The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-02

practlced law, and fell In love Win oeauLl'
full three-fourths white damsei. AS soon as
he had lost and won sufficient number OF
cases to have what the calculating and cold.
blooded world calls a start, he married aud
moved to Columbia. Then the colored people
put him In an Office OF some sort, ana tneh ID
another, and finally pitched him, head nrst,
into Congress, where ne mace sensatlou oa
account of color and previous condltlon ana
an ability to speak. The white noodles OF thaC
mighty body were astonishedto find colored
man who could talk as much as they could, NIL
as large space In the Globe, and nave as
many Ideas to the square yard. In TACT, Eli
lictt was well received by the gentlemen,
MRS. ELLIOTT WAS NOT BY THE LADIES.
She had colored blood In her inferior veins,
and therefore must not move IN washington
white circles. It Is a sad commentary on
human deprayity to say that the wives and
daughters of the Congressman VINO owed
their positious to the BALLOT OF the colored
race would noS associate with Mrs. Elliott, but
IL is true, and as an Impartial historian OF cur
rent events am obliged TO record u. ,,,
= But will 60 back TO where was while
ago, If can find the place. On, yes-the Eli
liott interview. Icalled at the coloroa States
mans house.. on Lady street. The mouse is
an attractive two-stOry, with Mansard ROOF,
green blinds, large porch, aud Two fountains
playipg In front. Asmall yellow boy received
me. / inquired for the statesman. The
statesman slept. Could see him, The boy
said he would take up my name. The states
man awoke and jumped out OF Ded IKE
cricket. was shown into the sitliDg-room.
It Is gem. A rich carpet covers the moor,
and three large glass.fronted cases efchoicesG
books stand against the wells. The manlles
and tables are covered with ornaments, and
everything Is as neat as a pin, and arranged
like charm. ~ ,-a
The Congressman came down In
SLIPPERS AND DREssING-GowN.
he is q short, thlck-set man, very. black,
and with the typical features, even to the slant
OF the forehead. he is, no doubt. one OIL the
smartest really black men now living. AS
lawyer he hos 8 front rank, and can mold MS
own with any Of that TECHNICAL and vicar S.
lace is black and his features heavy. there IS
an absence of the African dialect. He talks
like well-bred white man.
s.Mr. Elllott,n said, after some preliminary
conversation, .sthe opinion ls abroad that Pat
terson bought his eleetioa to The senate win
money!" .,.5 ..-.s.,
'sThe opinion is, correct" he answered
quickly; 'sthat's what he did do"
tWhat do you think 1t cost him !! SO,
ssWell, the amount Is variously estimated at
from
FIFTY TO sxrY-FVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
suppose about ffsy thousand Is what he ex-
pended
"How would he have run provided he had
expended no money !"
ssNot at oil. don't, believe he would have
got vote. He owes his election entirely 10
money. He bought up the Legislature; sna'
E"Tnat is humiating statement" SAID:
81 know ic is," he replied. ''out It Is the
truth. Now, understand ME; am not saying
this out of personal feeling. I was caadi'
date before the Legislature and was deieated.
I can hear defeat but the humiliation the
thing has brought upon our colored race,
thatis what hurts me-. Our race Is now on
trial before the world as to Its fitness TO gov
ern. What would % said after such q whole
sale buying.up as Shis , The colored men, as
YOU know, are in lsrgelmajority IN the Legls,,
Iatrre: and then for them to deliberately sell
out by Wholesale L q blow that we can't get
over for years. It Ia blow at, our integrity,
our honesty, our manhood. The report mas
oone to The world that the colored legislators,
making laws for South Carolina, nave oeeh
brlbed by Wholesale, and the report 10, un-
fortunately, true. What will the world thlnk
OF 1T
told him the world would think 1t
PRETTY HARD CASE.
s.Yea.n he continued, lit was Paltersons
moneythat elected him. His strength WAS 10
his purse. he had no claim upon the party;
ne lOQ no UHrLy 6Idluo lh ioSps AAo w. sNN~~
trsdesman. a specuiator, a. joboer: OLners
before the Legislature had claims; Scott had
ciaims. had claims. The party owed us
somsning: 1t owed Patterson nothing. Fake
INV case: am man of color. The colored
neople of this State are greatly io the MAORI
ty carried this district at tne last e!settTn ,6ia
senatorial election had been before the people
wonld have beaten Patterson ten votes 10
ona. The Legislators are the representatives.
of the people, So We must conclude that there
Is something wrong" -
:suppose M. M Patterson is not allowed to
W Swell. then. there will have to be another
election. Then If he, can be elected without
money, all right; nobody should complain.
Bnt this thing OF buying up whole Legtsia-
ture Is dlsgraceful. It ought not TO Do en-
couraRed.n ,.x ut gy......
perhaps not; out 1t will never be stopped In
South Carolina. The last Legislature could be
tbeueht, and was bought time and again. InlS
one is still more disgraceful gang OF polltcal
prostitutes, and the next one will likely oe
worse There is no Improvement, but year
after year the rotten decentralization In tnls
unhappy State continues. Elliott knows tnls
TO De true; Scott knows 1t; they all know IL,
and In confidential moments they will say as
much.
By the law Of the State the first ballot fer
senator is taken In the Senate. The result is
then announced to the House, and The House
ballots. Z Patterson wanted the moral effect OF
large vote in the Senate, and there he
:. shelled out freely. 1t s said that on the 1rst
ballot there, sixteen votes cost him not less
than twenty-five thousand dollars. At all
events, he had been sufficiently liberal to get a
majority. When the result was known in the
House there was stampede to the standard OF
the golden Patterson. The dsrkeys were told
that bis election was sure, and thatit they did
not come up to the work they would not "get
anything" The hope of something more, In
addition to what they already had, was vas, OF
healthy effect, Tor the one ballot taken result.
ed in the overwhelming election of honest
John Patterson. He got more votes than all
the rest put together.
The bribing bnsine.s was at first pretty well
covered no, b1t on the home stretch, when
matters got warmed up the thing was carried
Oh In open daylight. Twenty minutes before
she vote was taken a member, Fortune Giles
hy name, was called to one side oy W. q.
WorthIDgton, Pstterson's agent, and
A ROLL OF GREENBAcks
t1,, ooI,ooouo UNA then called