The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-10-29
CHARLESTON.
Az A1pRIss 10 TEE PEOPLE CT TER UNTTEp
STATS

united with the Methodist, Catholic and
Episcopal Bishops, AID leading Preseyte
ran, Lutheran. Baptist AID Jewish minis
yers sud presidents OF 81! the atioral and
OTTER banks in Charleston. lie tEe fol!oSlag
address on the condition o: Suit Carolina ::
To ne PeCple Q: re CEi:e1 sls1ss
We'll founded apprebepsions tia; rse
civilization of our State Is IN danger OF be
ipR utterly oyertbT"wa. acd al over ulIEg
sense Of duty to ourselves and posteriIy
aud the eo1ovry at !arge. lnpel Ne TO N axe
81 scIbenIic statement OF our sct0a! con
di;ion 10 the people in sne hope that it will
ip6Gce hem 70 eIleDd Us iheir sympathy
aud all iu th!s distressing eIi9enc! OF our
affairs. There is so much at stake that We
cAupot afford TO be silent, or - With d
soy tfIrS taa- may possibly be of avail
I For ten long weary years the white people
/ OF s ruth Carolina have endured a condi;isn
! of things which aoy Northern State would
have been tempted TO throw of in two
days at the point Of the bsyonet. lift could
! have been done IN 10 other way. They
bore and for bore, in the hope ths: some re
turning sense of justice or happy stroke Of
! fortune would bring relief; but no such
sense of justice or happy stroke came to
their relief, AID hope sickened and died
away in their bearts At last they deter
mined, as hS q COMMON impulse and 8
natural and uncomfortable instinct OF
freedom, to make one supreme effort for
their REDEEM ptiop, but to make il under aud
within the Law. Those who hold authority
here having, through party afiliatiop, &C
cess to tie highest organ Of political power
in the country, and to the eqoally powerful
orgaue of the partisan newspaper press,
have subjected this people to the viless
Interpretations and the most cruel
ISLANDERS. Some of these We desire to cor
rect 1t is not true that the white people
of South Carolina are dsloyal or disaffected
toward the United States Government. On
the contrary, they are loyal and well
affected toward 1t. They obey ii at home,
and would defend it promptly from foreign
aggression. 1t is not true that South Car
oiIna, or any of is counties, are in a state
ofipsurrectlon or domestic violence against
the Government of the State. or that law
and process caunoc be duly enforced within
her territorial limits, or that there is any
lawful cause or occasion whatever for the
Federal Government to interfere for the
protection OF the State Government against
the violence of her citizens.
1t is got true that the white people of the
State are hostile to the colored people, or
have any design or disposition To abr!dge
or infringe their political or civil rights
On the contrary. in their conventions a7d
in the speeches of their candidates for six
years o: more tie most public ard solemn
pledges have been given that all the rights
Of tie cG!0Ted people eheN he respected q d
protected. The co'o.ed people should
Know l-At titee pee S+s WILL ne !altt!dtIy
kept
II j. not true that the few me clubs IN
the State are CON bin atioDs Of men against
the law, or that they are engaged in m1T.
5eriug some peaceable CITIZENS and int,mi-
dating others, or that they cannot b. con
trolied or suppressed by the ordinary
co1rse of jcatice. The President las ;een
deceived These c!ubs existed with the
knowledge aud recognition of the Cover
nor. Not one of them ever acted 10
defiance of law or against the Government
or constituted authorities. The hostility
to them of Gov. chamberlain and HE
coadj utors is Mt. 1t ia political ard is
designed TO affect the coming election. 1t
Ia lot true that ID the recent race COLI
| sions the white people have been the sg
gressors. Their forbesrance, as in the
Charleston riot. the unprovoked CaiDboy
massacre, and the still more recent assassi-
alton of white citizen in Edgefeld, bas
been WOE derful. The truth ia, that tie
leaders of the colored people, fearing that
the day Of their power is drawing to a 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 to commit deeds
of violence. We nav also ntfrm come
things which are true: 1t is true that there
ia in the State a Eaost active, earnest, and
excited canvass to overthrow corrupt rule
and reestabIish an honest State Govern.
ment. This Is a legitimate aud la~fui ob
Ject, which should command the sympathy
and support Of every lover of his country.
1t lie 10: treason to defeat Chamberlain,
nor ia it Instruction or domestic violence
! to elect Hampton.
1t is true that while the white rife clubs
are ordered by the Governor aud President
to disbaud aud disperse, the coIored militia
of the State are allowed to remain in or
gsnization and in possession of Their arms,
| and to attend political meetings 10 military
! order With rifles and other arms. The Oh.
| ject of this discrimln alton is as obvious "a is
the comparatively defenseless condition in
which it places the white population. We
simply ask, what would the pe"pe of New
York or Massachusetts, think OF DO upon
a ike application of the bayonet policy to
! them, under such circu ms;aocesi Fellow
countGymen, we have sought to place be.
| fore you briefly and in true coloIs, the con-
dit on of South Carolina, the wrongs of her
people, their patient forbearance, and
their newborn hopes. Not long ago Gov.
! Chamberlain, in transport of truthful and
genuine enthusiasm, proclaimed to the
| people OF the country the startling fact that
| the " civilization of tue Puritan and the