The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-03

rine de Medicis, as she draw ner chair near to
me. '.There is so much going on here in the
political world that must be OF interest, to the
Northern people. Besides, the great unheaVal
Carolina will present many features to your
mind. sir. that are quite new, and may seem
almost i-m-p-r.o-b-a-Dle."
The force of this seIf-evident proposition I
didn't propose to dispute, SO quietly remark
ed. tsOh; yes, I have seen them already, and
am disposed to regard them as facts."
III DON'T know" said Miss Lottie. whether
wo have much 70 thank the North for except
the mere emancipation proclamation and lis
enforc-e.m-e-n-t Some Of the worst charac-
ters Won have at the North have come down
here and brought great contempt upon the
colored people by their outrageous conduct and
.by their ambition and selishness We have
soXE OF TIE LOWEST WHITE MEN
here in office that 1 have ever come in con-
tact with: men who have come Into power
solely by the purchase of colored votes; men
whose antecedents are bad, and who are now
generally believed TO be thieves and s-c-o-u-n.
d-r-e-Ls. I have no patience With General
Whipper for noticing some OF them"
~ am glad I finally said. that the intelh-
gent colored people are beginning to see the
Evils of this abnormal, dishonest system OF
ssoh. YES" Miss Kate answered. "we can
assure Won that we who represent the greater
portion of all that is now good Tor anything in
South Carolina-and with a magnificent toss
of the head that Is the colored population
are determined to exert every effort on behalf
ofemal rights to our race. We were educated
In BOSTON. and we there drank In those princi.
nles of liberty which are now so.dear to US.
HHaye YOU had any difficulty In securing
those rights for yourselves Individually "I
ventnred to inquire.
"Oh, sir" answered MISS Lottle instantly,
~ beg OF you do not misunderstood our POSI-
ton. We are and always nave been OF The
hest blood in South Carolina, and, sir, have
been rather in q position to repel than to in
wife the social advances of the white people
who have come down here to govern us.
Some of them, you see, sir, are 80 very low
that we did not care to hold Intercourse with
them. we have been quite Intimate with the
family of Governor Scott, who, by the way,
sir, is one of natures no-ole-men, and also
with many others until we found them to be
s.c-a.m.p-s, when we cut them instantly.
SPEAKER MosEs's HORSE RACE.
nWasn't Moses one of them, sister p spoke
nm the lpss cautious Louisa. Miss Lottle' fr0wn-
ed. but finally said, ''Yes, Moses is a very dis
reputable person, although am: ashamed TO.
say he Is a Carollnian." ~
was somewhat shocked to hear the Speaker
OF Tile House VI uSplSSCAC%Ci'S oPOnSA ~
disrespectfuTly, and 1 therefore questioned the
yonnr. lady more closely.
'.Moses frequently gets $1,000 for q decision"
she said. land in that and other ways he has
accumulated O fortune so rapidly. He owns
several fust horses, and Is q sport oil the
first water. The other day the whole Legis-
lature adjourned to attend q horse race be-
tween one of Moses's horses and another In
town. The Moses horse lost the race, and
Moses himself lost $4,000. Now, what do you
suppose Moses did? Why lie put the $4,000
right into the legislative appropriation bill that
Governor Scott vetoed. Moses goes into no
society here-not even with the whites. He
has long since been excluded from respecta-
Bile colored society. He Is q very great
scamp. ! presume you have heard of that
detesLable Crews, have you not? Oil LIDO de-
test that man. He exercises q great power
ovet our Ignorant colored people, and he turns
that power to his own advantage. He n
Moses are great friends, and they are at the
head Of all the swindling schemes In the Leg
islature. Then there Is that shocking Dennis;
hat man, YOU know, who put the furniture In
the Statehouse. Dennis Is the worst man In
the Legislature except Moses. He is worse
thar Crews, because he is smarter and can
work more evil. Dennis is o most horrible
scamp. He used to call on lis very frequent
ly; but lie finally became so, corrupt and un-
blushipg that we were afraid he might COM
promise us in some way. and so we snu.b-b-ed