The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-16

when every man cn thlS moor rt lNl-' WHO
have passed away never 'lar'"l I" !''a'-' hi;'
fire@iic wtllrut :ir:.aI tn@t wlau h" returned
h.. wnu!t find .::rl" harm OF lrrlrt - hi
family. %lln .lHr.I ~. - lrrii, Wh.a "tlr
crufts n1 iv.:c" w.r.. filled witn :rit,:rE an
an: tiisccaca; wh-n III" iud,.aS w"c.' rct i.,'a
from bri!.rrv cam lrp:N til:al. How did /:
come about aud why must hear th2 ilaa:'',
We are told that tha negroes did not do II
Or lln didn't d. il. Bu; ho was the in:!trr-
:Geul with which it WAS ions. You hliIdly
followed aAd ohrr'.h the orders Of the
Frccdnea's Bureau a4.i ignored the appeals
"f vpGr f'rIrrr masters. W!.t h"t rrptr:tcA
vnl ard treated ynu with Kindness. J.
myself. can tc:,!i;: that a:p"al at.:r aPr"a!
va; made hy IL. a:s1 L.; "yc:v whit: u;!l IL
this Sra:a ~ tho irr-r.'; "n ':i; plantation -
kc'r throw cf this har'l"n "f IpiSrNl@ anil
.i",r:lation. and th- last cnlorci ln;in
liin,lly followed wherever these white crHa.
tur =; ordered Was il n":5rs government
IT,. negro furnished the ballet aud tha! :
what we are H., l., t"2! wit!i. Inc negro
pat heir littla l.irCa:: '.i .'an"r III The 3cA.S
that cavr th1 commissions t" til" Whit
s,.oupjl reis who were their leaders and the
mon who .l"lau:hci the government. auh
this must l"' "Ur Justification sud "Gr
vi:giivatirn AMI our "X:U-'' to tie world thdf
V" ar in convention "l"Hi :. boldly. WITHOUT
auv pr.tsnS" of 3;,rr!''v I" an1Oilncr ttal
j! is our rurnosc, a. iar "G &c may. without
coming into conflict with :hH United Sj;t":
Constitution 10 pnt such safeguards around
the ballots Il. shall restrict the sutfra2, 80
that this cenItinn q thing shall ncIcr con-"
about again. The poor ignorant comn"u
tie!d hands followed hlindly like sheep, ,whcr-
ever their whito leaders told them t. g"
voted unanimously for the Republican ticket.
and these results Tarc achieved solcl y.wFpsiE
hv the reason nf the ballot being il the haIdS
uf such people. l. til" danger gene? No.
Iitw do we obtain our ]iherties2 How did
,vn obtain cur liberties? BY fraud ami
violence, We tried - overcome 5000
majority by honest methods, aEd It was :,
mathematical imnosSih!litE. A1irr We HAL
borne the iniquity for eight wears lin became
yauelcss. Under tha leadership and IL
sriration Of Mart Cary. hecal$r ii was hc
who brought about the strmghtn'.t move
ment Of Il. iu spite of the low country. who
we're anxious 70 put Chamberlain forward as
3 ,ompromisa. ani then as haycuets wern
here to prep Chamberlain in his chair. We
were held IL suspeu2e from the meeting OF
the general assembly in November NntN
Havas' tito Wis .s.tled IN March. Tho
VII nlc swcre to have their liberties OF die,
How did wa bring it about? Every white
man sank hia PERSONAL ambitions. The pc"-
re e the state thu white people oi the State,
ready with their lives and property, came
together at once. By fraud and Violence u
YOU r!eas". We threw it of. Ia rs We bal
to re,"rt to more fraud and violence. IN 81
We hal lr resort to fraud and violence. linen
tll;, registration and the ci:,at-bcX law WtrH
evolved from, the Surerior intelligence OF Tie
whi,eman 70 control this muddy. sucg-
ing. mad stream Of ignorance aud hold II
h2:E, and sine: then. W. nave carried our
elections withou! re$9rting to any of the:c
means simply because th" whites We're
united we were - remain uuitcl II would
hA enough This il . serpent that lies asleep
ynlvto hr warmed up again i'll lilo when
SON" more white ra$4als from home or
abroad come iIcre aud organize it, The only
thing that To can tio iSto take rom them
c:ery ballot that wc..:tn llntlcr the laws Of th&
United Stutea. ] read moment ago from
tho report Of the conluiitte" that good S3y-
.rnment eau only rest on intelligence AMI
good morals.
| viii so farther and say that good govern
ment in Republics and tho very l;fc Of the rc-
puhlicrests on virtue, patriotism and III
taliigence It has bccn said. and it must ap-
pear TO every man who thinks that even II you
restrict the suffrage as we propose, that
with 10000 Conservatives and 10, coo Reform
ars and IS 900 Whit men d:sfrauchlsed, that
the negroes are still here in sufficient nun
bers to control US. Are VIC 50 besotted and
50 fcrsetful of the memories OF the glorious
past and Of the freedom transmitted to us by
our forefathcrs that We cannot rise above
petty animositics that have been brought
about in the last five years and rise up to the
necessities OF the occasion and put into this
constitution such 0. clause or article IN refer
rflce to the suffrage as will guarantee to all
future generations that AnS1n-SaXon rJFIllza-
ton and liberty which VIC must have. How
lmeriIe are these objections. How incffahiy
Suu unspcakahly contemplate appears the
personal ambition nf any man alongside rf
this great question.
am sorry that aW constrained TO toucn
upon this matter now from different stand
point I shall be as briaf as can. We werc
told something this morning about the per
feet equality Of white men; that the poor
tenant who has nothing save his wife and
children and tolls day b;- day FOR his daily
bread, gathering no property, Is the equal oi
tie richest man in this State. grant 1t. IT
has been my cardinal doctrine &; a rutllH
man that all white men, t.; ILr a. the enjoy
ment cf the privileges Of government aud th"
enloIument Of office. should &c equal II TN:
State. and that the majority alone should
rule, but that doctrine rannrt ir brought III
here as Il reason why We must pause ID our
government un!e=s you carry it further. anil
il YOU are goin:. to hri!ls: in the argument OF
universal brotherhood Of mau. then YOU have
70 bring in tho black man. fox be. under SUCH
m argument Is aS utriril entitled to ronsld-
Grafton as nhy ulau. in" logical conclusion
is inevitable, and YOU cannot possibly, under
these restrictions which yoU propose 10 put
here on this question Of Suffrage. pause to
listen to the cry that some men VIII hay"
their rights to vote ieopar:lized.
What do they l'ropo@" To offer? The con
tinuation Of existing rnnditl"ns--the perpet-
uation Of fraud, the continuation OF franlu-
lent methods, and the sword Of DamoclcS
suspended over our head by Il single hair
swings and swings and swings. and AL that
is necessary TO bring it down upon nS Is Tor
a set Of white mon. actuat"d by i'it motives.
To climb up aud cut il irD$". register and
mobilize the negroes, lead them give th"m a
FREQ vote and Il fair count. and under the
manhood suffrage carry them 10 victory.
Some men have limited that the so-called best
class Of white men will form III alliance with
this black subS;ra:Gm- They might carry
one election or two elections. but the StrIl:S-
.Ie for the control Of tia: "ote will just az
Inevitably tle5auri, and tl"HpralizH and low
or and finally corrupt The public morals AS
that the sun :hnc:. Til" men who sink 1"
lain AMI Moses aud tho>t other S:oundr':IS
did. can always r"nl!rarH their support. And
rou will always h. confronted with til" cci~
1a!ntv Of that comm: /" l.is,' II @3:ti" fnI'
until YOU have reduced their v1tih5 strength
50 that there will never lt enough OF them I"
do more than put either enc white class or
tho other in control. Even then you cannot
help disfranchising ti!as" 1000 or 5000
white men, and yet you he$itat: to max" tn
evil as small as possible aiI minimize tii''
danger. AlludilS again to the fact that IT,;
spring several prominent gentlemen met ii
this city - see if there could hc any t"rnl'
"i amitv. any treaty "i ir"a"r i'tiwe"n III"
warning factions in thi: Staie. H;l'' II" words
'.iuS-aic anil ''tr;.itnr" hav'. i'"''n '!~''f IL!
rnnu". titn with mIt uaIl.' Il. 4 participated.
What wer: th'' ,.nr'Iij''I's: On" Eact:"n III
iiIi:: State had ":'l"'~"i. ajm"s /" Il man. ~"
.'aiiing rf t!lc'''l-i,,;tr''ua ":'mv":ili"H. w.
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