The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-16


disastrous consequences that resulted from
farming the revenues Of France Immediately
before the revolution took place. and it would
seem as if our "bright" Legislators were bent
on bringing us to the verge Of financial ruin.
The brilliant suggestion may not be adopted
by the committee to which it is referred, but it
entities its author to the position of lend
man." OF "lttle JOKER in the Congressional
minstrel troupe
Progress OF tho Radical Niger whitening
Process Down South.
The reports OF the proceedings Of the South
ern radical constitutional conventions continue
to be diverting and characteristic both of the
humor, ignorance and desperation Of Sambo.
II is evident that the niger whitening process
Is meeting with but equivocal success. The
extreme is attempted in the Louisiana zebra
Convention, where the blacks, encouraged by
their white allies, are grasping at more than
the privileges extended to whites In all the
public places, in all respectable hotels, travel
ling cars and steamboats,, where the discretion
OF managers and agents is exercised in regard
to the propriety OF receiving and entertaining
white guests, that discretion is not to be per-
mitted in the case of negroes. white man
drunk can be elected With impunity by
Louisiana landlord, but black man drunk
can be visited with no such indignity under
the new Constitution. A black loafer, foul
with filth, can take his seat beside white
lady at the hotel table, in the steamboat saloon
or in the railway car, while white loafer
would be turned adrift without ceremony. In
public assemblages black barbarian can yell
to his hearts content and commit acts of dis
turbance without molestation, while white
rowdy is hastily despatched to the nearest sta
ton house. Briefly, the whole scheme OF these
Louisiana radicals is to make the black not
only the equal, but the superior, of the white
man to break down all the rules of society,
looking in their aspiring ignorance TO the time
when decent white woman will esteem it an
honor to wed lazy and besotted black.
In the Virginia Convention two remarkable
events have just occurred, and nearly at the
same time-the recognition of the Deity and
the appearance of Ben Butler. The conserva-
lives made call for Henry A. Wise, but he
did not appear The Convention has also just
decided two other matters, both of which have
already been settled and clnched by the Union
arms-namely, that secession is null and void
and that slavery is forever abolished
Tie opening vapors Of the North Carolina
Convention begin 70 arise, but nothing of
tangible shape has yet appeared.
The South Carolina Convention, in which the
blacks have some ten majority, is laborng
which of two evils to chooses South Carolina
or Massachusetts, man for presiding officer
The latter is said to be the BLACKLIST
The Georgia Convention is both hungry and
desperate. Things are becoming more and
more gloomy and intricate in that State. The
presence of General Meade does not appear to
have smoothed the ruggsdness Of tho situation
or soitened the asperities of party feeling.
There is no money either in the State Treasury
or in the pockets of the delegates. II is beg
carly show all around. A call lie made to Con-
gress to donate the public lands to the negroes
in order to test their capabilities Of selfgov-
eminent. It would be good way of getting
rid of them
The Mississippi Convention is foundering be-
tween going on with its business and smashing
up altogether The proceedings thus far are
exceedingly farcical; but the negro element
predominates, at twenty dollars per day each.
We have nothing from the Arkansas Conven-
ton, which was to have assembled on the 7sh
inst
The Florida Convention meets on the goth.
Meanwhile the starving darkies in the inte-
rior, as well as in cities, are awaiting the re-
suits of all these efforts to hasten them on the
road to civilization and, when not engaged in
pastimes OF more lively and desperate char
acter, they pass their time in catching catfish
and stealing sweet potatoes. They are too
lazy to earn even their salt.