The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1870-06-09
[From thechcsst Rsporter.l
Origin of the Eord Negro.

music OF drum and 6fc, while the
weeds and grass were growing lux
uriously among ne corn and cotto,
at home, zone poor fellow walked
nineteen miles to inhale political ga,
hope he got full dosc.) The
query naturally ari:ss what invisi
BILE forces caused this human uphca
val? Who are the wire-pullers be
hind the scenes? Reelection has but
one eivrt answer Sciilsh l,.s mo,
The Psalmist says, "Come let u,
reason together" If this golden
r'ie had been acted, upon in years
past, how much bloodShcd and sor-
row could have been avoided. il
this had ended by the disaster OF
defeat, it might have been looked
upon rs the fortunes Of war, but un-
fortunately, there are class Of men,
both white and black, whom, either
through ignorance or design, keep
discord vibrating through society,
which ultimately must end in posi-
tive rain to the weaker party.
Ignorance shall h,ndlc for the
present, and ask my colorcd friends
to listen to me, who certainly have
more experience with reference to
the colorcd race than ,he great ma
.jority of your leaders and scIr-sacri-
ticing friends
In the Constitutional Convention
of 1868, which was 10 frame a code
of laws to govern .both.:classcs for
all time to come, uicre Was an Ass
-name not rememher9, and if re-
mcmberrd, would tryae forget it.
lie offered rcsoluliot: :to erase or
expungc the word .ncsio from the
vocabulary Of South (SroIina-rich {.
Did that fool know tKqorigin Of the
word, or how it came to DC the dcs-
ignation of certain race of men {?
Doubtful! The Sraniasds and Por-
tugucse, centuries ago, were our
boldest navigatorS. ThcPortuguesc
discovered the Island Of Madeira.
| which means, wood or f0res. The
Spaniards passed beyond the pillars
of Hercules (modern Gibralter,) and
discovered the Canarics and Cape dc
Verbs Islands. Passing further south
on the continent Of Africa, they land
cd at Scncgambia and Guinea, where
they found the true black man, the
progcnitor or ancestor of the black
man of North America. The Span
ish word for black nan is norro.-
They told on returning that they had
seen "ios hombrc mpo," (black
mcn). At that tinr no knowledge
of the Minas, Manlingocs, or Full
labs, whose grand or great grand
children can be sect among our own
black people to-day
state facts from personal expert
ence-havc been among your locust
and snake-eating klnstolks. "To
throw oil upon the roublcd waters"
is my object in wiring this.
My colored friend, whenever the
rude call you, "da'as nigger," that
is rudeness, and meas nothing. But
negro, the proper Spanish word,
means black man, ati no offence
Those rascals whom, by pandcring
to your passions anS ignorance of
the outside world, ar bigger fools
than you arc-dcspisc hem, for when
their ends are answeed, you may
suffer and perish. Sue, is the worlds
history everywhere, and will be
yours. | ask you formo office or IA
vors; give me your work and / will
pa! yoo, and tbero Inc obligation
ends. This is now The sentiment of
thousands Of your vbi,c fcllow-citi.
Zcns. Nine inches sdcr The ,sur-
'"'e ''v9 '"' S"'' ~, .i.c rcVryr1
OF industry, no matte' whether aflsi,e
or black man. q d.
1t may surprise yW how nearly
the quarter Of coltincnt got its
name through the sane sTall means
as you are to-day caIed ncgro-thc
L. S, West Indies, liexico, Central
America and Brazil, we're all mapped
out. The sixteenth CENTURY was mad
after discoverics--is here anything
beyond higher noEh--is there a
northwest passage tc cCathey? (Chi-
na). Sebastian Calpt crossed the
tropic of Cancer, clar up to Labra-
dor and Newfoundland. In latitude
so deg, North, he ome to a cold.
inhospitablc region, sent boat
ashore, and on its return asked,
'What did you se,?" Canada
nothing! Do you think any en'
lightened Canadian, who was just a