The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-08-29

\ "-S,ov E"ASASA "o>o0 &9oA. VIC Know tuaU,
who they s-e, and RI. about them; what they
say, and what thoy arr doing we also kao,o bet.
ter than Msy OK 5sau Gun kaol-, he sure aid
swift penalty Wick will fan upon particular
men whom tie conflict begins But this will
not then save you. You will not thcu be OK.
orsed hecause you have beeu doluded and
cheated by thepo Infamous mon. ;.iston fol
one moment to particulars
When we held cur great meeting on the
evening of che 2A;h Jaly, you proposed, it il
sgd uader the ..;uidanceyof a white insn win
S your candidate for Mayor aad, VIC arc tcil
assomblod. to fern IN PROCESSION and dis.url
our meeting BY marching through full I've
thousand people, closely puoko,i, iu the street
You were, Fortunately for yourselves, prevent
ed by tue infiuepco ofthe Mayor, who is also
of your political affinity. ifyou had attempt.
cd this wiisi, aggression, you would lave
brought On shs coafGcta at Tat timo; you did
ii; an The 1ssh dav Of Dc lemb " is 5sa siii.
aien. ...Libo1 o" tho Sov:hera Siaica s.,a.aeiy
South Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama, North
Carolina a.,t. Georgia, having ratified end ap.
ErrovcI of TIE amcnt!menty tile Secretary AZ
State of sio United Ssu:.s, psbishcd tho !aw.
I'll eFtiiica:o, with the seat sssl Of .le aa-
Ton tiere,o, anI :om th.. Ga sshe auae..,..-
mont anti the s:erns.l abolition OF Liaycry, anl
ic pcrpctua: freedom, o. tho yourcd iaal,, be-
came tic ircvotahlc highest law sfsshe land.
Bu: mark sou. This is what ~ say. Tt is
| What tho Democratic party ..ys, and :ns:b.s
upon: and 's new struggling TO csta;, ssh NJ
So the Republican Rsd:c..l :arty. They deny
tth..s. You douht VI? We viii o., W You we
speak t;.u,.i.
Ills qrcs.:o" bc:::,s. rs we suppo=o:, Csrovcr
settled: WAS. rcorc .e,l by the Radicals. so .:.r
as they corld ret.pc.. I. Wo deny t!lc.r r::ri.t
or owcy 10 do th:s !,.w.::Fiy, but they :rsis, o..
t, and ho; j: .hc issue 20 be lied III The ,sre,,t
contest :rw go., OIL.
I The Rs,!:c.is, j: IsaG, proposed another
aneh'i'icn; to thc constitution, known as the
iouriecn.h 1'tih} %mcndric.t They sent i.
10 ;hc States fur approval. II cainc to the
same l.cg:stur<s Tor the most part, il, Ii.
So..,hcrn States VIII. Ii had approved all there
by MGdc ,llc .mcnlmcat abo. ,.,ns slavery
Il was ;;..c same lcgis!asuc Of Sou;l, Caro.iap.
The Sotliorn l.ca s,:..wcs rejected s,e Cur
tcen,h a;ncnd,l.ont, and it was Thereby defeat
cd. Tic; ail this beca,tso it tlisf:ans ..isod
tlei. icss iaen: wlio llad done ,,o e.;a;nal or
sae..aiyc sc:s, cscoih nseh as they Lad bee.
encouraged and .:ided aud supported IN tloi,g
Ly shc people, and il would have been mean
and d-sorace:is' !; the people Or thsi; Legisls-
.tuscs had ru.ialcd these wl.o wcrc only Ias-
tic;psok III :i:eis own guilt. The Ral.cala,
incapable OF distinguishing between ,nesnnsssi
AID generosity wcsc iierce!y .rritatrd at .lis rn
fusa'; thcrcupof they declared our I.c.isl.-
lures iilc:,.l--.hc sau,o Legislatures which had
aba.:ahc.: savoy and .'ssi..cd ,Ycur frcc,,on,
whose a.G they had invoked and aocep,cd.
They broke up these Legislatures by military
power, b:ca'se, s;.ey ssid, they wcro "il!cga,."
They cstabl.slc.. military governments for q
time, and iiilally your government, such as :.
now %. They call that ';,s;4. We lony it.
If we are right, you arc safe. II they are
right and tho Legislature which made you free
was Heal, thon tho legality of your freedom
is aa open Iucss;o,. ior the futnco dscussio Of
demagogucs, Radicals and scalawags. Ii W..
be open ncr,ly for d:serssio. aud misc. ei Of
no practical avail, bccausS We every man Of
MS, and Of tho Democratic party, would stand
by you to resist such fraud. We ask you L.
land y us Tor your own slkc-no, Tor on.
sake We can and will take arc of ourselves.
We know how to do that, or 10 sec that it is
done. Thor hatred TO US WAS so great .hat,
for i,s sake, with all their prctc,ltletl love for
you, they would s.vc up your freedom and de-
clare j. '';iieg.l' Their hatred to The slavery
Of the ccicrcd man WAS lcsa than thci. hatred
to tho white man Of tho South 1hci.. love &
freedom FOR you was less ;l.:n their .oys .;
slavery fos us. Do you not sec it !: Do ycu
net see hat il The Legislature wl.icl. give you
freedom was ":!csal," its act also must ba ille-
gai! Do yoC not sec who id ;1.s, end that
t.'cy .,aye failed to sec,rc from the I.css's.
t'lfcs they cal. !.yG! ratification &C Lie .;,ncu,
mcnt cc the constitution which i.,sac.; yo,
Tree! Does :iot eE :his sho" to yu; VIII,
tf.css.c'S 7na c.c.:;. arc ,cad,n:5 you 10 your
tlcstiuei-o": 4 icT ,!:s exposure oi chem,
whon it is your 'Yi Il to find 2 p:concc so. l.o,
tiiiy to us; YOU viii pretend 10 believe t'.c;c
men; otherwise you Will not believe them.
We l:vo not left you one particle Of re,.son for