The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-08-14
WHITE
SUPREMACY
White Men to Your Post.

White Men to Your Post.
The spirit Of indifference now exist
ing among the white men OF this
county, if not checked, may cost
them and their children after them a
sad and frightful experience. The
negroes are taking advantage OF this
Indifference, and every night they
are holding secret meetings all over
the county.
Last Friday night. after the white
people had retired, the sound OF We
hicles and the clatter of hoofs could
be heard until after midnight.
What caused this commotion? 1t
was g. secret political meeting in the
school house next to their church.
The house was full, and every Sec
tion Of the county was represented.
The meeting was addressed by Rev
erends Thomas, Crawford, Browne.
and Delaine - all of whom made
speeches urging the negroes to stand
up for their rights and to contribute
money toward the registration cases
now before the courts.
The negroes are in dead earnest,
and their leaders are distributing
through the preachers flaming ad-
dress from George ". Murray. This
address, together with a blank petit
ton to Congress, is handed out, and
it is surprising how well they have
completed their organization.
Nothing has done more toward
waking the negroes from their slum-
bers than the Indifference among
white men. What are we going to
do about it, Are we to crafty fac
tional spite by letting the negroes
capture the constitutional conven-
vention?
This is not g fight between Re-
formers and Conservatives, but it is
a fight for existence between the
white man and the negro.
Far be it from us to do the negro
harm we want him to enjoy all OF
his rights and privileges; we would
not take from him one jot or little
rightfully belonging to him, but we
must insist that he has no right to
rule this country. 1t is a white
mans country; their fathers bought
it with their blood, and their chill
dren would be unworthy to bear the
name of their sacred ancestry were
they to allow this country to be
taken from them.
Again, last Monday night between
two and three hundred met in the
same school house, and they were
addressed by Rev. W. D. Chapelie.
He set his hearers on fire, Judging
rom the loud demonstrations they
made. This meeting, we are told,
kept up until nearly daylight, and as
some Of them were going out OF
town they fred pistols off in the
upper end of town.
We earnestly appeal to the white
men of both factions to lay aside all
bitterness and go to work for COM
mon cause. If the negroes get con-
troll of the convention you will be
called upon for more serious work
than simply casting your ballot; be-
cause you are white man, and you
will not be willing to sit down and
see yourselves carried back to days
that-with all Of their sad memories
should be forever gone.
White men, wake up on the Goth OF
this month, which is next Tuesday !;
60 to the polls and stay there until
every vote is pclled, counted and
safely carried away.
In another column we publish the
negro address to show our people
that we are not becoming alarmed at
shadows, but for them to see that we
are on the watch-tower, and it is our
duty to sound the warning.
We say that under existing condi-
tions there is great danger to the
cause of white supremacy, and the
man-it matters not to which faction
he belongs who purposely stays
away from the polls on the Goth, is
not oaly doing himself an injustice,
but an injustice to his children also.
In times of danger and trouble the
women of our country have always
done noble service, and We say to
the ladies that you should join us in
urging your husbands and sons,
brothers, friends and sweethearts to
go to the polls and help carry the
white banner of peace, happiness and
prosperity on to a glorious victory.
Remember the days prior to 1876
and 60 out to the polls next Tuesday