The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-17
ON THE STUMP.
Congressional Carpet-Baggor Har-
angues his Constituents.
IFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE

KINGsTREE, November Is.
Whittemorc, the so-cnlcd representative OF
this Congressional District In Congress- so-cnlIet
has been here. He dropped I'm among his dear
friends, the negroes TO see how they were getting
aong. II was by accident that he met his friend
Swails, the senator for williamsburg, not long
friends In Williamsburg vist-he would meet
them ut Kingstree. He would like to know how
they were getting along.
Well, true to his word nnd to his friend Swajls
he made his appearance in kingstrec. His friend
Swails was busy In the meantime, and got up
respectable number OF negroes 10 greet the Con-
grcssman. There was quite IL crowd here but
not SO large one Us We expected to see: lie
identity felt TINT he spoke to crowd that expected
something besides speech. They were looking
thought 1t should be full time to see the surveyor
come along.
lie commenced In low tone of voice; told HIS
friends ana fcllow-ctiZens that hc supposed they
thought he had forgotten them. lie was glad TO
see them; hoped that they did not lose days
this must be that c Hoped their omployers % Woug ~
pny them for the time los, from their work while
attending on Sir oraclc;l lie did not intend to
was again among them. lie was glad to see that
they al looked comfortable; that he snw so many
signs OF prosperity about them, t,c Will pay them
more frequent visits, now that they have some
thing.l He was glad to sec some Of them riding
to the village; the times were changed for the
hettcr, and they ail looked contentcd and happy.
lie heard OF no complaints 10 one RrunbIiy,
except the editor OF the Kngstree Star, (the Star
Is not favertc OF Wlittemore's,) but some pcO-
pie would growl no matter what happened, and
me only good such people did the world WIS al
ways done by their leaving It.. tWhlttemore, no
doubt, intended this as a reply to the Star, in
which lie and somc others were told, some time
ago. that they 'left their country for their
eeountry's Eood.'D IIc evidently labored hard
Tor something to get up a little enthu.
slasm, and endeavorcd TO get or few stale
newspaper Jokes and anecdotes, In order to raise
o.. laugh & among an the negroes. lie told them the
old tale OF the lttlo boy with the puppies, chang.
Ing Whfg TO Democrat and Tory to Rapublfcdn-
an anecdotc as Old as tho hills. It piny be new
to Whlttemore-lt certainly was as good as new
70 his audience, for II made them laugh heartily.
ic spoke or tho next years. contracts, end al.
7lsed them oil to rent land, be Industrious and
saving, ana buy a homestead. II they could
not buy or rent they must make the beat bnr-
gains that p, ~ they could; bnt by all means itthey
the rcntas much as tho title was worth. lie dis.
clamed any Intention to get mp antsgoulsm
between them and the whites, yet, ut every
opportunity no endcayored to iiistil Into tho
minds OF the negroes the idea thlt The whites
were cheats and must be watched. JIc rambed,
Id ms rigmaroie, from GallileO to Napoeou. names
with which his hearers were perfectly familiar,
rom John o. Calhoun to Andrew Johnson, and