The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-11-06

at home. The same thug occurred
in every County. If all had gone ont
tp vote, and had cxcrtcd a proper in
flnence with the colored people, the
| elections would have gone very differ
emily. We might have redeemed and
regcncratcd the State.
! | know that the negroes are banded
together, as race. under the lead OF
vile carprt.baegers aud Infamous
.calawass, who as quickly sell their
Cnl for thirty pieces. of silver as
they have betrayed their race and
c"untry for office, promotion aud the
hope Of stealing, swindlirg and plun-
drrug ! Bat, notwithstanding thi>
nntagunism to the white people,
kn;w that an influence might be
brought to bear on them which the,
could not re ist, if the property.hoId.
ders of the State were so disposed.
Let every laud-hulder refuse to rcnt
Or emp;cy any laborcr, unless he will
agree, with proper slipulations, to
vote with his land lord or employer.
This may be done without iucurrin,
any Of the pcualtics Of the Act OF
Congress against intimilating voters.
J'hcic will be no intimidation, but /.
fair anl Legitimate agree mcnt, wlics.
the parties have righG to make.
Bat ic may be slil that our lands
could not be rented or cultivated OIL
these terms. This is presuming that
the laborcr can live longer without
food than the employer can withou,
his labor. 1t is far better that We
should woik for ourselves, and let the
greater part Of our lands lie idle and
rest, than to live any longer under
such government as We have rob.
bing us of all We can make by taxi,
ton, and corrupting all the fountains
of legislation.
In every other country in the world,
where they are allowed to vo:c, the tie
nantry and laborers vote with lhcir
landlords and employers. Joh,
Quincy Adams, Jr., told me, spcaA-
iug Of this very question, that when
he was Republican, all of hi,
tenants and laborers, about forty il
,mhcr, voted with him, and when
he qni: the Republican party aud
tucncd Democrat, they also turned
with him and voted the Democratic
ticket, without word being said
to them Oh the subject. lie expected
them to vote with him, and they knew
it and did so. Now, [ suppose it is
jl>t as proper for Il cotton planter to
require this Of lis colored la'orerS
in South Carolina as it Is for Mr..
Adam$ to cx ct it cf his white lahor-
erS in Massachusetts. Anl especially
50 when these cpl0rcd laborcrs are
voting for rogucs and scorndrcIs in
rrcfcrchcH to honest ana Intelligent
Mrn. Chief Justice Chase said to nc,
III 1863, that we need not arprchend
any diff ,ulty in controlling the negro
vote il South Carolina. "B:ains and
proFcrty,' said lie "@itl always con.
tGol labor" replied rhi, might be,
+ 1t were not for the carpet b.ggcrs.
lie said the carret-hagsers would
soou become identified With the cit;.
zens or leave tho country.
Rut the carpet. Dagger in Sou.h
Carolina, instoad Of leaving tho cont
try or identifying himself with the pco.
pie, has become, with the scallwag,
through their influence over the ne
gro, a sort of ariStccrat or autocrat
and tribune Of the colorcd race.
Now, SIC must get rid of these auto
Gratis and tribuncs. We must de.
throne them and break their ccptrc
by de>tro! ing their influence over the
negro. This can only be done by
teaching the negro that he is depend.
cat on US, and not we on him. Let
us, therefore, resolve unanimously,
and stick to it, that VIC will not rent
onr la"d, to, or employ any one who
will not agree to vote with us in all
the elections. In this way. and in
this way only, can We rout the carpet
haGgcr and sea lawag, and get control
"f the colorcd people. Cuifec has
40 gratitude in general, as | have we'll
tested, though there are exceptions,
and he can only bc Influenced by his
wants and necessities. I, therefore,
urge upon the white people, all over
the State, to dctcrmlEc unanimously
and at once, to have nothing to do
with the Radicals, white or black, in
renting their lands, or employing
their lahorc1s, without they will agroe,
in writing, under a penalty, to vote
with them in ali future elections. In
three months after the enforce ~ cnt
Of this rule, there would tc no Radi.
cal party in South Carolina, no scala.
wass, except in the pcnitcntiary.
And once more we should be living
under an honest government in South
Carolina. Until we adopt somo
stringent rule OF this kind, and ad-
here to it, and 60 ont at elections and
vote for honest and wise men, we
Shall be getting worse and worse
every year, until tho most horrible
and terrible revolution and civil war
covers the land with bloody dcso'a
tion and ruin ! The remedy Is sim.