The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-27
THE GOSPEL OF HATE.
SOMETHING FOR THE KU-KfU1 PROS
ECUTORS TO REMEMBER
TIFF Harangue Of a Radical Leader In
~ 1 1870.

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Ing Is the substance and mostly the words
used by Joseph Crews, In a speech made at
Waterloo, on the 9th of August last.
At a meeting of the citizens of Waterloo,
on October 4th, TO take into consideration GER
tain lncendlary remarks made in a public
address by Joseph Crews, On the 9th of August
last, Mr.. J. B.. Craig was called to the chair,
and DR.. F. G. Coleman was requested to act as
secretary.
It was moved and seconded that the secre-
tary furnish the meeting with tue incendiary
remarks made by said Joe Crews.
Crews after being introduced to the freed
men by q coloredt friend, said to them: That
there was something wrong 10 the nelgnpor-
hood. and that he had come down 10 get lnllGs
right; that the, freedmen OF that vicinity nao
been advised to vote for Carpenter and but!er,
but for them not 10 do so, TOR tney were Tue
cent the whitc men who advised them to- vote
for the Reform party. That they pretended TO
be their friends, but 1t was all q lie. That tley
would promise 10 sell them bacon at twenty
FIVE cents per pound, and then charge -tnem
two and q half per cent a month, making Tue
bacon cost them thirty.fve to forty cents per
pound. -.
he (GTGWsl dufleeu Lucm W ~ INV -
fields, gather corl and sell 1t, buy their bacon
although they should their employers
more than their part OF the crop was worth
and II any of them, In consequence thereof,
should be hurt or killed. they must burn out
five miles square, every house; to leave not
even a board-tree standing, and that he was
trial Justice now, so they had nothing to fear,
Az he would see them out. He told them he
had assisted In the passage OF the homestead
law, but none of the freedmen had been bene-
fitted by the act, neither had the white people
called him q clever fellow for 1t. But he had
voted tor O law that was worth more Than q
thousand such laws to them. 1t was that
which had pht those arms In their hands, ana,
If they did not defend themselves, 1t was thelr
own fault. That revenge was THERE, II tney
would use IT.; they had the arms. ana no1
of matches only cost five cents. He said he
owned as much property at Lsurens Court
house as any man there, and should 9 Repuo-
,lican be shot at that place he would. burn the
entire town; he would not leave one shingle
upon top of another; and he intended TO vote
for every measure that would raiee the TAX,
and If the whites did not like &c, they eouio
leave the State: he would give them stare
bonds for their lands, and that he Intended 10
do everything from this time on that would
make the black man hate the white people.
He told them they must all go out and vote;
that there would be no challenging their votes
this time, as there would be no repatriation
required; and If any one should challenge
on and vote; they could also dress Y their
women In mems clothes and let them vote;
they must carry the election at al
hazards; that he would wade through
blood and carry 1t OF the point OF
the bayonet. He would lose the last
drop OF blood In his body or carry It; they
could not afford to lose 1t. None but re.
publicans1 would be allowed to. manage enc
election. Governor Scott must also be elect
ed. or thew would not be pardoned when con-
ylcted. He (Crews) had never asked flavor
of Scott but what 1t had been granted, mol
did he believe he ever would refuse him q
favor. So when they got into the peniten'
tiary he would get them pardoned; that there
never had been but one colored man Acquired
that. had been tried at Laurens Courthouse,
and no white 1nan had ever been convicted
That there were but q small sprinkle Of white
men In the State, and they could easily wipe
them out; their women could help In the
work; that the white people said the negroes
would not fight, but would run through Inc
| woods with their hats in their hands, aIia Cna'
he (Crews) would be gone. It was all q lie. He
would lead them II they would STICK 70 Nun
he would die with them before he would leave
them: to be sure to elect him aud he would
make It all right with them. BE advised
them not to employ a doctor when they got
siek. he said Ifthe doctor came to see them
| MONDAY morning he would charge them f0l
| every day through the week It ne dld
| not come but one time, and then would give
| them poisonous medicines, and charge tnen
ten times as much as he would white lolRs
| and take q lien on their crops; and II tney 60,
| sick In two weeks of an election, and sent lol
| a.doctor, they would be sure not to come ou,
| to the election, as the doctor would either Kill
| them or keep them sick until the election wal
over. he told them to make up money anc
| send North and get them the rlghtklnd OF {
| doctor. He safd the Democrats said he woult
lie and steal. He (Crewst said he would, n
| wanted more land aud mules; that ne mac
| stolen and would steal; that he had LED AM
would lie; thai now he had one hand 10 tne
Republicans pocket, but, If he got q cnance
he would pnt both hands In the Democrat
rocket. and, If be left one cent, 1t would no
be bis fault. BE told tAe negroes to steal from
| the Democrats; that they had a right to DO 80
and, If they done anything to them, give them
| Scott's pills. ,.u.
Anderson, T. 8. league, j. F. Saxon, ). d
| Finley, A. W. Sims, T. F. Richardson, .:
| Newman, s.. P. league. G. W. L. Teaguet Z. r
| Walker. G. B. Fuller. W.. P. Harris, ]. b. bar
rIs. a. G. Coleman, James Finley, W. W. Fin
lev. n. C. Fuller, E. F. Fuller. L. Coleman, a
| Coleman, J. G. Coleman. W. l.. Milan, l.: W.
Milan, G.. T. Milan. F. Harris, J. z. WALKER
ne. D. Anderson, W. B. Anderson, B: s. Tinsley
r.. <. league, John Cunningham, W. NJ. Forgy
| VI. Miller. N. Brown, Wade Anderson, Joel "
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