The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-04-27

% notice that steps are elsewhere
sssatekss to arrange for delegates to
!. .this eonveu.ion, to be held in this city,
Jl9e next. In this movement all
sltissns, regardless of color, opposed to
Sshe present radical regime, are invited to
sabite. We hope that every county will
s Tally represented. Richland will be
The political duty Of the
s'khohs IL before "a. 1t is to make vigo.
Sisoua effort 10 behalf Of reform in our
s86ysrnment. Let all the elements of
], ,Dfposition 70 our present corrupt aud
signorant government be united, and let
Akis question only concern US how
8 IahAh We. give most efficiency to our
.Slnotsmeut, 10.
ST@R REVIEWER RREvlEVvED..THE
IN Ess CONFERENcE..NOs. 3 AND 4.
10 article No. 3, tho author of the
: review objects to our admission ofpoliti.
s. cal rights to the co!ored man, because
20 he holds, social equality flows there
from. We do not assent to this propo-
sitiou. That the tendency may exist,
7 We do not deny. But we hold that
social equality does not necessarily fol-
low. Iu all countries and amongst all
! classes, it is taste that regulates social
|. equality and individual association. We
acknowledge that whites aud blacks
sstand alike before the august tribunal
ssof God. Tho white man and the COL
5ored msn may commune together, and
side by side engage in religious rites,
and yet, with perfect consistency and
in Christian charity, after leaving the
church, each seeks those human asso-
!, Citations that are mutually agreeable. So
: may white and black stand equal before
the country, side by side vote, side by
side legislate, and still it docs not follow,
mo more in political than in q religi-
ous way. that social equality must follow
from political aud legal equality.
God, 10 his providence, made men OF
different races. The white man and the
negro arc of different races. Let each
preserve tho integrity of his race. We
arc always grati6ed to find man tena-
oious Of his race. Wo heard Senator
J Beverly Nash say oncc-or saw that he
. once wrote-"that he was proud of the
blood Of the negro that flowed in his
veins-that it was dearcr to him than
all the blood of all the Howards." We
admired this in Nash. Let him eu-
. terrain the sentiment. 1t will make
+ him better and purcr because of his
faith. And in this, he rises head and
shoulders above Messrs. Rainey and
YWimbush, brother Senators, who, accor.
ding to Representative Jones, are "col
ored folks" in South Carolina, but
Spauiards in Washiugtou-Ra;ney and
/ lssr.6ash here-but there, "Dom
Rodrtyo and "Don AIohonso." And
let tho white man also be proud of his
white blood. Let him never forget his
race. Let each be what God made him,
aud become what he can make himself,
1T is the rivalry Of races and the pride
Of nationalities that make up tho inccn
tives to human rivalry. In the aggre.
gate, the progress Of humanity is ac-
y celeroted, and the ways Of God are vindi-
Gated to man.
" 1t is thus that we answer the reviewer
of the press resolutions, in his third
!, proposition.
In article No. 4, tho reviewer of the
press conference resolutions asks what
is meant by subjccting tho right of the
colored man to office to the test of"pcr.
sonal qualification and fitness" This
we take it, is easily answered. 1t means
that if we freely admit that VIC must no
longer deny the claims Of the colored
man to office because of his color, then,
also, we must insist that because Of his
color, he is not to bs exempt from the
usual tests of "personal qualification and
fitness" This is but fair. II there be
few colored men qualified to hold Office,
then they should not be elevated to
Offices that they arc not competent to
flI. If Mr.. Justice Wright and Mr.
Coditisr Whippcr, as iDstanced by the
reviewer, have been raised to positions
for which they are unified, this shows
that in those cases, at least, 9. premium,
was set upon their color, but there is
involved no discount upon the fair
,stompromise indicated in the resolutions
Of the conference Columbiu PGnin
THE CONVENTION.
The Press Conference recommended
!, that the decent and honest people,
black as well as white, Of South Caroliua,
should hold a Convention in June. The
resolutions did not say "dccent aud hon.
est" but We oil know that the whole
movement means to unite and harmo-
pise tho decent and honest Of the land
As regards honesty and dccency among
the bucks, the difficulty is not that they
are either dishonest or indecent
themselves, but they are--or have been,
at all cven.s--very promo to tic to lead
Mrs. who arc both dishonest and indecent.
ISH tho resolutions Of tho Press Con fer
once, and tho subsequent action of the
Convention, can induce tho blacks to
leave of supporting these rasoals and
plunderers, aud live in harmony and
good understanding with the white
,people among whom they were born and
raised, they will have wrought good
work indeed. The effort is wise, honor