Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-23
Enrolment Of Negro Troops.
!, A ssxsrbLs AID MAsIf ARTICLE.

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~ A ssSs1BLt AID MASLr ARTICLE. "
= We take the following from the Sumter o
Watchmnn .... :
Anything like the enrolment Of negro =
troops at this tine, it seems manifest, could 70
not fni to have a most disastrous effect a
'hotli upon 'he agricultural in.e,es's Of the t
State. an' the peace and quiet Of the p"o
pie. The exciting elections having passed
over, and H ver> percep'ihle calm having
succeeded. and there appearing TO h- moth
lug Of ntreral nature before us To produce
d'.tu bancp. n verv general hope was en- /,
terlained tina, the lahoring elements Of tha
country would lie permitted To ssttle 'I"wn.
With wha, OF zeal AID application til" still
conflicting and d-monlizeh conhrli"n
would admit "f. 10 the great and vital!
impnrtan, business Of cu'iva,ing the soil.
Onr farmers aud planters We're generally
more hopeful Of the efficiency of labor
the present year, and were "ev"li'g & them
selves with IN activity and ea,uest' e>'
such as We have moi Witnessed before Stree
the close "f The war. AS proof nf this
we may point 10 the almost uneq"all"d
amount y! fertilizers which have been and
are being brought inl" our milsl-to the
crm ,,nra,ivel, small number OF idlers now
seen, and to the spirit which IL Hlnnies'ing
itself in connection with the formation OF
; agricultural associations, looking alone to
5 progress and improvement in developing
he material interests Of tho country.
But i, would te wrong 10 attempt to
3 conceal the fact that this movement toward
8 The organization Of negro troops, or even
the formation of negro militia. rs must,
0 in fact, he the practical result, has created
~e,ions appreien>:ons in TIL minds of our
s MOS, quiet and less sensitive cilizens.-
F,om the very nature Of the circumstan-
Il ces now existing, snch a movement must
@ hreed disturbance 10 II greater or less cx
tent, aud, as a consequence, de,raet from
q our industrial energies. Governor Scott
g, rei,erates his feeling OF in,eres, in the com
n mon good Of sour people," rs bs calls US
: and especially in the development Of cu
n material prosperity. Does not his reason
his observa,on-the history Of the pas
three years-tell him in language he can
not mistake. that what he proposes 10 d
~. nust re,arsl both these? :? If, in fact, tn
-ffrcl be not of more serious nature
~ And did there exist, upon the face Of IT,
+: things in this Ss",e, At this time, n show. G
Us necessity, louking to the preservation Of 'h
" peace, for such movement. there migl
G. appear some consistency. in the profession
"r nf Governor Scott, with such movemen
at But it is no,orious!y the fact, that at n
~ lime since the Inauguration Of the preser
ur sense, feeling and interest Of the who'll ma
of the intelligence and worth Of The viii
a. Citizens of the State, has lhero been p'
''' riod OF general quiet equal to that viii,
), ,Irevails n: preseut. And, if violence ar
i7 hloodShed Low again occur, we ask, in Il
, name Of al! tru,h at whose duur will Il
oe responsibility rest We ask this in
- srhcrLess, ard with II" feeling but that
W. dep:ecntien of difficulty in the futu,o.
." i, then, we cannot sec the necessity
this mastering Of The ini.iti" AM ia. inc
10 table irritation which must follow, VII
= VI mo.iv- can we d scnvtr, except it be IL p'
''e o 9 20 continue t. violate and wound /
Inc natura. as:oiIi,ies of onr prophetic
LUG r.nnizr over them hy the pse OF the tr,
ia'i focce whicn the superior uumher Of
oo' negro popn'aliou affnrds-:o crush :h'
w. down, in fact, with the heel OF the negr
'es' This is certainly the tendency of tn
'eo' things. ii il be not the purpose. Anu
ny Governor Scott says, whilo in the purs
oHs Of this new insult. and wrong. and opp,
us sion Of our people, Of the ex'>ti"g ate
tne things: 81 nm not without hope, hove,
'eeo .ha. ,hry will gradually become reconci
'eo' to ,hern.'
'ro- If lie really indulges such n hope. il
cry telier at oEcs to tell HIM that he has
ass. ti;e!y to comprehend the cha'ac'er Of
anu people. and lha. his hope is utterly with
ueo' foundation.