The New York herald., 1872-12-22
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HArIKR, THE ooLORED CONGRESSMAN
elect cords OF wood and sixty bales Of cot
ton when the Ku Klux broke him up In 1868. When
l went to see Kaper he was in some dudgeon be-
cause Northern newspaper mad reported him to
generous manner Mr.. Sloss. democratic prcdcces-
sor oil his in Congress. came out at once In card
and he had never beeT in jail a day in his lie.
Rapier laid this SANDER TO man whom he beat for
fcdcratr opponent-and inilmated libel suit
spirit ofhtgaton among the negroes III riie put ths
must be expected to continue as long a. sney are
insecure ~ their property, personal SAFETY OF ic9al
wages. The terms they are offered as w0rkmen
In the southern country are gcneraiiy very low;
die Of the season is that they become informed OF
the mcanness OF their employers by comparison
between the races Is what the South wants. The
negro must be stopped from stealing the white
we 5 wen ie he has good css
OF labor right by Is side he had better be mag
nanmons and anticipate their discovery Of
During the height OF the Presidential election .
planter OF southern Georgia wrote to Governor
smlth:-''A good notary public in this region is OF
dent OF the United States"
THE QUESTION or WAGES.
IL iS TO be observed generally In the South that
the negroes ride their own horses and mules to
town. and they would got along much better were
Hebrew traders-some Of whom, 1t Is feared. are
instgated by the planters. IN order TO capture
This 1s ssss a.s sy are PSa
the South in proximity to the working
hands. The trader puts up shanty or a hut fills
IL with gewgaws and several barrels OF bad spirits,
and takes the wages as soon as they arc received;
or i the planter has made an attempt TO protect
his hands anu secure their work to the end OF tho
season, this unConscionabe shark will take lien
upon the said wages and present them when the
soaS eaSs dca ee ene nrG
whole system OF cultivating cotton on shares is at
best temporary one, leading to shiftlessness,
slinsr gyVin linn htf I'm
corrected, where the planter IS without money to
pay wages and has mortgaged his crop in advance
" wy ' WANTS W. M a PATCH OF LAND.
The end OF q thousand nuisances in the South
will be the inevitable parceng out Of the land, by
which the negro will legally geI patch and raise
sufficient cotton to provide Tor his family. and this
cotton will be sold to the merchant In the next
village instead OF being shipped as formerly in
great quantities to factors a. the sea ports,
thereby preventing the growth OF the little towns,
every agricultural community Congressman
Hoar, OF Western Alabama, who was iormeriy
large STAKEHOLDER, told me Of the following curious
manner which he hit upon TO make his negroes
keep their contracts He buys the mules and
horses and takes FOUR for example, to one Of his
"iiere, JIM" he says. "arc four mules to work
the crop with. do not know witch OF the two
are yours You are to furnish half the rations;
here Is my hall. Now, at the end OF the season II
two OF these mules have been badly treated you
Mr. Hoar says that he il making about wo-thirds
as much cotton under this system AZ In the best
days OF the slave period. and believes that within
lew years the cotton crop Will be as large as IL
ever was
OFFICE GETTING
Office getting, however, IS the bane OF the negro
in neary great degree as OF the white man
throughout the Southern country. The profits and
pleasures OF drawing salary from the public
treasury exceed those to be derived from industry;
and we must hope for some evangelizlng move
ment within African society," such as Church influ
ence, Masonry or something OF that Kind to per-
suade the negro that to plant and work are the
tican will not learn this lesson until his native
neighbors discover that he is loafer and convince
HIM OF the dignity OF labor by refusing him their
TIE NEGROES NEWSPAPERS IN THE SOUTH.
The following list OF newspapers published by
negroes Tor negroes was given to me by Congress-
man elect and United States Assessor James I.
Raper, at Montgomery Ala. =
Frederick Douglass NdtaondI Era, washington
" H. Days Progress OF LIBERTY, Philadelphia.
John T. SampsOn's C0lored Ctttzen, washington,
The Lou,stantan, by Lieutenant Governor Pinch
Thc Galveston (Tex.) Standard, by G. T. Ruby.
The Grand Era. at Baton Rouge, by J. Henry
Burch
The Marysvie Herald, Tenn, by John Scott.
The Montgomery tAla.) Republican. by James 7.
Rapier.
4 South Carolina paper, edited by Kane, colored
The CHRISTIAN Standard, Philadelphia.
american Messenger, Washington.
ZiOn'S Standard, BROOKLYN.
The last three are religious papers; all theOthers
are political and miscellaneous and strike directly
the questions Of the hour with the new race OF
voters and citizens.
or the above colored editors several are native
sou,hcrners and were slaves. The Era is looked
upon the chief paper Of the race, but the Calves
ton Standard is very well sustained and It's editor,
Ruby, Is q New England negro; this paper Is
CURRENT BIOGRAPHY
The negro's passion for office Is Identical with the
white MANS whom he so strictly initiates; but 1t
| must be said that the negros modesty is as great
tse rniiad states senate was kindly RELIGIONS
| man. ircm Mississippi; only one negro In Congress
/ has been been insolent or even crlminatve, ana
| that was South Carolina Importation from the
! East. The ablest negroes in the country are still
| in the South, and they show some jealousy OF the
Northern negroes who come among them for ONCE
| PINcHBAcK CO.
| Pinchback, the present Governor OF Louisiana, is
bold, soldierly type OF the Louisiana quadr0On or
wen dressed. lie bears scarcely an African feature
speaking terms with warmoth up to the late
coup d'Stdt of the Custom House. BY position he is
the foremost negro man In the South. Dunn his
predecessor was . superb type OF the black man
| and Warmoths first effective opponent. Dumas,
vention, against Warmoth has lately been War
| moths stool pigeon. Lewis, who beat Bcauregard
for Public Administrator in New Orleans, Is light
| mulatto, OF good address and some capacity To
/ speak with any Of these men, however, Is to be
very little impressed. The negro In these great
Offices is twenty years IN advanSe vaaoys Of DIS 'lme
The three leading negroes OF Alabama are James
| T. Rapicr, Of Montgomery; Philip Josephs and Ben
| jamin Turner. Both the latter were beaten for
Congress in Mobile, Josephs receiving $4,000 votes
and Turner 5000. The latter would have been
elected United States Senator from Alabama by
| the democrats to avenge themselves upon Spencer
and Parsons had he been able to lead of sufficient
people from the radical wing OF the Legislature
kapier is q tall, lean, yellow man, OF pleasing
countenance and good education, who has been
for some time United States Assessor Of the Second
district He is man OF some business capacity
and is probably the best qualified legislator Of his
race in the SOUTH excepting w. ii. Gray, OF
| Arkansas. The latter is negro preacher, who
has been some time in the Legislature. and his
| fair worldly wisdom political consistency and
| vigor In debate stamp him as man capable at
least in the outward form OF public life.
GEORGIA DARKIEs.
The Georgia negro OF the frst original conse-
quence was Aaron l.. Peoria Bradley, a mulatto OF
carouslng propensites and no scrupes. He had
been preacher and lawyer and made the first