Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-08-21
nor will either be hold by others for Won


nor will either be hold by others for you
You may live here if you will, poaccable,
happy and prosperous undor the protoc-
ton of our laws, just as we arc protected,
with no distinction or inequality; but
you cannot govern us. You cannot say this
is unreasonable or unjust. It is what you
say to the white man in your own countries
| and governments. There is free and pros
porous colored government, Republic upon
the model of our own. It has President,
Senate, House of Representatives and Judi.
dicial Department like ours From it you
have excluded tho white man. He is assur-
CD OF the protection of your laws, just as you
arc protected by ours, without distinction.-
But he has not, and cannot have political
power, or vote, or hold Office; or participate
in the administration of the govcrnmont.--
Such is the republic Of Liberia. That is no
place for carpct-baggcrs. There are in that
atmosphere no attraction for them So, also,
it is in ST. Domingo and Hayti. They arc
tho colorcd mans governments. And if you
will, you, also, may have other governments
of your own, but they will not be in the Uni.
ted States. If every white inhabitant of
South Carolina-if every white woman or
child in tho Southern States should consent
and agrco to it, you would not be permitted
by tho people Of the North and tho West to
establish Liberia, or Domonican, or
Haytlen government within the United States
This matter is in their hands, not ours Nor
is there to be any partnership between the
white and colored man in the government of
this country. There is no middle ground in
this matter. Tho government must be all
white or all colored DO not your pretended
friends tell you t!is, or at least show that
they mean this, when they shut you out by
thoir commands or cntreatics from CONGRESS-
where they arc for the time aupromeS
/ know it's said, you arc told, you say it
too, that tho suffrage once givon to you and
exercised, cannot be taken away. Some Of
| you cyGn threaten that tho ette,unt will bo
followed by bloodshed. That will be as you
may choose. was oncc voter. 1t was my
blrth-right My ancestors, under Washing
ton and his compccrs, thought they had for
ever secured the right to their descendants. -
1t has been taken from mo. The bayonct,
aud powder and ball, with tho blue coats, did
it, and they will do tho same for you, whom
law or the color of law, or the voice of tho
white people, bids them do it. Our people
fought them four years, and we had enough
of it. You may try it if you choose.
| Shol1 not Eobf thor, ~ ,,o,, e.. 49,,
to vote. 1t will come without that, and yours
will fail with or without it. You trust to
your present allies, who forced suffrage upon
you, not for your sake, but against us and for
their own gain. You think they will stand
by your You are deluded. "Blood is thick
or than water" The great masses of the
people will stand by us-by thoir OWN RAoE.
Your champions will be scattered and power
loss exceptions. Mr.. Summer and suoh war.
like horoos as follow such a warlike chief, may
sound loud and long aud oohoing exhorsations
to battle for you-but thoy will not be found
in the "forlorn hope"
Tho poor Indian thoughtas yau think when
he boastod, as you do, in calm security of his
great aud powerful allies and friends. Eng
land and Franco in the supremacy of thci,
power and in the infancy of ours, were his
allios and friends. They would stand by him
in his wars upon us-thoy purchased from
him the soalps Of our warriors, our women
and our children. And whore now, and what
| is, tho Iudian
Do you understand mc7 hopo you do.
You have tho opportunity offered to choose
between perpetual peace, prosperity and ad-
vancement in all the many blessings called
civilization, between that and hostility to us,
degradation aud fnal oxtermination. We
offer you the former.
The carpet-baggcr tompts you to tho latter.
AS your friend, pray God to give you wis
dom in your choice.
Thus would talk and have our people talk
to our colored friends -truthfuly, calmly,
firmly and honestly.
am, dear sir, very truly,
Your friend and obedient servant,
JAMES B. CAMPBELL.
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