The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-08

Seyerus was a negro. We have all heard OF
"making history" before this, and his Exceilency
seems to be engaged In that arduous tisk. Now,
there is manfestly no objection TO SeVerus' having
been :, nepro but we can none Of rs help desiring
tokpow the proofs upon which the statement rests.
All intelligent negroes will OF course resent
the insult offered to their race by his historical
Exccllcncy's proving that such an out-and-out dis
grace to humanlty-such blood-thirsty, oppres-
siye and cruel usurper and murderer as this Empe-
ror Scyerus was-was negro. History forbid
The history of the blameess Ethiopians has never
nroduced monster OF cruelty like this Emperor
severus Still. we shall all look for his historical
Exccllency's proof Of the point; and after he has
proycd that point, let him also show that Noses
nhc Noses of the Peutatarch is here meant) wasa
nerro The line of argument is precisely the
same. and this latter point might reconcile his
Honor the Chief Justice, 10 the prospect OF Whip
per,s election to the supreme bench. When his
Excellency shall have played out upon the stage
of "onr beloved Sta;e"-Ss in all human proba-
blitv he vil-he should Be advised to seek a sit
nation as professor OF history in the university OF
Dahomey, or else as clown IN Kooinson's circus;
for LIE Is very historical and very funny.
T0LDERT.
poor Tolbert has been shot 70 death by State
constable. After all that he has done for that
marty for them to shoot him adds another noted
instance to illustrate tue proverbal iHgratitude
OF Republicans. 1t will be remembered that this
Tolbcrt Is the man who surrendered himself some-
thing like year ago, and confessed himself 10 be
murderer of Senator Randolph; that he was
kent n prisoner for months without trial, although
two terms OF the Court OF General Sessions were
meanwhile held by Judge Boozer In Columbia;
that he was used literally as witness by Hoge
him that was elected 10 Congress by majority
OF 5000 against hlm) in the contest case OF Hoge
VS.. Reed; that he was transferred from prison 10
the penitentary, from which escapes were occur
ring every few weeks, sixteen In ten monthsD
that he escaped that the CHIEF con-
stable. but not his historical Excellency, the
Governor, offered O reward for his ar
rest: that he remained at large for months; and,
in fine, that he was approached BY constable,
and instead OF getting out OF the way az he had
done 80 often before, in moment OF forgetful-
ness, OF morphine, lie 1red upon the officer. The
officer could not appreciate that kind Of recep-
tlon. and, supposing no doubt that Tolbert was
either drunk or turned Democrat again, shot him
down. The eflcer did his duty, 1t appears, and,
at the same time, served his party well. Toll
bert had done all the service to the party that he
ever could do-had testified profusely for Hoge
and for the whole Ku-Klux-foaring party-had
escaped, so as to save the party from
the exposure which his judicial trial would
have given it and his own testimony in the case
of Hoge va. Reed-had done all that any body had
paid him to TO- Hollingshead's pistol mas cut the
Gordian knot-has solved the embarrassing prob
lem. Now. It Is not necessary to arralgn Tobert
before court Of justice; and the trial OF Tobert,
had it come of. might have exposed the chardc,
ter or his precious testimony 1t certainly would
have brought out other testimony that neither
Uoye nor that branch OF the Republican party to
which he belongs desires to have brought out
CoRsAIR.