The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-08-20
Tbs Blaclk Rae.


gro population. The patience of the
white people seems at last to have be-
come exhausted and broken down. We
have urged, and demonstrated, and
pleaded with these people to persuade
them to see that their interests did not
lie In the direction Of combining with
onr enemies in hostility to the white
race. It,would be unfair to say that the
conciliating efforts of the whites have
been entirely without effect; for they
have certainly caused many to abstain
from voting with the G. Baggers, anl
quite number to act and vote, at large
personal risk, with the Democratic party.
But the rule is the other way, and the
negro masses have not only been deaf to
white entreaty, but have become as ma
ignant in their hostility as their most
malignant @. B. leaders could desire.
This spirit was clearly manifested in the
seventh negro ward while the election
was pending, and it broke forth in So
wage threats and imprecations on the
whites ss soon as it was over, and as
sumed the form of an armed mob on the
night OF their glorifcation meeting.
The result is, that the white people
have hardened their hearts agninsta race
that seems determined to force an issue
- ~AAssSsS1J uPoh uA1oAls Anu III HAS SoC
many minds to inquire-have we mis-
taken our true policy in dealing with
these deluded blacks? Is it worth while
to pursue further system of "moral
suasion" upon set of half savages who
are determined to be our enemies? Are
not pearls wasted before swine? And,
lastly, is not the policy of the assertion
OF natural authority and supremacy
the policy of moral domination, the one
that the case demands? We must con-
Tess to the change in the general feeling.
1t is absurd to deal with enemies as If
they were friends, to foster them with
employment that they may use their
wages to buy arms to over-awe us with
riots and frighter women and children
with their loud and blood thirsty threats.
We hold, therefore, ithat every negro
who adheres to the @. B. party should
be instantly turned out of white en-
ployment, and white men put in their
places. An unrelenting social war should
be kept mp on their white leaders, for
here is the seat of the disease In all
barbarian armies, when the chiefs are
killed or taken prisoners, the rank and
file fly. We are rid of the Head Centre
and the most dangerous of these men.
Let the work go on until peace and Sc
curity are attained by the hegira Of the
last one of them, @. Bagger and scala
wag. Frown them out of the land they
have cursed. and, if need be, build q
golden bridge for retreating enemy.
AS to negro suffrage, it is an inexora-
Die TACT for the present, and while it
stands it is absurd to argue that we must
not utilize it. There is no sacrifice of
principle in endeavoring to control n
dangerous weapon in dangerous hands.
Indeed it is an act justified by common
sense and the principle of self-pree rva-
ton! But ho,o control it. is q question
to be answered under the new and recent
lights thrown upon it. We think it
probable that the last negro voter that
can be brought over by white persuasion
and gentle argument has been acquired.
These should be the objects of tender
care, assistance and regard. When we
consider the temptations they have had,
the Establishments and menaces thew
nave resisted, we must come to the con-
clusion that they more than deserve we'll
at our hands. Help them, therefore. in
every way we can; help them to work, to
educate their children and provide for
their families; to build their churches.
and In every way to better their condi-
ton. That is clear duty, and one that
we are glad to believe that our people
arc cheerfully ready to discharge. To-
wards the malignant class our course
should be very different. They should
be met on the hostile ground of their
own chooslng-no employment, no sue
cor. no favors given. They should be
made plainly to understand that we meet
their absurd attempt to govern this
country oyer the PROSTATE power of the
white man with defiance, and we are
ready for that issue whenever they un-
dertake to try it. While we should not
stop to ask for their votes. we should see
to it that they vote fairly, and tolerate
none of the frauds at the polls in which
they are such adept tools We should
permit no more riotous and overbcaring
proceedings at the voting boxes, like
those that beat and drove white men
away in Baldwin, and was attempted and
promptly checked in the 7th Ward of
this CITY, In word, we should assert
the natural and indefeasible superiority
OF the white man on all occasions, and
let them know that we mean to vindicate
supremacy that God has created.
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