National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-07-30

ing tho reign Of the rifle clubs, We copy
from the interview ns followsi
Taking from his ntchoi largo bundle of
letters Mr.. RtINEY read a few extracts. shos-
ing that political prosecutions had ALREADY b..
gun in South Carolina. Some Of The icttevs
were from colorcd men, asking whether they
should go to Kansas or not They represented
tho condition Of the colorcd people Ia certain
sections Of South Carolina as pltiAblc.
4" have In my hand" said Mr. RAfNEY,
" letters which indicate that the whites are
now beginning 10 whip colorcd children Ia
their service rs they did In the days Of slavery,
and my correspondents say thoy have no re-
dress in tho courts The trial justices being
Democrats take no cognisance Of these things
/ am fearful that forbearauco will cease. | tcci
us though tho colored people cannot stand this
much longer without being goadcd on 10 some
desperate decd, for their manhood will ono
day assert itself See, here Is ono Of their in'
timdating circulars. I received u from Narl-
borough County" Tho circular Is a small slip
OF coarse yellow paper, on which Is printed
Are you Republican, Yes.
Whom do you get your meat fromi A Demo
Who furnishes YOU homer A Democrat
Do you know how TO keep thcsof NO
Vote the Democratic ticket aud It Will all bo right
with you.
what is the remedy for these ills you speak
of, Mr.. RAINEY ~ was asked.
In my Judgment" was tho roply, "the
remedy for the ills which now hang so heavily
over this oppressed people Is TO be found In
emigration. have no fear of failure In a now
country where they will bo permitted to en-
joy their rights and other advantages appor-
tanning to citizenship. have heard astonish.
ment expressed at the colored peoples leaving
tho mild climate of the South TO go TO the
rigid climate of Kansas or elsewhere In the
Northwest 1t was not thought 10 be so inju.
riOus when tho Shareholders sought 10 estab-
lsh slavery on that soil. If IN the Judgment
of those astute and intelligent men their slaves
could have endured the rigor of a Kansas win.
ter, ask why in reason they cannot endure II
as FREQ mon2
| Most white men imagine that they know
| the negro better than the negro knows him
| self. profess to know more about the col
ored race than white men generally know. l
have boon an advocate of their interest and ad-
vancement; have been socially and politically
| identified with them consequently know
them as men who are willing to endure some
hardship, In order that their manhood may be
maintained. / emphatcally deny that their
| best friends are in the South. Their best
| friends are to be found among those anywhere
who will give them an opportunity to advance
their material interests and enjoy their politi.
| cal rights The Southern whites are not anx-
| ious that the colored people should improve
their condition. They prefer to have them
ignorant and dependent in order to prove, II
possible, the assertion that as slaves they were
better Off than as freemen. They dom
want an intelligent colorod man to live
in the South, or anybody else who
will take an interest in tho coloret
people; hence by one means or another
they are endeavoring to exile all Republican
leaders from that section, so that they may
hold political sway without dispute or oppo
sition. The South delights in and has jeal
Gus appreciation Of the increased representa-
tion it has in Congress, based upon the coloret
population, but withal they are unjust to tn,
extent Of depriving that very element Of tn,
rights and immunities incident to their citi
zenship. In that respect they are not onl,
impostors upon the colored population, but ar,
actually defrauding the other parts of th
country by claiming rights to which they hav
no title For these and kindred reasons th
colored people are organizing societies in th
Southern States for the purpose of emigration
/ say for them that they will make as good
body of citizens, taken as a whole, as any emf
grants who ever came TO this country--al
things considered"
"Then the emigration movement has takel
deep root in South CarolinaW
1T has. So it has in nearly all the South
ern States. The fact is, the Southern State
deserve TO be depopulated of the laborin
class If labor cannot be respected 1t ougi
not to remain with them.