The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-25
The Happy Family.


ing q lively time of it in their Ward meet
ings, and some of the Papas and Mammas Of
the Party threaten the political Happy Fam
ily with sudden dissolution. Part OF this
feeling is due, no doubt, to what is known
as ''incompatibility Of temper" but the main
reason probably is, that the colored voters
are tired OF sustaining corrupt men, who
give them more kicks than dollars. This
vein of thought cropped out at the 'Mass
Meeting of Republicans" held in Morris
street on Thursday night, when Land Com
missioner DeLarge, while deprecating dissen-
sion in the party, uttered the home truth,
that s'many men are Republicans because it
sis profitable" This hc followed up by warn
ing sthe white men in the party" that if
they think that ''the Republican party was
'smade for them, for their special benefit,
'they are badly mistaken" After, squelch-
ing with this wet blanket the fiery zeal OF
some of the new converts who hunger after
the political loayes and fishes, the Land
Commissioner said:
"There are bad men among our State officers,
and they can remove me as soon as they please
for saying Sc. Why is it that We colored men
have become Identified with the Republican
party? Is it because there is loadstone
which attracts and holds US there; or is it be-
cause We are deluded and follow blindly GER
tain men? No! Welcomed this party because
it professed equal right and privileges to all,
and as long as they do as they profess stay
with them. We thought, on the ground of ex-
pediency, we must do nothing to offend them,
but some in1pudent scoundrels in the party
now say: You want too much; you want
everything.r We placed them in position; we
elected them, and by our votes we made them
thing little, and let them uote for atS. 1t is
no more than reasonable they should do SO.
When colored man is capable of filling an
office, say give it to him; and shall fight
this over the entire State. This Increment has
not 6ee,, made ao;thout consultation. You will
find no intelligent colored man who is not with
me. Some parties thought they had Worked
their oWn schemes, but ,ue toorked too. There
is not prominent colored man in this State
Who is not pledged to stand BY the doctrine
which pronounce"
These are bold words, but they were
echoed by A. ]. Ransier, the County Audi
tor, who asked, very pointedly, whether
'the colored men had been fairly treated"
declaring that he and his friends assert
their claims to Office ''not because they are
''colored, but because Me2 are men, Con-
tinuing this line OF argument, he safd
''Though zee dread the issue, it must come. 1t
may drive colored men in South Carolina to
take stand which may ruin the ship.
therefore warn you of the Issue to be made In
the next campaign"
These remarks of County Auditor Ransier
were listened to, we are told, with deep at
tention, and were loudly applauded.
Major Delaney came next, and announced
that neither Governor Scott nor 'any other
oman" can lead black men. At the same
time, he protested that he had no idea of
forming so black mans party" although lie
wanted it understood that the colored
voters "want fair share of the offices"
Major Delaney kindly consented to forego
ga colored Governor" but he was deter
mined to have colored Lieutenant-Govern-
or, three colored Congressman, Zone Senator
and two Representatives, and the just quota
of State and county Offices The Congress
sional districts which he wants black men
to represent are the Second (Bowen's) and
the Third (Hoge's.) This speech, also. was,
we presume, votiferously applauded.