, 1872-10-19

WAS more technical than real; that in nc
they we're as well prepared IS any b. I'd,
to hold Office and make laws, Us the
white race, they joyfully accepted the infor ma,
| tlon, and looked upon these carpet-baggors ae
entitled to their eternal gratitude. The Co, asti.
tuition was framed; certain white men era sped
the leading offices, and they designated Eheir
associates from the colored people. To lease
the ambition OF the newly-made citizf ,ns, q
negro WAS made Judge Of the Supreme Court,
and others were assigned to places equally
responsible. The original plan, Of giving Offices
to few colored men. while the whites held all
the others, soon broke down. TIE majority
proposed to practise self-governm ant. Beside,
the Offices constituting the Stata Government,
there were places in Congress-, in both
branches Of the Legislature, in the county and,
pariahgovernments, anain thecities. Fo: 1lthese.
Offices, from Chief Justice down to Town Con-
stable, from Governor down to Common Coun-.
Gilman, there we're aspirants trora the ranks 1T
the enfranchieed, and, having the numerical mf ',
jority, they had no difficulty in getting whateye
they wanted. AL this, however, was compara =
lively harmless Of itself. The white adyentu1ers
| did not go into this business from motives OF
patriotism alone. They practised the lesson set
! forth in General Logan'sfavorite scriptural pre-
cept, that she who provideth not for his own
household ia worse than an inadel" They were
not 1nhdels, and they sought to pro-
vide for their own households. The land
and other property in the State WAS mostly held
by the whites; therefore taxation was popular
among the blacks. South Carolina owed no debt
and enjoyed credit; therefore it Was easy to vote
bonds, easy to sell them, and easy to divide the
proceeds Of the sale. Holding seats in the Leg
islature was honorable; why should it not be
proftable2 A hundred and seventy or more
men, drawn largely from former slaves Who had.
been employed in field lsbor, found it vast im,-
provement upon the old way OF doing thingeA te,
board at hotels, and have not only the ps.y and
perquisites Of Legislators, but to have money. in
sums ranging from fifty to q thousand dollars.
forced into their pockets to vote aye or h, vote
no. So long as voting ta1es upon other
peoples property, and voting to issue
and sell State bonds made money
plenty, the new1y-made legislators appreciated
the science OF political economy. Notwlttlstand-
ing that a large proportion OF these men could,
not read Or w1ito it WAS not in human nature
fc< them, having tasted the profits Of office,
to return to any other mode Of earning living.
This distribution OF money among class of
people hitherto strangers to its use, had a1e
effect upon the social life Of the State. TI,,
officials became an envied class; +; they we're able
to dress BETTER and live better than their FORMER
associates, and social aristocracy, founded On
official rank and income, was the result This
soon came into collision with anot her class. The
white Governor, Senator, Judge, OF legislator
had no difficulty in associating officially, and to
some extent, personally, with his colored COL
leagues; but it was another case when tha wife
and daughters OF white Secretary OF Sen ator. OF
Representative WAS not at home, and refused to
return the call of the wives and daughters Of
the co1ored officials. To escape this collision.
many Of the cazpet-baggers Gas in var ious other
states) left their families at the North but this
expedient Was soon seen through and resented
accordingly.
After nearly five years Of government, more
riotous, perhaps, than any known to ancient OF
modern civilization, the credit of the State was
stranded upon debt Of twenty-five millions Of
dollars, represented by bonds, legal and illegal,
regularly issued and stolen, and South Carolina
stands to-day without money Or credit. Tha
remedy proposed and accepted by great body !
OF the colored people at the late electipn WAS to
get rid Of all white men who did not recognize
the social equality Of the ruling
race, and to reduce the debt by
scaling it,-thut is, repudiating one-ha1f |
or two-thirds OF it. In the State Convention
which nominated the ticket which has been |
elected every candidate nominated, white and 4
black, was denounced by name "a having: COM |
mitted perjury, robbery, or forgery; and the /
only answer made, and it was deemed all suaa-
cient, was that the accusers had participated in
the crimes, and shared the profta. Public /
opinion in South Carolina, among tlls ruling T
population, does not yet understand how the /
stealing of public money BY men in office can be-
crime; to their present understanding Office
holding means plunder. This is the condition.
moral and political, Of South Carolina at this !
time, and the ticket elected Representa- crima |
founded upon ignorance as completely as tia |
Government Of any savage tribe On the face Of /
the earth.
THE GERMAN CATHOLIC CONFLICT.
The German Emperor and Prince Bismarck,
in trying to steer their way clear between the Il
" Old. Catholics" (Anti-1nfalibiliste) and tte /
Catholic Church, by putting both under the i
operation Of the same general laws and refusing 1