The daily clarion., 1865-10-07
Gov Parrp,a Message.

III
meets the issues of the times, and, IS the
Governor declares, the President entirely
approves the policy he has thus far pur-
sued, it would probably be advisable to
follow him through his message and learn
something Of President Johnson's III
tentions towards the reconstructlng
States. He assures the Convention that
the President desires to see the Federal
Union reconstructed as it was before the
secession of those States; and he lthe
President) will oppose the centrallzltlon
of power in Congress, ard the infringe
ment of the constitutional rights OF the
States. with the same zeal, energy and
mower with which he resisted the assumed
rieht of secession on the part OF the
States. In order to accomplish this re
union of the States, the President de-
sires that South Carolina, as well as all
the other States in rebellion, should ac
cept ag inevitable and unavoidable the
great final results of the was, among
which is the absolute freedom OF the col
ored race-a fact universally recognized
at the South, and which will be unlver-
SALLY acauised in by a modification other
system of labor to the wants ana de'
| mands of capital. 1t is expected ne hoios
that the great change in the condition OF
the negro will produce, at first confusion,
idIeness and dissatisfaction. This, how
ever, will only be temporary. Time and
experiance must bring order and system.
The freedman" will soon find out that
he must work or perish. Legislation will
nee cessarily be required to regulate the
relative duties of the employer and en-
ployee. He wants the Parish system of
representation changed and a principle
adopted which shall be based more
equally upon the elements of property
and population, the freedmen being
counted in the inhabitants of the respec :
i've districts on the Federal basis of rep
resentation in Congress of five to three
It was the compromise agreed upon by
the trainers of the Federal Constitution
and he thinks it founded in wisdom. He
proposes that each Judicial District shall
have one Senator, with two for the city
of Charleston, and one additional Sena
tor for that district.
The question of suffrage he recon
mends the Convention to settle as tn
interests and honor of South Carolin
, demand. His own opinion is freely given
He says, "the radical Republican part
North are looking with great interest t
j, negro suffrage, and while they admit tina
a man should be able TO read and writ
) and have property qualification IN orde
. to vote, yet they contend that ther
should be no distinction on account {
i color. They forget that this is whit
- mans Government, and intended to
white men only, and that the Suprem
Court of the United States has decide
4 that the negro is not an American cItize
n under the Federal Constitution. To e.
d tend this universal suffrage to the "iree'
n men" in their present ignorant ord ~
i graueG Con0IUIon, wOu1SI Ue sno loss Ina
rs folly"and madness" He would haze th
10 election of Presidential electors given
is State officers given to the Governor wit
OF the consent and advice of the Senate an
m wants the Convention TO provide for al
ID declare valid all Legislative, Executl'
anh Judicial acts of the State since Ii
secession, on the twentieth of Decembe
" eighteen hundred and sixty, which a
q now in conflict with the Constitution
the United States. Likewise, all ci'
officers elected since that period, shou
=" be authorized to continue to dischar
the duties of their respective offices un
- the expiration of the term for which tn
We're elected or appointed. He warns
- Convention to be careful to do all that
- necessary to aid the President in carryi
out his wise and generous policy OF recc
" " struction, and do nothing which may te
W to embarrass him in that policy or
pede the restoration Of the State to
=, Federal Union. From Gov. Perry's m
sage we learn that the colored troops {
to be removed from the interior OF
State, where their influence has been
10 demoralizing, to the sea board fortifi
" tions, where they can do no further har
49,, if not entirely from its territorial linn
:. He announces the restoration of q
~ Law Coarts aud officers, except as to fre
men, who are to be adjudged by
&c Provost Courts, until reconstruction
oct fully accomplished.
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