The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1874-10-07

something aDOuC IL, Us "ei "s
Hayes henchmen; for surely he is
not quite SO simple rs to pretend
that I have disclosed such damning
to only such Of his friends
as would retail it to my detriment,
while my friends, each and all, brand
it as false, in every particular.
But the vile assertion is rs STU
pid as it is false. If any colored
men are "entitled to white wives, ="
then it legitimately follows that I'll
colored men are so "entitled.
This would deprive all white men
of any choice Of their own race in
the matrimonial market, rs it would
take more white women than the
State could afford to supply the
colored demand! Bpt what would
becomeof the eelorey women, who
would be thus deserted by the nat
ural protectors Of their own race ?
It must be admitted that this would
be q rare chance for some Of my
vile accusers who do not hesitate
under the cover of night, to seek
repose on the couches of their col
ored paramours, yet, such a"Ao-
cent creatures, fired with the rir-
tuoassindignution Of "pene cussed-
,uess," are ready. at all times, un-
der the broad Sunlight of Heaven,
to cast a stone at me, for no crime
save that OF a manly defense of the
poor negro's political rights.
Hayes and some others might not
object to this mingling arrange
ment, but I have the interest OF
both races too much at heat to
endure, much less advocate any
such an unnatural doctrine. =
It will be remembered that /
placed myself on the record against
any such a minsling Of the races,
when I entered my solemn protest
against the. retention OF certain of
our County officers in their respee-
tive positions, after they had pros
Tinted their offices to the further
luce of S,cha disgraceful business.
For this honorable act of my life,
I was turned ont Of Office through
The macbinationss sftLis man Hayes,
and ms corrnpt yips, 1.-THE Senate
Of South Curolina. Surely, then.
"a man who has beon assailed fol
ihe last fei,r years by HAYES y,
his Opposition 70 tie practice O
said amsaeansatiiau ld-nat aaa
whisperfo Hayes pets That lie ia
vored any such doctrine. If either
of US are committed to this odious
position it must be Hayes-nnd in
it's worst form too, as rs fully shown
by his action in the outrageous af-
fair just alluded to, as we'll as i'll
others which might be mentioned.
Through the ISLANDERS of such
men as Hayes, all over this County
has the report gone forth that Aam
ILL advocate OF the social equality
of the races. It has been se:siled
for years, and has become as chron-
ic us it is malicious and vil}ainous
But unfortunately fts my tr@fucers
among them stands prominently
the semblauce of a man who though
q member of the "nlystic circle,
and uutIeY q most solemn oath tc
protect the chastity and virtue ot
brothers wife, in attempt stands
to-day, n perjured villain before
God aud man. Among them are
men whose blood flows in the veins
of a colored illegitimate brood, and
they now but vainly attempt te
cover up tbeir own iufamy, by as
sailing q mans character which is
free from any such stain! Is il
because I have helped to place the
colored woman on a plane Of equa.
political rights-so that she CAL
arraign her seducer, and make him
pay for the maintenance Of lis il
legitimate ofspring-that I am SC
meanly assailed? Itisa we'll known
fact that since reconstruction, the
proportion of mulatto children
born, is much less than formerly
The success of my theories, then.
have not been favorable to ANAL.
gamation, either in wedloek, OF
otherwise; and he who shall here
after assail me upon such a flimsy
pretext may be held up as a de-
graded wretch, who is mortally Of
Tended because he can no longer