The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-06-29

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pure patriot dettsted Soulou1ue Huu
claimed that Ham bal was q greater
military genius than Napoleon kainey
| took an active part in the colonization OF
| Liberia. and believed that the future oi
the omanCipatcd slaves lay In that d.
| rection
one Of Raiucys associates in the For.
| ty-0rst Congress was Israel G.. Lash.
representing a district iu North Carolina
Lash was member Of the House when
Rllney was sworn In TO nh the White
more vacancy He had been a slave. ana
was born in 1910. Lash lacked education
and refinement made no effort TO ascend
the ladder Of fame, and was of mo-
rose disposition. lie dropped from his
perch at the end Of the term,
Meanwhile new negro appeared at
the door Of the senate with credentials
from Mississippi. lie was Blanche l..
Bruce, born "a slave I'm virginia IN 1914.
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afterward settled Ia MISSOURI but rc-
turned to Mississippi after the war. lia
acquired land ana became n planter. D.
entered political life as serReant-at-
arms of the State Senate, was a tax coli
lector and a levy commissioner and was
finally elected United states senator FOR
the term beginning In 1875. Being a close
fr end of Roscoe Conkling and a gentle
man of education and refinement, he
welded considerable influence In the
Senate His friendship for Mr. ConkliHg
was so great that he named his only
child after him. lie frequently presided
over the Senate, filling the chair wIth
grace and dignity and winning encomi-
ums from his colleagues without regard
to party. ON retiring from Congress in
1881, he was succeeded by Lucius Quintus
Cincinnatus Lamar, and was made regis
ter of the treasury by President Gar
field. His wife was an octoroon, refined
and gentee and well educated. Their de-
votion to each other was often remarked.
ELLIOTT, OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Another negro who attracted almost
universal attention was the Hon. Robert
Il. Elliott, of South Carolina. lie was
born in Boston, educated at High Hol-
born England, and graduated from Elton
College in 1859. He studied law and went
to South Carolina after the close of the
war. After serving as member of the
State constitutional convention he be-
came a member of the F'orty-second
Congress, and was reelected to the For
ty-third. There We're four negroes from
the Palmetto State in this Congress and
only one white man. Elliott was a black
man with dash of white blood. He
was nine-tenths negro and extremely
proud OF his ancestry. He traced IL back
to the Congos. a very dressy negro, Ell
lott always wore a sealskin cap in win
ter. He kept close watch on the recon
struction laws in the different States. In
those days travellers going South usually
took the boat to Quantico, where they
connected with a train on what Is now
known as the Atlantic Coast line. Ell
lott insisted upon eating at the table
with the VIII ties while travelling to Guam
tico. There he entered the Jim Crow
car, and remained there until the train
pick up his overcoat and transfer him
self to the ladies' car, where he settled
himself comfortably in a seat and slept
soundly until the train reached Column
bia. He was at one time Adju,ant Gen
eral of the State. General Elliott, as he
was termed resigned before the eXpira-
ton of his term to become sheriff of Co
lumbia lie had ascertpined that the !
perquisites of The once were far supe
Tior to those of a Congressman.
And there is another South Carolina |
negro who attained a national reputation. |
Alonzo j. Ransier. He was born in .
Charleston in 1884. He was self-educat-
ed, and was employed as shipping clerk
in 1850 by leading merchant. His en-
ployer was tried for violating the law in
hiring a coloIed clerk and was fined /
cent with costs. Ransier was a member
of the constitutional convention, and aft
eIward became chairman of the Republ-
can State Central Committee. He was
also Presidential elector on the Grant |
and ColfaX ticket, and was elected 10 the
Forty third Congress. He was an apt |
of the changed conditions
in Charleston, and can hardly be said to
have compared favorably with the chiv
alric representatives from that city be-
fore the war.
A representative who will never he for
gotten was the well-known Jere Haral-
coal, genuine plantation negro, the
OF ragtime and the Mobile
buck. Jere was born in Muscogee coun-
ty, Ga. After the death of his master
he was sold on the auction block in Co
lumbus. The negro became the property
of j. HARRISON, of Selma, and remained
there until President Lincolns emancipa
ton proclamation. He acquired some ed
ucaton afterward, became n member of
the State Legislature in 1870 and was
elected to the Forty-fourth Congress. He
claimed a recollection to the Forty-fifth,
which was Democratic. In this Congress
Charles w. Field. OF Georgia, was door
keeper. He saw n coal black man on
the floor of the House one day watch
ing the proceedings, and took him for
one of the colored BARRIERS lie told one
Of his assistants ito drive the ngger~
back into the barber shop where he be-
ouged" The assistant tried to carry
out the order, but Jere proudly proclaim
ed his identity, and General Field made
4 gentlemanly apology.
AN EMANCIPATED SLAVE.