The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-18
GARFIELD .IND TIE BLxICKS.
What tho President Elect Said to the Col.
ored Alabamians.

What tho President Elect Said to the Col
ored Alabamians.
The following is the full text of the
remarks OF General Garfield to the
delegation of colorcd representatives
from Alabama, who visited him at
Cleveland, Ohio, OH Tuesday:
Genttcmcn-I am obliged to YOU for
your congratulations and c0urtcscs.
and will not dctaiu You nor my sell
for we arc in the house of a gentleman
who has some people visiting him that
we must immediately sec--cxccpt to
say that l most cordially concur with
YOU in all your efforts to cnlightcn and
elevate and strengthen your people.
That is the true ground of progress
tor everybody everywhere. Your
friends who stood by you in the days
OF the war and since the war have
always had to meet on the part of
their antagonists this thought: You
nave thrown upon us great mass Of
ignorant voters, wholly unacquaintcd
with the wants of the people and the
management of affairs, and you have
done us O great injustice in compell-
ing that class to be our equals in vot-
ing. Now, there is some force in that.
There is not one Of you that will not
admit that there is some force in that
statement. There is great deal of
force in it. 1t is difficult thing for
people to get along with that situation.
1t is in your hands to take that argu-
ment away acknowledgement all at once,
not i'll a day, but to take it away from
your, children, so that by the intelli-
gence Of your children in time to come
that reproach will not be left and that
argument cannot be made. When that
day comes | do not see any argument
that any human being can make
against the fair right of all men to
equal privileges under the law.
Now, therefore, doing all we can at
our end OF the line, you should do all
you can ut your end Of the line to take
away the last obstacle that confronts
us in adjusting the troublesome qucs-
ton which your race aud it's place and
its late condition have given to this
country. Whatever our people can do
toward helping you to do, that I am
sure they will be very glad to do.
Whatever l can do to forward that
purpose in general action or individ-
ual action, shall be most glad to do.
But don't let anybody get up the race
feeling among you to the extent Of
saying "Wc arc q separate class that
are going to have separate privileges
and separate rights" AS / said OH
another OCCASION, don't let anybody
abuse you because you arc black, but
don't let anybody nor lot yourselves
get to feeling that anybody should
praise you because you are black, and
certainly don't bear wrongs because
you are black. Those arc the points
You know that brings lis up to the
equality and liberty Of the law. Gen
tlcmcn, am glad to have met you.
THE NEXT GOvEHNoR.-An Ander
son man confidently states Hon. Is. f.
Craytol, the present State Senator
from that county, will be our mex
Governor. Mr.. Crayton is q man ad
vanced in years, and stands high as s
business man and experimental farm
er. lie is no politician; and if he il
our next Governor it will be one in
stance in South Carolina of the "offict
seeking the man." Ono obstacle il
Mr.. Crayton's way is the fact that h,
lives in tho up-country, which will no
exactly suit tho "Ring" We have
not examined his record and do no
know how much can be said agains
him, but If he actually runs he will
find out before he is elected that tn,
best ofmcn aro not free from newspa
per comment. We wish him goot
luck.--Abbcville Medium.