The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-13
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became a household word There is no
spot in the civilized world so terribly mis-
governed, and where the people are SO sys-
tematicaily pluDdered bya set of Ignorant
Tapncious ana corrupt officials. How could
ii be otherwise under the RUE Of q negro
Governor, a negro Speaker Of the Senate,
= negro Speaker Of the House, two-thiids
If bo,h Iiog.zes negroes, tllo chairman Of
nearly every important committee 4 negro,
the clerk Of t;e House and State TTeasn-
rcr both negroes, and all the members Of
Congress, except one, negroes. Even the
Chief Justice is q negro. In Z word, the
State Is completely Af,icanized and the
lSsneEtabie Tesuls are plainly seen and well
known TO the country. 1t is sad picture
20 contemplate in this the freest country
or the face of the earth" ard in which
'.the party Of great moral ideas" holds fan
sud unGiSputed sway.
In order that our readers may form some
adequate conception ofthe dark and gloomy
situation Of Affairs in that n-gro-riddcn
. commonwealth, we lay before them the
! following letter addressed to the New York
} E0rIG by its correspondent at Columbia,
the capital IF the State:
/ CoI.UxBIA, s. c. November 26.-''The
name of commonwealth is past and gone. "
! The Palmetto Is shorn OF its glory and
strength, ami South Carolina, once among
. the proudest of States, lies bleeding and hu-
inflated. Ii any one can take pleasure in
contemplating State entirely given mp 70 q
negro government, and almost completely
eTuIsCuIated of its intelligence, enterprise,
energy, and wealth, let him look h"re and
of - s-F f.,,gn
: The recent election has driven the State at
least a hundred fathoms deeper into fiuan-
Cial ruin and political degradation than be-
fore. Every representative iii Congress =
| negro except wallace, and he lower in the
estimation OF the whites than any of his ne
gro colleagues. The Legislature made up
OF negroes aud white rencgades, with here
and there a decent man from some Democrat
I ic county, who feels when he comes here like
cat in a strange garret, ana will be laughed
At Tor his paIns,lf he opposes taC tide OF cor
ruption. The State offices filed with the
worst OF the ring. and Moses, covered from
E..d to heel With fraud ana corfdption,
placed IN the Governor'a q chair.
That matters, here are worse than ever, 70
wiie-avva ak s,obSerVer can fora moment doubt
There Is really TO law but the will and plea
sure Of the Radical ring. The iuries are
more largely made mp of negro.'s than ever
teforS. OF thirty-six petit jurors recently
drawn. for = common pl"as term IN Charles
ton there We're only three white men, and
those of the lowest class So in other Coun-
ties, the iury-boxes are filed with negroes,
{ and the verdicts are ridicUlOusly at variance
with the law and the facts. Negroes com
nit all the crimes in the calendar and are
/ turned Loose on straw bail, aud il tired and
COuviCr9G are lardoned as soon as they reach
Columbia. The Legislature is largely made
up OF their comrades, and there Is scarcely q
man in any OF the departments who is not
in sym pa3h ~ with them. Tie only y.Jlass who
stand no chance in this States are the whites
On the 81 Eh1est complaint rhey are arrested
and the utmost tIgUr applied 10 their bail re
quireGcuIs. In this way they are time and
again tortured by the lowest scoundrels in
cr+iCia! position. Even refined and sensitive
ladies are often subjected to this species OF
annoyance. and however wTOnGfui!y dis
tuJhed and mortifedathey have no redress.
In some counties kU-kiuN arrests continue
to be made. and in others threats OF such -
rests are held in terrorism. over the whI;es.
. The taxes are enormous, closely veTglug uu
CouGscatiOu, ana property already assessed
. four or five times beyond its value - certain
TO be rated several Thousand dollars higherif
the slightest repairs or improvements are
made upon it. Hence toTpoT and a general
deadlock affect the people At large, and the
white people il large numbers are leaving
the State, the most of them making their
way to Texas. although many OF them have
gone or are going to other distant localities.
This i by no means = heglra Of choice, for
never did Scotch or Pole or child OF Erin
turn the exile's last look upon his country
with more sadness in the eye or Z deeper
sorrow in the heart. Daily they 60, they
90 and those who have yet to remain are
made still more ,tesolate for they know they
come back no more
Everything mere IS changed and changing
still from day TO day. The population chang
es, the customs, habits and laws of the peo-
pie are changed, nd the government is the
reverse in every particular of what i ever
was when deCeuCy and intelligence ruled.
Some local Improvements are visible about
Columbia, based on the supposed trade and
money which the Legislature may bring to
this centre. If there is any money in the
State these vampire rulers will have it, by
fair means or foul, and here they must spend
some Of il, Tor here they will chiefly live and
riot IL every excess. Easy made and quick
~ spent is the motto of many of them, and
they care nothing for the=eSpense, knowing
how easily they can. pluck the taxpayers at
pleasure.
Some interest is taken in the question of
United States Senators, but whoever of the
number named may Dc eieCtctT IL may -
be announced that S2wyer's successor win
be his inferior and of decidedly a lower type
in every way. FGct}e deScenSUs-hcrc we
have it 20 the TUll-down grade brakes gone,
aud under full hCadway the descent u being
made. II any man here cannot see and feel
this he must be blind enough TO be duped by
the preaching Of Moses, the homilies OF Cain
and the Unctuous aud wheeZy prayers OF the
mulatto CardUzo.
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