The New York herald., 1874-10-19

ries South Carolina needs only self-respecting
Legislature ana Executive ana judiciary TO be
what she should have been but Tor an exaggerated
sell-worsnip. founded on iactious seinshness,
which no amount OF personal chivalry could COM
pensate Tor. IEink oi port only f0rfy-iWo hours
by Steam from the anchorage OF Havana, closer
than New York to Chicago, nearest the vast cot
line Of ran TO knoxvilei The plunder Of this
State has been by natives, even more than by
strangers. Even some native women JOIN the
rout. The Peusrews aud Mackeys and Meltons
and what not forget their late Importance and
OF the luxurious husks OF which the swine par.
take. the present standard OF vaiues In South
Carolina may Well be compared with the following
figures for 1854 used by Helper In his ''lmpendinR
Crisis ''-Seventeen and one-thrd millions 0i acres
OF land then assessed us worth no more than
So, co., 000 or about 81 81 per acre. One-third
OF this amount OF land in New Jersey was assessed
at Sl5s O00,0u0 or nearly $50 an acre. Senator
Robertson sells halfacre building lots the out
skirts OF Columbia for $500 haiiacre to negroes.
BY an lnexorabe law the plantations are DelnR
divided. The time is not lar distant wnen every
negro in the State will have piece OF ground. In
proportion as this time IS hastened VIII good
government come TO blacks and Whites. Honesty,
legislative body. The schools and freeholds which
many OF the whites grudge the negroes are 10 pc
their own safeguards. When @ te negro ga ana c me
South Carolina mas IN the Augusta and Columbia
and the Piedmont air line railways trine ad-
yanced upon ner old railroad facilities. AT CHESTER
/ saw q narrow-gauge railroad and train bound
inland. But much remains to be done TO give
Cnareston its true Importance; as, for example,
railroad IRON Mien, Ca, to Tennessee, to
carry the cotton OF Macon and Montgomery
90 90 a !, Tne area % tne se
Indiana. A dozen good navlgahle rivers drain the
rich interior OF lts prodncts Some new towns
have sprung up as by magic like Aiken, and have
observed thai the three cities which were burned
in the var have experienced the most rapid re.
ylva-Atlanta, Richmond and Columbia. This
naturally arose from the aSsemblage vi mechanics
ana aDorers, who finally required habitations for
Any attempt to resuscitate the personal fortunes
OF The old class OF great slaveholding planters VIII
be futile in South Carolina. Their habits, their
want OF thrift, their dream OIL increase, are wholly
out Of the reach OF either luck or government.
..rney VIII have to die out" SAID Governor Scott.
1t is hard SEM ence but 1t Is true In the young
men there Is hope and WORK. The federal govern
ment would only be doing Its duty by turning out
every ofice-holder who gives aid and comfort to
conspicuOusly candidate for this disgrace. II the
President obeyed his genuine repusions he would
also overnaui the whole Ol Senator Patterson's
appointees. Strip this man OF his following aud
there will be beginning.
While was In Columbia read In the Northern
press, In the HERALD with the rest, accounts Of
lour or five riots and outbreaks. am well satis-
ea that ELMER eH haa ~ r1e Guy
police item. One was quarrel between TWO
negro leaders and their partsans, at Georgetown,
ooe of them, known as "Red Hot Jones'" . COM
batlve. splteiul negro, now, unfortunately stump
ing the state Ior Green, 10 whom ne Is no acqusi-
ton. 1ne white people should have interfered Tor
their own safety, but they did not, afraid that
such participation would get them the score OF
negro lntimldatyrs; a second quarrel was IN the
Inaay great CArohnans have been born, Calhoun,
plckens, Butler, Brooks, Bonnam Gray, &c. |
me, "fhey have got good many men Of genius
there, but quar- elsome Irish and Scotch-Irish
trouple. when Governor, than ali tae rest OF the
State. The negroes have their cussedness.
There is no use paying any attention to them any
Another row was between negroes In Columbia,
which alarmed Moses, and ne called lor company
OF young white natives. They promptly responded
and the iather OF one OF the Doys, Mr. Childs,
banker, showed me, with some qualification, his
sons rife and accoutrements No interference
the last quarrel was OF no conseauence-mere
cat.calis At political meetings to guy" the speak.
stsi tons. '''"''A 'A' N''A AN o'''A'A' NV
HINT.
venture the assumption that, with rare excep.
tions, the negroes are the only people both able
and wiling TO give true Information about the
South. The arpet-bagger5 are unwilling to tell
the truth, the natives unable from prejudice.
Northern correspondent going South must accept
certain small courtesies from % both these classes.
contrary do not know the business Of the inquirer
and answer without intention. For example, in
acqualnt me with matters and TOOK me here and
there. Alter he was gone hunted up the Ku
IN ISat case and read the the tooWihs fol as to the S
Ing OF Randolph, In lS6S:-
Everybody who knows anything about it believes
party: believe hsmiy have every ssasOs to
the coored PEOPLE against the white people, &C.. &c.
Now General Kcrshaw gave me an account OF
the killing OF kandoph like an honest, upright
rebel ofilcer. he said that Randolph, 10 ms part
OF the country, was moderate, peace-advistng
fellow, and that he was killed by assasslns who
resented certain more radical speeches he made
In less liberal part OF the state.
l advise this broker when he Is under oath 10
keep his oath and not to take Northern corre-
spondents in these late days for d set or fats.
Many OF US have been over good deal OF the
South ana we put down In the same category with
thieves and carpet-Uaggers those mercantile
rebels who try to sCur us with stories which really
initiate against the very property and society
tney represent.
Mr.. Noah. carpet-bagger but a frank one, told
me that some time ago lot OF the native lawyers,
jobbers &C., OF Columbia, envious OF the pros.
perity OF the Ring, proceeded to cram the press
and street in New York with dismal stories about
the bankruptcy Of the state, having asst sold
South Carolina bonds short. The Ring discovered
their little game. took measures to advance the
credibliity Of those securities and cleaned them
out handsomely. Now can We have any more
sympathy Tor man who scandalizes the credit or
his State than Tor the thief who takes its assets
The Northern people must learn to discredlr both
these classes OF rascals. and II they lie do ownrigh5
show them up rightly. l met few mischie.
makers In South Carolina. The professional
carpet -baggers did NOT go to see expecting 10th.
ing rom them, but must express my surprise at
the donkeyism OF certain traders and note shavers
who traduce the grouud they live on and think to
pack young reporters minds with folly to utter