Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-01-15
THE PALMETTO sTk
Obssrvaiieas ef q cseFS6 611s
2 ef The New Yefk 81.
The unehangeabls lastitutisa Of he Stits
mo Spirit Of Ppgrsss-Ne Ossks
for Immigratioa-Ho Politieh
/ Tolefatioa. y
SOUTH CAROLINA NEVER CHANGES"


intolerance and narrow.mindsdnsss Of the
natives OF South Carolina. Most Western
men suppose that the stories are lies, t,ld
for the purpose OF stiffsning Republican
backbones. The mefe facts that the var
was fought out eighteen years ago; that In
the Wet new states, composed OF men
from ali portions Of the Union. hsve ben
created; and that those men have long
since ceased 20 talk about the war; indeed,
have almost forgotten the stormy times
from 1861 to ls6k mako u impossible for
Western men to bslisvs The stories told
about the condition OF anAirs IN South
Carolina Throughout As Rocky Noun:
tains al men believe that TIE writer's Of
those strange and bloody t.les were simply
perfecting themselves In the art Of lying,
preparatory to smigrating TO the pineclsd
hanks Of the Continental Divide, and there
t.kiag Gt.kia service = mining experts under
That . body Of intsllisent men would
spend their lives In talking over
Imaginary Wroogs,
and deliberately educating their children
TO hate Yankees-meaniug oil people living
north Of MARYLAND and west ol ArkanMs-
western capacity OF belief. Thai there b
actually no spirit OF progress, no strong de-
sire to have the State built up, no desire
for immigration, no political toleration In
South Carolina, and no welcome for any
Northern man are strong and almost In.
credible statements; but they are facts. I
find In nv note book some instances OF this
spirit. They are not the most marked. but
are sufficiently strong to illustrate my
meaning.
when at Beaufort, I talked With rice
hunting-he had just returned from a
hunting trip to his rice plantation the
talk drif,ed to politics, and OF course, the
cunningiy devised Eight. box law" came
up, was interested In his explanation
OF the manner In which the law disfran.
chises the ignorant negroes-l honestly be.
lieve that they should not be allowed 20 vote
and expressed my satisfaction at that
Oatesme o. che Law.
Then said: Suppose In the future that Q
new party springs into being, party hav:
ing the interests OF The people At heart and
Ioin that party. Under those circum.
stances. what will you do? You cannot
oust the men who are nov In power. They
have, under your laws, absolute control OF
the elections. You have virtually dele.
gated all your political rights and power 10
the men now In Office. There 10 no use In
holding elections What arc you going 10
DOR He looked me squarely In the lace
South Carolina never change" And, un.
fortunstsIy, his reply Is true.
Again, the fair lately held st Charleston
"A poor shabby affaif--attracted many OF
the cotton and rice plantsrs 20 the town.
These men were we'll clad and had bright
intelligent faces. They thoroughly under
stood cotton raising, and werc fully inform
ed about what is called the intense system,
which Is really q common sense system of
feeding the land with the elements the cot.
ton plant feeds on.
In the talk and doing Of these men. One OF
them, who was accompanied by barefoot
boy or 10 years old, found old army com.
rades. and he got drnrk very early In the
morning saw that he had two t2p gold
pieces and handful OF silver In his p,ss.
ession when he left tho Iiotsl after break
fast. did not see him ngnin until about
O'Clock In the evening. He was then
asleep In nm armchair In the hotel Office.
He slept soundly until one Of his com.
rades saw and awoks him. lie staggered 10
his feet put his hand In his pocket and
pulled outa couple Of silver dollars, one of
quickly put IL In his pocket His friend
inquired: "Is that all the money you
have leftT" After drunken and fruitlss
search In pocket after pocket, the planter
replied; "Yesh-thats all" His fnsni,
greatly interested, wanted him 10 account
for the $50 he had In The morning. IL was
painful TO witness the attempts this gentle
mas made 10 regain his memory; bat Il was
in vain. lie could not remember. Suddenly
Mis- Face nsightsse1.
He nodded his head sagely, q one who
says: II have It." His face broke into Q
sneering smile m he said: Been sleeping
here. Some ID Yankee stole ft. You
had best look outOr they will steal yours"
had 10 laugh at the naturalness OF tho
eIpli nation, and how readily 10 wss sc.
cepted by his comrade. These men, hav
ing lived under tho rule of the 0rpet-
arg rs,tiougbt any snd Ill YANKEES would
rifle TIE pockst. Of . drunken man. The
~ xho would rob prostnts State m 'ght
rob q drunken man; but all Yinksss
would MT steal public moneys.
OF the enormous ppmbes Of immigrants
cs. 'nS no aS,h EsSuns 1'd osisi b.sy.
tbs, any of these men have The fsintsst
idea Of remaihing In the stats ~ laborcrs.
wss told that the majority OF them had
left: but these are figures that cannot 10
accursteIy gathered, know, and every
white man who has been In South Csrolins
knows, .tbat the prevailing psntl.
mept OF the staie In against Eafopeau sgri.
cultural lAborers coming into the Gtsts. ]
can imagine no worse country 70 settle 10
for an agricultural laborer who hes 10 sell
his labor In the market 20 eet sufbcisnt
money 10 start life In the New World. The
wages paid 70 negroes In the agricultural
districts II from forty 70 sixty cents day,
the lsborer feeding himself.
Coming from Beaufort 20 Charleston on
one OF the little steamers plying bstvesn
tboee ports. ] saw . solitary man standing
on the end Of dock that luttsd Into . !ttds
stream. Back OF hir vas
Motionless this figure stood With boved
head and hands hanging subnisavsiy g
his sides. A the steamer dfsv ,nssr ~
raised his head and prepared 70 11N3
board. Seeing that thefs wss - fs6lG1t
and no other passengers on the dock H
steamer sheered off, leaving hin steadtog
there. Motiopless he stood f0f % inst1SL
! saw his face grow deadly palsj thee b
turned, and. lifting his opsu hgbt hssd
high above his bead, o. II In SupDlleotioa.
whirled on bis heel, and silsutiy walked up
the rotting dock. The cure q ~ should
ers, his ilstless, 'dsprssssd vH1k, he de-
jectsdly hanging hsad, ~ tnIr1. Ne
they not siop 4 ior shss n..r II HssssS
loudly, a. though st . e:lItal ~ iees re-
piled: "Ob, thst 10 dsmped Dotchnsp
Who came here last summer. h bsnto %
get away. He hss No noesy. ~ esoss
20 The wharf 10 meet almost eveTfl1oamoS.
| I ten you, be is . dek Duteb4alf Dat
like tbs country, deme htng ~ eo4oD
that am 70 dsyoid o! un eeqee eyfN4oe
The nieture Of tbs hooest 0eGnin w.
.too5 an The sharf sad faissd hie hns1g -
God In supplie1.ion 70 remove hin leeo .
| isrd living pfostrnte under u TujDo q
sIsve,y osst md Bourbons peossot hoenteAi
me fof tie rest Of TIE dey. 3