New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-19

lack Of medical attendance poor foodhats what oar
res 'cm Of Them IL you knew the nggers you'd ma
that they for another In sickness; oho
is sick, all run away and let him die by himself
"Then see your newspapers lay great stress ON 'ho
fact that hardly any negro babies are born.
"That is quito The women strange them Us soon
as they come into the world You may see EN- along he
country roads lying under the fences Ana IN inc co
try, too reckon the proportion OF negro oea'"S Is
greater only they have statistics to Keep inc record
No Sir the race is passing out Of sight, and there's the
only hope for South Carolina
Yet this same gentleman assured me that the bitterness
of feeling which had existed soon after emanci-
nation between whites and blacks has all faded away
Necessity has generated kindly feelings and mutual GOOD
treatment, and both parties perceive that they must live
here together In the closest relations at least for the pre-
sent, and that comfort depends upon mutual accommo-
dalton. Indeed acquaintance Is an active mover IN
the party enterprise which is to win the State back
to Conservative counse by gaining share Of the coored
vote on q platform Of conceding all the black mans
claims and under the banner OF economy and deccncy in
administration. AS the conversation passed on TO poll
teal TOPICS we touched the case Of Mr. Whitemore who
my acquaintance thinks will not 90 back to Congress-
owing to seduousy nursed splits in his district ana TO
ference made TO the many similar characters VIM
have thrown uppermos in the fermen OF the reVo
luton which has turned Southern society topsy-tur'y
"These carpet adventures, mere unprincpied
potcal soldiers of fortune said inn0cently enough,
are the worst features Of practical reconstruction In
the South"
eyes, Sir, you're right there. And we've got to get
rid of them before advance STEP am In FAVOR OF
Just assassnating kluxng them right on I'LL
they are all out Of the way say kukux, though that
ia really MYTH There Is no ku klux except whore four
or five fellows take thugs their hands their
own responsibility. That is all there is to It, But
mean assassnate 'em, till get rid Of the whole lot
1t is the only hope for South Carolina"
The reader may think my gentleman was joking; but he
was entirely serious entirely frank and thoroughly SIN
cere in his argument.
" But that will hardly do" demonstrated.
eyes, indeed, it will do very nicely"
Z" Where you lay down a rule to discriminate
Why have MT they good right to judge you and as
sassnate you you have to kill them"
Perhaps my friend did not quite understand mo.
"why, we we got all the advantage. These niggers
have no real courage. They re defense to their
friends Five of 'em match for one white man.
Any one in your own army who saw em fight viii tell
you that"
We tried to discuss the matter further but somehow
we found were not talking on the same plane, and
could not bring ideas together Now the Mortified
TRIBUNE reader doubtless pictures this man mere
empty headed bully another savage Iegree. But
he is far otherwise gentleman in education and man.
ner and all the outward essentials Vrgnian OF
famous family soldier Of tried bravery who has
risked his life of times for his ideas, and
would freely do 1t again; journalist Of position and in
Huence though too discreet to talk with histypes exactly
does with his tongue altogether not man to be
left out of the scale in Weighing the elements which mako
up the Southern problem to-day fanatic to be sure
Of narrow range-one who has "never been north
of Gettysburg" many Southern men have told me
with pride in their eyes, who would never visit Bos-
ton on principle who "wOuld rather go many miles
round than pass through such city " but nevertheless
fanatic to be counted man who represents, not the
hxya hut South me a
whom Boston has got to provide for in her theories
for the naturalization of the South G.Bw.