Daily national Republican., 1865-10-02

NIT, whsther II be easy OF painful for rs to
do so. Shall We obstinstely, persistsntly
and stubbornly refuse to scquiesoel Isthat
the part Of wisdomf don't know how far
the conqueror may 20 with his victory. Thsre
have been cases in which whole peoples have
been swept from the face Of the earth-is that
what We covet7 The war has made the
North victor-is Il remarkable that Il should
give the terms Of our restoration 70 political
right They have done no more than we or.
pected.
We said in all our speeches at the begin
ming that slavery was In danger, that u the
dominant party succeeded In their efforts
slavery would be destroyed. They succeeded
at the ballot box, and We then made the issue
on the battlefield. We were defeated there
as We had been elsewhere, and the institution
Of slavery Is hopelessly destroyed. Now the
conqueror makes his terms-abolish slavery
by your own enactment, declare that 1t shall
never be re- established, treat your freed peo-
ple well. popularire your constitution. Are
these terms hard Might they not have
been much harder7 Are they not, on the
whole, psrp k5eyaI3 We are 70 retain nearly
all our civil rights and most Of our property
other than slaves. Might We not have Jared
much worse? II may be hard in our judg-
ment to conoede these terms, but what Is IL
in their Judgment II we fail to do our duty
according to their judgment what will be the
consequence? Do we covet military rule as
the chief good7 There haze been States fn
phich military governors made n their duty,
If not their pleasure, to break ths sp'rtt ef the
peops-aye tce anIiOus for such authority
over usa If We reject the boon now offered
us-and I tell you IL Is boon for subju.
gated people to be allowed the restoration Of
~ II nd n0l tral ~
we reject this, what then Let gentlemen
consider.
refer you TO the speech Of Hon. Thsd-
deus stevens, recently made. know him as
a man of great ability-as leader among
the rsdicals. He proposes TO oonhscate the
property of 70, 900 leading men In the South
70 pay the National war debt, and II the radi.
Gals were in power don't doubt but that
some such policy would prevail. We seem to
forget whore We stand-we forget that we
made the war and have been beaten; we for
get tha. our conquerors have the right TO
dictate terms TO ms. And tell you Il Is to
the good favor Of Andrew johnson that our
terms are no worse-nay, are 30 liberal. He
is the dyke between US and the waves of
Northern fanaticism. Let Us be wise mon.
Let us strengthen his hands by graceful and
ready acquiescence in the results Of the war.
bring again to our loved State the blessings
Of peace and civil rule.
whereupon, Mr.. DUNovASr, whose name
ought TO be changed to DUNsoNoTHIE:
deny that slavery is abolished. The re-
lation Of master and siape IS disrupted, 6Ht
that relation returns as soon as yom restore
the tcrit Of ha5eas corpus. I will not admit
that we are rightfully under military rule;
the President has no warrant in the Consti-
tuition for keeping q standing army among
us, and will not submit my will TO him in
this matter.
Some intelligent contraband had better
take him in hand.
The upshot Of the matter was that, by
vote Of 9S to 8, the following clause was
adopted and will go into the constitution:
The slaves in South Carolina having been
emancipated by the action Of the United
States authorities, neither slavery nor invol-
u tary servitude, except as punishment for
crime, whereof the party shall have been
duly convicted, shall ever be re-established
in this State.