The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-08-07
ABOLITION Colonization Down
AnaaNh

We find In the South Carolina correspon-
denec Of the New York Tines s0me inter-
estlng facts concerted with. tie coloniza.
tion Of Nc'y England Abolltionlsts down
south Tie wrltcr Is giving description
Of Beaufort $. G.. and our readers we feel
certain, will be charmed with the delight
ful picture lac paints. lie says --..
There are between nftoen hundred and
two thousand white people In .Beaufort al
most all of whom are genuine Yankees---
All rich, too, thanks to the fate of war and
the existence of direct Tax Commissioners.
IN anu abont here are some ten thousand
colored men, 'oho mtp0le ,eifh me tohites Just
as though they toere Of the same origin as the
iohdeS The Mayor Of the city Is a New
Englander aud every oiilce-holder, landl
lord and store-keeper halls from the same
section. The best proof however, that
Beaufort Is q thoroughly Yankee town, is
obtained from the fact chat the people are
In favor Of negro suffrage, and to maif4F
Qthce-hollers anal nll--pronouhce Andrew
johnson traitor.
The above. we judge, must be Just the
Paradise that GREELEY, WgNDErI Put
LIPs and SUMNER are sighng for. The ne
groes "mingle with The whites lust as
though they were Of the same origin |"
Well, this Is only an improvement on the
Five Points. There they are little doubt
full as yet about mingling equally, but Mt
Beaufort they have conquered the last
lingering prejudice" That such set of
men, in such society, should regard An
DREW JouNsoS rs traitor" Is the most
marked compliment that has yet been paid
him.
The way these ilftecu huuircd or two
Thousand Yankees live and what they do
amid the ten thousand negroes that sur
round them, is worthy of note. They
simply live by robbing and pluudcring the
negroes Here is picture Of one OF these
negro robbers:
The most distinguished and most sue
cesstui pf all OF these negro robbers is a
former ch0plain known rs Father French.
who has IN the past four years. accumulated
4 qRdrter QJ q million dollars in cash and
redl estate. Even the Northern people
here. to man, pronounce Father French
the Tycoon OF adj the robbers. He had
General SaXton completely under his con-
troll, and got him into bad repute. He was
ordered away from the auction sales by the
direct Tax Commissioners, but managed TO
considerable. General Saxton Is fright
ful fanatic. and while Commissioner of
Freedmen did world of harm.
Father French's operations extend from
here to Charleston, both in the purchase of
real estate and In running plantations. His
modus 0perdndi In the purchase of land was
rs follows: Thousands of acres of fine lands
were laid on aud called soldiers tracts, TO
be sold to soldiers at certain low prices
Father French would buy in these lots, os-
tensibly for the soldiers. the latter being
present at the sales; but In almost all cases
the certificates ultimately found their way
into Father French's pockets. But his ne
gro-swindling operations beatevorythng.
He is the biggest planter South Carolina
ever had. He Is running thousands of me-
groes. and running them into debt and into
their graves. They are all in debt TO him,
on account of his lQfty charges tor meal and
AttIebOUUgh jelcely." ID
Parson FRENCH is sample of the Yam
KEGS now down South engaged in robbing
and numbering negroes. They kill many
by overwork, and rob the remainder by
lofty charges for meal and Attleborough
jewelryw Is IT possible for the imagina-
tion to conceive Of such set of hypocrites
and thieves?