The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28

that we in the South regard him as Sir Oracle,
when his speech would best serve his purpose
in exciting the Northern sentiment against
the South. .t. wv. I..
We presume as matter of fact, that Sena.
tor Hampton never beard OF the threatened
lynchings OF cmigran. agents for attempting
TO carry of the negroes from this section. II
so. we think the Senator should have had the
fairness to state the fncts.
II we were 10 give testimony on the subject
Of reducing the representation in the Electo-
raj College and In Congress-" we would Ger.
tainly say-if anybody was willing to the re-
duction-that there Is division Of sentiment.
Senator Hampton should not speak SO as to
convey the impression that we are unit on
the subject OF reduction Of representation.
Senator Hampton is reported to have said:
81 would gladly vote to appropriate fifty millions
10 purchase Cuba, or some other place In which they
might SETTLE" ..
The Senator is very learned man, and has
much experience In administering the law in
but We would like to ask him to give US some
OF the practical outlines of the methods In
yolved in this scheme.
IN the first place, Can we buy Cuba If 80,
of "FIddlef's Green9" Has the government
the right to appropriate any part Of this coun-
try to the African racer II 30, might
not the government condemn Scotchmen to
go to one place, Dutchmen to another, Irish.
men to another, Southern soldiers to an.oth.
err?
But If we owned Cuba, we would be glad fol
the Senator TO tell US how he. or the govern.
ment, or any OF Its representatives, are going
to condemn that country as the home OF the
class Of citizens whose presence may be OBJ
jectionable TO Southern politicians; and
we would like .or him to tell US how he may
lay violent hands on any law-abidtpg citi
zen and send him to Cuba or anywhere else
Does the honorable Senator recognize the fact
that under the laws of the United States and
the laws of South Carolina, the colored man Is
as free to come or to 80 as the white man, and
that he is endowed with all the rights and
privileges OF full citizenship If this is So
will he tell US how he can do this great thing?
Could the Gar OF Russia exercise over his
unoffending subjects the despotic power
which the Senator. in this republican coun-
try, proposes to exercise over the negro?
Another matter. Suppose tQe negroes, who
are greatly in the majority In South Carolina
should recognize, as Just, the proposition To
send any portion OF the citizens Of this coun- II
and that such an outrageous law could by
some possibility be of force, how long would
1t be before the negroes Of this State would
patrlate % or Dr. send away the white men and
decent Democrats from this State? 1t might
bs claimed that II would cost vastly less to
send of three hundred thousand white people
than it would to ship six hundred thousand
When we can have one law for negroes and
one for white people, the white people Of South
Carolina will have fewer friends In Washing
ton than the negroes will have. Even as 1t Is
now, the Washington government to the full
extent Of its power, is negro government, as
for as the South Is concerned.
It Is now hard enough for us to get any rights
from Washington, and any movement on ou1
part which would remand the negro 10 slave.
ry. or w1ch would subject him to greater
evils than that OF actual servitude, can only
do great wrong to the white people.
Already the Northern Republicans seem to
think .that Southern soldiers are not half as
good as the Southern negroes, and this useless
agitation Of an Impractical and impossible
scheme will do evil and only evil to the
Southern people.
We would not deprive our fellow-citizen,
Mr. VIM. P. Calhoun, of any Of the honors to
which he may be entitled for exciting the
public mind on any question. The fact that
he has such followers as Senator Hampton,
the Ne1os and urier, and other distinguished
Southern politicians, shows that he is not
without sagacity, and that he has presented
his views In q manner so as to attract public
attention. and to impress at least portion OF
the public mind with his strange views. Al
thourb Mr.. Calhoun Is a most excellent clt1.
zen, yet we think he should not mislead such
men as Senator Hampton.
We are astonished that our contemporary
the Netns and Courier, should for one moment
assume that the Washington government de
size to see the Southern question" settled
With that question settled the Republican
party would 60 out Of business. That party
fives only by exciting the public mind on the
negro question. Othellos occupation will be
gone when the negro Is dropped. @