Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-04-28

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Congres5 is detained here ToI tic pnr-
pose OF further legislation for the South
There IS not solitary man who is acting
IN good faith about the business, and orr
own people cannot look Gea h other IL the
face while talking about Southern ont
RACES and tho necessary legation, without
laughing.
One OF the most singular thiugo to ne.
i'll this connection, Is the strange irnO
rance existing as to the real condition Of
the South. 4here is an admirable sense
of fair play in the American nature, ard If
the facts could be known, L doubt very
much whether Ku-klux organizations would
DO so unpopular as they are. Ia this re-
construction OF ours every solitary South
eru State with the exception of Miaeissip-
.pi,) has passed into the hands Of the men
who have fairly sTa1nped it for their own
beneit. Ihe treasury is empty, but their
pockets are full, ana, in addition to that,
they have crowded Oh ia hopeless mass Of
Indebtedness. s8l ..... t.. a.-...
This il the financial condition the po-
Atical IS yet worae. Ignorant negroes, but
lately slaves and yet barbarians, are ac-
tually the officials Of the country, while
the cultivated white clement, heretofore
tho governing element Of the south. is
entirely ruled out. Socially the eituatio1,
ls, If anything, worse. Our worthy com
mis- toners and their croEd of correspon-
dents refused to eat dinner upon u Pc
tomac steamer the other day because Fred
Douglass was not allowed to sit down with
them. The fact is, { believe, that the
hungry quillldriVers had made up their
minds to retain their very excellent appe-
tiles until they reached Washington, but
it was well enough to demonstrate their
principles. a gentleman from South
Carolina, an old free soil Aboltiosist, Re-
publican and o soldier, born in Conncc-
tlcut, described to me last night, at q
dinner party, o deception that he witnessed
at the Executive Mansion, given by Gov
eruor Scott. Two thirds OF those present,
IN the brilliantly lighted and decorated
room, were negroes, male and female, and
mixing with these, was about the lowest
white clement possible to be collected to-
gether. a.
Negro mon were gallanting white wo-
men to and fro, and the white men re
turned the compliment by CALAMITY CO.
cortlng the daughters of Africa. Tables
were set for the refreshmcnt OF the guests
with the choicest wines and the best h.
vana scgars, and these tho coIored men
part0ok Of generally sticking ono i'll their
mouths and smoking an the face Of the
company while putting handfulls in their
pockets. All this is paid for out OF tao
Treasury OF the State, and thieyiDg is
open AMI Inscriptions, though not quite
go extensive, or On SO large scale, as III
Washington City itself. But orr co!ored
friends arc apt scholars in that direction,
end the man WHO was sent to the Legisla--
ture from the field OF the plantation, and
could be bought for three dollars and
thirty five cents, now demands as many
thousands, and the only limit there is to
the theft may be found in the fact that
nothing more has been lett TO steal The
State is bankrupt. The condition of
Mexico and the greater part CT South
America, upon which We have looked wish
so much COMMUNICATION, and generally con-
tempt, has been realized in these South
ern States. There is no political N orality.
no stability. no constitutional rights, and
no social decency left, and yet Congress
sits here day after day leCasIating fora
process by which tho iresidoUt can march
an army down and enforce and pcrpetrate
this sort OF thing upon these wrotched peo-
pie. An appeal made TO the sense OF fair
play, as L have said before, at tho kortt,
with oil the facts fairly stated, would have
its results, and not only the Democratic
party, but w hrs is lett of the eecency CT
the Republican organization, would rise
in wrath and PIT down this sort OF dcspo
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