New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-04-16

| O~' AVE- IL.
taken from one Of the speeches in which
Butler is belabored rs thief, and the whole
Congress as unworthy of the notice of honest
men. would not, in this connection, repeat
some of the things that were SAID about the
PRESIDENT, for they go beyond the pale Of
decency and good breeding they conlinc
themselves not to his public character, but
enter into the sanctum of his private life,
touching even the sacred family altar.
Would that the country could plainly sec
the ciovcn foot under the garments of those
hypocritical prctcndcrs. How the Demo-
Gratis, now throwing themselves at the feet
Of Congress, will succeed i'm their effort to
get the Offices again, is yet to be seen. My
impression, however, is, that they will have
to return to their homes, and muse by "the
shores of the far 'rcsounding sea-" They
want the United States removed from the
State. Why? TO institute again a system
OF violence and murder. But, let them come
on. There will be two TO play at that game
this time.
The colorcd people Of South Carolina have
made mistakes just as the French and Span
ish have done. In the races of men they arc
no exceptions. But, like other men, they
are proGting by the past. The last Legsla-
turc did many things which indicate that the
spirit of reform is in their midst. The State
debt can only be increased by two-thirtls
vote of the people. Specific tax lcvies are
made. The number of legislative attaches
is fixed by law. The amount of money to
be expended in public printing has also been
limited. The complaints against the party
are not so much on account of what is
doing, but OH account of what IL has done.
The colored people are thoroughly awake to
a sense of their responsibility. by the mer-
cilul help Of God, and the patient forbearancc
| of friends, they will make of South Carolina,
not negro colony, but a State in which The
| 1frican will be able to attain "the highest
development of all his powcrs''-a State that
will be TO him what Missouri is to the Ger
| man.
The doors of the State University are now
practically open TO the people. Ever since
the ne,r regime, there have been in the nstitu-
ton yearly 4 few negotiating, Union
dcspising students. In October, 1873, n col
orcd student applied for admission into the
Medical Department. This, of course, trou-
blcd the waters. He was admitted after
quite struggle by majority of only one
vote. Every medical professor voted against
the applicant, but, after learning the result,
expressed 4 willingness to abide by the issue.
Not so with the outside world Southern
society ilourishcd the whip in the face cf the
native professors and some, fearing pro-
scription more than anything else, like the
most bringing slave, kissed the rod that was
| lifted to strike them. One DR.. Labordc, who
had been connected with the institution for
more than quarter of Gentry, forced
from her classic walls by two rn!ecling laugh-
tcIs, wcpt like n child rs he, at the command
of two sTTiy women, moved by a foolish prciu-
dice, left the place where, with McDuilic,
and Preston, and Lasarc, and Pnckney, he
had lived and laborcd. The blow was too
great for the old man gates seemed TO close
upon his soul rs he moved away from his
dent, he was gathered home to his fathers.
Time will not permit us TO describe the
University. 1t is sufficient to say that il
occupies the most beautiful spot in the
"Quccn City of the South" Its grounds,
three squares by two, are covered with YER
groves in which the ancient philosophers are
said TO have studied and taught.
Among the professors there are four
Southern men--Lynch, Of Medicine, brother
to the wcll-known Episcopal Bishop Mel
ton, of Law, whom even the Democrats con-
ccded to bc "thc best man in the State for
the position - Roberts, of History, and YAM
JUL, of Modern Languages.
Both races arc represented in the Univcr-
sity classes. In the Professional and Col
lcgc Departments more than onc-half of the
students arc mtte. Within the past week
twelve new students applied for admission
into the College Department.-scicntific
course. More than onc-third of them were
| whHe. Ten were admitted-two failing to
pass the required examination, which was
very thorough, lasting about eight hours.
This institution is calculated to do much
good for South Carolina and for the negro
race. If the time ever comes when the
descendants of the Rutlcges and the Marions
shall believe in the universal fatherhood OF
God and the unlimited brotherhood of man,
the University of South Carolina will have a
dwelling place in the breast of every Africo-
American.
Yours, truly, "MAC."