Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-05-17
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from the administration of 1882. We
have upheld them as the acts of the
people, and as constitutional means of
selfpreservation. Some Of these men
who are responsible for and who have
enjoyed the benefits and honors of Of
fee under these laws have turned up
on their State since their retirement.
By an appeal to one of the bitterest
enemies Of Southern civilization, po-
litician who disgraces the judicial er-
mine of the United States court and
masquerading as judge, they have
succeeded in having the registration
law declared unconstitutional, null and
void. The chief argument made be-
fore him was the defamation of your
State, and insult, if insult could come
from such a source, 10 your State off,
GERS. Under this decree, the doors.
have been thrown open and the ballot
again placed in the hands of every
man, white and black, of the age of 81
years. The abuse and SANDER heaped
upon the State by the counsel for the
plaintiffs was only surpassed by that
of the judge in his document styled
decree in equity.
But the pity Of it, the humiliation,
and the shame of it, is yet to be told
Besides this Jefferies on the bench
sat an old man, whose head was gray,
who had fought on the field of battle
for States rights, who had been speak
er Of the house of representatives of
South Carolina, and in whose hand
writing part of your registration laws
exist in our archives. There he sat,
wearing alike the judicial ermine,
hearing his State DETAINED, his cop-
rades in arms denounced as rebels,
and his own handiwork adjudged as a
crime. II the law was a crime, was
he not the criminal? Should his
head have not been bent and his eyes
moist with the tears of humiliation ?
Alas, they were not With a Mephis-
tophelean grin on his wrinkled face,
he nodded assent to the most infa-
nous document ever emanating from
a court in equity, while the black
audience exclaimed: IA Daniel has
come to judgment yea, Daniel"
The ex-senator who has been hold
ing caucuses in Columbia at private
houses, having the ear of the court and
holding the "foot of the chancellor"
returned to his home, feeling that his
movements had not been detected but
the responsibility shall rest where it be-
longs. Let the people not blame the
poor, lean and hungry counsel, who
are barking merely for bone, but Wis.,
it the sin upon the heads of the arch
conspirators.
A crisis confrOnts us, and has been
thrust upon us without our will or con-
sent at time when peace was hover
ing over the State. South Carolina
is enjoying an era of industrial i'm
provement, factories are being built
in greater number than elsewhere in
the South. The credit of the State
ranks higher than ever in its history,
our bonds not being purchasable at
premium of less than 10 per cent.
The march of progress is about to be
stopped; the black pail of Negro DOM
ination hovers over us; we must meet
the issue like South Carolinians. There.
are only two flags, the white and the.
black, under which will you enlist?
The one, the white, peaceful flag of
Anglo-Saxon civilization and progress
or the other, the black flag of the de-
based and ignorant African, with the
white traitors, who are seeking to
marshal the Negroes, in order to re-
gain political power. 1t is fortunate
that the issue comes at this time,
when constitution is to be made
guaranteeing white supremacy once
and forever.
The constitutional convention must
be controlled by white men, not white
men with black hearts, nor Negroes.
The world must be shown that we are
capable of governing ourselves and
that constitution or no constitution,
law or no law, court or no court, the
intelligent white men of South Carroll
ma intend to govern her. Let the man
who undertakes to lead the ignorant
blacks against you suffer as he did in
1876, and remember that eternal vigi-
lance is the price Of liberty. 1 will
not call the legislature together. They
could do nothing. An appeal will be
taken to the supreme court of the
United States, but under the red tape
and technicalities surrounding it, a
decision cannot be had in time TO affect
the election of delegates. 1t must be- a
free open fight. I appeal to the SOW
ereign people of South Carolina, the
wisest and safest and purest tribunal,
to protect their homes and liberties.
They have never failed TO respond
to duty. The government Of the peo-
pie must and shall be perpetuated,
and we are ready to lead the fight
under the white mans flag. Your
obedient servant.
JOHN GARY EVANS, Governor.
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