The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-03-21

/ the triAine. minority of the Legislature, ant
leave it unit in its corruptions, it is supposed
the majority will grant the prayer. So tha
the the last last remnant Of the holding ground Of th'
tax-payers seems to be on the point OF disap
pearing. -, -
It is thus that S0O.0 900 white people, more o.
less, composing the intelligence and properly
holders of the State, are put under the heel
400, 900 pauper blacks, fresh from state O
slavery and ignorance most dense. Guided Dy
unprincipled. adventures from other States
who make use of these freedmen as their agents
for the most nefarious acts which were eysl
committed under. the shelter Of republl? ?aI
forms of government, this blind and unintelh
eent mass is precipitated upon the intelligence
and wealth of the State till they are buried
out of sight. ~, - -,
Its sometimes asked why the white people
|. of. the State do not endeavor to influence the
blacks by kind treatment and persuasion as To
their true interests. The answer IS, that the
jealousy of the black of his old master is pro;
found, unyielding and. universal. Where the
kindest personal relations prevail, where tne
freedmen remain, on the old plantations, and
work the land on shares in. contentment and
harmony with the proprietors, the testimony Is
that, so far. as voting is concerned, fne olo mas
ter is utterly without influence. He cannot
obtain vote or, the promise of VOTE In
this matter, the black will listen only to the
unprincipled adventurer who rides through the
country claiming to be one of, those who gave
freedom to- the slaves. Conscious Of their pre-
sent liberty, the freednlan's dread oft posi-
BILE loss makes him the most suspicious and ap-
prehensive of mortals. In poverty and SICK,
ness in trials and troubles be resorts to his old
master, and seeks his aid and counsel with a
childlike confidence But in voting; he IS
steeled to his advice, and will die before ne
will take it. .; .,,-,,,,..- ..:et. -. -. !,
Thus, overwhelmed and helpless, what is the
average property-holding citizen to doa he
aims faithfully to get upon his legs ssFpd keep
upon his legs, but the grinding taxaGaon actu-
afly imposed, and still more that which ls
threatened, makes him despair of escaping vir-
tual confscation. He would get out OF the
State if he could, but there is nobody to buy
his property: On a. visit to South Carolina, o
few years ago, Senator Sprague, of Rhode Is.
land, attracted by the great natural advantages
of water power at the capital of the State,
purchased it, and spent a considerable sum of
money preparatory to starting manufactures
there. The development, soon after OF the
corruptions and measureless robberies of the
State Government brought his operations to
dead stand, and now he only awaits the forlorn
hope of an opportunity to extricate his venture
from the clutches of the thieves and Williams
who have the State by the throat and are suck
ing its life's blood, I'll. n,,.,
SWhy don't you rebel again?" asked Bos-
ton man who was lately travelling through the
State. tHThis time you would have reason" ;"
Alas, why? Subjected to oppressive condition,
such as it may be safely said no State or COM
munity in the civilized world is to-day endur-
ing. the white minority in South Carolina are
quiet and dumb They have no life. Their
spirit has gone out. Their inertia amounts to
Generalization. The fires Of war licked up all
their available substance. The grave covers
generation of their fighting men. Until time
repairs the waste of blood and sinew lost by
war, there is no material to organize into re-
sistance. At present, there seems to be no
heart for it, and no thought OF it. But DO not
the wild crimes of the Ku Klux youth of the
State foreshadow a possible future for that
wretched people that demands Che earnest ut;
tention of thoughtful statesmen? Shall we,.
too have Poland in the South? Can we ex-
meet long TO regulate the internal administra-
tion of law and Justice in the State by military
rule? And, after all, are the Ku Klux out
RACES but the expiring embers of an old contest,
or are they in many cases the kindling sparks
of new? -,
One thing seems plain to the most ordinary
apprehension, The condition of things now
existing in South Carolina would not be borne
a month in any Northern State without tax
payers league being organized to resist the
payment of all taxes imposed for fraudulent
purposes, and without the swift establishment
of a court of Lynch law. So much treason as
that exists in the blood of every American cit
izen worthy ofhis birth-right. a. ,l,
( admit everything, and has not South Caro-
lima suffered enough? : Admit that she was
hot-bed of sedition. Admit that she was the
cauldron in which was conducted the venom
that poisoned nation, Admit anything and
everything. Is there to be no expiatien 2, Be
collect that g. generation is rapidly rising that
had no hand in these things generation al
ready more than halfway to its maturity.
Sd. H.