-
sequentlA, I learn their programme.
Even their writings for their Repub-
lican papers, throughout both North
and South, is sufficient to satisfy
you, if you could only read and pom
der well its meaning, what their full
Intentions are, and what will be the
final result if You adhere to them.
They know you are, the most of you,
uneducated, and are only giving you
one side of the question; and now
allow me, as one who does feel an
interest in your future welfare, as
well as the present, to warn you
against them-listen to those with
whom you have to deal, and do not
for moment entertain such an idea
as the one urged upon you, that if
Seymour and Blair is elected, that
you will again be put into slavery.
You have once been our slaves, but
we do not desire it again. But it is
evident to every thinking man of
your race, that they (the radicals) are
now trying to make you worse than
slnves-they are leading you to ruin,
and L would no tell you so, if it
were not so. It is easy to see the
result that will follow, after the 81 of
November. Grant will surely be
defeated, and where then are your
friends? Can you have the conscience
to fall back on your Southern friends,
or even expect the least favor at their
hands? Your pretended Northern
friends will all depart for the North,
from whence they came, and your
appeals will not be heard by them.
No earthly use for you then. And
now, while it is yet time, do not cast
vote Tor your everlasting ruin. You
can become something more after
awhile, if you will only identify your
selves with the true Southern man
vote with him, work to his interest,
and he will to yours-he will instruct
you In the right way, and you will
finally be enabled to obtain a home
In peace and plenty, and no thanks
to carpet-baggers. The "forty acres
and mule" will all be out when YOU
call for it, after Grants defeat. And
even If successful, what will be the
result? Why, instead of needing
"forty acres and q mule" you will be
placed in the front ranks, with a
musket in your hands; while your
pretended friends will stand to the
rear, shouting: $50 it, cuftee, we'll
hold your mule" It is evident that
they mean war, and nothing but war.
Ihe South wants no war, she only
wants her rights peaceably, but you
are well aware, if forced upon 6er,
she Will go it to the knife.
/, LII Is an undoubted fact, that in the
late war, this same Ulysses S. Grant
placed the colored troops in front, in
all battles where they CHANGED to be,
with the white troops in their rear to
push them on. Give him the power
and he will do it again.
L hope you will consider me q
friend, as 1 have given you a correct
and impartial statement of affairs,
and hope you will take nv advice.
and go to the polls in November and
vote for PEACE! PEAcEi which 10