The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-06-30

iSl6fssE hops: q sven dssifs; sEsF tho
o bwly enfranchised negroes should be-
elevated at once from their. abjeos oondi.
tspn to5a rgeisl- aaendieg r. s4uasa q and
aaffsosiaseaSw with she fsHllieg ,oH thhki.
f9rraer 9sters- oia% n ihtdltgAnt ase
refined .yd17s y any Roplsgan| the PHili1sN
Ycs'S ;Snlsao 6 the RsgrSes iheAasnas IL.
pect or desire It. Their aim is not social,
but It ia political distinction. They have
peaoeable ambitions for of3qe- y Apd.here
the races meet. It may sssem ( fitf1e
Radiosi SisS5idt., ahlh5nssE $esro io pre-. e.
ferred in nominating .aonYeatiQp for
dis conf 9auf $1d advisor Is h}s plIsmas.
ter. And his former master votes for
him and does oil he can to help him,
through spirit Of generous rivalry
among them, they. considering it an
honor thnt onecof their nrmer slaves
should obtain such preferment. if a
negro must be elected. Though this
feeling has sustained some painful dis
doa1aHamahts, yet it! is 'atill kept up. ]
know OF case where q farm field hand
was sent to the Legislature. He remit
ted his salary to his old master to keep
for him and support his family during
bis absence. Recopmenced by sending
q few dollars g week, but in short time
b hig weekly instalnents reached hundreds
instead. Or tho ashal tAns Of dollars,
The Surprised Judiciary wrUte bis ward
\ that he hoped he was as honest ID. The
2 Legislature IA he was on the plan tation;
The Intelligent legislator answered In ex:
plenatiQn, that the. boss had paid him
sums varying from $40 to $500 each for
votes given on different bills. Planters
and others have O sincere desire that the
negroes shall acquit themselves credit
ably and proper. In commercial circles
they deal much more literally with the
colored people than do Northern men
who como here.
!The social distinction maintaiped be-
tween the native white and colored peo-
pie is that between buperiers and de-
pendents. The colored people, except
those who are sSoioHS and worthless,
seem to desire to maintain that relation.
a Southern white man in Savannah who
naltreata negro is confronted at on SO
Py his eppl9yer Or white friends. and
demonstrated Aithbr iepdma ahdoh.. The
white people here gsep to treat the
fobred people with fYapect and kind:
hess, and the treatmehtYs reciprocated.
EGp latter are sssiateaaa fheir studies by
h99s tas5 Gla sisIes Of then s2
sSif's'ss sy 4as e g'iass;;
ts e. s gSssSns sa sAs at val a.
whioh he !assafaa ne 'isgaie. Of many
similar ones fbSsstook piaSsst l the M time
Sherman captured Savannah. The SOL
diers carried off many OF the provisions
left on the plantation for use of the
family. The nolored people of tho plan
tation made ginger cakes and sold them
to tho soldiers in Savannah, and, to the
surprise of the planters wife, took oil
the money home and presented it to her
to be used in supporting the family.
"Few things are more certainly calcu-
lated to produce feeling OF prejudice
against Northern men here than the sys-
tenn OF villainous deceptions practiced
upon the citizens ever since the war by
Northern adventurers. Plausible scamps
come here and prove at last to be wolves
in sleeps clothing. These dec.ptions
permente all branches of trade, but I
will only recount one aggravated in
stance. A nan of good address arrived
in Savannah. end announced his inten-
ton to hire cotton plantation. He
was treated kindly and Hospitality every
where. After looking at several, he
finally leased for term OF ave years one
Of the largest and most productive plan
tations OF the neighborhood. The for
mer slaves of the owner of the property
applied for employment, and the lessee
made them an offer. The colored peo-
pie came to Savannah and consulted
their old master. He told them the
wages were to- small, urging as reason
that they haL worked all their lives on
the property, and could develop o better
crop on it than any other set of labor
ers. They acted under his ADVICE, and
made fair proposition in contract
drawn by their adviser. It was accepted
and they commenced work. Ono OF the
stipulations in the contract was that
each negro should be allowed for part of
his compensation to cultivate little
patch. of specified size, in cotton, in
lieu of the money value Of its probable
yield. Tho lessee and his workmen got
along we'll together till the end of the
first year. They had good yield and q
large crop. But the scamp, under pro-
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