The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-09-26
Rich Satire.


out reconstructonist under the laws Of
Congress ,--
We have been frequently imporiuped
hy Northern friends TO furnish them with
frank, Ineligible analysis Of the pol,i
cal complexion end eminent of Georpia.
This We have heretofore. for various rea-.
sons, been unable TO do In fact, until
recently there has been nothing ip,elIio, !
he ahont j.. being mere in.iefn;e, de
connected medley Of unforgotten fo!lies
and half formed resolutions. The four.
tain Of the Southern mind has long been
er'erous'v stirred. but it is clear at last
so clear that Thersites nigh, water hi.
ass in 1t. policy has been adopted. a
programme ma,ured. IL is TO he the great
satire 81 the age, the most masterlp tri.
umph Of political irony ever perpetra,ed
the. yerv b, ,perbple Of sarcasm. Even
now the wounded p'ide Of The "smtinpau
cd smi'es sardonical'y at the prospective
picture. ..
Iii is the deliberate design. reached after
much incubation, Of the ex leaders Of Geor
gia, TO send as many negroes to Congress
aS possible. ard to send as thorough bred
types. physically and inirllecruaIv, as
they can induce the freedmen TO support.
II is to he the Grand NA,ioaal Opera
DAfriqne. We speak by The card. and
have had unusnsI opportunities Of know.
ing whereof we speak. No waiting for
the slow civil z'.inn Of school houses, or
the s'",eornanship Of primary readers, or
the political econnmv Of mui,iphca,ior
tshies. Here is your barbarian Lycur,ns.
III his nntamed, une'tersd puri,v-your
s~arihv So'"n, fresh from the jnnples J.
h"re is 'our legislative annals. s'rong in
The wisdom OF his hannches brilliant, in
the wit tha. hes in his sinpws I ,Wba,
shoulders these 10 bear with scorn.ul
strength the Senatorial oga-happy toga!
What daItoides these for the impressive
Wrhsterian gesture. grasp ng massive
me'-phors anl fgursuve ausiyns full
high advanced !" What an os caIeis rnr
standing committees what breceps 6racAm
f'r. adjusting lite differences Of "pni in
caucus! Talk nS m"re Of a, uscuIar ch,is
'ianitv-behoId. Parliament, Diet. Cor,
ttz, Congress, or what vow will, all muscle
every pid mater thicker than the ces,ns
Of Pollux. Take yonr constitutional eli
g'hiIi'v, dnskv, dull and d-fisnt; take
vour fourteenth amendment, notnn parch.
ment or vellum, but booming. breathing
thing. tangible. visible, cd ,rif-rous ! Take
your "irIesis'ible genius Of universal
emancipation" redeemed from all hut
ignorance, regenera,ed in all bnt vice. dis.
enthrallrd from all but imbaciltv-and
lie, rs see the wisdom Of Eyvpt in the
coming Statutes a; Lsrge-let us ponder
admiringly over the erndtion and elo
9nance of future Congressional Globes,
Now for a Cu'hayenian Senate that will
shame Afric's ancient g'orv-now for the
mnrky msgn'fcence OF f hioplan ora DRY
a. thew had It b-f,re Christ Noble
scion. lie can slmos, read the .elf evident
trnths OF vom Declaration Of Tndepen-
d-nce. Vive La RepuHic rAfrieoin !
Thus may Liberty pluck justice by the
nose" .... -.-.. .. ..ts.
Somewha, in this strain runs bacchant t
aud riant. the rhapsody "f The great dis.
iranchised. Nor is this all. There is a
richness in the SOCIAL phsse Of this plan
tha, d-fes language. ranging as it does in
dim eclipse through TIE levees Of Senator
Pompey in honor of his Numidian bride
through the salons If Car"Hna's Cleo.
p.rra. who "makes eren Ca.ar 'av his
sword to b-d;" Though the q rtstions OF
the ebony belle OF the sea isiands, with
her charming crispiness OF ;urls aud brown
hFssd'h Of lips
| .s.. .... "One was thin
! Compared with that was next her chin !"
down, down through q wordrous variety
| OF shades and shadows TO infirite dark
ness! But enonab. Atihe very thou ght,
"a strange, invisible perfume surs the
sense, and suf,es further speculation.--
| Or course this is little s!se than the ipsan
i'y Of suicide for rs certain as the crest
er contains the less, 80 certain negro con,
grs'smea Include, nolens volens, negro
magistrates. negro police, negro State s,d
municipal officers. The ,"disssrou. twi.
iigh" this woald shed over b sif the sa
tion 10 easily imagined, 10 viii: saruined
crsda.' o. pros'rs,ed com merce, sn1 .ex
pensive standing ,ar,ny. emsutes. ambus
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