The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-01
Shall we have Negro Congressman

The New York Herald in its bantering sero-comic,
hooking STYLE advises the South to precipitate the
policy of the Radicals suddenly its legitimate con-
cuson by sending negroes to Congress in the proper
ton Of the negro vote. "Henry A. Wise,n says the
Herald " has fine, intelligent and faithful servant
who should be sent from the Old Dominion to sit by
the side of Mr. Sumner in the Senate; and that negro
friend OF whom Wade Hampton spoke SO pathetcally,
noble fellow, evidently, might be seated by Wilson,
Chandler Sprague Or Trumbull, and be called to the
chair occasionally by Ben Wade, the President of the
Senate This would certainly be carrying out logi-
cay the theories of the worst Radicals and carving
them out little faster and farther than they ever in
tended. 1t would doubtless please the Herald to see
such appropriate climax to the disgusting civil and
political farce that dsgracing the nation in the eyes
OF the world; 1t would give that Satanic sheet" as
the more sanity New York journals denominate Ben
netts paper chance to indulge its sardonie gee
the results of American craftsmanship and the ptable
condition to which the South has fallen.
But the South has not yet fallen so low, is not yet
in SO desperate strait as to commit political suicide
for the amusement of the diabolical old Scotchman
and his soothing crew. ard thus compel her friends in
the North to abandon all hope of her from ia
Goblin tyranny. We of the South have not vet lost
the hope of being able, under the S. S. s. &c re-
construction act to finally control our State and To-
cal governments, and perhaps to send decent and
honest men to Congress- though in the present cond
ton of the machinery of national legislation, that
would be extremely inconsistent of no advantage to
u.s. aud would impose Unnecessary hardship upon our
representatives, who, unless selected with especial
view to the quality of moral impregnability,
cessary return to their constituents terribly demon
alised
However, should this hope in which we dress our
selves prove falacous, shall undoubtedly still have
the power, and certainly the inclination, to thrust
Sambo into office, rather than his seH-degraded AL!
bino allies, who have no thought of making use of
him but as a stepadder to place and power. Far
sooner would we see Prince, the barber, or the stall
wart black who handles printing forms, occupying
a seat in the American Congress than either of the
miserable white-we will not say men-who are Sc
crety plotting with portion of the colored popula-
ton, and melting them to riot and murder. And we
give due notice, that in case the designs against the
south-nnmisakably avowed by the legislation of the
Thirty-Ninth Congress-of leaving her people no
choice OF rulers but between negroes and white Rad
calls, be fully carried out and unalteraby accomplished
we shall be found advocating Gf we advocate any
thing) the black man for oGice-especally for Con
gressmen. We should then indeed be ready to adopt
Sawney Benefits advice, much in the spirit in which
it is given-a spirit that would "pour the sweet milk
of concord into hell" But hope for better things