The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-10-07
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z n M MORNIING OCTOBl
etr gss1 Ne Youth Carolina. ~ Z
8 The con pondent of the Boston
Daisf AdveFtlSe at Columbia, s.. o.,
writes with evident candor in. regard to
tie South Carolina State Convention,
and gives usisome additional insight
into itsspirit and purpose. We quote
several Items OF interest :E rex
y THE uP-coGEtRY DOMINANT.
There has long been strife between
tho two sections locally known as the
tsufl onntfyo and the t1ow-country.n
81 I,hate the saints of New England in
reference 70 pattpnM affairs, and I hate
the saints OF tho IowEconntry in state
affair, p asaid pne the up-conntry men
10 me, Rg 1The 1ow-country has override
don US long enough,p said one of thel
delegnte ypnd now Welve drawn the
sword and thrown away the lbbard,,
The faelihe OF tho, nprcountry aeainstI
the Other section Ave years ngo was
scarcely le8s than tie stiita feeling
against the general gbverffEnent. The
lup-oountFy now charges the Iow-coun-
try with having brought on the war
stdtHuntOn was born-in the pafishesiit Is
tbef public ,Femafk of one delegate.
When the proper time came
| the old phfiSh system WAa. swept away
Thy more dian q tIyo-thirdsl vote, and
political power was transferred from the
Lands OF the low-country to the innO7
waiting hands OF the hp! p!eotntry. IT
may Seem d small matter to careless
observers Of state action, but the fact is
OF grave Importance, 10 The parishes
governed the state in tha ono sole into
rest of4slayery, and though the up
country Will not. govern It Just yet in
the interest OF iffeeioni, the PROPORTION
OF negroes in the low-country'di districts Is
! very much lnrger than in tho up-coun-l
try districts. y The oinhAbitRnts OF the
loW-eountry are Of foreign descent,
with munarchim and aristocratic ten
denSieS those OF the up-cOuntEy came
originally from Pennsylvania; Mary
/ land, New Jersey, dc. Just in what
respects the chnnge OF power will infect
the chnractRr of the stRto legislation no
ono can yet say; but all men concur in
saying II Is q matter of very serious
/ ----.-,. THE MAJORITY 1sIaHT,
The spirit Of the convention towards
the General Government has been iiiii-
/ Gated In what was said Respecting its
! action on the clause OF the constitution
4 declaring slavery abolished. The ia
nous Aldrich resolution, SO called.
brought 1t ont on the first day Of the
session: BE introduced 1t as soon us the
4 convention wtls organized 't Resolved
I Tint under the present extraordinary
circumstances, u Is both wise and poll
IitiGto hccept the condition in which we
placed to endure patiently 1he OWLS
which we cannot avert or correct and
to calmly and patiently awnIt the time
and opportunity to effect our deliver
i;0nee from Unconstitutional rnIe.n This
was the spirit of one section of the con-
Il gyeuttpng The other section found voice
through iGef. Sam tNIcCioWsil, many
times wounded, once LEFT on the field
for dead, and yet carrying the bullet Of
a Union musket In his body: "I protest
ihvith MI the etrnestnGsS Of my nature
against this resolution. 1t is not true
that fSonth Carolina. carries q dagger
undelneath her .vestnicnts. She went
out OF the Union with an open hand
and an open heart, and she is going
pnek into the Union with an open hand
and an open hear. She has lost her
material resources, hut she has not lost
her honor; and she returns to the sis
terhood of States with full sdetermina-
uon 70 be tFue,and loyal In word and
uoed." These words, 1 am confident
express the sentiment of the conven-
tion. The Aldrlch resolution went to
the table with only four dissenting
voices being refused even the poor
pftytlege of going to the printer or to a.
= - A.N D
The leading man in the convention
on the progressive side, Is unquestion-
ably James i. Orr. don't think him
the ablest Inaniu the body, and there
are other reforiners who make moro
tspeeehSgy but, except in roApHct to the
negro, no IS In advance OF tho conYen-
tton.i 81 am tired of South Cnrolina ns
was, y said he in a speech to-dny; Icov-
et for her the material prosperity of
New England-I would have her acres
teem with life md vigor, aud industry,
and lligence as do those of AIassil.
ehusetts." The convention has beaten
MN on the general principle of giving
he has il6ft his mark in tho minds Of the
.delegntSs. He went into rebellion so
easily and got out of 1t so readlly TINT
there ts'sothe disposition to distrust his
leadership but the fnct remains that
ne stands In the foreground of the
movement toward a more republican
form of gyernment. 6 =
80 -. ni ,t NEGRO SUFFRAGE. -,
How long do you suppose the aeita-
ton OF tho question of negro suffrage
can be stayed on in the stateHn said i, \
e TO- g, i. c9Entry delegate Of high
censps,EIr hope,s' he answered. tiDo.l
YOU really believe it can be kept down
i've years ?" asked. tEYeS, i think n
will be. = was his finnl reply. That the
sonyeptipn would show any. favor TO
the question 1fpfesume no one really
expected. Even South Carolina, with
oil lhef desplattbn, doesn't yet fully
comprehend that there has been a de-
luge. i did hope, however, that L |
SHOULD find half dozen men at least In
favor OF giving suffrage to some me-
groes, as ipaqyfmoEe IN favor of Rbol-
tshiug the baFbaFfC color qualification.
andisttn as many more ready t0i admit
that su1rpge would he the right of the |
negro rs soon as he Is able TO Iise It un- !
detstanq 1ngly. IL Vain hopeI II there
are six men who as much as admit that |
It Will probably be right or polite to |
give suffrage to any negro of their state |
within ten years, four OF them must be |
among the 80 or IS, whose views have |
not personally learned. Mr.. Orr adj |
mlits thah they may some time hnye pO-
not AFRAID to discuss negro suffrage.
MI. DpzieE is willing to nccept negro
sutfn&e II the moral and Intellectual
character OF the negro can be SO eleya-
ted as to make him fit to take part in |
goYernmenE Judge Frost of Ghnrles-l
ton Knows the constitution of the me-
gro to be such that he shuns response
btlityi and does not believe TINT he win
~ present Asle for suffrage, but adds |
that, at some future day. perhaps not
tafi distant, no VIII have political rights,
eeYeh IN South Carolina. In that hope
LETT all good men abide. In that faith
let all progressive men find incentive
Tor wise and patient and charitable
Matrimonial Ventures.
= The curious ventures that ara occa-
'GfOnHlly made on fhfst tlf;gssft Et1flRafI ofi