The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-11-01

che colored people, or have any design
or disposition &c abgidgc or .iatsrlere
With tbelr political or civil rights. On
the contrary. Ia their conventions aud III
the speeches OF their candidates, for six
years or more, the mcst public and
solemn pledges have been given that all
the rights Of the co!ored people shall be
respected aud protected. Tie colored
people should Know that these pledges
will be faithfully kept. Ii is not true
that the few ride clubs IN the state are q
combination OF men against the law, or
that they arc Engaged IN numbering some
peaceablc citizens aud intlipidating
others, or that they cannot bc controlled
or suppressed by the ordinary course OF
Justice. The, president has been de-
ccivcd. These clubs existed with the
knowledge and recognition Of the Cover.
Tor. Not one of them ever acted in deii-
ancc OF law or agains, the government
or constituted authorities. 1 he hostility
TO them Of Governor Chamberlain and
his coadjutors Is recent; il is political,
aud is designed 10 effect tile coming cleo
ton. IL ID not true that in the recent
| race collisions the white people
have been tho aggressors. Their for
besrance in the Charleston riots. the un-
provoked Cain Hoy massacre, and a still
| more recent assassination of a white citi-
zen in Edgctield. has been wonderful.
| The truth is that the leaders OF the col
ored people, fearing that the day Of their
| power is drawing ~ close, have excited
their ignorant dupes, have supplied
| them with arms. have aroused their fears
| for the loss OF their liberty, and have
thus encouraged them 10 commit deeds uf
| violence. We may also affirm Some
| things which are true. 1t Is true that
| there Il In the state almost active, earnest
aud excited canvass 10 overthrow corrupt
rule and rc-cstablish honest state govern.
ment. This is legitimate and lawful
object. which should command the sym.
pathy and support OF every true lover OF
his country. IL is not treason 10 defeat
| Chamberlain, nor j. II instruction or
| domestic violence TO elect Hampton. It
| !. true. that while the white rifle club are
ordered by the governor and President
| 10 dishand and dispersc. the colored mil.
lila Of the state are allowed to remain in
| organization and In possession OF their
arms. The object Of this discrimination
is as obvious as Is the comparatively de-
fenseless condition IN which il place, the
white population. We simply ask what
! would the people OF New York or Massa-
| chusetts think or do under like suppo.
; sition OF the bayonet policy 10 them
under such circumstances:
EelloW-countryinen, We have sought
to place before You, briefly aud IN true
| colOrs, the condition OF South Carolina.
| the wrongs Of the people, their patient
iorbearahce, and their newborn hopes,
Not long ago Gov. Chamberlain, Ia a
transport of truthful and genuine cnthu-
siasm, proclaimed 10 the people OF The
country the startling fact that the civili-
cation OF the Puritan aud the Cavalier. OF
the Roundhead and Huguenot is ia peril
in South Carolina. He spoke these words
under the inspiration OF his better angel.
| tor truer words he never uttered, and
| they are as true now r., then. The peril
| is greater now than then, for when tie
! worst and most degraded elements OF
society enter into or control govern
| ment, is there not much reason to appre.
bend some catastrophe which we hardly
dare 10 contemplate:
Signcdl 5. Y. Upper. presiden.
! Charleston chamber OF commerce: ". NJ.
| Wightman, bishop ". L. church South /;
w. b. W. Howe. ID. H.. bishop Of the di.
occsc Of South Carolina; L. y. Lynch.
| ID. d., bishop OF Charleston John For.
| rest. ID. D., pastor OF first Presbyterian
| church: G.. Il. Bracket, pastor second
/ Presbyterian church; j. J. Girsi dean,
ID. D.. professor OF Theological Semi
nary j. a. Chambliss. pastor Citadel
square Baptist church: s. Muller, ID. l..
| pGsior; ). ). Matthew, Lutheran church
w. u. Bowman, pastor Wentworth Lu,h,
Gran church Z. y. Stevens, Presby-
terrain Reform Episcopal Church /;
w. u. Iates, chaplain 10 seaman; David
Levi. minister OF congregation, De;hle-
hem 9. Q. WItte. president OF the PEG
| president bank Of Charleston; l.. ID.
| Mowry, president Union bank; Jacob
| Small, president Germania Savings bank
| f. II. Frost, president South Carolina
Loan and Trust company Albert Leng-
wick. president Peoples bank of South
| Carolina; !. Il. Robertson. vice president
| Carolina Savings bank.