The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-09-21

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GENTLEMEN, j have the honor 10
eckpowledss the receipts Of your note Of
yesterday, .informipgyDs tbatJnt hare
Yewberry, South Csfofida, 70 1acettSin
the truth or faisity Of certain rumols
with regard to the tsestment Of eolored
people fn this State since the -.elsstiss
10 August, and rsquestisg ne 10 reply
TO certain qusstioss which you proposed.
To thsquestions, ireply - follows !:
Question /. II 1t true or false that,
stnce the August election in this Stste,
tho oolored people are: compelled to
carry passes aboqt With them in order to
their projections Z 80 -.
ADsHor. l bays: never heard Of .
colored person being compelled to carry
such pass, nor do I believe that they
have been compelled to do 20.
Question 2. sit true or false that
colored.peopls are now whipped At the
shipping post?
Answer. I have not heard of such .
case nor do believe that ono has oc.
Cured,
Question 8. Is it true or false that
tho rights of tho colored people, as
secured by LAW, arc ignored in this
State By tho white people?
Answer. To the best Of my knowledge
it is not true.
Question 4. Is it true or false that the
public schools we're closed against the
colored people?
Answer. It is not true. Schools are
not established over tho whole State,
but they are being established as
rapidly as practicable. The only
distinction between white aud co;ored
people is that there are separate schools
for the two colors but tho character of
the schools is the same, aud it is the
testimony of all with whom l have con
vcrsed on the subjcc. that there is DO
disposition to deprive iu any manner
co!orcd children of the advantage Of the
public schools. On the contrary, the
desire of both political parties is to give
them equal advantages with the white
children.
| Question 6. Have you any reason to
believe, from your intercourse with the
people, that the whites or the Conser-
vatives aud Democrats have any pur.
pose or design to attempt to interfere
with or abridge sny Of the rights and
privileges Of the coIored people now
secured to them by the constitution and
the laws
Answer. Ihave not From my in
tcrcourse with gentlemen Of both polit-
ical parties, have been impressed with
the conviction that it is both the desire
and intention to respect the rights of
the colored, aud to give them such
further security for their rights as
circumstances may show to be necessary.
will add that l came to the State
but q few days before tho election !;
that, Immediately after the result was
known, a. number Of colored people
applied to arny officers for employ ment
which would enable them to leave the
country with tho troops, as they were
afraid they would be i'll treated, and,
perhaps, reduced to sluvcry again. I
believe this feur has worn of. aud those
who were alarmed on the subject now
feel safe.
Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Henry j. Hunt.
Brevet Maj. General and Colonel of the
Fifth Artillery.
We were highly pleased with our
trip. We called on Governor Holden,
but could not see him. We regret to
say that one Of his officers Ga Mr. Farris)
treated US rudely, hut We attributed it
to his too free uso Of whiskey. With
that exception, We were treated with
the utmost kindness.
We have thus given you an outline
of our trip. We are in possession Of
other facts and documents, but believe
the foregoing is enough to satisfy all
that tho condition of tho .eolored
people in North Carolina has been
grossly misrepresented in South Caro-
lima.
Very respectfully,
UosEA VIM, a Reformer,
CASEY DAvIDs, a RrpuJhcan.
Sept. 10, 1870.
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