The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-10-04

0 ioit my JuStlneatl0
against adverse criticism to the resul.
y which have been accomplished, feeding as
: sured that my constituents, approaching tn
!, difficulties which have surrounded me
l would always give Inc credit at least for a,
honest purpose to promote the best i6ter
: csts of the State.
depart from my usual custom ontbi
occasion; because [ thought it' proper te
meet and resent what 1 felt to be mEcon
structlon OF my Official and personal con.
" duct having done this pass to more con.
genial topics. Foremost among them Is the
most momentous problem ever fofced upon
4 neonle for solution the pro1A..a
inenE Of thss 30. dssfifck Sd;
tions living on the same, SOIL IL xsi IS not 3
question OF Cay nor of generation. but
tor all time to come, and we have to meet
it now. What is the best mode for us to
meet it?
have indicated, on various occasions.
the line thought. should be followed by
our party-the party in which nearly all
the intelligence, education and capital of
the State are to be found-and have indi.
cate the manner in (which thought we
should deal with this perplexing question
1t was by no fault of ours that the colored
mon We're brought to South Carolina; by
no fault OF ours that they were afterward
made free. The same people who first
brought them here and sold them into sla.
very, now claim to have offered most mag
nlhcent libation on the sltep,of Liberty by
making free those whdm they first enslaved
Tor their ownS=pro6k runH haae now freed
without loss to themselves.
cannot tell what great objecs Proyi.
dence had in view allowing these things
to be done by which these people have been
brought here and liberated in Bur midst
We are told that aGod moves ia amysteri.
GUS way, his wonders to perform" and He
has moved in mysterious way il this mat
ter He has brought thsm here, relieved
them of their shackles and left them here
untutored in mind, with all the .preiudices
century of slavery has engrafted on the en1tsl
and We are to be their guardians and
protectors.
L know that sentiment will not find an
echo In the hearts of many of the colored
people. They have been taught that we
als natural snsniss. p9ii.isaliy at least, Of
Kindly feelings for their Old masters. Let
one of them but get into difficulties, and in
nine cases out of ten he will 60 to- his old
master for assistance, and Eot to one
of his Republican leaders He will trust
the former in everything except as to his
voting. He was told two years ago that if
the Democratic party got into power he
would be put back into slavery, and he be-
lieved it,
/ was told the other day by distinguish.
ed clergyman that he had a discussion with |
one of his old colored friends, and had |
asked him, among other things, why he was
not Democrat. The old man said he had |
been taught that it was contrary to the
.. sss Sss As5
be found, and the old man replied that as !
the Good Book only spoke Of two political
partics-the 'Publicans and the Sinnerss,r.
he thought he must .chiani WIS put inc Di-
!;eas ass.,;os ne, iSf.e Democrat Laughter, in
n's ns;sn some of tho ooiolrccd hearers joined
heartily.] The OLE man had probably ucYer !
observed how many of his party were both
'pubicans and sinners. Renewed laugh
ter and tremendous display Of dental anato- |
my.1 They have been at last dispossess I'd |
of the great error into which they were
led by their designing leaders, and have
found that they are protected in all their
rights, and are as free now as they were in
'76. They recognize the fact that there
has been more peace in the State and less
crime that there is returning prosperity
and that good will has grown up steadily
between the races.
~ They see that they were misled and are
now willing in many instances to trust those
whom they were taught to distrust The.
evidence Of all this is that while thousands
voted the Democratic ticket at the last cleo.
ton, thousands more will support it5at the
next one. Andnow, my friends, Ehat is
our policy in regard to these peoI lex /
take the ground that, while the cololbd man
is politically the equal of the white man in
South Carolins, he must stand upon lis
own merits. Turning to the side of the
stand where the colorcd people wereS Scollec-
tcd.) You must,stand on your qwn Soting.
You cannot be pait upon any better one
merely because you are a colof6 man. We
propose to protect you and give you all your
rights but while VIC do this You cannot ex-
pect that we should Discriminate in your
favor, and say because you are colored
man you have right to rule the State.
! W. eou a., xo,, NO ;,.a.l,,l ~ fak N th