The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-07-06
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THE IRREPRESSEBLE NE.
GRO.

From j. z. HandalPs Washington letter TO
the Augusta Chronicle.
At the front of the Capitol, not
long ago, l saw fat, sleek young
negro man sitting on q bench, his
limbs largely extended, an un-
brella shading his person, and a
CLEAN of special satisfaction in his
eyes as they leisurely rested upon
the mighty edifce.. It was early
morning, and thousands of white
men and women were hurrying TO
their work in different parts of
the city. AS Sambo took in this
panorama luxuriously be seemed
| to say: This Government is de-
pendent on the negro, and there
fore l contemplate that dome and
these marble wings with an air Of
ownership, while the poor white
trash, with restless eyes and care
worn faces, tramp along to earn
their daily bread. But for negro
votes, Arthur would not be Pres;-
dent ; Republicans would not DOM
mate nconstitutiona'ly the House;
and Malone would not revolution
ize the Senate. But for negro
votes, these white Republicans
who get their bread and butter
from the Departments would
probably have to hunt employ.
ment elsewhere. Every rap of
Keifer's gaVel' is by the authority
of my race; and what would Rob-
esop be or Don Cameron without
our indispensable assistance 4?
Therefore I have the right to cit in
the sun and take a proprietary
interest in the surrounding gran
deur.' And as if these wltching
thoughts really did surge electri.
cally upon his fancy, sambo
stretched his legs out little far
ther, cooked bis eye a little more
insolently, stuck his thumb into
his waistcoat. a little more boss
like, and his capacious grin seemed
to take in the whole situation with
an animal delight. Just then, d
white man, habited with official
authority Of some lower grade OF
life, with one of the orders of the
Grand Army of the Republic
dangling on his broad bosom,
came to me and said: You seem
to be watching that negro over
there very intently. Perhaps you
are thinking just what | am
There are about forty thousand
such insolent, good for nothing
fellows in this region, and they
imagine that they own the coun
} try. They certainly do own the
Republican party, if they only
knew it in a more active way.
They have the instinct of impor
tance, but lack the white mans
: sense of making their power felt fol-
; theirown advantage. Therein con
sists their Unreasonable inferiori
ty. I was Federal soldier for four
years-fghtipg to free these peo
pie and put votes in their hands
We poor white men Of the NORTH
' begin to understand that in free
ing negroes we have enslaved
ourselves. The great corporations
are worse to US than any slave
holder could have been to the
blacks. While I labor like dog
that fellow over there basks in
the sun, and looks patronizingly
upon me. Considering What has
come, I am sorry now that l ever
volunteered in what was cunning
Iy called a defense of the Repub
lie against Rebellion. With the
present lights before me, woulc
not do it again he emphasized
, his words with some healthy i'm
precautions, dartipg, meanwhile
menacing looks at Sambo, who
under the warm rays Of the sun
was yielding to a delicious languol
and preparing to sleep soundly
while his Republican white ser
wants in Congress settled down tt
obey bis behests, and put forti
tempting bats for a fresh in
stallment of the colored vote,
have no doubt that many thou
sands of white men at the Nortl
= reason as the old soldier did bu
; they are owned by imperiou
{ robber barons, who control theil
stomachs and compel their votes
Some day there will be a violen
change. But a long time yet, Sam
bo will coil up like a sacre'
crocodile and slumber at the bas
or Wochinpton's statne-the max e