The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-17
White Men Lay Aside Prejudice.


White Men Lay Aside Prejudice.
EDITOR The MANNING T1MEs:-Im-
mediately after our late ':war between
the States" President Andy Johnson
told Ehis Yankee Republican allies
that when. we failed (the white people)
to govern and rule our American
country, that it..would then be quite
time enough to call on the negro for
assistance. Was not it an admission
on the part of Northern msdmen who
were at that time in power as result
of the war, that our white people
were incapable of self-government,
by their admitting negroes to help
US by partisan and worse than doubt
full constitutional amendments? Shall
we OF South Carolina make the same
admission No! never! The North
ern men who had lowered their
standard of self-respect thus, would
to-day sink even lower down the
scale of self-government, should it
suit their purposes. Yes, for money
and Office, they have disgraced their
names and race forever. I can ac-
count for such debasement on the
part of the white man, only in the
fact, there are species in all of the
race. I take it then, that only the
lower species in the white race, could
be induced to do unworthy and hu-
initiating work. When white men
Gods noblest work. utterly refuse
to govern country bequeathed to
them by white men, they are humili-
ated indeed. Humiliated did I say ?
That is too mild 9 form in which to
put it. They are eternally disgraced
beyond all recovery. When they
took the first step in political iniquity
they prepared themselves for the Sec
ond and so on. But sir, they would
never had taken the irst step, had it
not been for want of principle in
their hearts. All such white men
(whether they be Northern or South
ern) belong 20 some inferior species
of our race. It is nonsense to try to
bring them back to political self-re-
spect, because of their deficiency in
that principle, which is the founda.
tion of patriotism. Such characters
can never be taught patriotism.
They can only be forced to obey the
law. That is all thst can be made
out of them. But such are always in
any country of white men, very few
indeed. The people OF South Caro-
lima can be united, despite the trick
cry of men who believe them incapa-
bic of self-government, and would
call in Joshua E. Wilson and others
of his race, to enlighten both them
and our American Congress. O tenn
pora! O mores! Northern and
Southern men who need the wisdom
of Joshua E. Wilson and others of
his stamp, ought to petition Congress
to colonize the whole fix, so that they
may be enabled to exchange senti-
ments of learning and sympathies, of
race. Why not? Don't tell me that
such is the necessities Of the times
that it is political progress. Is it
progress to assert that Joshua E.
Wilson can do more for South Caro-
lima in the American Congress than
the Hon. John L. McLaurin? Mr.
McLaurin is a great, wise, and
learned statesman-as much so as
any we have. To give his seat to any
negro would be to acknowledge that
the Republican party wears upon its
face all the impudence and disgrace
of radicals and devils combined. I
tell you,. Democracy and State-rights
are not quite dead yet-they will
never die! No disturbing elements
in politics can ever destroy them.
They are based upon these two ma
jorities: The majority of the whole,
and the majority of the minority.
Without those two majorities, there
could be no such thing as concurring
majorities. Let our majority and
our minority concur upon all impor-
tant public matters, and all will then
be well, and we will be united peo-
pie. We cannot see into the future,
but the lights before me point to a
Democrat for our next President.
Your friend and fellow-citizen,
JOIN L. EAsTERLING.
Fort Hill, Clarendon County, S. c.,
April 6, 1895.