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DIR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, May 18th, 1874,
Me-, EDuoB-
Judge Sloanaber on Colored Con-
Qyessmen-South Carolina 4 fairs
Report Of the Judiciary CON-
mi4ee Of the House Of Representa-
Gves-lten,s Of Interest.
Judge Sloanaker, of Louisiana, in
a recent published letter in answer
to an invitation to attend the com.
ing National Anti Slavery meeting
to be held at Chicago, in June next
said. among other good things, the
following on colored Congressman,
which I think of sufficient impor.
tanoe to give your readers, for our
friends in Louisiana know that he
Is . power with his pen, as we'll as
among the best of our stump
orators in the South. The Judge
In the letter on this subject, said:
"There were very few people in the
North who contemplated the election
Of oolored men to Congress when they
advocated the enfranchisement of the
African race. Some of the more ad-
vAnced abolitionists regard such a
thing as remote possibility,
which might occur sometime toward
the close Of the century, but there
we're none 60 bold or SO hopeful to
predict that this generation would
witness the singular spectacle of eman-
oipated slaves sitting in seats in the
House Of Representatives vacated by
their former masters. It must be ad-
,mjtted that the great mass of the
:ane;ralavery people did not desire any
such progress as this. They hoped
That in the course of years the
'oolored race, under the civilizing and
'elevating influences of free institu-
tions, would be raised to higher
plane, and that every now and then
smaa Of great ability would tower
high Above all the rest, and by reason
'ot his scholarly attainments and his
:sptness iar public affairs would be
selected q = fit person to represent
the people Of both races in Congress;
'out no one dreamed that in one Sec
aon OF the Union black men, five
Jeas after their emancipation, would
sand an equal chance with white men
IN the struggle for political honors, and
that they would secure their election
70 Congress by manipulating primary
elections and managing Conventions"
Just Is their Caucasian preceptors
have done for half a century.
The revolution, however. soon oot
beyond the control of the white people
OF the United States. The instant
that the tho black man became a voter
ne mapped ae leading strings that
we're suppese to be strong enough to
Keep him in tutelage, and set up
oannees tor himself. In a year or
TWO oo'sre4 politicians appeared, who
ps0,ed n themselves to DO perfect adopts
u &ahe asts BY which the ignorant
s e' ars, drilled into supporting
asa ', Who 'et themselves up as political
'''aera Their performances were
% "@et.nes bad enough, but nothing
voaa q 90 done except to let them work |
~. ne'r own ealvation or destruction,
~ looking back over the seven years
1e nave passed since this struggle
. .s equal political rights began, the
4:'s'aveFy people Of the country are
~. ned with the general result,
:: aooeh there has been such pro-
e1 c9 and corruption in some Of the
% .''es a' cannot be justified, even on
s.sl as PIE: that the money was squan-
hs o IN promoting the cause of
% a freedom. We need not now
~: uas the causes that led to this no.
'''> disqualification; in most in.