The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-12-13
GOV. SCOTS ANNUAL MESSAGE
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That this language was used or
that occasion by the person referred
to, have the testimony of gentle
men of the highest respectabilty who
- heard it. Scarcely less incondiary
was the tone of the opposition news
papers throughout the State, s'
the following extracts from their edi
torials of. that perio" clea rly demon
strate, and fasten upon them much O.
the responsibility for tho baleful con
sequence that ensued:
"Rcme nber that we are the white
people, and that they are the negro
that they havo chosen their ground
and arraycd themselves against us
with determination and hate which
are rnmistakable, and that eur policy
is 10 let them alone and take care o1
ourselves. But we must have organi
zation, not politically, be it rcmem
bered, and the views below are worth
consideration. Let us have thorough
understanding and union Of the
whole white people Of this State for,
getting, either, the worthy exceptions
among the negroes who have idenii-
fed themselves with us, or any others
who may see fit to cast their lines in
with us.--Nsw6ery HeTOld, Nov. 3,
1870.
''The time for temporizing, argu-
ment and concilliation, is passed: we
shall have no more Of it, A straight
and severe line must be drawn be-
tween the races. The colored people
havechosen their ground with tho
advice of the riugIcadcrs, and they
must follow it out, without aid or
sympathy faom their former white
friends. The white people have the
power and the brains and the deter
mination to hold their own and pro-
.tect themselves, and they will do SO.
The negroes have followed their de-
vices one time too many, and now let
them look to others for help, ,assis-
tance and sympathy.'- y.'--Oarlipgtoa
Democrat Noe. 3, 1870.
"Wc understand, therefore, and ac-
ccpt the solid black vote cast against
the nominees of the Reform party. as
a declaration Of war by the negro
race against the white race, by ignor-
ance against intelligence, by poverty
against actual Or potential wealth.
This issue we have striven to avoid,
but tho negroes will have nothing else.
They will not allow us 10 work with
them we must, if necessary, work
against them. Cancellation, argu-
ment, persuasion-all have been worse
than useless. The white people stand
alone. And they must organic, them
selves. and arm themselves, not as "a
white mans party but because the
past and present prove that dc.
cency, purity and political freedom,
as we'll as the preservation Of society.
are identical with the interests Of the
white people Of the State" Charles,
ton Daily News, Nov. 7, 1870.
shall not multiply these evidences
from the opposition press, but cannot
refrain from uttcring reflection that
their candid admission forcibiy sug
gests.
The two parties in the State during
the campaign to'which these extracts
relate, ran their respective candidate
upon platforms that were almost iden
tical in terms, and were alleged BY
the opposition to be identical in prin
ciple. The fact, therefore those VIII
claim to possess all the intelligence
and who do possess much Of the pc
tential wealth Of the State. were s
utterly defeated, cannot be referred t
mere party differences. Nor can i
be explained by charging such defea
to those who are Extensively terme
"carpet-baggcrs" and sscallawags,
for the number of whites who are az
tive Republicans in this State may a
most lie counted on the fingers of
mans hands. The canse lies deepe
than this. 1t is, doubtless, due to tn
'negro's" just perception of chara,
tr, either intintive or derived frol
long experience aud close observation
which enables him to look beneat
the mere planks of platform, an
discriminate between those who ar
loyal and those who are disloyal t
the Government Of his country
Hence, he would unquestionabIy yot
as he does, even though every whit
man in the Republican party in thj
State should go over to the opposition
doubtless, also pereeives that thes
men bear the same relation to the n.
tional Democratic party, of whic
they claim to be members, that tn
more guerrilla or bush-whackc
plundering and numbering on the ou
skirts OF great army, does to th
regular soldier in its ranks,
Theseappealswere quickly respont
ed to. an many counties of the u,
country bands vf armed horscmeI