The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-02-25


| if we had not, what would have been
the result p There is the whole thing
in nutshell. They would have been
excommunicated from the church.
Another witness testified that the
Mormons have control of nearly one
county now in Arizona, and may emf
crate there if the Government comes
down on themin Utah.
THE SOUTH OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
A. X. Mcclure furnishes the Frank
In Repository, of Chambersburg, Pa,
a description of the South Carolina leg
islature, from which we extract the fol-
lowing:
Here the Slave is now the Master;
the Bondman is the Law giver. Here
has been fulfilled that singular prophe-
cy yentured by Jefferson soon after his
retirement from the Presidency. Speak
i ing OF the crime of slavery, he said,
= tllat considering numbers, native and
natural means only, revolution of the
| wheel of fortune, an exchange of situa-
ton is among possible events, and it
may become probable by supernatural
interference The Almighty has no at
tribute which can take side with us in
such u contest"
/ The Senate hall, designed to echo the
eloquence of the Hamptons, the Rhetts,
the Hammonds, and other distinguished
| sons of chivalry, has been fitted up in
modest elegance, and eighteen whites
/ and fifteen negroes fill its chairs.
The most notable negro in the legis-
lature is Senator Wright. He is full
bloodeu negro, of Medium size, with a
finely chiseled face, and a handsomely
developed head. He came here with
the certificate and Seal of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania as an attorney
at-law. His features and form are fair
ly Caucasian in all save color, and he
| speaks fiuently and forcibly. He is en-
inent for his integrity, and devotes him
| self intelligently and earnestly to the
advancement of his race and State. On
the right of the chamber sits a tall,
gaunt, full-blooded negro, black as mid
night, with the regular Southern negro
| dialect, and the awkward gate of field
hand. He is Senator Nash, the repre-
sentative of the Capital District, and
successor to Wade Hampton. He is
quite intelligent, though entirely uned-
ucated, and was, in olden times, the best
| hotel porter in Columbia. Senator Cain
| sits near the center aisle, and boasts of
| no discount on his African blood. He
| is a tolerable debater, and an ardent
preacher of the Methodist persuasion.
A little in front of him sits Senator
| Swails, q light quadroon, and hasty
graduate of the free schools of the Cum
berland Valley. He is doubtless re-
membered by many of the citizens of
Chambersburg. He writes beautiful
hand, and speaks quite intelligently.
THE HOUSE.
The Speaker vacated the chair and a
4
place and presided very gracefully. He
is Mr.. WINNER of Charleston, Mich
igan waif that came with the war and
lodged when the army was disbanded.
His face is round, full, and well drawn.
If covered with white skin and flaxen
hair, his features would be called more
than ordinarily good. He is the Pat
rick Henry of the House as an orator;
but his want of culture mars the beauty
of his sentences. He is a lawyer, and
aspires to the vacant seat on the Su-
preme Bench, as does Senator Wright.
Mr.. Elliott, q Massachusetts negro of
full blood. is perhaps the ablest dispu-
tant and parliamentary leader on the
celored side of the House. ] saw him
lead in desperate Struggle of two days,
III support of a bill that was fought des-
perately by fillibustering, and he man
aged it with great skill until he covered
his efforts with success. Capt. Small,
the hero of the ''Planter" during the
war, is also member. He is q stout,
burly mulatto, aud his face indicates
considerable intelligence and great de-
cision of purpose. Purvis is a neat,
slender mulatto, and halls from Phila-
delphia, where his father is well-known
as one of the most successful financial
princes of his race. The son is the ne
gro Beau Brummel of the House
dresses very tastefnlly, and parts his
soft waving hair in the middle. He is
an active and influential member, and
speaks well. De Large is n dumpy,
little quadroon, a fluent but not very
fOrcible talker, and has passion for the
floor. He was steward in the rebel
navy during the war. Cook, of Green
vile, is a very genteel mulattO, and a
quiet but efficient member. He is a son
of his former master, and long strug-
gled to free himself from bondage. He
saved fifteen hundred dollars, by six
pences and shillings earned after labor
hours, and offered it in vain for his lib
erty. Finally rebellion brought eman-
cipation, and his savings gave him a
comfortable home.
The House is nearly two-thirds ne
groes, who were once slaves, and every
possible shade is to be found. There
are half a dozen members who would
readily pass for pure whites, but they
were South Carolina slaves only few
years ago. Mr.. Tomlinson, a Philadel-
phia Quaker, and an offshoot of the Bu-
reau, is the ablest white man on the
floor, and one of the most vigilant and
faithful members in either branch. Close
to him sit Gen. Dennis and Mr.. jerks,
two of the able political leaders of the
House. In the front row is the patri-
arch of the Legislature-an old native
white preacher, his head bleached by the
frosts of more than seventy winters.
On each side of the Speaker sits bright
mulatto clerk, and close by is Mr.. Etter,
the reporter. In the gallery sits the first
negro in South Carolina, with his
sprightly quadroon wife by his side.
Mr.. CordoZo, the Secretary of State, is
a robust, fuil-faced mulatto, and every
thing about him indicates the highest
culture. His father and master was an
officer of customs in Charleston, and
gave him complete education in Scot
land. He was regularly ordained as
minister, and was pastor of a New Eng
land congregation for some years before
the war. Gen. Howard has urged him
to accept a professorship in the Lincoln
University, but he wisely prefers to
serve his long oppressed race in South
Carolina. He is highly respected by all
classes, and eXerts most salutary infiu
ence in all matters pertaining to the in
terests of the blacks. If he desired to
fill the Executive chair of his State, or
seat in Congress, either would be con-
coded to him without serious struggle
but for the present he is content to con-
tinue as Secretary of State. 1t is not
improbable, however, that on the 4th of
March, 1871. Mr.. CardoZa, once the slave
of South Carolina. may appear at the |
bar of the United States Senate to quail |
ify as the representative of the chivalry |
in the first Legislative tribunal of the |
nation.
INCENSE FOR Mrs. STowE.-A good |
thing happened up town, the other
night, in one of our first-class Presby- |
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