Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-01-05
Tells Colorcd People They Must Sub
nit end Labor.

IieoitcNt millol, plcSlucuG u LILO COL
ored college of South Carolina. delivered
tho emancipation day address at Spar
tanburg. tits tho first uttoranco of q
prominent colorod man in this State
since tho recent race troubles here and
in North Carolina and is in several re-
spocts remarkable. Tho following arc
extracts from it:
Havo 1 ovorstated tho case when I say
that thoro is no hoDo for us other than in
tho ciroumscribed limits of tho State of
South CarolinaP
AS turning tho pages of tho years past
and gone, thore arc worry few acts that
aro>bad for whiohI blamo tho negro. He
has been governed by impulses and mo-
tivcs that hayo been lofty and far reach
ing; but since 1906 thoro has never boon
n timo in his struggle that whenever he
needed tho whito Republicans of tho
South but that thoy have deserted him,
oithor individually or collectively. How
over thcro havo boon fow noble excep-
tions among tho white Republicans in
each of tho Southern States.
1t is q very nice thing for colorod
preachers and politicians to stand at q
distance in tho North and prato about
what thoy would do if thoy woro in our
places, and send us advice to shoot and
kill Misguided friends, you arc like
tho goat in 1isop's fables upon tile shed
of tho building with tho wolf down on
tho ground who cannot climb. Your
position enables you to brag, boast and
find fault with us, but wo who aro down
on tho ground with tho wolf must not
and shall not resort to threats; no, no
threats of resistance.
From whore should wo got any assist
anco should wo DO foolish enough to do
itP From white Democrats? No. From
white Republicans? No, because thoy
think too much of their precious hides.
Thon thcro is folly for our colored BROTH
crn III tho North to advise us to fight.
Somo of my fellow-citizons have not
opened their Oycs and soon our condi-
ton, hcnco thcy may accuse mo of SLAM
doring tho whito Republicans among us
or being too hard upon them in othor
Southern States; but are our troubles of
1870 and 1877 forgotton2 You talk about
tho recent trouble NJ Ph0nix. Is the
beam so largo in your eyes that you cam
not SEQ negroes that havo been deserted
by Republican GoYornment, Ropubli-
can Judges, Republican government,
town and county, apd turned ovor to tho
infuriated whito citizens of Wilmingtonp
Has Governor Russell lifted up Ills little
finger in attempting to protect his blacl,
Republican followers in North Carolinap
Has tho Republican administration donc
n single thing in tho United States Court,
save to mako fees for officers and wit
ncsses in tho case of tho postmaster who
was killed at Lake CitYp VIII they evor
do anything other than to mako foes for
tho officers and witnesses? Will the
guilty parties over bo punished2 No,
ncvor! The redress for these wrongs, if
found at all, will como to us from other
hands than theirs. It must como to us
through and by tho teachings of such
whito mon as Row. Wingard, who was
born upon tho banks of tho Saltkehtchie,
soil that is ondearcd by it's past history
to South CarOlinians all. We will have
to stay hero, trusting to God, acknowl-
@, ling to our white citizens our help
lcssncss and weakness, relying on thom
to right tho ills we boar. Shoulder to
shoulder, negro and whito mon must
stand, hand in hand they must stoop
undor tho burden, and together, with q
hoart of love, labor for the State Of South
Carolina, tho good of tho races and the
glory of God.
Some say l will not do it. | will not
accept your teachings, Miller-boforo do
so | will leave tho State. If that is your
choice it is your right. But where arc
you goingP Arc you going to any single
territory over whose sovereignty tho
American eagle spreads it's wingsP AFRO
you going to high on across tho Ohio and
stop anywhere undcr tho Stars and
Striposp Ii so, lot mo call on Senator
1Ioar as my witness, for no says, eff
anything tho negro has been more kindly
dcalt with By tho Southern mon than tho
Northern since reconstruotion."
What is good for tho white is good for
tho negro; therefore, in tho name of tho
mothers and fathers of tho negro race
whose, sons and daughters have boon
educated to toach, call upon tho trus-
tees of tho public schools of tho State to
reserve thcso schools for tho negro
graduates who intend to mako teaching
and not preaching thoir life work.
. / am convinced that tho South is tho
placo;for my people. Here wo will, in
tho end, become strong poOplo, yes we
will DO n groat factor in tho accomplish
mont and development of this nation +;
but wo must not rely upon assistance
from without. No must depond upon
tho nd that Is obo had at our doors.
Each family, every individual, must do
pond on itself. The greatness Of q race
isl tho measure of tho greatness of each
person, of each family, of each COM
mhnity. .. ..... .s.5..
1t is my boliof that our future was