The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-10
THE NEW REGIME.
More Pen Pictures Of our Political Ce-
lcbrities.
NUMBER ".
OWENS. RAIEEY. ROSE.

reputation Of having deserted from the Cor
fcderate army. He is native of South Care
lima, and the senator from Laurens County
He never speaks, and seems TO be only ha
awake when voting. J. II. Raincy, senate
from Georgetown County, is bright colore
man, who, in years gone by, was barber q
the Mills House, in Charleston. He is a fin
looking man, intelligent, dignifed and earn
est. He held the important position of chair
man of the Finance Committee, and his re
ports were models of brevity and clearncss
He seldom spoke. but when he did, it wa
j manifest that he had well considered the sub
ject, and was doing his best to make it clear
not Eeeloud it. 1t is believed that he will b.
elected 20 ill the vacancy caused by the expul
sion of Ehttcmore. He is far superio
to any Radical white man who has yet beer
mentioned il connection with the place
and, doubtless, is much more competent thai
any colored maa in that congressional dis
trict, ", E, Rose Is the senator from Yorl
County. He Is an Engishman by birth, bu
came to the United States at an early age ant
tried living in several of them. Az he has re
mained longest in South Carolina, it is to bt
presumed That he is pleased with It, As
Legislator, he has no ability whatever, but Is
said to be shrewd business man.
swAIIs, wIMBUSlI.
S. A. Swails is mulatto, but so very light
that he is frequently mistaken for white man,
He is an easy, good-naturcd individual, aud
enjoys reputation for integrity of character,
of which he may well be proud. He is no,
tive of Pennsylvania, but, as he expresses it,
is not carpet-bagger, but "knap-
sackcr," that is he came down South
with the United States army, in which,
at the close of the war, he held the
rank Of lieutenant. He was q sergeant at
Olustee and was badly wounded. Swails is
the senator for Williamsburg County. He is a
teacher in one of the free schools Of the State.
He spoke but little and was very impatient
under opposition. As regards his politics, Sic
is o moderate Republican. Lucius Wimbus)i,
the senator from Chester County, is Of mixed
blood. Previous to emancipation days he was
n waiter at one OF the restaurants in Columbia.
His occupation is that Of teacher. lie is one
o.: The biltercst Of the colored Radicals A
civil rights bill could scarcely be drawn to suit
him Re 'sAlieYcs IN the elevation of his race,
and would do almost a. ..sthing to aid them in
attaining that end. He is bitter upon Tile car
pet-baggcrs whom he believes arc working
for their own interests alone. Iii Il Speech on
Of off N r
% get control of oil the Offices, and to drive
the colored men out Of politics. lie warned
them TO desist in their designs ere it was too
late, for if they did not the colored men would
rise IN in their might and drive tncm across
Mason's and Dixon's line. Wimbnsh, it is sad,
has unbounded influence over the colo.cd peo-
pie of his county.
J. J. WRIGHT.
The person who heads this sketch is not
now member of the General Assembly; but
as he was sent to the Senate for long term
from Beaufort County, and was In his seat
nearly all of last session, 1t is not inapproprl-
ate to include him in the list of the "honora-
bic senators OF South Carolina" Wright is q
black man, and native of Pennsylvania.
After the war he came South and was appoint
ed by General Howard legal adviser Of the
freedmen of this State. He claims 10 be a
graduate OF college in New York, and to
have studied law for three or four years in the
| Offices of two prominent legal firms in Penn
sylvania. AS senator he was industrious.
He spoke more, perhaps, than any other one
Of the senators, and generally very clearly.
EARLY in February he was elected associate
Justice Of the supreme bench OF the State by q
small majority over W. J. Whipper, another
tolored man, and the 1ay otter the election
took his seat He now holds the highest posi-
ton held by colored nah in the United
States. He, previous to his election, acknowl-
edged his lncapacity for the office, but stated
that rs it was intended by the dominant party
| to place colorcd man in it, he was entitled TO
it as being the most competent colorcd man in
the State. However much the remark sayor-
cd Of egotism, it was true, unless there arc
brighter colorcd men in the back ground than
there are in the front OF politics. Or those
who represent the people in the Legislature
and in the State offices, there is not one who
is intellectually Wrights equal.
THE DEMOCRATS
OF this body are H. Buck, of Pickcns County
D. Bieman, of Oconee County; Joel Foster,
of Spartanburg County; ]. H. Reed, of Ander-
son County; T. A. Rodgers, OF Horny County,
and r. N. Sims, Of Lancaster County. The
large majority of Republicans against them
made all opposition on their part almost use
less, but, by allying their votes with those Of
the more conservative of the Republicans,
either prevented the passage of extreme party
measures, WHICH were ipinical TO the interests
Of the white people OF the State, or Caused
them to be so amended as to losscn theif
force. Sims, who was the leader of the Demo,
cratic senators, was the only one OF them who
spoke at all, and he very seldom.
E. f. Dickson, senator of Clarendon, is q
silent member. Ills politics are uncertain
He is native of South Carolina.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
From the Senate we will 80 to the House
What q change. The body we have left was
orderly and the proceedings conducted in q
quiet, business-like manner. There, the scna
tors showed some little courtesy 10 one anoth.
cr, AMI readily yielded to the ruling Of the
president. 1t is true that this decorum might
not nave been witnessed, if there were as
many senators as there are representatives