Journal and confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-19
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Doings id Charleston

"a large meeting TOOK place at Zion. Church.
,Alarge attendance Of whites il, the body otthc'
church, the galleries being given up to the
colo1cd tr5ops and tho home guard. General
, Saxton made Il Spctc! trnn the ir lit, which is
reported in the ''CnurcI" aL lrngti. His ad
dress vas principally. made to t'ia negroes. lie
wiske,i every head Of Il family 10 acquire Il
farm; was GLAD 20 say that many Of tine color
cd people had avacd ,hcmScI yes Of the prlvi-
.leyc The titles arc to he made good. lie,
will try to have it so. JIG estimated the mum
Der of those having farms us $1,000. The
coorcd people must have voIccin reconstruct
ton aud reorganization. 1t is their right
They must have the elective franchise and his
motto and theirs must be, No taxation with
out representation. They ni1st petition. the
President for their rights. He says: 81 be-
lieve measures will shortly be introduced into
Congress to pay the rebel debt-a debt con-
trauted to make you slaves. believe, in that
way, the black'Man will have an opportunity
to save the nations honor" lie concluded with
moving three cheers for the Union, three for
the ballot and as many for the elective fran
chise for the olorcl men.
MIR. Thomnson followed to the same effect,
with some few differences. lie insisted that
poor white men in South Carolina were treao
cd with as much contempt as were the negroes.
He wished these two classes to come forward
together, as in one cause. Tho leading and
. influential men," he said, "can never be allow
ed to have any farther say in the rcconstruc-
ton of this Government" The Northern peo-
pile were willing to forgive and f:,rget in the
case Ct the common people, but: :Itse was nei-
ther forgetting nor torgiring in the case of the
leading aud educated classes Of the South.
dsjor Delany follow cd, and with another
sort of discrimination. lie argued, utler re-
viewing the Dcumark-. .Yassty conspiracy Of
1922, that the leading class Of the whites dis
drimpated in favor of the nuato and agaiI.st
the negro, because tho, plot Of Massey had
been revealed by muatto. The history is
certainly new one-the alleged discrminas
tion is a dream of the Major; but let it pass
with other things.
It was while the Major was thus dscoursiug.
that Gen. Gilmore and Chief Justice Chase
made their appearance. Tire Chief Justice
then made a long speech, after promising a
very. short one. Of this VIC shall make mo
present report-it will Keep till another day,
and our readers will keep thelrimpatiece under
propercurb till we are able to CRAFTY it.
THE WAY TO FIHisH THE GUERTLLAs.-Now
that all regular warfare is at an end, it is the
duty of the government promptly to suppress
the rowing bands of gucriIlas who are still scat
tered through the Southern States,' preying
alike upon friend and foe, if indeed they have
any friends among the Southern people; who
must necessarily be the greatest sufferers by
their predatory raids. The way to finish these
fellows is to- declare them outlaws; and treat
them as such whenever they arc captured.-
They can no longer be regarded in any other
light than as brigands: Brigandage is a Span
;ish and Italian institution, which may do very
we'll in Mexico, and in portions of Italy, butts
lot suited to this Country, and cannot flourish
here. The soldiers of the guerilla chief Mosby
have deserted him, but Mosby himself refuses
to surrender. We understand that General
Grant issued orders to. General Hancock TO
give him one hour in-whch to surrender, and
If hc Tefnsed to declare him outlaWed and deal