Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-01-21

fns CoLoRxp MsS OF TIE SoJTH.-
lne Irrefres>ible conversation reporter
q the New \ oyk Herald mas boon after
csca. J Dam, Lieut2nan.- Governor Of
Louisiana and President of the State-Sen-
ate. Mr.. Dunn IS full black over six
feet high. and broad ami stout in proper
ton. He is a native OF New Orleans,
born of free parents, has been IN business
5 number Of years. owns some considera-
bic property and speaks English correct
ly. That is in briet tie Yicture given by
the reporter. Tie Conversation" shows
= good deal OF practlcai sense on tie part
Mr. Dunn. He said his anti ipat;ors
were hopeful, and that he believed every
thing would ultimately settle down into
quiet iniustr, and progress. that tho So
cial,equalsy question would BE- question
of years ) that could not be settled By le-
glslaiion sud that it was t numbers Of
go Az. .s.fTlFs kind. r.
did not ptlIcye in natural antipathics. In
all future election, he said, the cclorcd
vote would be split; they will always vote
for the unioo, but they will always act
Correspondent Does the col rec.p-
tion of Aenard by Congress call ou; any
ill-feeling on the part of the colorod pco-
pie here against the gad:7al party
Dunn have not b. en- out much
lately to notice. III had seen Menard
before he started | should have advised
him not TO 50 to Washiugton-not bnt
what think him fully competent for the
position but the time is not ripe vet,
and, besides, the fact that the two caudi-
dates for the position were both radicals,
gave Congress an opportunity which felt
sure they would take advantage Of by Civ
ing the seat to the white man.
CorresPondent.-How many colored
men are there, DO you think, in this State
qualified by education, by wealth and iu-
tellect to hoid importau, positions-age
there hundred
Dunn-Thefc are more than .hat in
this City, though with many Of them there
would be this disadvantage, that they do
not speak EnsliSh-only French or S pan
lsh. There is Mr. Dumas, who ran
against me, who, though most accom-
pllsncd man, speaks scarcely word Of
English there IS Mr.. Antoine Dubulet,
our present State Treasurer, worth S250.-
o0O there IS Mr. Duply, worth nearly
81 ,VQo, e41 there arc the Brothers Nc
Carthy, nearl J white, worth 1900, ,QQ0
between them; there is Mr.. So1,ier, worth
5000 or $4,000 there is Henry
Clay, (reputed nephew of the Henry
Clay, there Is Marie, and many other
men OF high, Intelligence and consiiera-
bic wealth. But probably sbe utmost
We should insist upon would be one name
on the State ticket. This cry of f"negro
supremacy Is groundless. As a class
We have not the Intelligence or the capa-
city to secure supremacy, even if we
had the wish. When the excitement
OF the revolution ceols dowa We shall fall
into our plac S with the rest, and intellect
vii carry the day, here as eiscvhere.-
=. We ASK is that because We are colo.ed
simply, we shall not be debarr2d from ia
king the position for which our iutelli-
gence, our education and our position may
ut US. The Southern people are certain
y Intelligent. but they have been terri
bly, bind. If, when the reconstruction
acts passed, they had taken them up and
guaranteed the colored people the politi-
t'clal rights they now say they ar. wiling
to concede to them, they might have cleo
ted their own candidates, AMI such a thing
as a carpet-bagger woald not have been
heard OF. inste ad Of that, they struggled
against reconstr uction, and in the couu-
Try parishes treated their negroes SO bad
ly that ne naturally listened to those who
had been in some way identified with the
Union arms.