The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-02-18


never enjoyed any political position.
probably because his good srnsc PIC.
vented his becoming Such dcma.
goguo as the oolorcl people have
been blessed with since reconstruct
ton. The letter is ost admirable,
ev'ncing q clear sightedncss almost
amounting to prophecy. lie speaks
directly to tho point. Wo believe
We can endorse cvery uttcrance in this
letter. 1t would be well for th, col
ored people to heed the warning thus
gwen, aud in according minority re-
Presentation to the whites now, to
prepare for their own good in the
| future. Ero the next decade, Syuth
Carolina will have majority of
whites, and these in their action will
be governed by the precedent estab-
llshod by tho blacl.. Tho colured
people are disposed to make politics
II question Of race, forgetting that
they have majority in but two
States of the Union, and that these
n"Jorltlcs arc dividing. The pres
ont Is the time for the colored people
to make terms with the whites. Let
them not put off conoi 'iation too
long. If Maj. Delaney had but Gf-
teen thousand followers, affairs in
South Caralinc would re bcucfited
We give tho letter below:
CHARLESTON, February 10, 1874.
Hon. j, j. Wright, assistant Ju~ticc
Supreme Comt South Curoiinu. Co.
lHmbio, s. e.
My DEAR SIR: I sec by the recent
convention held by the young men of
luchland County, at which you spoke
ana gave some cxcnllcnt counsel, that
much interest and alarm were mimi.
Tested by them at tho Influx. of white
i'm migration. This is but the early
current of that immigration of which
fre4ucn'ly cautioned the people
concerning, in 1866, at Hilton Head
and among the sea Islands, and spukc
OF II ut the great reconstruction meet.
ing at Epping Hall, (now United
States Court IIousc,) Charleston,
1868, and more particularly at the
club meeting Of Republicans at
beaufort tho same year, (I being then
Ill tue United States army, stationed
at Hilton lead,) and subsequently,
ut other times when you were pres.
ent | remember tho club mcctinp
particularly, as the ugsestions made
by mo met with determined opposi.
ton, and ono of tho most promincu,
leaders Of the party there at the time
arose in the meeting and advised the
people that there need be no lears
of any such thing over taking place,
as 1t was simply impossible ever to
ontnumber the col orcd people in
South Carolina and Mississippi, where
the blacks now had the preponIcraucc
You must remember this ut the
Beaufort club meeting. spoke of
general amnesty, and this, too, was
"pooh- -poohcd.' simply desire to
say, that this tide of Immigration
having now set il, will 20 on to com.
plctlon-that is, it will not cease till
the white population in the State
sufficiently outnumbers the blacks to
secure to the whites the basis of
ruling element.
The objcct of the "grangcs" or
immigration movement in this State,
rs you very we'll know, l., to ncutra.
lize the black ruling element, hy re.
duclng or exceeding its minority.
And my candid opinion is, that the
whites in the South generally, and
South Carolina in particular; prefer
us agricultural, mechanical and la
boring elements, the blacks to the
whites and that this immigration
scheme lever would have been Or
ganized had tEoy, from tho past and
present aspect Of things, not been led
to bolicvo that we, tho blacks, were
Influenced, controlled and and led in
our political actions without princi.
plo or will OF our own, and that so
long rs we outnumbercd them, they
would never get chance to partici.
pate in the political affairs Of the
State. This is my SINGER, convic-
tion, after much observation aud ia
telligent inquiry:
But the thing is now done, and it
Is fixed fact that in 1--WE years, if
not less .lmc than this, the black pop.
ulation include all pcoplo Of ooloD
will he in the minority in this State.
What our race requires is proper in.
formation to rightly direct it. This
hos been too long neglected, apd
should hayo been given by those who
led them in politics.
What L desire now to say is, that
it's your duty, as it is that of every
intelligent man among us who aspir cs
toa leadership, loves his race, has
tho capacity, and is vcrsed in the
great principles of political science,
and, consequently, in tho philosophy
Of popular sue esSion, to warn his