The weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-07-28

PE&!Y, Provisional! Governor c:ec- q South Carolina,
delivered most able '!ns::.,s. i..! a,, rltiose
speech h2!:r" :..e::',; oft:., :.:, ,oE lt....yc,
On ;c Il :...n y" ,:Hc:: re, -: iat We c.. -;
rc::cic Il ~ length fa".our rc,;e 4 bic a..acii
oft is a!I ;'a: cij;:cr t:.ae 0: s@oc ?l a:o;.
3tr PERRY start; olt with i!,i:!t.!;! ana sad re-
cogsi.iCn ofthc condition Of the S@u.h which Lu
traces 10 tho ;..a;nessanl folly or SECESSION: and
through several co!,r with ce!s'iFa4o departure
from cool taste exhibits the spirit Of Il tod io sr;
Tc ccsr:y accord to Mr. Panty m,uc !iIa1is admi-
r,ie, bu. think his taste soften 4: ,it and rarely
more 50 than when he administered l$.o kci> 10 tie
',ioat; ,ici" Of fscccssi,r II IS :rc il ;. i!.Sar
he a question Of either S''e Senate !.o;;se or OIL the
battlefield whether secession were r!'!SlI:l rchlty
rightiuly applied s)n this issnc we sare wager OF
battle, and have lost it and nearly all else. We
quesco in the necessity, and have given up the argyll
lnent and the lgt;-but yet tho question will live
forever in The minds Of Statesmen and constitutional
lawyers; and although the South has been conquered
and secession ov rccnlc b. force Of nn1ers, and VIC
I'll: freely acknowledge that secession and slavery are
blOlcd ont by the war, and We 30 hack into the Union
giving up both ofthenl, yet this hf means ami;s
that the horrors oftc war and the vase Of Or coun
try arc tc be laid crimes 70 those WHO rphcll Sc
ccssior Battle hts only proved la; wo lave lost
the rgh: OF secession 1t las not proved whether they
who asserted the right or they who denied it: were
wrong; upon this now bootlcss question turns the
responsibility for all the horrors anu waste ol this
war.
Nr tu n,,;.o o1a1 tn boVr lapn
! ways union mln-boId fearless, and tr1.c. Even
his political enemies admire and laudcd hiscolrsc, and
therefore Mr.. PERRY could easily lavo been as gencr-
OILS ar -,.-.x..ve-" man should ic and ot at This timo
have held up 50 conspiciously his past opinion in
contrast will these who have surely suffered for their
faith
lie next abl;., fully and trutlfullv examines into
the causes orte aiIurc fthc Confelcracy, beyond
the "twcnly-two million with tho world at their back,
against eight millions" boldly and honesty atows
"hat while there is !:ot 4 man in tic United States who
more deeply regretted secession. there isMot wAo
feels more bitterly the humiliation and degradation Of
going back into the Union" He attributes the failure
to The people aut t" Congress, anl We think justly
cyonc:atc3 lir DAVIS from tic responsibility. VIC
Repeat At. Iilc ii!lC III
failure but lie is Inconsistent with tie the first part
OF his spcccl-for; e secession were ;aadncHs n'l
t!' il we were the most prosperous, :rccaad hap
by people Oh lie FACE OF The earth" &C., &C., and
secession were such a subicc; Of regralhen it was
not worth while to argue why We failed-such being
!; he premises the conclusion not only must be but
ought to he failure.
Mr. PERRY believing il to be 50 has the boldncss to
assert, and with stIong show of reason that Mr..
JOHNSON is much better President for the South than
Mr. LINCOLN would have been-says that the latter
was clay in the hands Of the potter ohs party and
gives credit to the former for great qualities as
and for purity as man. Wehave recent
l. reviewed Mr.. JoHNsoN's' spccchessin lie Senate,
and while agree with Mr PERRY Is TO his position
AID principles, confess surprise at the cminenea
Mr.. PERRY yields him for tr'!lsccat2"t a''!i',,..
Mr. r::;!:T Is ho,~.i!i c lie .a''.r,. J.. t,>: e
may bc right; BAT Svli!: earnestly! III, ;.g i:.A
a constituted authorities i, ever c'.i III. : -.
ilIc oi cur eIoyc South, ;nI lr t.. -! .r. =!