The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-06-29
~ :~WEDNESDAY MORNING., j CNEa 29, 1870
DEVOTED LITERATURE MORALITY iND GENERlI

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The question Dame mp. before the Com;
mittee - 90 whether they should recon.
mend, any course in regard TO the
nomination; aud, inasmuch a. that
question will DO disoussed before this
Convention, avail myself Of this OPP
portunity to say that I regard this 1hole
movement as being biow1 to the wind
if this Convention should separate with.
out nomination. cloud applause II
it il true that these evils exist which
are the occasion Of the assembling of
this Convention, then, sir, it is true that
We should labor faithfully and earnestly
to ,overturn those evils. .(Applause.) 1t
is true that, whenever these evils exist,
We must fight them ceaselessly, and
earnestly and leave the success to the God
of Truth. (Applause.) l have no hesita.
tion in expressing my honest conviction
that tho discussion will eliminate truth
to such an extent that, if we do not suo.
oeed in this canvass Gas I trust we shali)
it will be the end to the reign of foorrup-
tion in South Carolina. have no fears,
speaking as Hebrew of the Hebrews,
aud brought up. at the feet of Gamaliel
aud inspired blythe wisdom, genius and
eloquence of Calhoun, for the honor OF
the white race of South hCarolina-none
whatever. / think it cannot be tarnished
by tie gentlemen I SEQ around me. I
do not believe that in the humblest
village in South Carolina ten men can
be found who would sully the white raoo
of the State. They stand upon basis
Inherent, natural, aud placed far beyond
the reach Of any unworthy. son to de~
grade them iu any respect. y
Mr.. President, we are, after oil, two
peoples. God has made us two peoples,
as ho mado Jacob and Esau, brethren OF
the same womb, two peoples. We are,
however, brethren, because our destinies
have been cast upon the soil of the same
State for generations, asd we have ties
and afinities which bind US together as
against all the world; and separated
though We be, do not believe any
| reasonable white man can hesitate to
say that the day will come, and soon,
too, when around the white race will be
found, to man, the whole colored peo.
pie of South Carolina, standing by
them, and claiming their help against
oil outside interference. (Applause.)
Mr.. President, we are to have upon this
soil an invasion by oil the nations Of the
earth-a social invasion, which We shall
most heartily welcome. We are. to have
the Chinese, the Germans, the Italians,
the Swiss, the Poles, the French, the
English, the Scotch, the Irish, pouring
in upon our soil to develop tho resources
of the State !; and when that invasion
comes, inevitably our colored citizens
will find themselves in the minority
Where, then, will our brethren find
their strcngthY They will find it in q
union of hearts under the old flag of
South Carolina, which, thank God,
bears its motto yet, "While there is life
there is hope;" and while We have hope,
We will endeavor to maintain what wo
conscientiously believe to be right
prolonged applause.)
RENIABKs OF REV. MIR. BYRD.
Ar. President and Gentlemen-I feel
bound by every impulse of my heart to
rise and say few words in behalf of the
State of South Carolina. (Applause.) }
Before | proceed further allow mo to
refer to fact which I have communica.
ted to several gentlemen in tho City of
Charleston, and which think it ap.
propriate to mention here. It is this :
I have regretted very much, and never
can cease to feel that regret, that our
people did not accept the issues of the
war at first and have joined heart aud
hand together as we are this day. Gap.
plause.) There would have been, then,
no room for the imposters who have
invaded our land (lsencwed applause }
We would have been, though of two
races, a people united, pulling together
in the effort to raise the State from the
impoverishment resulting from the war,
advancing her agricultural system and
it's industries, and bringing to it in:
creased prosperity. [Applause.] But
tho misfortune is that wc did not do it.
Last night, when our President was
making his address, and he spoke Of the
whites seeking the cooperation Of the
colorcd voters. some man in the audience
asked, ""hy did not you do it sooner2'
l desire to express my opinion of the
individual who asked that question, aud
| it is this: He is one of those gentlemen
who dislikes to see any cooperation be-
tween the colorcd aud white voters
because if there shall be good UNDER
standing between them, he will be Gu,
off from further opportunity Of living
off the State. [Applause.l
Mr.. President, | came untrammelled
to this Convention, but if l ever was in
earnest am now. [Applausc.1 1 bc.
lieve every word which has fallen from
the lips Of General Butler and Genera
Kcrshaw. Sir, havo full, unlimited
confidence iu South Carolina and he,
sons. [Applausc.] I see hero Colopc
Simous aud Nlr. Mikell. Their fathers
were my associates, aud these, their
sons, have been born and raised since
lived in Charleston. 1 cume to that cit,
in June, l8l5-fIty five years ago
Certainly l should know my people from
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