Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-07-13
that the request could not at present
be complied with.
South Carolina.

The President Is reported TO nave
said to the delegation from South Car
olina, who recently waited upon him
and urged the appointment Of pro-
visional governor and the other meas
ures necessary for reorganization, that
the Government cannot 60 on and
prosper unless it is based upon right;
that South Carolina must hold State
convention, and although slavery is
rubbed out by "the friction Of the re-
bellion," she should make the thing
sure by amending her constitution SO
as to prohibit slavery within her Dor.
ders, and must adopt the anti-slavery
amendment of the constitution of the
United States. In short, slavery be-
ing at an end, South Carolina must
show that she in all sincerity and COM
pleteness recognizes this great change.
As the interview is reported, these
points appear to have been stated by
the President with such emphasis as
to be termed conditions on which
South Carolina is to regain her place.
1t is interesting to observe how IA
vorably these conditions were receiv'
cd by the delegation. The delegates
appear to have been q tolerably fair
representation of the average senti-
ment of the State, not being Unionists
of the Dr. Mackey standard, nor Sc
cessionists of the hottest extreme.
They are for the most part, men who
are Unionists because every thing else
has been beaten out of them, realizing
the defeat of their State, but estima.
ting her moral claims at tolerably
high rate, looking upon the negroes
with little liberality Of sentiment, but
prepared to make the best Of the case
They acceded to the Presidents condi
tions, declared their desire to accept
the existing situation and its obliga
tons in good faith, and professed de
sire to carry out the intentions Of th'
President and to give loyal supper
to the government. What desires
may be kindled in the minds of these
men by finding themselves again in
position to work out their own will il
measure, and with their present long
ing to exchange anarchy for order sat
isfied, we would not answer but for
the present We think it probable that
they mean what they say,-at least
that they think they mean it.
Now, we ask our readers to observe
the entertaining of such sentiments
the adhesion to such measures, by 6
delegation which in any sense repre-
sents South Carolina, is q thing worthy
of mark. The conditions acceded to
do not cover the whole ground which
we should wish to see covered but il
is South Carolina opinion which agrees
to them,-it is South Carolina opinion
which agrees that that State should
give its vote for the prohibitory amend
ment. Considering what that State
has been, what opinions and policy il
has maintained, how eager it was to
rush first into the battle for slavery,
and how frantically it pledged itself
never to give way before the power Of
the Union, but to accept determination
rather than "subjngation," we must
pronounce this one of the most remark
able instances on record of the morti-
flying and Illuminating influence OF a
thorough defeat. A more hopeful case
of conversion certainly has not been
seen. Virginia presents nothing like
it, nothing worthy even to rank next
to it. ... -.........,. ...-