The Greenville times., 1875-02-27

address ef Southern Denecratic
Members ef Congress t.
Their Constitnents.
Warrington, Feb. l8.-The fol-
lowing address has just been pre-
pared by the Democratic members
Of the South and Southwest:
3 ~ PssPls 4 ~ osstkea etaAss:
You have connded to the UNDER
signed in this conjuncture Of af-
fairs the delicate and dificult task
Of guarding IN the Federal Con-
gress your public interests, your
rights and your reputation /; you
win, therefore, pardon tho liberty
we take Of addressing You 1t .
period 20 critical upon matters af.
fecting your destiny and that Of
your posterity. You cannot have
failed to observe the persistent ef-
forts Of some of the leaders Of the
Republican party to revive the an
imosities Of the late war, which,
happily, arc fast giving place to :
spirit Of concord and unity in ev--
cry section Of our common coun-
try. Il IL impossible to predict
with certainty the effect Of these
appeals to passion. We believe
that through tho honest represent
alton Of . few upright and consci-
entious Federal officers and agents,
an independent and able public
press, and Of many citizens with
out regard to party, tho true con-
dition Of Southern States and tho
rcal sentiments Of the Southern
people are being gradually made
known to our fellow citisens Of
the North, aud we hope for their
favorable decision when fully ap-
prised Of oil the facts. The great
end Of good government will bc
reached when the people Of oil
sections forget that we have ever
been enemies, and come together
again - ~ the carly days Of the
Republic, emulating each other
only in devotion to the best inte-
rests Of the whole country. With
this exalted purpose In view there
IL nothing inconsistent with the
honor and manhood Of . brave
people to resolve to suffer, with
hcrolc patience, whatever be their
provooatiUns and wrongs, looking
through the fearful present to q
hopeful future, and repclling nm
just epithets and gratuitous % insults
with digniiied moderation. Let
every white man in every neigh.
borhood In the whole South regard
himself as a commissioner Of the
peace, maintaining the kindlIest
relations towards black men, rc.
membering that responsibility for
the extreme poverty to which we
have been reduced, and corrupt
government to which his vote has
subjected us, rests not 90 much
upon him ~ upon bad men who,
with assurance Of Federal support,
have by appeals to his worst pas
sions sought to make him our en-.
envy, while we labor by oil honest
means to convince him Of the
truth that our interests and hii
arc identical, and that both must
be preserved by good government,
aud that those who stir up strife
between Us are the enemies Of botlI
races. Let Us continue to deal
with him honestly and fairly, and
let us continue cordially to invite
to our midst those Of any political
party who either seek to know
truth or to find homes upon our
soil. We do not exaggerate when
we admonish you Of the disheart.
cning fact that every street dis.
turbance, every homicide what
ever, by whomsoever committed,
by black or white, Republican OF
Democrat. such a. are incident to
every community upon earth, IL
perverted into evidence Of 1 spirit
Of lawlessness aud violence and
purpose to accomplish political
ends. We we'll know the eross
injustice Of such charges which
have weight only where ignorance
Of our true condition prevails.
Strenuous efforts are now. being
made BY those who misrepresent
You 10 induce the passage BY Con-
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