The New York herald., 1867-03-30

wv YORK HERALD, SAT
TIE Political Revslusisa Dawn ssssh-Ths
N@A New Ase q Nesss WssshippIas.
| "Lord, we know what w are, but know mot
what We may be," ssyS The unhappy Ophella |;
and how forcibly d this solemn fact impressed
upon US when we look at the vicissitudes and
transformation in cur party politics and poll
ticians Of the Last half dosen years. II seems
as If 1t were but yesterday that We had deci-
sion from tho Supreme Court OF the United
States Affirming that s'ths. negro, under the
constitution, has NO rights which white man b
bound to respect" Bus whore stands Sambo
nowi On the French tripod Of "Liberty,
Equality and Fraternity" he has become the
Hindoo Brahma Of American politics To the
disgust of Wendell Phillips even the old line
democracy and the late higher caste Southern
chiyalry are down in the dirt muttering their
prayers and promises to "the almighty
nigger." Truly, in this political revolution,
as in the Niagara Falls and the big cedars Of
California, fat women and living skeletons,
and various other things, America beats the
world. r-.9s.s. - r.. =. ~ X. - ~ asl
Under .ths Union a Il was'' General Wade
Hampton. with the addition Of thousand
negro slaves, absolutely his, was the Duke ef
Devonshafe Of South Cnrolina. His fhSorfte
and hospitable country ssas at Columbia was
that Of principality in It's luxurious appoint
ments, accessories and surroundings His de-
pendents and his slaves, his cotton fields, Vine
yards, flower gardens, stables and granaries
were those Of prince. "Fallen from his high
estate" what ID he now? We will let him
answer for himself as he spoke Ut Columbia the
other day, in his fraternsing speech to the sym
pathetic blacks for their political fusion with
their late white masterA No personal motives,
he contended, could influence him In this ap-
peal; "for." said he, II am no longer citizen
OF the United States or Of South Carolina Tho
bill which gives the right Of suffrage to you
(his emancipated slaves) disffanchises me.
have not even homo here for my homo and
the homes Of all who love my name have been
laid in ashes. I have no political righta have
nothing to bind me to this ruined land but the
memories Of the past, the affections cherish
for Its people and the graves Of my kindred"
How cold and pointlsss, compared with this
warm and living picture, is the figure Of Marius
brooding over the ruins Of Carthage.
But our point In this case Is the negro vote
Of the South. Itisa Southern political balance
Of power; it covers the popular majority in
South Carolina, the importance Of which to the
ruling white class is thoroughly grasped by
Hampton. Like wise man he accepts the issues
Of the war and bows tb the terms Of Congress.
he appeals to the blacks, lately his slaves, as
his political superiors, 70 try the political ex-
pertinent Of harmonizing with their late white
masters before they go over into the political
service Of strangers There is in this appeal
degree Of chiyalry and political sagacity hr
higher than anything else in the line of chiyalry
Of which South Carolina can. July To1st The
broad fact that the two races in the South must
henceforth harmonjse on apolitical bash to
avoid q bloody conflict of races is the ground
covered by Wade Hampton. But the Northern
radicals, and even the old Northern Bourbon
democracy, are in the field Tor this Southern
negro balance of power. What, then. is most
likely 10 follow ftom this rivalry for the smilcs
or 5amboe ~. S>- sA
Black though it may be, we have to l0ok this
thing In the face. You cannot give "ths South
ern colored gentleman" the ballot and still
expect to keep him out Of Office. Where he has
the majority in the matter Of color be must be
bought OF or the white man must stand back
when the time comes. From the political ne
cessities Of this party or that party, therefore,
it will be no matter for surprise II We have in
the next Congress from the South I've, ten or
fifteen or twenty members Of the House, and
. scattering shot or two In the shape Of
"dark complicated" Senator. Colored gentle
men for foreign missions, the Cabinet and the
White House will then be in order. When
James Buchanan was our Minister at London,
on one occasion at court reception he was
asked what he thought Of the ambassador from
Hayt, . strapping African, gorgeous in gold
lace, at his elbow. 81 think," !" said 'sOld Buck"
quizzing the glittering negro T think that that
fellow would fetch fifteen hundred dollars in
New Orleans" Upon that platform athe
favorite son Of Pennsylvania" (ob, MosesD in
1856 was elected President by the Southern
white balance Of power. But now, slavery out
or the way, the contest h for the Southern
black balance Of power, and unless the radi.
calls in the North prove their professions by
their acts they will lose it Notwithstanding the
Southern machinery in the hands Of Secretary
Stanton. Frederick Douglass, the Rev. Mr..
Smith or Box Brown, as representative blacks
Of the North, must be advanced to equal suf-
frage and division Of the spoils, or Sambo
and Pompey in, the South will follow the
Southern banner of Wade Hampton, Governor
Brown, Lonestreet and Lee. The logica pro-
grammc from negro suffrage in the South must
be carried ont by the republicans in the North,
or the party will be broken to pieces. Thus