The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-03-29
TURNING THE TABLES.

II, ten years ago, some Abolition lee
turer had prophssisd that ia the ear
of grace 1867 the ringers" of South
Carolina would bs msgnanimously prom.
Using to use their influence for the en-.
franchisement of the "Cbivalry." be
would have been loOE ed upon as fool TOO
hopeless 10 receive any other arguments
than decaysd eggs or bony knuokles. We
are surely living in an age Of wonders
and miracles!
A few days sgO tie negroes of Charles
TOMS. c., had a grand celebration in
hoaor of the recent acts Of Congress
which conferred suffrage upon them. Iu-
credible as IL may seem, Gen. Wade
Hampton and several other active sScss-
sionists were present; aud. more wonder
ful still, they threw no stones, fred no re-
volVsrs. and administered no doses Of
pillOry, paddle, calabcOse, coWhide, or
other "PIantatioa B;ter5. No; they
Sat down to public banquet with the
''niggers," and discovered. to their un-
sptAkabs amszement, that Sambo sitting
on the right, holding a knife aud fork,
was no more odOriferous than if he stood
behind the chair, bearing a decantsr!
After dinner. the Chivalry made speech.
es, every mothers son Of them. And
here comes in another phenomena Whol>
ly without precedent. These addresses
said nota word about servants obeying
their masleTs;-were void Of all forms Of
profanity; they didn't request the-sup
pose we say disadvantages to make
tracks for home if they didn't want to
understanding terrible. No; the
dashing, gallant, chivalrous, aristOcralic
Caucasian, Gen. Hampton, actually in :
quired of woOlly headed, long heelsd, ,
thick Tipped, sooty, aromal darkeys. "Am
I not man and brother?" H, and his
friends were all enthusiastic upon "nig
ger" liberty and equality. Their sffac
ton. for their colored brethren knew no
bounds. Henceforth they were determin,
ed to fEatersizs and amalgama,e il undy
ing love.
After their warm >hearted and sffsotionst
guests had subsijed. the ''cullud gentle
msR'' took the floor. They evidently
didn't intend that the white people should
perish of unrsquitsd affection. and re
sponeed in spirit of answering devotion
Black hearts thrObbed against white ON es
Othello's betrothsl. the soft. lachr ymosS
embraces of Orr ald Couch at the Phila-
delphia Convention. were as nothing
compared with this most touching scene
of modern history. The colorsd hosts
bitterly regretted that clause of the Re
construction Act which disfrauchi4es act
i've rebels, and pledged their influsnc,
and vote in favor of its speedy repeal.
Perhaps President Johnson is by this
time convinced of the truth of tbs old
maxim'tha the F Fs have more respect
for "niggers" than for ''poor white folks!
After all, this performance is more novel
than wonderful. Hampton. spite of his
Southern prejudices is shreWd politician
He sees that universal suffrage is ineVita-
bic; that the negro vote will decidedly
outnumber that of the whites in South
Carolina; that it is the rising tide, on
whose crest he means to ride into Con
gress. He is simply acting as a ssusibl.
man, and not thick headed old fogy
blind to the signs of the times.
II any further argument were needed IL
behalf of negro suffrage, We should fnt
it here. It has been argued that tht
Tightof suffrage would not guarantee t
freedmen comfort, safety, remuneraIiss
occupation, education, or anything for tn
lack of which they are now suffering
This Charleston celebration gives the Ii
to such assertions. Suffrage guarantees
to the freedmen everything which belong
10 them. Once recognized by the law a
men, welding all the privileges of citizens
they can no longer be treated as havinl
no rights which men are bound to respect
Wherefore, let'us rejoice and take comfor
in the social millennium which Wade
Hampton has inauguraLod at Charleston
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