The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-09-15
Governor Scotes Military Programme. THE
Arming of the Negro Militia.

Since the inAiction upon South Carolina Of
the present regime, made up largely of self
seeking politicians, who live by their trade,
and of miserable pretenders, whose ignorance
of State craft is equal to their presumption, the
people of the State have been constrained to
submit to many enormities. But we doubt if
anything that has yet been enacted equals in
enormity the military programme that is now
being carried out by the present unscrupulous
and partial Executive. What is Governor
SCOTS military programme? Under the pre-
tence of carrying out the militia laws OF the
State, what does he do? Does he recognize
the fact that South Carolina is composed of
white people as well as black people? !twould
seem not. He undertakes to organize the mill
tia of South Carolina, and the result is, that he
organizes the blacks, and upon some pretext or
another, ignores white organizations. AS a
general rule, the colored people are his polltl-
cal supporters, and these he organizes, and to
these he distributes his improved arms and to
these he distributes his ball cartridges. AS
some one has remarked, these colored troops
are SCOTS political militia" he expects them
to vote nobly for him and his corrupt ring
We ask, how many white companies has Gov.
Scott received, and how many has he armed?
This is, indeed, pretty state of affairs 81! Here,
in South Carolina, the whites concede to the
colored people the rights secured to them by
law. There is desire on the part of the
whites to have peace aud good understanding.
But this does not suit Gov. Scott and his crew.
They flourish by keeping up an antagonism
between the races that inhabit South Carolina.
They desire to prolong the era of antagonism.
Hence Governor Scott interposes between the
whites and blacks his rifles and his cartridges,
and he acts out his theory that the "Winches-
ter Rifle is the best law" This state of things
must be matter of regret to all sober and dis
Greet citizens. 1t must meet the condemnation
even of sensible colored people At least, it
should so be received by them. The time will
yet come, when the colored people will see that
men like Governor Scott, instead of being their
friends, are really their worst enemies.
The white people of this country must, at an
early day, in the South, as we'll as in the North,
exert controlling power. Now, in the United
States, the colored people stand to the whites as
1900, 900 to 40,000,O00 In the South, the pro-
portion is as 3,SO0,0O0 to 10000,O0O. 1t would
be we'll for long headed colored men to ponder
over these figures. -
With respect now, to Governor Scott's mill
tary programme in South Carolina, and his ex-
elusive black militia organization, we have only
to remark, that this is in keeping with the rad
ical programme, to keep the races politically
apart and we have only to add, that we have
no doubt as to the ultimate result of this role.
Certainly it bodies no good to the negro. 1t
would be we'll for the colored people in each
County to consider whether or not they intend
to be misled by their self-seeking leaders, white
or black.-Columbia Phenig.