The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-30
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Correspondent osshe Cfncinnati mmerctal,
writes htter from colambiag G. under
|4late-the 2ad, JULY, in which. he says
Crossing from Georgia into South Caro-
|Iff,s at sAGgus4, yoni see! the bk1efaf effects
Of negro rule before you have pehetrated
rmtefnto this wretehed- 3isguise it.ss
Ye may, the fact remains the Same, the curse
of South Carolina Is theign6ranee OF ma
iority of her eiectors5s-From this have all
her troubles sprung. "A stream cannot rise
shove its source, and the majority OF her voters
being ast ignorant Of the, princ iples1 OF QUE
government as the cattle that feed upon the
hills of Ohio, It naturally followed that the
government fell among thieves as COM
pletely as, If all the offices from top to
bottom had been parceled out among lot OF
peniteptiary convicts. The negroes OF south
Carolina are totally unfitto exercise the right
of suffrage, and TO plunge them headiong
from condition of abject slavery 10 tDe re-
sponsible position OF electors was mIshap,
d folly, and crime. We see IL now pain
enough, and we would have seen it before
had not our eyes been. dazzled by the pros
pect of getting large Republican majority.
We have the Republican majority out an
the woe. misery, debt, crime, corruption,
wickedness. and rillainy that this majority of
bluck voting naachines have brought upon
Door South Carolina.f bars yar'gf''.i $50.
The Legislature is den of thieves, and
ignorant, stupid, bigoted black thieves at
that. Take the conyicts in the Ohio peni-
Tertiary, organize them into body, call 1t
the Legislature, and you have better body
Of men than any Legislature South Carolina
has had since $685. And farther, statistics
will show that the Ohio conyicts are better
educated than the South Carolina law-ma-
kers, and better qualified to perform the du-
ties of office. More Of them can read, more
of them can write, more of them know the
difference between Watts's hymns and the
Constitution of the United! States. If the
most intelligent men in the penitentiary had
been selected in 1868 as Legislators for South
Carolina. and continued IN office until to-
day, have no besitancy in saying that the
condition of affairs here would now be bet.
ter.
In looking over the figures OF the debt OF
South Carolina remember that she is small
State in wealth, worth not more than one
tenth of what Ohio is. In other words,
Ohio is as able to carry a debt Of ten NH
lions as South Carolina is debt OF one nal.
lion.
He, further on, thus blasts the hopes of the
future for poor South Carolina:
The cry Of Reform! Reform" among
the Republicans here is the same old hum
buc. 1t is the same old cry always heard
| lust before gu election. The Republicans, OF
| South Carolina will never reform. 4 The
| party here is composed OF mixture of igno-
rance and rascaity, in about equal proper.
-tions. The talk OF reform in the party
and such party, is crazy bosh.u AS long as
the Republicans control South Carolina. so
| long will 1t be robbed and despoiled., The
debt " i'll continue to grow larger, credit Will
continue to sink; andtbe thieves to rule.
i Three years ago when ! was here (l67l)
4 there was lust such howl about" retrench-
i!ment and reform y as is heard now. Lststed
lin the Commercial then that there would be
/ no reform, and that matters would grow
1 worse each year. The prediction has been
l-yerified. / see no more chance for improve
/ ment now than l saw then. i,rr@aaI :tIt-.r-
And yet when; the whites of South Caro-
lima appealed, TO the Federal Government
I for protection what comfort did they get
How much did they get from Grant ?.a..az
+ We have thought the reader might find
Interest Sin this connection" in the follow
ling picture of that equally hopeless State
Louisiana. 1t is from q letter to. the New
York World dated New Orleans July Is:
Sixty miles from New ORLEANS, on'the bor-
ders of Lake b ,rne, stands the pleasant lit
| tie village of Pass Christian. 1t is one OF
| the most delightful watering places in the
| South, and up TO the time OF the war was
the most fashionable. Beautiful Residences
line the beach for five miles, and the shell
road along the waters edge presented ia the
DAYS of prosperity sight ut once beautiful
and interesting. Elaborate vehicles Of every
make, occupied by the beauty and fashion OF
! New Orleans, Mobile, and other southern
cities, crowded the drive, presenting aneyi-
dence of prosperity rarely to be lletoW1tn
and the stranger, as he lgazed upon the
scene, retired satisfied that ne bad seen a
people happy aRd. contented. But
visit to the same place now, reveals
different aspect. Il You can read IN every
feature of the 2 once happy village the
sad history of the South. y The, houses
that were once the homes of refine
ment. and intelligence have, become the
residences of negro politicians aud office
lholders, Where culture and modesty rode
merrily along, women who once tOiledin the
i
lphaetons, while vulgar and brutal men dash
by behind blooded horses. hooting and .yell-
ing like demons. A short distance from
1.-the old ivy crowned lighthouse, surrounded
by grove of orange.trees and "WhiSperlng
myrtIes." stands the.former summer re-
sort of one of ,Louisiana's richest plant
.ers. The house is beautifully furnished and
| fitted I'D in manner that would have suited
| the fastidions taste of Calypso and her
lnymphs, The rooms are superby frescoed,
many. Of the illustrations being taken
from. Oyid's "Metamorphoses." As you
wander through the elegant apartments you
| fancy Yourself in Sallust's house, or the ru'
raj retreat of Hortentius, and you think you
Gee the ghosts of these brave old Romans,
| ouaffine a cup OF rich Falernian, fitting
through the rooms in quest Of their singing
Girls. or chasing the nimble feet of faVorite
darcer. But the illusion is only momentary.
i Instead OF the old Roman, or the proud Lou.
isianian, you meet dusky legislator who
| has purchased the place, and instead of @
j dancing girl an African maiden, whose thick
| lbs and delicate aroma are far from being Of
the most inviting character, And this Is not
an isolated case. Many of the finest places
are thus occupied, and the average morality
4 of the place Is far from being improved by
the chanoe In the inhabitants. The conduct
L of these negroes is revolving. The most ont,
i rseeous immoralities are practiced by the
most prominent of both sexes, and paraded
: with an indecency objectionable even II
the grossly ignorant.
The leader of the ultra fashionables ant
owner of the fastest team and blacklist wife
is Caius Cesar Antoine, by the grace OIL
Grant, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Louisiana
This individual, though very diminutiYe
black, and wanting in ability, Wields grea