New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-04-16
From South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, S. c., April I, is

TIM EIa,r.efHc Neo Nd'ionnI Era:
Many eyes are turned to South Carolina.
Many hearts arc stirred by the mention of
her name. Some people are anxious to see
her sink deep in degradation, while others
are correctly hoping that she may yet weather
the storm and ride safe into the haven of
prosperity.
These things arc natural, There arc NANNY
men who believe in the infcriority of races,
who hold that both the Caucasian and the
Monaghan are superior TO the African. Such
men attempt to ground thcir theory upon
chronological, pathological and scientific re-
searches. Is il TO be wondered at, then,
that so many men have already declared
Republican government in South Carolina to
he failure" No, is the answer which comes
from every honest lip, and finds an echo in
every honest heart.
Many wrongs have been done in this State
every one admits; but VIC deny that they are
snch as 10 warrant the asscrtion-''ncnro
rule is n Failure in South Carolina'' This
unrhilosophical statement has become n by
word, an everyday expression. The African
citizen has made mistakes, it is true but
not tooowSc he is ancgo. History especially
the revolutionary portion of it's full of
grave errors which parties, nay, nations,
made, particularly in suddenly passing from
one condition Of things in another. What
mistakes that bcCSar enumeration have the
French and Spanish made in their history!
To-day men turn with horror from the tcrrors
Of the Revolution. and refer with shame to
the crucltics of the Inquistion.
South Carolina, like '.thc pctuIant speech,
the careless tongue, has caused more injury,
done more wrong" TO the Union than any
other State since the dissolution of the Con-
federation. Her children have always been
hot-hcadrd, hasiy, mprudcnt. OF course !
mean her Caucasian children. They arc. to-
day, just what they used TO be. They are
rs Illogical and as unfair to their political
opinions as their fathers who dclied cold
Hickory" as they Themselves were when
they Haunted the flag of secession in the face
Of Lincoln. Not only are they still like in
considcrate youths, but they also hated the
Union and the party of progress fully as
much rs, if not more than, their fathers
did
This statement has been proven by their
course ever since the end of "ihe late I'M
plcasantness. When the negro wanted to
use their knowledge of government, they en-
phatically refused TO have anything to do
with the ''l;adical Unconsfitutionality' pub
licly prophesyinS that ii would go "where
the wOodbine twincth'' in less than six
months. Can the reader conceive of ANY,
thing more inconsidcratc? Had they fol-
lowed 'thc let alone policy" which was
conceived in folly and obstinacy, they would
have been wise even in their foolshncss :;
but they did all in their power TO cripple the
infant government by doprccating in the
most shameful manner the bonds which the
authorities were at first compelled to issue.
They were unable, rs a rule, TO raise .fHy
cents on 4 dollar. This peculiar opposition
Of the Southern whites was the cause of the
large issue of State bonds; it paved the way
for the many dishonest financial schemes
which have proved so injurious to the fair
fame and good name of the State.
Had they stopped here they would have
but, no: the Fatcs had otherwise decrccd
Upon whose arm did the cnticing form of
Corruption lean rs she stalked into the L.
sislaturc of South Carolina? Iron tie arm
Of natire Caucasian.
The white men in this State have never
given the negro reason to believe that his
rights would ever he respected in their keep
ing. Nay, in politics they have purs ucd him
with a malignant hatred. Under President
Johnson, 1865, they gave him the Black
Coic-an infamous document, disgracng not
only this State, but also American ciyiliza-
ton. Wherever they have q majority in
South Carolina, the negro is only q little
better than "a thing" lie has, with aston
ishment, watched their course in Georgia.
He has marked their effort in Virginia to take
from Republican Petersbrrs Republican
charter, and make of her Democratic city,
with 4 Democratic charter. These things
fill the negro with alarm, and make him feel
that equality before the law" must be "thc
price of ceascless vigilance
We shall not attempt to review what has
recently been said by the press of the coun-
try against NEGRO rule in South Carolina. !"
We have read in your columns replies thereto
that have honorcd your heart and head.
Your readers have also sent a reply to the
taxpayers memorial. The reply stands
high among our State papers. II is IN able
document-rcmarkablc for its cleamess OF
statement, its pcrspicuous style, its financial
correctness, and its incOntrovertiblc logic.
II is pride and 4 pleasure to know that this
reply was wholly the work of a ncgrO-our
State treasurer-IIOn. l.. l.. CardOZO, whose
Official course has won golden opinions even
from the opposition press. No honest man
can have word TO say in condemnation Of
The present management Of our money mat
tiers. Some, who sigh for "thc hcSli-pots"
oil the previous administration, pour out theil
complaints; but they are very feeble they
come forth still-bom.
The taxpayers delegation received m
unexpectedly pleasant (?) reception from the
President. His irritation was well founded
No gentleman could hear in silence what
several members of the convention said about
Grant and Butler. The Republican editor
who reported the speeches made in that pat
riOtic (?D body was thanked nv some of the