, 1876-10-03
r,,o rr11c Story of tho Ncgro"Atll-
ing in, South Carolina.
n,,,o<ssd Condition Of tie Blacks-Why
They Do Not Work.
r,,k with a Representative Southerncr
and Co1orcd Man.
,.... ~ Affairs In Mississippi and
A1abama---Confederate Hopes.


,,,rr rrpo. But what can one cxpect no"aua1e,
:J1 ~. TN uIcCers won't work, and spend a'l
,ss,r time running after first one carpct-ba1gEcr
y, ,nothc.1t, Tie speaker was ono OF the sur
" o'ro.s NJ The "Lost Causc," md as he talked
so 1,,ucd half over rotten 1our-rall lcncc
,rh,cl served to mark cotton-patch tnelosnrc.
,v,h hs face covered With hair, fcntnrcs pil,eli-
,a NJ annual fcycrs, aud skin dlscolorcd by
h,htua) usc OF quLnlnc, hla clothes ill-shapetl,
, h,rgy. and sccdy as the struggling bolls he was
,.sng to ratlcr,-th!s noble scion OF one
II The ilustslous houses Of 0cnrgla
nre.cutcd anything but pleasing presence.
The above rcmurls was mado In reply to my
.,lu,atIous "Gool day." md " "lIow's your cot
.on,, Passing through Chattanooga, tic gatc-
ray IN the South, and out upon the Western q
Atlantic Railroad, whose cycry tic mud culvcrt
.rene familiar to mo and fragrant With the mcnl-
o,r Of War-tlays, had haltcd Mt the little VII
isec Of Ringgo1d, Co., charged with MI Import
,ant mission by TIE TRIBUNE, and not hatn-
rrrd by instrurtons,-told only to ace tie
sson,h and icseribo what saw without ttngc Of
nsr,tsIty,-1 came TO tho only spot In tile lar
s~th where could receive such Impressions as
uoula leaye ny mind freq and unblased. Years
avn amid wars stern nlarums, I lad
Known these people. What OF patriotism there
va, In secession nnd treason a5ainst tho Federal
f}o,rrnmcnt they possessed under the delusive
snare OF State rights; they Ind worshipcd JET
r),yts and Robert z. Leu openly rs the htahom-
atm references Allah, and they had damned
Abraham Lincoln, Sherman, aud Grant With
more tcryor and even less OF secrecy or conceal
mcut, But once within the Federal lines and
least knew they could be trusted, It wis
then riel agricultural ,district, md tho diver
1l,y extent Of farm nppurtcnanccs ind out
houses, magnificent plantation villas, md
hjghIy.mprorcd roals, oil pointed to them
4. people who would, so soou
as space was declared, return to their Legitimate
mitson III llfc, aud iast 9bllterato all traces u
hal lo7ed them for their canlof and dcyotionto
WIS! they conceived to be tho right. And this
isNhy, when starting OIL q tour through the
south, first went among those whom had
ever reason to DO glad In meeting.
t.kcd Of the weazcn-faccd planter who hung On
"seyen akcr, sir; only small patch, cause,
you see, the nIggcrs won't work; they nrc nll
81 4saaing politisal meetings. and haye .,
nlggcrs novcr will work my moro since the
Republican party lns sot lem free. Now, il TIL
lcn anil Hendricks Is elected II will mako tlinEs
elsier reckon, for tho niggcrs will havo to
work.h
lmndc three or four additional Efforts to turn
h[s mind from q political channel, but with 10
effect. There be stood, 6nllow md VIM, brood
Ing oTef 3 past thnt never could cotno back Tor
bin Or Ills race agnn; or grooming to himself As
he feebly stumbled among tho cotton bolls m
tho da5s wlcn Ills lnsll llnd malo tho niygcrs
work! Tllfs mans name Was uardIlnan, ind
before ihc War hu had wealth, responsibility,
9na whit WAS still more" ntggsrs:'
H. bad represented his district IN the State
Senate, and l,ad oxcrted a marked influence
upon the political party with which lle was
Msosiatc1. To-day, ho Ii a poor. dull, lethorgic
teelusc, hasing ati enaclatel wife, thu hon,e
iaI1u t!ekety plnntatioEl-llousc and tumble
down stables for ono or two trcreplt mules.
Telusea 70 bo comtorted Tor tho loss OF hts
States Rights convictions and-hls n!gGers."
Nine out Of ten Of the middle class OF Southern
people today arc liagdiman's brothers, shnrlnE
y Tho s9'nc poverty, burned by the same
iieSeIs, i, md breeding over the same careless and
lae tenth southern man Is nlso IIardlnlan's
%'ss % syesst9% snt be- s ' i S0s'ln; fs prSsa ona vS by
holds fat s!ilecurcs in insurance, railroad,
u u eosamesclal clrules. lie accepted tho sitln-
toa anl thu ehekcls that flowed III upon him
W als prompt obedience TO tho tlatof Almighty
WV That tho aforctime slave wns now FREQ
About R!nggo!l, south TO Dalton, cast to
esprng Place and Cleveland. west to Stevenson,
.uote noble tnen Of tho North who helped 10
tasi mks up TIC army OF tho Cumberland v Ill re-
,nesa0sT what rfc]i and promising. region It
,a.s, s. Allure than Que officer and soldier regis
ts'ea promise that, when tic War WIS over,
du ~ would return md nakehts homo there. To-
nnaf It y as foEbi1ding, as uninvtt!ng, as
a. y W tho week after Shcr,nan's army
asoea ssms r through It on tho way to tho sea- Tic
rdaue! ue!9 llesa when It was very Gartleu Ut
ah. hash. nut tho black man has 10 interest In the
n,.r NY the white ulat. has ,o Interest in the
n,S3 S'o, ,e % yio!ent revolution IN commercial
ata soeial situations could haye but one effect:
~ osaa ,a psostraelon: say It here with tremer
bnna aonRus and tlt.forabodlng, TINT there is no
uo ior Tic agricultural districts Ut tho South
tha WILT forty years Of wandering, tho lnst Of
i.",a slaye-nonarchs shall have passed
''u tae 1aee OK the earth.
wei, Uncle, you seem to he taking II very
sssy' you and your mule, Where aTc you going
~ n. uat unprecedented rate of mile M lnurl"
ne was venerable "Unclc Tom" whom
s's1look OH the llrt-road between Casterayille
lud Atlanta
,.u ewlno down to 'Lanta. The colorcJ
's,M wv, ewlna to haYo IIaxcn-WLeclcr polo.
's.s.t,' 1n ahu they'll ho a big time, sh,lah."
s,, ~ you trouble yoursc,f about politlcst Al,
n'"ssst'ooksag no'.s oil lnaM like you ought 10 lei
sss' alone ind spend oil your idIu time In the
n'p ~'son'paseh. 1see the cotton needs picking
s's,' sn'y oaa' and II you colorci people don't
Sp' sp'k' am afra!d money will bc awtul scasce
"aen Winter comcs,"
II, ~ 4eall. nassa whar do you cum from1
,tpAosi, reckon. II you DO, let mo tell YOU
sas Inc colorcd people have done outt work,