The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-10-07
Rich Exhibition.

The Indianapolis HerGld has the follow
inS notice of II recent exhibition in that
city:
Hrownlow's troupe of negro ,ninstrcls
gave an exhibition at Masonic Hall last
niSAt.
Rev, Mr. Hunuicutt is :. preacher and
editor of q niggar paper in Richmond, Va
He Is y Gaunt, grizzly specimen Of con-
crete fanaticlsm, evidently out Of place III
the society OF white mcn.-even such as
those who compose the loyal delegation of
Southern pilgrims now on their way to cro-
cOCiile at the tomb OF Lincoln. Huunicutt
Is an END man" of the show, and perfect
Guy Fawllcs- He is a blood and thunder
cuss, who is determined on the rcgeucra-
ton of the South at all hazards In the
outset OF hls speech, he narrowly avoided
the rock on which he split in the Phlladel-
phia Convention personal biography-but
ehcered oil IL time, and proceeded to draw
Il graphic and striking picture of matters
and thlnSs lii Virginia. The people of
that lnfernal commonwealth are q thou
sand per cent. more devilsh, inhuman,
blood-t thirsty, disloyal, damnable, ungodlv
and hell-deservlnS than at any time during
the rebellion. \ loyal man cannot live
there. The foul atmosphere of treason
would choke one like tire-damp. The hell
hounds would tear ilim limb from limb on
the faintrst suspicion Of loyalty, drink his
blood and grind his bones. Blood cock
tails, art"rial punches and venous sanga-
recS, made of the vital fluid OF loyal men,
are thc most fashionable, drinks mt the
Richmond saloons. In the next breath, he
told us he Published the most radical paper
III thc world right i'll the midst of these
horrible mau-catcrs, said what he pleased,
did What h" pleased, and was !iot mo-
Tested.
Mr.. Hnnncut laid down his programme
for the regeneration of the South He de-
(n1ftt!ru CNntrrrSS If hr
to DC Quartcrct, i'll Richmond until he could
revoIutloniZo the Government. turn the
rebels out of office, and place loyal negroes
IN their places. He proposed to raise an
army OF white and black loyalists, and if
rebel even dared to crook his finger, he
would bc 4 dead rebel. lie did not pro-
pose to disfranchisc rebels fo; five wears
simply, bat for $3.50 years After he had
succeeded i'll all this, with tho ballot and
the bayunet III the hands of t-o loyal ne
Trocs. 'h., nc!!cnium Won!d come: and he
invited his Indiana friends To some down
aud sec lam III his paradise. They had
tried 10 get up mob when he established
the Nc'' -N"t(pn at Richmond. Pollard had
published in has paper that the white men
Who patromzed his paper were already
ID, and that the negroes Who cncoura gcd
1t should be expelled from the community
1et he walked the streets of Richmond day
and night. and had never been -molcstcd.
He knew the Southern people Give way
TO them, and they We're dominccrny, over
bearing and murdcrous. But stand for
the right, and they were towards. He
himself was man Of peace. Hc didn't
want 20 Kill anybody, nor to be killed. but
il anybody attacked him, by the God who
made him, he would slay his Antagonist
from ail of which drew the inference
that Hunnic,lt is lighting cuss. He said
that if ever Pollard laid the weight OF his
finger upon him. from that moment he was
"Soncr. Another element OF strength
was III the 10000 loyal blacks, who would
wade through blood to their arm-pts for
him. Let them harm him or his printin.
Office, and Richmond would be in ashes
within twcnty-four hours.
We were not much surprised at the crazv
dcmoniac spirit which pcrvadcd tie ha-
ranSuc of this white nigger but We must
confess that the hearty manner in which
II was received by the audience took us
somewhat aback. We never saw such wild
enthusiasm Dc,orc. The audience shouted
ana yelled III the most frantcallv delight
fui manner for five or ten minutes at n
time. swinging their hats in the air and
hugging each other in the frenzy of the
moment. The principles of God and hu-
manltv have progressed more rapidly than
we thought possible, and Gen. Coburn has
made an ass Of himself in trying to wigglc
out of his Masonic Hall declaration in
favor of negro suffrage. Had lie stuck to
that, he might now be the most popular
man N the State.