The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-19
THE ENROLMENT OF NEGRO
TROOPS.
Its Effect upon the Peace and Quiet OF
the People-A Sensible and Manly Ar
ttcle.
We take the following well-timed and judi
,ious article from the Sumter Watchman:

We take the following well-timed and judi
cious article from the Sumter Watchman:
Anything like the enrolment of negro trocns
at this Time, it seems manifest could not fail
to have most disastrous effect, both upon the
ona anat re- Of the STATE and the
elections having passed over, and q very per-
csptible calm having succeeded, and there ap-
pearing to be nothing of special nature be-
hope was entertained that the laboring ele-
ments Of the country would be permitted to set
tie down, with what Of zeal and application the
still conflicting and demoraiZed condition
tant BUSINESS OF cultivating the soil. Our farm
ers and planters were generally more hopeful
OF the efficiency OF labor the present year, and
were devoting themselves with an activity and
fore since the close of the war. AS proof of
this we nay point to the almost unequalled
amount of fertilizers which have been and are
lively small number OF idlers now seen, and to
the spirit which is manifesting itselfin connec-
ton with the formation Of agricultural associa-
tlons, Looking alone to progress and improvement
in developing the material interests cftAs oouia-
But it would be wrong to attempt to conceal
the TACT that this movement toward the Or
ganization OF negro troops. or even the forma-
ton or q negro militia, as must, In fact, be the
practical result, has created serious apprehsn-
Sions in the minds Of our most quiet and less
sensitive citizens. From the very nature of
the circumstances Gums now a. existing; such . nlove-'
less extent. and, as . consequence, detract
from our industrial energies. Governor Scott
reiterates his feeling Of interest in the com
espeossy sGGa as b ss snd
prosperity. Does not hiB reason, his OBSERVE
Hon--the history. Of the past three years-tell
him Ia language he cannot mistake. that what
he proposes to do must retard both these? II,
in fact, the effect be not OF o more serious ma
ture And did there exist, upon the face Of
things in this State, at this time, o show Of
necessity. looking to the preservation Of the
peace, for such o movement. there might ap-
pear some consistency in the professions OF
Governor Scott, with such movement. But it
is notoriously the fact, that at no time since
tho inauguration Of the present State Govern
ment. so obnoxious to every sense, feeling and
interest OF the whole naass OF the intelligence
and worth OF the white citizens OF the State.
has there been period OF general quiet equal
lence and bloodshed now again occur, We ask,
in the name Of GIL truth, at whose door will the
responsibility rest We ask this in oil sober
ness. and with no feeling but that Of depreca-
II, then, we cannot see the necessity for this
mastering OF the militia, and the inevitable ir-
rtation which must follow, what motive can
we discover, except II be q purpose to continue
OF our peopie-to tyranni2e over them by the
use OF the brute force whichthe superior num-
Der OF the negro population afYords--tO crush
theIn down, in tact, with tho heel Of the negrof
This is certainly the tendency, Of these things,
Il 1t be not the purpose. And yet Governor
Scott says, while in the pursuit Of this new ili-
suit, and wrcng, and oppression of our people,
OF the existing state OF things: "I am not
without hope, however. that they will gradual.
~ Decome re sonciled 70 them" p }s
As really indulges such hope, 1t is better
at once TO tell him that he has failed entir siy
TO comprehend the character Of our people,
ana that his hope liz utterly without founda.