The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-03-26
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vestige OF civil strife away out OF re.
membrance, but Americ. n Christians Of
the nineteenth century regard it as pa
triotic duty to keep alive the memories
OF intestine strife, and. if possible, shut
the door forever against reconciliation.
The radical leaders have made war upon
every decent and humane principle of
civilized mankind. and wo rejoice that
there are signs of speedy retribution
that shall overwhelm these architects of
discord and Danish them from public
view forever.
A NEGRO CARPET-BAaaER- this
late day it would be neither pleasant nor
profitable to demonstrate tho acknow-
ledged truth, that the Radical Congress
men from the Southern States represent
neither the intelligence nor the wealth
of their respective districts. It is, how
ever, curious circumstance that "a ne
gro carpet-bagger." true to the instincts
of his class, should seize the very first
opportunity of proving himself wholly
unworthy spokesman of even his own
peculiar people.
South Carolina has liberal Constitu-
ton. No man is disfranchised. Wade
Hampton is as free to vote as one of his
old negroes. There is, moreover, no
disqualification for Office except that i'm
posed by the Constitution of the United
States. We may add that tho temper of
the South Carolina colored people, who
have q voting majority of 10000, is tho
roughly in favor of the enfranchisement
of every "reber' in the country.
Three of the Congressman from South
Carolina are colored men. r. B. Elliott,
the member from the Third District, is,
to use common expression, 'as black
as the ace of spades" A squat negro,
with some brains and abundant impu-
dence, he made himself thorn in the
side of every decent man in the Palmetto
State. This pretty Congressman. whose
personal character and reputation are
rotten to the core; who never set his
foot on Southern soil until after the war
who has made q fortune by quilting the
men of Ills own race; who could not be
reelected to-day if there were new cleo
tion in his district; this negro carpet
bagger votes squarely against Mr.. Beck's
bill for the removal of the political
disabilities imposed by the fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution of the
OntCeu OtaLeS.
But among those who voted for Mr..
Beck's bill, we find r. @. DeLarge, the
member from the Second South Carolina
District. Mr.. DeLarge is also negro,
but native of Charleston, South Caro-
lima. He was q member of the Recon.
struction Committee of 1868, and served
in the State Legislature, with consider
able ability, US Chairman of tho Com
mittee of Ways and Means. Always
acute and intelligent, DeLarge held his
own with the colored people, and by his
libera Atty of sentiment and comparative
honesty, secured the good will of the
white people of the State. His District
has aA overwhelming negro majority; he
has the entire approval and full conf
dence of the South Carolina blacks, and
he voted squarely for the removal of all
the disabilities imposed by the Federal
Constitution upon the respectable men
Of the South. In this, we undertake to
say, Mr.. DeLarge expressed correctly
the sentiments of his constituents and
tho wishes of the Southern people.
Mr.. DeLarge, native South Carroll
pian, takes manly stand on the side of
amnesty. Elliott, an adventurous
Northern negro. is the firm friend of
prescription. This tells the whole story.
A carpet-bagger is always a carpet-bag-
ger, whatever the color of his skin. And
when the issue is fairly made between
the native and tho prowling politician,
the South will know where and whom to
choose. .-Ner York News.
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