The Prostrate State: South Carolina Under Negro Government |
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Page 270 - I am satisfied that the mass of thinking men of the south accept the present situation of affairs in good faith. The questions which have heretofore divided the sentiment of the people of the two sections — slavery and State rights, or the right of a State to secede from the Union — they regard as having been settled forever by the highest tribunal — arms — that man can resort to.
Page 15 - The Speaker is black, the Clerk is black, the door-keepers are black, the little pages are black, the chairman of the Ways and Means is black, and the chaplain is coal-black.
Page 21 - Seven years ago these men were raising corn and cotton under the whip of the overseer. Today they are raising points of order and questions of privilege.
Page 271 - Union, as soon as possible; that whilst reconstructing they want and require protection from the government; that they are in earnest in wishing to do what they think is required by the government, not humiliating to them as citizens, and that if such a course were pointed out they would pursue it in good faith.
Page 10 - About three-quarters of the crowd belonged to the African race. They were of every hue, from the light octoroon to the deep black.
Page 270 - The presence of black troops, lately slaves, demoralize labor, both by their advice and by furnishing in their camps a resort for the freedmen for long distances around.