The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-11-17
b'a ""4a."".'i "a 4 For tho Herald.
Letters to the People of New
berry.
No. 2.

| I>' N"oSI VI tAS(Suic6, y
! cries. l care not who hold tho OF
hces if they arc decont md homes
men. 1 think it is far bottor fo
honest men to be in Office ant
faithfully perform tho duties thcro
OF than for my party to be trium
phant and carry everything before
it, if my party is rotton and cor
rupt. Corruption in high places
or low I dcspiso. I want Reform
Let that DO the cry for the future
We have had enough Of Recon.
struction. Now let us havo Re.
form. Who can ,dohy that we
need it9 Who, looking at South
Carolina, rs sho lies prostrate, 9
proy to tho spoilcr, with loathc,
somo ycrmin crawling all over her
con dony that Reform is needed
and that IL cleansing process must
DO gono through to restore hor to
hcr truo position Of queon-liI1o dig
nifty and honor? It is for tho Dco-
pie to tal1o this matter in hand.
They arc tho Repositories of ali
power. And I tell you it is i'm
possible for state Of oppression
and corruption to continue for any
great length of time unless tho
pooplo themselves are utterly cor
rupt and lost. Arc they so now ?
Havc VIC not enough honest men
IN the State;to savo tho State? I
think wo have. I do not think
tho day of grace is past. It is true
we have great difficulties to con-
tend with. 1t is true that the
cQlorcd people, who arc now vo.
tors, have been to somo extent ar
raycd by the Radical dcmagocues
against tho white. But tho case
is not hopeless. The interests of
tho white and black arc identical
and they must be friends. They
must be friends and they can be
and they will bo spite Of the wiley
arts of unprinciplcd dcmagogues
whose sole desire is to uso tho
blacks to accomplish their own
selfish ends. I writo to tho col
orcd people of Nowborry. 1 want
them to understand who it is that
pays tho enormous taxos that now
drain the State and County. Who
makes tho money! Who creates
tho wealth ? The laboror, tho
working man, whether he bo white
or black. I toll you, you colorcd
man, whom you arc toiling in the
fold, dreaming fondly Of your for
ty acres and mule, your Radical
masters,are Ching in their slocve
at your folly and growing fat off
tho taXos that you pay. Do you
think that because you havo no
property you pay no tax? The
idle, loafing vagabond who lives
by stealing, who lives by pilfering
othors, whether. ho be an office
holderor not, pays no tax. But
# you work, whothor in the field
or the shop. or if you pursue any
honest calling, you pay tax. It is
by your toll that the great army
of officers that now ovorrun tho
State grow rich. Great God !! Is
thore no remody ? AFRO tho peo-
'p!c sunk so low as to bo utterly
beyond tho roach Of any feeling of
honor2 Istho whole body polite
but ono loathosomo mass Of stink
ing rottonncss and corruption7 |
do not believeit. It is bad enough
but not hopeless. We must re-
form. Wo must olcot mon to of.
,fco who will fool themselves to bo
tho scrvants Of tho people, and
who will discharge tho trusts con.
f fiiidcd to thom, not that thoy may
grow rich but that tho peoplo at
large may prosper. We must ro..
duoo tho number Of oflcors. Look
at tho swarm of locusts who live
upon tho labor Of the honest work
ing people Of Nowberry. Look at
tho hosts Of spios aid detectives
going to and flo in tho land like
tho arch. .fiond spoken Of III Scrip,
t''ro soolking whom they may dc.
your. Is there anv necoss;tv for