The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-21

tutored but eloquent. Whipper, who
came from Michigan; the ehroWd and
INSCRIPTIONS Purvis, who dishonorcd
an honored name in Philadelphia;
the brilliant Elliott, who fitted him
self In the free schoels Of NIassachu-
setts TO answer the Confederate OK
Vice-Prcsidcnt Stephons in triumph
on tho Noor of Congress; tho lawyer,
Wright, who was tho first negro ad.
mittcd to the bar in Pennsylvania, and
who rose to the Supreme Bench Of the
State; the cultured Delaney, who won
| college h0nors in Ohio and once made
u bold stand for negro reform by run
ming as the reform candidate for Lieu
tcliant-Governor, and tho sagocious
Boseman, who served his race by
nestiing down as tho Charleston post
mastcr. There were others of moro
or less ability, but tho half score
have named should have made South
Carolina most prosperous common
wealth. and her numerical majority of
freedmen a happy and wisely self
ruled people.
HOW THE NEGRO LEADERS FELL.
The man who should have been tho
foremost ofhis race ia honor and use.
iulness is Cardoza. lie had everything
to make him faithful and eminent. Ho
possesses superior natural abilities,
was thoroughly educated in Scotland
when nominally slave, entered the
ministry and was tho respected pastor
OF New England congregation when
emancipation and Reconstruction
brought him back to aid his people in
tho escape from darkness. lilo came
here with the ,purcst and lotticst aims,
and was the first Secretary of State
under the carpet-bag reign. lie was
purposely assigned to that position by
the ruling white and black adventur-
crs because he was houcst, us his
official duties gave bin, 10 power Of
restraint upon his thieving associates;
him on every side; he learned to toll
were lost in the flood-tklc of corrup-
ton that surgcd against him. lie was
deemed sufficiently dcmoralizcd to be
made State Treasurer under the later
and more violent reign OF dcbaucllery,
and he ended convict. lie was say
cd from sentence by the general treaty
of the State that saved Patterson,
Smalls and Nash, with Cardoza, from
the penitcntiary; gave Butler his scat
in the United States Senate and ended
! various Federal prosecutions for yio-
lation Of the national election laws.
Cardoza is now Il clerk under tho
Hayes administration. Nvh;Dpcr was
one Of the earliest Of tho legislative
jobbcrs, and succeeded in foisting him
self into a judicial election, but both
sides rcvoltcd against such mockery
of justice and he was compelled to
surrender his claim to the office. lie
is now local leader and pcttifoggcr
among the scmi-barbarouS negro
tordcs of Beaufort. Purvis was 4
prominent leader III the House as
chairman Of u most Important commit
tee, and he did as much as anyone to
hasten the overthrow of the negro
rule. lie now resides in Charleston
and is q beneficiary of the national
government. Elliott is ono of the
ablcst and boldcst Of tho race I have
known. lie gathered fair education
in tho Massachusetts free schools, and
developed into one of the most bril-
liant and sagacious leaders of the
State. Hc was Adjutant General,
Speaker Of the House and Member Of
Congress, and his famous debate with
Alexander II. Stephens in the nation
Ill House Of Representatives stamped
rrcwornSoi iffrels ffrelssr,,ler er4GS6hiss-
OF elcvating and bcnctiting lis race,
and when the State was robbed until
both whites and blacks were impnvcr-
ishcd, tho dcluded negroes deserted
him, and he now basks in the sunshine
OF president Hayes rs a department
subordinate i'll Washington. Wright
had rare opportunity to make q
crcditablc record for himself, his race
and his adopted State. lie had OPEN
Ell the way for the elevation of his
coIorcd brethren by gaining the first
admission to the bar in PENNSYLVANIA,
ana was chosen one of tho three Su-
premc Judges of South Carolina. lie
was not cmincntly fitted for the posi-
ton, although he could have filed it
credltably by the exercise of judicial
integrity, but his decisions soon bo-
came a matter of open barter, and
dissipation followed his disgrace until
he finally resigned to escape unani-
nous impeachment. Smalls is Of the
heroic mould. He is remembered as
VIZ saw WIZ lstil Ills NCSSCi IN the
Union blockade to cast his fortunes
with the defenders Of the government.
flc is illitcratc, Of fcoursc, but man
of rare natural abilities. lie should
have been beacon light for his race
to guide them to Advancement, indus
try and honest thrift, but hc ended his
career III State politics as q convict
and carried his dishonor into Congress.
lie was Il candidate again at the late
election, but his own race, although
largely in the majority and able TO
elect him under any rule, have wcari-
ed Of leadership that has Degenerate
ed into mean ambition and plundcr,
and lie was largely beaten. Nash was
an illitcratc hotel servant III this city
before the war, but he had much Of
the ability and more Of the selfish cum
ming Of Smalls, and he was an omnipo-
tent local leader for q time, making
himself Senator and Presidential Elcc-
tor in 1876. lie held the fate of HAYES
in his hands when the result in the
State was questioned, and he made
the most Of it. lie publicly professcd