The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-11-05
close to the young mans legs. and in a
suppressed voice, when the signal was
given. whispered:

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forbidden to be increased; but the
Legislature in nearly hopelessly de-
PRAYED. These men first debauched
the negro Legislatures. and now they
are calling Justify for all honest Legisla-
ture to help them to be honest. Cham
berlaine has opened his canvass with
more courtesy than VIC expected
'Do you regard the condition of
things as hopeless, then?''
'sNo. The material increase of the
State is encouraging. The discovery
of great deposits Of phosphatcs regard
as one Of those timely compensations
Nature has provided for forlorn peo-
pie. 1t will be worth more to us than
all the slaves we lost. Nor do regard
the present debt as beyond our ability
to carry. 1t is pity that we had any
credit. We do not require any. There
is nothing added to the property Of the
State by all this wanton outlay. If we
could have quiet, the labor amongst US
would be better than we had hoped
"What, then. do you regard as he
great evil Of the State 2"
Il regard what are called
TEE cARPEr-BAGGERs
as the all-comprehensive curse Of South
Carolina They came here to divide
society, not to combine it. When the
blacks and whites of the State come to-
gether. as they should, tolerant and
mutually assisting each other, this cpl
! sode will have ended. 1t is the policy
OF the carpet. baggers to keep the ne
groes perpetually apprehensive Of their
freedom. and the North perpetually
apprehensive of the Union. Thus thew
intimidate immigration and capital. and
subsist upon Jour degradation and pow
erty.''
''Do you. personally, object to ne
gro education g
Il do not. / am in favor of any
thing that will leaven and cnlighten this.
mass of ignor ance, and make it fit for
its responsibility. And l think the
negro will come out right. The North
is Gripping itself with our lameness.
We are rich as a State. Restore the
South, discountenancc this plumber.
make property worth owning here, and
our increase will reduce your own bur
dens Of debt, and make us hopeful by
improving our worldly condition.
Chow can we develop as we should
with Governor who pardons every
criminal, with Legislature as expen-
sive per capita as Congress, with coun-
ty-satraps who do not scruple to throw
their political opponents into prison
in short. with subjugation intensified
by all the forms of petty mcanness and
irritation =
''Can you suggest anything that the
people OF the North should do, compat-
ible with the enfranchisement of the
negro g
eyes. The negroes can very cener-
ally read. If they could be assured,
from Overwhelming authority at the
North, that they must make Govern
ment tolerable to us who are the SUBJ
jugated: if the press, Congress, and the
President. would vouchsafe to regard
US whites as we are, the real subjects
for COMPENSATION, the downtrodden,
instead of the negro, it would soon be
palpable to the black man that j. was
the policy Of the North to promote con-
cord instead Of dissension here. The.
negro has great idea Of Uncle Sam.
Uncle Sam s wishes are his shibboleth.
Suppose that the Government sent gen.
tlemcn here to administer the Federal
Offices, and TOLD them to abstain from
entering into corrupt combinations with
the kites and crows at Columbia: we
should not then have South Carolina
Senator-God sape. the mark at
Washington, in the person of Patter-
son, defamlng the condition Of things
amongst the society he is alleged to
represent.
1--WE have no national politics in
| South Carolina. We do not ask Dem
| ocratic administration tcre.. We ask
only an honest Republican one"
As we were passing through. the re-
gion of
| THE sANDHTIIHRs.
| said:
"The Sandhillers, Gen. kcrshaw--
what type Of people are they p
"The Sandhillers are the queerest
people we have. and. though poor, not
uninteresting. They live in this belt
Of country contiguous to Columbia.
where the soil is pretty much bare
sand, uuinviting to the eye. and scrub
billy timbercd vi III pine and small oak.
Their little plank cottages, almost black
with exposure to the sun their small
fg1res, almost stunted it would seem
but capable Of great fatigue; their
dwarf cattle. and docile character, make
them sort Of Independent peasantry
not unlike what is found in old parts o.
the North Of Europe. It has even beer
guessed that they we're Of Icelandic Of
Norwegian descent, emigrated anterior
to the historic period ofCaroiina- Theil
straight black hair, nearly oblique eyes
4 Of an almond shape, and unambitou
home habits. remind us Of nothing else.
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J New ORLEANS, Nov. 5.-A gentlema,
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