Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-10-18

The members Of the federal Congress
skich meets on the frst Monday Of Decrlrbel
next we're elected in 1864, and represent til
lien non-slaveholGing States alnost cxclu
.ivtlv. They were elected when the issue G
he 'war was apparently ttill Gcutiful, and
wien tee passions enSendered By it were
raging with a.! The fury and hideeus violence
peculiar TO civil var between persons speak
ing the same language and ofaa commoD
origin.
In tho Congressional elections Of 1864, the
most determined advocates Of a vigorous pros.
scution of the war were almost In every in
stance the successful candidates, and those
uho advocated the mos, exire,uc and mere;
ess measures for the sukjisaton OF tbs
ISonthern States We're nearly in every iustancs
electId ercr their moderate, humane and con
| .erva,ive opponents. .Tby nczt Congress will,
herefore, represent that fierce wsr spirit
sat 61od determination to corQuerthe South
abciish slavery sad restore tire Union which
psivaded the entire North when Lee and
Grant and Johnston end Sherman were wrest-
ling for tie mastery in Virginia and Georgia.
Since the deieat of tho Confederate armies
Ind the utter collapse Of tho Confederacy.
| aera has betn TO election OF members q
CnEgross except in the late siaYe State: Of
Kenrncky and Tennessee, In the Norlherl
aud Western States there have been and viii
Us mons before 1896, and after the adjourn
.osnt Of Congress. Upcn the present Con-
grcss tho extr-ma and radical Republican
rely, with great certainty. for the enforcement
al all their doctrines Thoy assert, with IL.
1t:nos. colf lenco and complaosneg, ,hst rs
representatives. fora tie Southern States wi
be admitted into e;:her house of the Nations
Congress uatil each ard all Of the Scuthsr
-:tatea have enfranchjsed the euancipate,
blacks.
Fortunately, however, before the meeting
Of Congress, important elections will tas'
olaca is naarly sl tbs Eorstern States. AT
qnouga they will bs held for the election ct
Slate cfHcars ex.lnsirels, TIE question AZ
negro outrage" must und will be made r
prominent and vital issue. The FIRST siepi
tprciHg negro suffrage upon the South, mns'
be taken by Ito enfrapchisamout OF the free
egroes ia the Northern States.
In p:est Of tie Northern States pesrces
ars not allorcdso vote, or tbeT vote unde'
restrictions 10 which white cl:isens arc ~
utjccted. Thar hes always existed amcn.
The inasses at The N-c'h i9oa' prn:onn1 dis
liz: to elevatng the ir.:e ntg.oe: fo an equai-
,ty with tue white Aborer. White '.ud ne.
yro lahcrers will not work 10 tho sane shops
pesceably and hArnonou'iy. There are
srenes in the Pbiladelphis street cars wbeI.-
ever negro enters one OF them, and cases oi
10 ,cegenation are frequently aud successiull;
although hurss'y l-uaisd. bJ m1bs. Th'
manifestations If ibis, ,ioeing have TO emily
bean frequent md violent yet withln ih'
next ;go lnoulhs the voters iu iho Northern
State rnu,. pass upoa ile question ai decif-
inc whethcr tn the ex ent insisted upon hJ
Greeley and Phillip: ths tsa negro ID ga
man, an equal and a brother" lh'y capnc:
venture to force negro suffrage #pon US, when
they refuse 10 place sbe whites and black;
upon political c444:itJ iu their own Starer
Hence as The fist move upoi! ths che i;oar1
of ooi.,ieal e-ents. Lie Nurthnrn eection-
this fall wifl bs most important and significant.
--RcAmoad Tines.