Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-08-29
Negro Rule in South Carolina
correspondence of the n. Y. Would

,ress-the denominations practccd III
his State by the party ruling 1t. Inc
pirit of plumber animates every lead
II, black or white, high or low, IN
office, clerical or lay III character. Inc
Governor, himself is the most con-
spicuous and VIGOROUSLY corrupt man
IN the entire batch, and the very lib.
eraI manner in which he helps himself
10 immense sums of the public money
astonishes many even of his own party
and makes the honest taxpayers OF the
State stand aghast at the pfoSpects
ahead which such an ADMINISTRATOR
inevitably portends. And IRON nm
down to those holding the most petty
offices plumber and self-aggrandlze-
ment are the sole and all-control1inLS
ideas. Arraign any OF them at the
bar of public opinion and they laugh
at YOU. Resort to the usual iegal
remedies and judges and jurors OF ole
same stripe will promptly defeat any
such effort to Investigate and punish |
official misconduct and wholesale pecu-
lation.
The negroes, as is well known con-
stitute Il large majority OF the popula,
ton. and are asslduousiy separated
from the whites by an eternal DIN OF
party clamor, by the terror OF the
leagues, and by the constant, prolnui.
cation among them from the pulp,'
and the musings of the most unfOund-
' ad and mischieyous teachings. In the
cbnrcbes they are organized by white
| a,,J coiored preachers from the North
| INTO BAPTIST, Northern Methodist and
African Methodist societies. Each
Northern preacher holds some prom1-
nont nosition. such as presiding elder
or general superintendent, and ap-
POINTS native negro preachers to the
| different congregations or circuits.
Tbese latter are, as well may be sup
nosed. generally ignorant OF letters.
and indulge in such constructions OF
scripture as would astonish even the
most latitudinarian. One of them an
nounced as his text, 'tFire not your glz-
gard" and said it was to befOundln Brud-
der Solomon's 1omentation ober Nebu-
chadsneezer, King of Darlington
Hinder the ministrations OF such teach
ers the blacks are steadily retroGradlng
into a barbaric worship and belief
which threatens to run them III these
rcspects into a close assimilation with
the Ashantees. 1t is a rare thing To
see Il black face i'll white conGrega,
tion. although free seats are provided
in the galleries for any who may attend
The Northern preachers not only make
constant collections from the blacks
b11t in the Summer visit the North
New England particularly, and will
the usual ola-GharOdmOntadt
appeal for help to build churches o.
Theological schools They raise the
money. but what becomes Of it Ger
tainlv outside OF the cities the negro
houses of worship are unfinished sheds
= or shanties, erected by themselves IL
) their own expense and with their Owl
labor. and are inComparably meane
;. than such Us are met with III Hawai- o
on mission stations in Africa ITSELF
New England funds have been frcel
. contributed. but it is well to let tn
. people there know that the result 1
" this latitude is neither New Englan
mcctiDr-houscs nor New England the
clory. But the preachers who max
these collecting tours and clectrify tn
! down East canI'-moctinG:; and rhlifchf
;. with their marvellous accounts of til
- work among the blacks are known
- live in finer houses and on more Gcl
= crous fare and to have more money
command that any preachers aalal
=. would warrant.
About eighty miles above here. an
t, WITHIN %'N''''f''" iil'"'r .. Wv -
a. 9li'r' ;''''''il' ''" -
~ preachers, ny .'ls' iii',''' " tI
t. ,"i'EE "''l''' ~,
!,v heaven to lead them TO the promise
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F' way among the ridge" oi liie iNii' -,
mes on tleIr J"'tiIi's "cH'"'iu' -
Il facts us these might DE coiiNiue'e,'
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lh q,ii'ihttH WIN 'iiiH Eeo'i ',,,, ''il,,
III hiack F"p"i"iiI,oh IL ''Ati't' :'s5'-'i'
OF stated 'Htt sT&'i} IL hioL' t''''iio'
ed count, sflii closely aiheflhs 10 !
ld Truth, wc'lih maze Ia" 'thila'l>G
eS more I'idlcronH an" i,oi ieSs S'-1'ch -,
IT'S than the bfle1 report mere gives. l l.
hadlral papers o. inns 7 7i pun '?ii
of accounts on tliiS u pt,''i-a u,
nj III All l''rtic',i''f7 ,ono7 Tatii
a report, al"ilS' no" {, T''i' 'hi%U
prophet assured DIS loilo"erS that
Ell soon as they reached their destlnati
no they you'd be furnished WIN VIII
10 and enabled to o'ltstrlP the plfds
jrl their passage .>-fQ1gh the ar. Il
no sons who met tiAe4a %-.sonG the MOI