Year: 1868

are the men who now have the


means to buy in thelands sacrificed
under the sheriff's hammer; and to


these the freedmen will have to
Hook in the future for homes and a


subsistence. =, 80


I Without relief the best class of


men in the country will be ruined,


and the lands and wealth of the


country go into much more dan


gerous hands. The dishonest man
you will leave untouched, for. he
will have conveyed away his


titles, OR have his business 50
Esmuggled up that the law cannot


reach him. Only the man who~is
too honest to7resort to. such means


will be reached and ruined, 2 <s-.~,
,s-sAtsthe same time the best class


of freedmen who chooseto live with
honest men, who will deal fairly


with them, will be. temporarily at


least thrown. out of, house and
home, and the means of subsis-
tence for their families. This Con-


vention may do much for the poor
and ignorant Of the country Let


our committee on education be


careful to in tfoduce such a public


school system as will enable. the
Largest number possible to enjoy
the benefits Of at least a a1pnmary


education. In this direction none


will 60 farther than 7. Let our
committee on the Judiciary frame
such q measure as viii secure to
the laberer quick and cheap JUS


tice. Here too none Will go far
ther than l.. Let every meanssbe
taken by US as a body and irdl-


viduaily to urge the necessity of
habits of industry and economy.


In this wayne may do sthe.fahor-
ing classes a great and permanent
good. But never BY teaching
them that their interests demand
the ruin Of honest: and intelligent
white men. Those who teach such
doctrines, directly or : indirectly,
are the worst enemies Of the
colored race and of humanity:
Tt would be. easyto provo by re-
ference to the history Of other
countries; that wherever there has
BEEN ntagoaism between peasant
sry and nobility, OF between labor
ers and capitalists, there has. been
no prosperity for either; But
where the relations are friendly
between these two. classes, : and
just and wise laws secure impair
,tiA, Justice to all, there we find all
prosperous and happy. Our duty
is then clear We are for veal or
for woe the citizens Of one CON-
mon country, By promoting the
prosperity. ofan, We promote our
avn. By ruining others, we ruin


ourselves. We are all Carolinians.


Let it be our aim to do whatever
will best promote>tbe interest. of
Carolina. I heard a distinguished
gentleman of the opposition say a
few days ago he was ashamed of
being a South carolinian: Gentle
men, I cannot call these the words
Of a patriot, Whatever may have
been her faults; she is still our
country and instead of being
ashamed of her, We should use
every effort to raise her to posi-


tion Of which any of her sons may


be proud. I Iheard the same gen
tleman say-he had rather see re-


construction defeated, than that
this convention should pass any


measures Of relief. 1 regret ex-
ceedingly that the gentleman has


so much personal interest in this


matter, as to make him prefer the


defeat of the Republican party in


this State, rather than that the


people of the State should be af-


forded any relief. The gentleman


could not have we'll considered


what would be the consequences


Of the defeat of our party before


reconstruction is au fait-accomph.


The colored race would assuredly


be deprived Of all political rights
for an indefinite period, and the
few whites, who have entered the