, 1873-09-24
, Inadequaoy Of Southern Rep
resentation in Congress.
Position and Ileas Of Tho Southern People
in Respect to lilo Union, Tho Censti'
tuition, Cnsarism, Enlancipa'
tion, andNegro'SaGrago.
The Poverty and Depression OF
the Peoplc---Isenctlics for
N1iggoyerl,nncnt.


them. should
KNOW so LITTLE
Of tho true condition of tho South; and yet not
atrnngo, If wo consider everything. Very few
of Tho Southern people arc able to 50 to tho
North, and worry fow Of tho bost Northern peoplo
aro abo to malso any Thing like trip through tho
South. lsyen If they did, 10 got ut the whole
subject something moro Ia ncodcd thau to 60 to
a Southern city, put up at hotel, 500 q lew
sights, and then hurry homo. Tho Southern
papers do not circulate nj lilo North nt oil, and
their contemporaries there rnrely quote from
them anything bearing on tho industrial and
eocial sygtem Of tho South; tho wants, progrosa,
order, and ai.ns of society; now these people
nro living from day to day their aspirations and
expectations.
WHAT FIELD
here would bc open TO journalism, what a mis-
sion for q good correspondent, by which do not
moan a lying Honsntionaliat, but ono Of candor,
acurnen, Judgment, aud TINT sort Of capacity
which is nbo to gather facts and sum up results
fairly, without running into trivial detaiIs and
pnrtisanship. ] do not know Of any corresponds
ent Of Northern journal TINT has done this
for tho South; and recommend them to senu
down, or employ some one, not to writo up
case or theory, but tho truth.
It mny ba urged tint tho
SOUTHERN REPRESENTATIVES, IN CONGRESS
might onlighton that body us to tho roal condi-
tion Of their peoplo, at loaat in part, and thus
reach tho country. Southern Representatives in
Congress pray whore are thoy9 I deny TINT
tho South Inns been represented in congress
eiuco tho var, or is oven now heard in your pub
lc councils. Up to 1868, no representation, real
or pretended, was allowed. Since then, there
has boon indeed show Of representation. You
Lavo Ind carpet-baggers, representing neither
negroes nor whites, but only thor
own cupldtty, and employing systematic
misrepresentation Of the pooplo as tho best
mode Of retaining power, aud thus oxcusing
their own presence in the body instead Of natiyo
Bouthcrncrs Even il these fellows Ind boon
honest and woll-intontioned, thoy yet lacked tho
capacity to give faithful picture of tho condi-
tion OF tho South; they aro simply SMART in
lnaycry, and arc really not different from tho
rogue who takes advantage OF o tlro or railroad
accident to pick your pocket.
AS ron THE s'scALLAwAa" !" REPRESENTATIVES,,
thoy woro oven losa competent to present tho
condition Of tho South. Their presence in Con-
gross simply disclosed ono fact, viz: tho amount
Of pressure, poverty. and suffering Mt tho south
which hayo tried too eorely tho mon Of weak yif-
the and driven come Of them to the betrayal or
their ncighbors and State. so TINT thoy, Mt eIst,
might gather something from tho wreck Al is
gone ana tho ship iB lost; let us break
into tho spirit-roo1n aud rob the cargo,
gas tho ono iloa of tho scallnwag party. They
could not live in tho old ways they wore bank
rupt wanted money or Office, and q, were too my
to work und 80 they wont IN With tho tlioVea
and helped to rob the statc.,, ......,
Thcro may bo some exceptions TO THIS general
DESCRIPTION, and QUO rises to my mind now
GEN. ALcoRN, OF MIss1Bs1prI,- :,
= Ii. +,51f had ,nff INN l.
corn saw that ncgro-supro Was amply fortt-
fled by bacl minority Of Hcmo II, ooo aud Ae
wont in with them, lolieye chiefly In order to
stop, M fnr as possible. tho Stealing for which
tho m n oh asre for oee Tae
n,ay hnvo mingled i'll his motives, but II wae n,
probably chiefly as means to the moro worthy
eud havo jnst described. -.
Tho respectable whites haVo eccfod some sen'
ators, anu porhapo half tho Representatives,
sent to Congress from tho South; but what use
laye they been.-I mean in the way OF repre-
ecuting ille condition of their conatitnents2 The
Fourteenth Amendment and the Reconstruction
acts shut out until very lately every man 9!
ubiiity in tho South. Take out Of q State Ii, ,oo(
to 1000 leading mon. ns these acts did,-ogory
body who Ind over filled public employment, -
mud whoro will you and In the 1000 OF loo, ,0ol
voters remaining persons competent to SO g9, y
Congress and to take part in debate thero2 Th'
result Of nil this il, that gonorally
Tl1nn AND FounTH-HArE MEN ..
havo beon elected from the south,-tlon a6le IN, t
thus you hayo q lot OF dummies mud stuplds,-
many of them upright gontlomon and gallant men
mud others who would mover hayo been chosc1
but for tho vicious prescription OF tho 1!aeon
struction nets Representatives. who, IN Con
gross, arc incompetent to inform that body Q
tho condition and wants Of their pnoplo
creatures and instruments Of tho Rings aud tobf
-son,etimoH from Ignorance, and sometimes be
cause, NJ alld many bolievo, they wore paid fo
It :, md others who, when out Of tho House, Sui
rendered themselves to theatto-golnB and otlle
pleasures much less reputable. But eyon til
tettor class, those who don't gamble, dtink c
WHAT HAVE THEY AMOUNTED To7
They llayo sat moro dummies on the Ioor {
Congress-, hardly during to open their lipH,-tE
fact of iucapucity keeping som9 quiet
and othors, losa ., solldiaraatfn, aanra !, rect Il
Intense and unreasonable prejudice still exiatin
In the North against ex-Confodorates, no matte
whethor they have been ontirely loyal to th
Union snco tho Var or net; Some o5 the1
It do for MO to spenI II were to get up al
say anything, it would only mako matters worn
for our people, When such stato Of thing
as this exists' can 1t 30 said truly that
Would It not be infinitely boster for us all thu
each and eyory stato should be represented
It's best talent aud worth,-aye, and by its able
etatos,uon, too, who arc puro In charnoter, a1
anxious to promote the prosperity ot sho II
public ..
Tic disabilities Of Southern mon hayo gone
ally beon removed, and fow only arc nov III
able to participate in tic atfaira of thor stat3
Or tlo General Government. Many Of thoso
not cnro to ro-ontor public life. But. thong
llloro il now general onlranool'sement py sa'
tlio effect VIII ,iot be very markol upon tho n
tIonal representation nntil after tho next oo
greas. True, thore will bo
SoME CLEVER MEN
frnp1 f1,h En,If}, hiHHfAB1Di E1llflB to tho u0u
i. q. e. I4araar,-a man of raro gifts, ono Dol
wise and eloquent; and Georgia aonds horc Gift
sou, Alexander II. steplens but bot1l OF tho
luck oaltl, aud. a'srpoot, viii not t9 nta ntro'
captions, tic delegations iu tho House arc oy.
weaker, fcar, than in tho last Congress-,
tho senato, there IL some improvement. Go
Gordon, Of Goorgia, IL a man, take
lo,a. Drtliisnt nH waH hin military carot
Il il only auiann in q wal=uniHell mud u6ai