Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-04-16

srs, but TIE, great tailoring mass OF them;
the untutorea, hard working, honest
cofnficld laborerJ. Ask then, ,and they
will, in nine cases out oftaii, declare that
they have been most shahnefally betfay-
ed in their condolences. and design ben
ding their every effort In the coming
struggle to better the condition of our
country, and to olighten the burden of tax
alton. Therefore say that it is unfor-
tunate, as we'll as unfair, to set MI the
blacks down as "knaves," which means.
nothing more nor less, than that they are.
Iogues and .rascals. There is not a work.
ing colored man in this county who will
tell you that he would have voted for
Moses, Hoge, Cardoza, had he foreseen
the heavy weight of taxation which their
administration has brought upon the peo-
pie. Indeed, that portion of our citizens
Rre not the only ones taken in by the
fair promises contained in the Moses plat
form. Many of the leading white Re,
publicans, if am correctly informed,
,haye been deceived, and are heartily dis
gustel with, the part they took in the last,
election. It is unfair, then, to accuse ell
the eolored people With iupholdipg 2 gov
gernmentlthat. .oppresses them as we'll as
the, whites. In answer to "Clios" opin-
ion that they countenance high taxation
because "it will break up the white far
mer," ] have only to refer him to the
anathemas uttered by them against the
''powers that be" during the recent col
lection of taxes. Who were louder with
curses of disappointments and censure
than the blacksf Who made the tax
gathcrer afraid to put his head out of
his Office window? The "knaves" or the
white taxpayers?
cello" says, "he", the black man "has
no thanks whatever to bestow upon the
thousands who have, of their own accord
divided up and sold their lands to him."
In reply to this I must modestly insist
that my euphuistic opponent is either
misinformed on that score, or means to
be severely ironical, or, to make strong
point, abandons himself wholly up to his
prejudice.
AT this point, Mr.. Editor, Clos "epis
tie" reminds me somewhat of Tennyson's
Eagle" except that there is ON idea Of
grandeur and sublimity inspired by the
former, while an nnenviable sense Of
awkwardness pervades or characterizes
the assent and descent of the latter.
But to return. "Clio" says the blacks
have Ra a5ej Rs Toll for day after day.
through the rays ola burning sun, if it is
not that he may make money, by the
"sweat ofhis brow" wherewith to pay
the land owners fair price for his little
farm? Why does he forego the pleasure
Of purchasing himself horse. wherewith
to make his labors less? Because he has
notyet finished paying up the mortgage
which hoyers over his homestead like:
hawk over chicken roost. Why docs
ne toll unremlttingly during the day in
the corn and cotton fields, and spend half
of the night in cutting and pceling pine
poles, out of which he hopes to construct
rude cabin for his family to live in {?
Because he wants to save his money and
pay the last dollar he owes to the man
"who, of his own accord, DIVIDED up, and
sold him landp?
This is the thanks" he renders, and
this should afford ample satisfaction to
all parties. especially these hard times
Does "Clio" think that the blacks will
ever have any confidence in the whites,
or their professions of friendship, when
men of his intelligence boldly declare
that lit is no longer question of party
in South Carolina. but one Of race?
What is this but telling them at once
that they need not look for advice, assis.
tance, cooperation or friendship from the
white man; that one race, is iarrayed,
againstth other, and that each one must
look out for itsslf? seriously tleprecate
any such doctrine as this. It's advocacy,
by any one, will produce no good, while
much OWL may result from it. Does
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