The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-05

;.:enca. tie felt tla; he now had III
Is presence ''foemen worthy Of his
S:eei.' He had facetiously said that
Judge Mackey was Democrat III
disguise when the Judge began to
speak. and he would leave it to the
audience if The latter had not thrown
oE1 t0e mask and was fast returning
u hi, first political love. He was
particularly pleased to see the ne
gw,eS here today, not IN order to
make political speech 10 them, for
Ii haG inst as SOON think Of singing
- elm- 10 4 dead horse: not one IL
& hundred Of them could define the
difference between the Radical and
Democratic platforms. Bnt he was
cd = see them in order that he
night assure them the Democrats did
~ desire to return them 10 slavery
VIXEN y. power: they would no. re-
e...>Iav. them if they could, and could
n1- i they would. As for himself
l.: believed slavery was j curse and
6 olign- 10 the South, and that their
emanc;oa:ion was a blessing III dis
cu::se IL both white and black: that
h considered he had inherited one
hundred and fifty Of them by the
demise Of slavery. He was engaged
n farming in partnership with them,
hat they got along amicably, and
that both parties had made some
n.:2ey. The only thing ne complain
&. % WAS that the Radical leaders
w=re stealing it from them under the
ferns Of law, in the shape of heavy
taxation. Gov. Chamberlain and his
party had stolen from the public
cr:o until their hands had become
wary in taking from depressed
pe1pIe: and when the negroes Of Col
LEON and other Counties we're bare
fo oyted. without clothes to hide their
naSedness, and even starvation was
beating at the doors Of the humble
cottages. and the inmates of the
Asylum were Economically crying for
brad the reply came from the Gov
amor and his administration "that
Jo:re was not dollar in the treas
~. At such time as this, Gov
er.or Chamberlain comes forward as
The champion Of Reform. It reminds
II: Of the trick Of the rogue who cries
Sup thief as he runs. While he would
nc: make an argument to them on
politics. as he knew that they would
no. understand it. and that they were
no. banded together as Radicals, but
b. the instinct of race. still he would
say 10 them in all fairness, that he
was willing TO give them all Of their
rights and privileges under the law,
al tlat the door Of the Democratic
party vas open to them to come IN,
ard taat the platform was not like
I:13irs Of 'o-day too rotten to hold
them up: but that it was strong
enough to hold alike white and black;
that they would be taken in this
country like the Methodists used to
take in their members, by putting
hem upon six months trial. When
they proved their faith by their
works, they would be taken into full
fellowship.
He would say that as to this cam
paign, it would be conducted with the
-~aateS. forbearance and tenderness
towards the ignorant negro masses.
Du: with the most rigid and strict
accountability to the leaders. giving
a decided preference to the white
carpet bagger, over the scalawag; the
second object of consideration would
b. the mulattoeS, as they were halt
whites: and thirdly. black negroes
who we're leading their race to de-
struet;ol. for every white person kill
e5, house burnt, or property destroy
ed, the leaders would be held to a
swift reckoning. The tall poppies
Will Oc OuE 1dN ptIlSS, lEc L lllS VI VI
de- that governs us will be the law
OF self preservation, the first and
highest known amongst the laws Of
man. The many crimes that fill the
al prove that ;lle government Of
Scuth Carolina under the administra-
ten Of D. H. Chamberlain, is a
cheat, a fraud and snare. You re-
member that Judge Mackey has just
tod you tha: twelve out Of the thir-
teen Jewels that formed the Radical
diadem Of the South, have gone over
- the Democratic party, that they
have been lost t. tue Radical party !.
not b. fraud. intimidation or vlo- !;
le1ce, Dut by the corruption Of the ;
Radical officials themselves, that i'll
pcint Of fact they have "rotted ,