The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-25
IMissionary Record, August lS,ls4.
s'sPo1LING FOR A RIOT"

The events of Saturday last are
q clear indication that the mass OF
the colored people in this. city
do not court a conflict with the
! whites. There weresonly . few
colored men in the streets while
the, procession Of white men-two
thousand :strong-masched from
the. .wharves to the hotel, and in
no instance was any attempt made
to repeat the dangerous experi.
ment Of insulting our Savannah
friends.
The riot, ofJuly Goth, was, the
| work of q few insolent negroes,
! acting probably under, the 2in-
structions Of the white-negroes
who lead then, in: council and
desert them. in the moment OF
peril.3 These think tina: our peo-
pie will hear uncomplainingly and
l:withoat resentment hard words
and harder" blows, They. ,houud
on. their satellites, and these drag
with them u body of colored men
who would always be quiet and or
derly were they free from the per-
suasions and threats ofthe knaves
who standin authority over them.
The danger of a collision between
the whites and blacks grows out
Of The passionate hate Of less than
"a score of vicious negroes and
sagabond white men: What they
desire and what they intend may
be learuedfrom the, leading.artiele,
headed s.Spoiling for q Riot, ,"cof
THE Missionary ( Record, of Sat-
urday. This article, is printed. in
full in another column. It is the
work. of r. II. Cain, q black man.,
the editor OF the Recora; > pastor
for q long time OF the largest col
ored congregation in the city, and
still a State senator from Charles
ton: ayI:s, 49, - ,s;.s'.a;;:, 80 !.
This article is nothing less than
an artfal appeal to the passions
and prejudices Of the colored
people. 1T tells them that they
are a peaceful and law-abiding
class, but it remiuds ttholH that
sthere is nota drop Of coward's blood
in the veins Of the South Carolina
negro" Nor does Cain stop here.
With patient art he tauntsr and
reviles the Georgia gentlemen
W ho are now our guests. Cain tells
these "rowd,es" II | that. "when-
ever the Georgians want to test
their mettle, they can find fty
thousand (negroes) in this State
who will crafty their ambition
for q riot in fiveminutes." Again,
he says that the negroes "are
ready at almost any time to graft
fl those who are anxious for q
fray" 1t is true that Cain pats
the white citizens Of Cha lesion
ON the back and damns them with
faint praise. But in sneering at
our guests, in abusing our friends,
Cain insults every white man who
appreciates the laws of hospitality
and dishonors, as we'll as he can, ev-
cry man who loves and respects
Charleston and South Carolina.
1t may be thought that these
are idle words of the negro Cain.
But we remember the late visit Of
the Savannah Club, and have q
vivid recollection of the conduct
| of Just such men as Cain during
| the last three years. Hard ex:
perience has taught us to be pre-:
pared for the worst, to be ready
for every emergency, and not to
put of our armor till the fight ia
clearly won. . ... .-.-..
There is no danger ola collision
between the white people and the
police. No matter what new vex-
ations the craven spirit of the
Mayor may suggest, there will be
no trouble with the municipal
authorities. We are determined
to have tho law on our side. .All
that we want is fit and proper pro-
lection for our. respected guests,
which protection can best be
given them by our own people.
The police guard and the Federal
troops may march and parade as
much as they please. This will
not lessen our responsibility, and
we repeat now, calmly and delib
erately, what we said on Saturday
morning last: "The police may
and, we hope, will be able and
willing to enforce order and main
tain the public peace. But We
cannot shift upon the shoulders o.
a weak and vacillating official the
sacred obligations of hospitality
which we ourselves have delibe
rately assumed. The proper treat
ment of the visitors whom we re
ceive will be an affair for which
our own people have become ex
clusively responsible before thu
country. And We much mistake
their temper if they again brook