Year: 1878

Your race il but small fraction Of
tho people in these United States. You
are but four millions against forty
millions Of whites. You are but a
tenth pnrt Of tho great mass Of the
people Of America and, moreover, that
race Of white men who are now tread
ing this continent, are tho most earn.
est, tho most enterprising, tho most
active, the most aggressive of all the
people that over walked upon Gods
earth. IL any other race places itself
IN opposition, it must give way before
the advancing tide, and die out ~ tho
Indians have done, while the white
men win go ON bearing the flag Of civ
ilization and Christianity until the last
tsumY shall sound from Heaven. Itis
ftlio law of Cod; il IL as fixed as the
law which fixed that sun in tho firm
ament. II will not be changed, and /
say to the colored people Of South Caro-
lima that If they array themselves
against the white men as race, IL they
draw the color line which / have been
trying 10 obliterate they aay, be-
cause We are black, we intend to be Re.
publicans always beg you to mark
that ] have not made prediction
cince 1876 which has not been fulfill
cd to the very letter. tell you here
TO day that il you place yourselves in
this attitude toward the white race, as
long as the seas beat upon your shores,
never will you have control over South
Carolina.


You can. my coiored friends, have
your share Of South Carolina you
ran have all the share that a citizen
has-you can aid in choosing ita rulers,
and If you show yourselves worthy.
honest and capable, you can become
oilioe holders yourselves But You
can do it only in one way, and that il
by joining this strong, grand old Demo
cratic party. We hold out the hand Of
fellowship to You. We say to you,
our platform is broad aud strong
enough TO hold you all, and We have
men enough on it already to hold that
platform forever. We havo room
enough in the great Democratic party
10 take in all who want to come. We
staml upon tho pledges wa have male
and the everything principles Of the
Democratic party that every man Is tho
equal before the law Of every other
man and his position m1>' hs worked
out in life by himself L', 'l'.,t,'iy must
be controlled by hia nwu wnrLs.


We will try To all you, my cpiorrl
fricnds, in every way. We have tried
to aid you in an educational point Of
view. We have done much and would
have done more but for one thing:
When We took this Government We
found that your Radical friends had
left debt Of $lSj,000 to be paid %
school teachers for past services, and
We have been paying off that debt out
Of our educational fund. We believe ia
paying ~ We 20. We don't believe in
opening schools and making teachers
trade of their certificates at discount
and allowing oilicc-holders 10 get the
money. We believe in giving you edu-
cation for your children, and | urged
upon the Legislature, and they adopted
my suggestion, that they should ratify
the amendment to the Constitution,
which gives to the counties two mill
tax for educational purposes. That
has been honestly appropriated. That
amount will increase, and in few
years you will find system Of educa-
ton, so broad and so perfect, that every
mans child, black or white, can par
ticipate in the benefit. Speech al
| Charlesf0a Oct. I'd.