The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-11

i allowed, voted or thought Of"
| FEEL TOWARDS THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
ask that question because there are very strange
opinions at the North. or al least very mixed
OPINIONS, IN regard TO the future her,
.Ws nave nSlppg g say o. ihs United STATES ex.
1oae ma and ia ashoSesty OF our state soyeraa
executive AMI legislative, that We complain They
are notorious, ami the American people ought 70
know this II ever they are TO recognize south Caro-
lima Stale Vi this tnon.h
.'No taxes without representation, In other words"
"Decldedly not Give her representation. give
! her justice within her own bounds. give her what
other states ENJOY and You Will hear OF no more
0urRA6ES OR 'KU KLuxEs
| excepting among the carpet-baggers ami negroes
| who nov Cypress her."
you THINK OF GOVERNOR SCOTT ~
'Let me say word. Governor Scott, IN public
meeting at Washington during the winter OF 1870
denounced Sou n Carolina as q community n which
the Winchester rnc' was the proper and only law.
He came back to our soil and suited the action TO
the word. ihe negroes but for him and mis- dlsci-
PES would have been content with their freedom.
ARE NOT REvEsGEruL
race; but the Governors open abuse OF me pardon
ignorance induced them TO commit"
'.is great raut was the organization OF the negro
militia, WAS IL not?'
white race at their mercy to take care OF themselves
ana the sensibilitles OF our common nature, which
Is TO defend ourselves, came TO their relief That Is
our case, stated as clearly as can STATE IL, sr,
and the
60 roo, HERALD Innn,, WHICH Is GREAT POWER
dur NJ your long life Mr. Huger, you have
doubtless met many or the most
DISTINGUISHED MEN or THE oLpEN TIME,"
'Tr0e, sir. In botn social aad public relation
and puDcsts as John Cahoan uneves
William Lowndes. George McDuie Hugh Leyare
General Hayne, MT ietigrn, Wade Hampton. the
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Andrew Jackson and
others"
'lou appointed by President jackson to be
the Postmaster OF Charleston many years ago, were
/ you not-under circumstances peculiarly Interest,"
i 1.-THE circumstances were thcsc:-I was member
I OF the state senate in 1882 when General jackson
nonncc The President for his course with reference
1 10 nuiihcaton, and opposed tue denunciation III
GENERAL JACKSON RENDERED TO ME-
| the commission OF Postmaster. declined the same.
| aud gave as my reason that the then incumbent,
Mr.. BaCot, although nulller, held his 0llce by VIZ
I tue o. II commsslon signed by George Washington,
/ and that would be instrumental Ia making
/ any change may say, parenthetically, that was
| member OF the convention which passed the ordi.
nance OF nullincatlon III 1882
AND VOTED AGAINST THAT MEASURE.
| subsequently, ia the summer OF 1887. Mr.. Bacot
died, and General JACKSON again rendered to me the
commission oI postna ter. dld not desire II be-
cause mad fortune o. my own, plantation and
large number OF slaves, ana was making my bread
piness My friends, however, urged me to accept
tile appointment AMI ala SO. From that time was
the Postmaster oil harcson
UNTIL The SURRENDER OF GENERAL LEE,
through nlne Presidential terms"
speaking OF General Jackson, do you think he
knew perfectly well what was gong on III South
Carolina during the year 1892 -
.Aost undoubtedly, SIR. There was no man better
advised than himself with reference to the situation
and the pei sons engaged in the nulncatiOn move
menL He had a perfect knowledge OF everything
that TRANSFERRED In South Carolina. knew him Wen
and had frequent conversations with him. even as
lar back as l5i5 when heard MIN describe the bat
Tie Of New Orleans. also met him
IN TIE DRAWING ROOMS OF MIR. MADISON.
Perhaps you are not aware that John G. Calhoun
took an active part electing General Jackson. lie
nominated M IN the Convention though they
relied aflerwdris.n
chad General Jackson been the President In 1867,
do You think tic would have prevented scccssl0nN
II believe he would-not forctbly; but by pursuing
co1lcllla.ory policy; In Iact, don't believe It
''lou referred 70 your home Just now; how many
! slaves had your
II had
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SLAVES.
My plantation was on the Cooper river NY home
was charming country residence and had every.
| tnlns around me TO make farming man happy
ana III epealent. ! nave always been devoted 10
perry, except, perhaps, four or five. never sold
| ono save for misconduct II a negro made himself
@ Do ae Si but 20 ms cSer did a
"When the Emancipation proclamation was issued
by AR. Lincoln ala you , assemble your slaves aud
announce that they were free ~
.sNo, sir / was in COLUMBIA at the time; but as
soon ~ got back TO the plantation
and that TP wH5 t t25s to y g s saEf do So
great many went. some rcmained.'
! ''Were they demOrallZedN
| Very naturally, sir. The Union troops came
among them went through the property. carried or
hundred head OF cnoice Cattle destroyed line
library aud took every available article Of value on
"Wnat has become OF these slavesS"
"Ine last time counted them
FORTY WERE DEAD.
number have returned and are at the plantation
now. One came back only six weeks ago, and asked
me 10 let hin go home. lie was the son or Old
Jacob, whose picture showed YOU"
you must have been fond Of Jacob that you pre-
serve his portrait
| "Oh, yes. sir You should have known him. JAG oh
was born my slave In 1904, and he died my friend
| in 1871. As lar as he comprchended probity be.
lieve him TO be az honest man as ever lived. He
and grand children how 10 ride; in Short as said
before, he was known throughout the neighborhood
a. my apS me ea last srs my s we
| Always remember 10 do what ole massa tell you.'
| TAXING CARE OF HIS FAMILY,
and shall do so as long as they ve.r
Cna1gns ;,n the subject ,, now Mr. anger do you
I Legislature OF South Carolina before the present
regime commencedf'
"a BRIBE, SIR A BRIDE
and the old gentleman raised his hands as II to ex-
press holy horror at the question '.Why. sir, must
plead the poverty OF language. have no express
sion to convey TO you al idea OF the contempt tnat
would nave been bestowed on any man In the Gene
raj Assembly OF South Carolina even suspected OF
such a crime as receiving bride. Had man dared
10 move thai the Speaker should receive donation
OF thousand dollars, as Is done now he would have
been instantly expelled for personally insulting the
Chair
'sWnat would have happened 10 member had he
~
GOOD GOD HE WOULD NOT HAVE
been permitted 70 occupy his seat one minute. He
! would nave been ANONYMOUSLY expelled. Socially
! he would have been ostracised ana neither his
family nor himself could nave lived comfortably IN
the State"
"W hat would have occurred to o man Offering
| bribeyr
| 'lIis blood would have paid for the Insult He
| Id have been challeny ed-in fact think he
would not have received the warning or challenge
remember an Incident as plainly as II It had &C.
CURED only yesterday, which illustrates the tender
ness OF honor on this point. You know that II Il Q
habit OF our people
TO EAT PEANUTS,
or as we call thein, pindais, groundnuts. Well, we
used TO do 1t IN the Legislature. IL Ia sort OF popu
| lar appete-lust as the French take snun. One day
! worthy man. whom we had elected tax collector
Several tines walked into the legislative chamber
with his hat full Of these pndars, and. with no more
! intention OF doing wrong than you have at this mo-
ment, approached General Williams then q diAtln.