The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-11-18

tion and expenditure, Inapgurated by q
bGdytvho5 In theimain, ownno, property,
and pay no taxes ; together within the in
..ternal revenue land tariff systems of11ths
United States, By which, ,I!fGGkss sRy thing
in the prsvious financial, history of tbs.
Government, ,discriminations are made in
favor Of! the rich and against the poor, in
favor Of the, few and against the many;
whereby the rich; Will gro .ftic6er, and The
poorer, until, we will have, "a nation, Alto
of -Io1ds and vassats ;athe freedom. ofaths;
few colored people, South; ;shavingltbeen
.slbstituteu BY, the ~ 6fse. than domestic
slavery IF the great mass Of tie American .
people,aiwhitet and scolored, North 81! and
Southsi Topics like athese,.I say, fellpw7
citizens ,'have constitute1 the stapie:ofithe
numerous pubIit a|d dresses qiave had the
privilege Of making 9TH. Peopfs during
thelrecentlP Presidential ca eanlpaign.5 IN the
Counties below this, where thel.celored
population are mulch lY'morenumerous. than
with / was. favored with heopportu,-
nifty o addressip large npabsrs 'ti of them r. ~.
on divers occasions, and it gives me. pleas
ureito statetthat Iyinvariablystonnd them,
not onlyanxious'to hear all li5that4 might;
be said, but feadify impressed by reason
ing addressed to their nnpderstaHdih.g,, re.
specting their personal y, pecnniary .. and, AZ. !,
ol,tical,iuterests.l.aI endsavored to. con.
vince them! !ofsthe.atrnth that the only
real friends they now have left upon the
whole face Of, the earth, are their, former
owners,-tbe; whites. with whom they
liave-beenaraised,. ). that they know, apd.by.
whomsthey are intimately known. .GAat
whilst their necessity is regular aAa
profitable, employment. the requisite Of
the,sland owner .is steady and. reliable
labora That the two races being .mutual1
ly., dependent. .;on each other, if left to-
adjust their own relations, would readily
accommodate. things SO as to secure. the
highest attainablc degree ofprosperity and
contentment, to'eachl, But.that, .to.insurei
peace and prosperity che, employer and
omployee. must necessarily be on terms
Of personal and political friendship, ,ahtd &,
that sucb.s friendship itisutterIyi yimpossfi,'
bleto maintain; if theyicontinue to affili-.
ate WITH a pai'ty whose ipolicy,,asin the
opinion, of their employ yeTs, is destructive
OF their highest and dearest. interests,
That nexttostlIeirt honor, mankind gen
orally are disposed to defend theirsrights
Of property, and that the burthen of
taxation to which ao1r poverty y-stricken
commonwealth issubj bytheeFcderal
and State Governmsllts under Radical
rule; iis,.so' utterly ruinous to ourrentire
population, that 5tlle maniat the South
wlio:austains1ha party.in,its premedta-
ted oppression, mightujustly be regarded
as a,pnblie enemy,--nay1more as: in,some
degree; 1the eneHly-ofr every good citizen.
That it was mot. to 6be. expected; that
persons desiring laborers-z-or 4" hslp,"S to
use a New. England sphrase.w7.wsonld EN-;
ploy.thosee who were opposed, and sun-
friendly to their. interests, personally or
politieally ally;-anda aLrapp ppealed- d-lor,them Ito
state whether they would do 80, if they
were thcmselvesi isinployers, and was
and promptly answered in the
negative. That employees as a general
rule. in all countries, and Of, all races,
readily acquiesce. ..in.lthe Judgment and
wishes Of thcir;employ as,to,.the per4
sons, or purity they. shall support at, politi.
cal elections III hat this.was particularly
the case in the Northern ,States,e where's it
is we'll known THE. wealthys'nianutactdrer
invariably marches his white Operative
to,the. polls.wit the, ballot i'm his. hand,
which is deposited as directed, with. the
ceaent=uruerstanding that,ifhe-ven-
lures to: disregard. ..thel airectionsygiven
him, lie is to be promptly dismissed from
service. That this ,isx but@,a~ practical
6f the Influence THAT capital
exercises over labor everywhere, and
accounts, in great measure, for the
unanimity of political sentiInent;in the
manufacturing towns of New England.
That this accord between the capitalist
and laborer is essential to the profits and
income Of each, at all times and in all
places, and more especially SO at the
South. at this. .time,. where our highest
interestssdeimand that our people should
be a unit in all things That in this
State, there should be but one: party, and
the dictates of an enlarged patriotism
demand that every voter white and
,colored, from the sea-board to the,moun-
tains, should, stand in solid ephalanx to
resist the oppressive taxes and penalties
heretofore fastened upon US by Radical
misrule, sndfwhich- looms upr infinitely
more terrific in the future, from the ac-
ton of the existing Legislature of South
Carolina. II explained to sithe colorcd
people how, perhaps, oneshalf of thoir
hard earnings are at present taken from
them indirectly, without thoirknowledge,
by Radicals Congressional legislation, and
thereby the wages'o Of labor reduced, and
the prices Ct tho :.necessariesssot life in
creased, until with all their efforts, they,
together with the poor Of all races and
colors,t are. comparatively speaking, per
pstually the objects of hunger and, want !;
and it gives me pleasure to state, ithat 1
found no person 30 ,lliterate as not to
understand, and appreciate why it is that
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