Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-20

Iribuue statement made by Tie editor, White
law Reid, that in 1865 | tod him that the
Northern republicans would want 10 take away
The right Cl voting from The c0lorcd people
long before :hc South ever would. II voice,
That's So DnElng The late canvass made
prediction that the colorcd people would very
soon hnd that the only protection they had Iur
their elective franchise would be from the white
men of the South. You will live to see it.
Il meant 10 tell you an iucldeut which hap
pencG since my election. When | was IN
Washington recently five or six or more proml
nent republicans, mcn IN high positions, actu
ally consulted me as to how the vote OF the col
orcd man could best be restricted. | tell you
what is true. My answer was: We don t
want the vote oil the c0l0rtd iaan taEcG away
or restricted, for aside from the friendship We
bear their race their right to vote ewes us
thirty or more votes in Congress-, aud when
peace comes we are satisfied that he best men
10 both races and parties will vote together ior
the common veal.
I'VE don't want to take that right away. !
want 10 sec the c0lored people educated, and |
renew here the pledges that | have heretofore
made, that We will give Tie coIurcd people bet
ter facilities for education than they have hllh
cllo enjoyed. | shall Use all my Influence to
see to it that the means OF education arc placed
within the reach Of every citizen OF South Tar
olln", and when l. say eVcrf citizen | Ito not
limit or qualify the expression. | call every
nan tarollnan, whether hn Is white Or black;
whether he Is horn here or at the North or IN
Europe, who Is a good citizen and has Tie III
| trrrst OF the Stale ut heart, and liz IS entitled
| 10 all The protection that The laws OF the Stale
and of the Initcd State can give him.
81 an plcuecd to fulfill every promise made
| in the last canvass can only do that if the
pcople of South Carolina will help Inc. Gnu
do netting Of myself may Indicate to the
Legislature what | consider 4 proper course lGr
them TO pursuc, but it is for them 10 make the
| laws NV 1utv is 10 execute them and volr
du,v 10 ~ send thc hast men Tho LEGISLATURE
;rr,snnctivc or racc mr. n,rIv Sclcct No man
cnr mphl;c oCir, who l. mi cnmnrinnt to l;Il tLr
nnait;nn / care not what Lis notifies or hi:
r,cr Make il vour rnI, tbni van will nloca II,
m,n in oIlicn nnlcsg he !, comnctcnt
"Il vou r;vr me good men "a make the Iaw.
T nlcdgc tn pnu nv 5nnnr ,h,t ,hosc l,ws shal
h, Famed 90 ~ n nIarn rvrry man, and woman
! nT hath rocrs and n,rIira nnnn an cnu,l inoI;nr
hrinrc tLc law # e. wish 10 consuIt thr be-.
Interests IF the St,ic il wc want 10 Lnill hc,
m and BRING ncacn and rrosncri,y back to hcl
sunny fields. would saw 20 one and all, for
| rrt for while. at least, all about politics, ant
| dcvotc Yourselves 70 tLc material interests q
the Stale. Go to work, Rcsolul;ons will IL
noib;nr Evcrv man should nI,cc lie shoulI,
to tho whccI IIc must 90 ~ work r,soIn,rIy
honestly. earnestly and boIlIy in the I;scbayr,
If h;s div 70 hrinn Incl. harcnuv and uu,ni,n
i,v between the race, al the South. know
NV friends YOU can do il. tel! YOU nv col
orcd fellow citizens that have not one par
tclc Of feeling Of iIwIl against single irdi
vidual Of your race, and il 80 happened tia
| Ihn first commission that | issued nc (invnrno