St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-07-20
Thursday, July 90, aoe5.
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t,,!7 A Dispatch from Charleston says that
the South Carohnians are. terribly ;ex:-
cited over an insurrection which. was
reported to be organizing among the
negroes. It also seems that these ner-
7ous creatures have been, for some
time, mach annoyed BY the garMsouing
Of various posts in their: midst With COX
,ocred soldiers, whose entire removal has
been strongly urged on the military All;
<thorities, 81 sst,!.a f.8HGSS =.
The poor, miserable devils The
conspiracy excitement is but a dodge
to have the oelored troops withdrawn
from their midst, that the e,nblc'ns Of
freedom shall not confront them, borne
by black hands; 1T is hatd enough for
these traitors TO zee the triumphant
aeolors of the nation raised Ion high By
!, white troops, but il. is a d, on too bitter
when the men whom they have always
degraded and elesased step alongi in the
ranks or hold the posts that have been
wrcnchcd from their own rebellious
grasp. No wonder they :, vince and
squirm but. we shall wonder if the
Government yields to their importuni
The same dispatch giY'e;s: = complete
insight int the character of the classes
in question, in the following paragraph.
-. The 4th of July was celebrated at
Charleston in fine style, by the. army and
navy, and there were rparades Of ecolored
6reme en- and other colored associations, but
the white natives did not take much part
in demonstrations. =. n.,i.. .... - ..t-.
Fact after. fact pile up mountain
high to prove that almost the only 10y
atty in the majority Of the Southern
States is:among the negroes > and yet
President johnson and some in author
ityawith him are blind to this overshad-
owing mass Of testimony, and grope
around for the little spark Of loyalty that
glimmers here and there among the
white population. Every act. we may
say, Of the administration connected
with reconstruction bears evidence Of
this bliDdaess andnt!,e illusion that car
ries it on the search Of rebel loyalty: :
It may safely he said, that, since. the
closing. Of the war, no prominent rebel
has performed any. act Of genuine loyal
ty toward the government From no
where do we hear Of. honest, manly
motives for their return, or proposed
return, to. the. allegiance they had for
sakeu. None but considerations Of pol
icy have been veptured-the desire to
retain their property, to protect their
persons and to obtain their old political
sway-all bought cheaply with an oath.
As an instance Of this, We would refer,
to the address of Gov. Johnson, Of
Georgia, delivered to the people Of Sa-
yannah, on the LIST inst. r,as ~. :~~-:;i
The government is really making the
test of loyalty in the Southern States,
a white skin. No rebel seems to be
beyond the pardon Of the President.
No matter how 6endish may have been
bis course during the four. years Of
war; no matter How improbable to all
reason and common sense his return to
loyalty; no matter how strangely his
actions may conflict with the terms Of
his new .ghitewashing oath {; no matter e..
how much the whole process Of trans
formation may be like changing the
devil to an angel Of light; no matter
we arc to receive him into full civil 'tel-'
lowship' because he has taken an oath
to faithfully support all laws and l9lfe
']amations. issued during the war for the
6, emancipation of slaves; This lip'ser-,
vice is to bind him to hearty and low
ing support Of the grand Emancipation
Proclamation Of President Lincoln, the
provisions Of which he hates in his
heart with hatred greater than any
generation he ever had for an OATH
81 Thus we find among late kilograms
the following: t..::a' :2 :@.:el.:'s: : nj !.
Mosby. the guerrilla, having been par:
doned, has opened q. law office and settled
in Culpepper, Va. sgs:sJ: s4,s jsg.i.l,zs ,<;Eg
Thousands Of other just such yipers
The government is warming into life, to
foment disaffection at the South, tram
pie upon tho freedmen and sting the
liberty Of the nation at every opportp;;
nifty. The same hand that Strengthens
these rebels and furnishes them with
weapon more powerful than the sword,
brushes the only class Of true Unionists
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