The Osceola times., 1876-07-22
To the ColOred Voters Of Missis-
sippi Comfy.

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sIssippi county, For more than
ten years, you have been freemer
Tvcsted with all the rights Of ciu
zcnship and possessed OF the same
ciy!l and political privileges, rs the
highest, most potential Ia the Land.
During that period however, al,
though emancipated from the
former relations of mastcr and
slave, most Of your race have en-
tered INTO new bondage, quite as
detrimental TO their present inter.
csts and future destiny, as was
their previous status. By reason
of the hostile, unnatural alliances,
heretofore formed between you
and tho carpet Laggars and scala.
wags, against your former masters,
/, ou have been pade The too due
tilo tools, by which baxe been
wrought upon this once bright and
pi osperous South, all the miserics
and woes Of the past decade Of dvv
astating years. As actors in this
grand tragedy Of gloom and dcso-
lation, you were slowly bat surely
bringing everlasting ruIn upon the
Land Of your birth, gpon yourown
homes and eresldes, and, had you
succeeded, would have annihilated
your own fortunes ID these tool
hardy efforts 10 beegar a0d humili-
ato the white Southrons. But,
thanks to the Great Ruler, who
dispcnscs the affairs Of all nations,
this diabolical attempt to wipe out
and obliteratc an entire people, has
met with signal defeat. After
years of political oppression and
military despetism, our down-troi-
den Southern States, have. one BY
one, risen in the mightiness OF then
wrath, and nerved on by the cruel
wrongs OF Il groaning popu.ace,
have regaincd control Of their gov
ernments, until none now remain
subject to the hoels of the tyrant,
save poor South Caroline.
Amidst ihcse various reverses
md reyolutions, y0ar eyes have
been opened, and your own sad cy-
periences of the past, have taught
yop bow to discriminate between
friends and foes-have convinced
you that your interests arc the IN
terests OF the men among whom
you were born aud raised-amidst
whom your own present lot, and
the future destiny Of your race arc
cast; and, not with the iawning
sycophauts, who havo but sought
you TO use you; ard only used you
to abuse you.
What are the fruits Of ycur past
coniederat ons with these birds OF
Ill omen, who have ayowedly
made you the stepping stones 10
to the advancement oi their own
greed and aggrandisemert? Bro.
ken Freedman's Banks, and tens
Of thousands or lusty laborers clam.
oring for work, when work there is
none, because of an impoverished
country, the result of Wholesale
official robbery and corruption put
into motion by your own agency,
wall be the answer, that will rever.
brate from the Potomac to the Gulf
OF Mexico. FORTUNATE for you, Is
it indeed, that misguided us you
were, and urged on by the counsels
and exhortalions OF bad men, your
surroundings have been such, us
finally to drive you INTO the CON
viction, that your own successful
existence is so intimately interwo-
ven with that of the whites of the
south, that, to sever it, is bat to
doom 1t to speedy destruction.
As an Important element there
fore, in our midst, we appeal to you
TO so mould and control it, as to
make it a powerful auxiliary in the
political ana financial prosperity Of
that Land, which Is your Home as
well as ours and which should be
the pride OF all true citizens, ire
spective OF race, color, or previous
condition.. In tho great political
battles soon 70 take place, we say
TO ou; Consult your own inter.
ests and stand up manfqlly for
those, whose cause is ysw cause"
In the Presidential contest or inter.
es" are mF, you shnnld then joiu us
to man, IN supper, Of the i"se ,ct
MAKE. All yoRr better instincts of
jusllcc and gratitude demand OF yoa