The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-02-01
KENsINoToN,
F COOPER RIVER,
January IA, 1868.

January IA, 1868.
Captain F. ". Lealtke:
DEAR Sir: A condition of things has arisen
on this plantation among the freedmen which
1t is necessary to inform you of at once, and to
request that you will communicate with ne at
once upon the subject. have offered General
SCOTS contract to the people on the plantation
for their acceptance, but WINS answered with
hat refusal to make any contract at all. They
wont on to say that they would work the lands.
but until something was decided in their favor
BY the sitting of the convention, they would
not sign any agreement or make any terms
with mc whatsoever. Now this is like taking
possession of my lands out and out, and am
not disposed to submit without every effort to
establish my authority over what consider my
own property.
am not disposed to bc harsh in my meas
ures, believing rs do, that all this is the re-
suit of false teaching, but simply wish that
you would advise me MS to the proper method
to pursue either to compel them to sign this
contract of General Scott's, or to quit my
premises at once, SO that way have n chance
of procuring other labor before it is too late
| have given these people full warming that if
they insist upon working my lands without n
contract, they do it Mt their own risk, and
them again, against my will Or recognize their
work in any way. If my plantation affairs are
to await the deliberations of the Convention.
you will readily perceive the necessity of i'm.
mediate action in order to disabusc their minds
of the prevailing idea that something is to be
done for their especial benefit by the Conven
tion U
You will oblige me by sending reply to
this at once through Oakley postofice North.
eastern Railroad
Respectfully yours.
s. EMELlUS IRVING. T..
DeI.argc moved that the convention go into
committee of the whole on the unfinished busi-
ness of yesterday. Agreed to. n.
Lemucl Boozer took the chair
The resolution Of f. J. Moses Jr., to pcti-
tlon General Candy to stay all executions for
three months was read
r. c. DcLnrgc rose to reply to r II. Cain
who had spoken against the resolution on
Thursday.
He charged the opposition with using un.
fair means to secure the defeat of the measure
and said that Intimidation and threats had
been used outside the hall to prevent delegates
from voting for the resolution, ITc was very
bitter against the spectators, who would buy
up all the lands, and not give the poor man a
chance. lie denied that the resolution was
class legislation. u, indeed, any legislation at
all, aud insisted that the relief intended to be
asked for was demanded by the necessities Of
the people. lie continued at some lcuyth, and
his speech seemed to be listened to, but il
raised no applause. .s.sa
I. j. Robertson. from some cause not OK
planned, took the statement about intimidation
to himself, interrupted the startled DeLargo in
very passionate manNps, and doelared that
/ tho charge was false loLargo oSplainosa that
ho did not alladc tn Robertson, and Robertson
Expressed hiu.ssN satisfied.
f. L. Cardoza roso to express few doubt.
rs to tho following points: /. The legality o
dency to repudiation. 3. It's impropricty. 4
It's distinction in favor Of a class. s. It's ad
vantage to dealers in slaves Ho rose only tt
express these doubts, but he launchoi of int
II tulerably lengthy and very violcns speeel
against the landholders of tho State. IIe sale
that now was the time to push them and maks
then sell, so that the poor man could buy. IL,
declared he had no cnmity to the men agains
whom he was speaking but it was qucstio,
which went beyond personal motives, tn,
prosperity of the country demanded the Areak
ing up of the plantation system ,G agriculture
Robertson rose to personal ex planation ant
gave very tircsomc and tedious account o
himself how he was said to ho rich. and if h.
was not it was not his fault, how he had assis
ted more poor men than any other man in TIL
State, how he had never, except on one occa
sion, charged more than per cent interest o.
his money, how he had been snubbcd by pee
| pie, whom, if their anteccdents wcrc known
dog would not bark at-and y good deal mor
10 the saiio effect. i,8
WI. Whippcr was in favor of tho rcsolu
tion and he made an elaborate, clear and stron
argument on his side of the question. y:
grammar was not always correct, and he too
rather exalted viows of tho dignity md powc
tho convention, but tho way in which ].
took down clerical opponents, and the pert
ncnt md ready manner in which no answere