Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1869-09-01

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here, and the deputies Of those remainr
ing at home, would be chosen the Fed
eral officers for the. several States
the Judges, Attorneys, Marshals,
Clerks, Collectors of the Revenue, Post
masters, &c. A part Of the scheme
would be to confer suffrage upon, the
negroes and then the Northern settlers
and negroes, combining with the so
called Union men of the South, would
aspire to control the States in their In
ternal domestic policy. In process Of
time, they would out vote the Southern
whites, fiji the State Offices with Their
own men and make all the laws to sui
themselves. Owning the soil, having
the labor Ct the negroes, favored bya
sympathizing Government in every rs-
spect, they would reap and enjoy all
the immense profits of the cotton, To-
bacco, sugar, rice, corn and wheat crols.
In the meantime what would become Of
the Southern whites after parting with
their lands? In numerous instances
they would be cheated out of the par
chase money. When honestly paid, ,it
would perhaps be invested in stock that
would become valueless-some fancy
stock gotten up for the occasion by
shrewd New Englanders. If we'll in
vested, in nine cases out of ten the M
terest would be inadequate as a support.
The principal would have to be en-
crcached upon, until interest, principl
and all would be consumed. Then
would be presented the melancholy
spectacle of almost nation without lands
without money, without employment.
Would they come down to manual la
Dor? If SO they would have to work
side by side with the negroes, and on
the soil they once owned, for the New
England proprietors and task-mastars,
If they did not work, they and their
families would have to starYe. Some
few might be able to emigrate to Mexl-
co, Brazil, Venezuela, but nine out OF
ten would not have the means TO remote
their families. A people thus hcmmed
in, thus pauperised, thus driven to des-
peration, would have but one resource
revolution. If successful, this might
enable them 70 rec9Yer their lands and
their lost position. An earthquake
the forked lightning, an avalanche, are
not more to be dreaded than a brave
race thus driven to the extremity o.
despair. 1t matters not that they
would be ultimately subdued; that con
sideration would not perhaps deter
them. Their first rush would be upor
the occupants Of the lands upon which
they and their children were born ano
reared, and twould be like the rush o
hungry tigers upon their prey.
In every aspect in which it can bt
viewed, o stringent, cruel, repressiv'
policy towards the Southern people il
dreadful to contemplate. Although VI
see no symptom Of relenting on tn
part of the Radicals, we cannot alto
gether repress the hope that a mercifu
God will change the hearts of thos'
who pursue us with such inhupan ma
Lightly, If, haxeyar, they shall con
tinuB to harass and peraecnte rs, lot y
bear it as we'll as wc may-let us draw
together among ourselves, hold aloo
from strangers, devote ourselves to sucl
pursuits rs may be still open to us. AM
rdcsolrc under no circumstances, to 1'a'
aqttk o1p aads to persons not knoym
be friends. Let US determine to bsa
any cross, submit to any 'iH'conFenI
incident 10 their present Guilty
and hold them until death deprlY
of them, and impose the same cond