Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-06-28
, [RE-ruplrsHEn ny SPECIAL REeTEsT ]
Re.entsring the, Old UniGn. !.

the President Of the United States and his Cabi-
net,in the important, work of recognizing the
civil niniSfation;o .iIe several SAFES lctc;y
restnredto tho -u'bority Of the old Union, shnuld
be subject IF Intense solicitulo to the SouIh.
crn people " We hav= 10 doubt that the views If
Psasi'lept JOHNSON, ne expressed in SPEECHES in-
mcdiatelE following his accession to.ihe Chief
Magistraey,. have heen eagerly read and censid-
cred as iddieations of his intended coursc.o OF ac
ton. On the subject SoESta,c organization, wo
End nothing in his words fcresha dnwing rur
pose to disturb the harmony Of tho Federal sys-
TEN, under which the nation so long liyed-and
'pr6spcred. He evidently has no sympathy with
those oxtremistswho hare Advised that the scpa-
rate State lines shall be blotted OUT, TINT their
internal governments shall be destroyed, and that
they shall be recognized only aa provinces or
retrilorios belonging 10 he United States, yet
not c5ppos;ng integral parts II the system.
Ills words on rhis subject are explicit. SODA
saf:er the denth of;Mr.- LINCOLN, in replying to
tteesaaress .of Gov. MORTON of Indiana, Prosi-
nt.JoRssoS said: "Now permit moso remsrk
that NIB ife 1 haireopkosea dissolution and disin
"
tegration on Tie ode hand, eothe otter 5!n am.
equally opposed to conso.ita ion or a,eentraliSa-
tion Of pewcr in the hands,pf a few" "Ths Gov
erpment is cuIapcSed of parts, eneh cssentinl to
1.-The Mbole, and thr wie1e essential to each. Upon
this idea Of Destroying Suites, my position has
been heretofore well known, and T see no. calse
to change il now" 'hS5p1a arc Eatiafed with the
idea thdt the States ore to be lost in territorial
and other diyisions-are 10 lose their character
Of, States. But their life7brsath has been only
suspendcd, and it Is high constitutional ob.iSn-
,ioa we have to secure cich of these States in the
possession and.oni Enjoyment Of a Republican form
of Goverhmeat'' lshol sit as a solemn obliga-
tion in 'aty one Of these Shtss.whers the Rebel,
armies have been beatrn back or expelled, care
not how small the number iof Union men, il
enough TO llau tho ship pof stasc-I hul't i; sny,
high dniy to irutees aid secure 10 them Re-
publican fofui " 4oveInnent;".
Ths rn.ening Of this is plain. Tho States will
be preserved with all their original powers re-
stored. But ,scy will. be preserved as States u
tie orion /; f.rr,iug Only parts Of the great Fed
eral sys.e,n, nnd liable to The duties imposed by
that system The machi1cry o. State, it is true,
will not be entrusted t" those .gbo were promi-
nent iu Secession: lat Notwithstanding this, all
those wh1-nv inutter What their former political
opinions-arc now wiling 10 receive cordially and
honornbly.the arbitramcnt of war, and Who recog-
nize the obligations imposed by tho Union, under
which we,are now obliged 10 live, must be en-
ployed in tho work of bringing back their rcspec-
tive States to their original orbits.
In view of the Obligations resting on them, the
people CT South Carolina must learn to feel and
act fol-. u restoration of the shattered mechanism
! Of their civil Government. If they love South
Carolina, they must place themselves in an afti-
tude to help her. They must openly and honest
| ~ recognize her true position as n member of the
| great Federal system, which is bound to exercise
its power for her protection, and to guarnstce to
hor . Republican form Of Governh,ent. In short
thoy must not let wounded pride, natural but un-
asailing, keep their State in chains, slavery and
darkness.
| If those who have been deceived by hopes, once
dear to cvory true Southern maa, but now dead
and vanished, shall honestly and sincerely ac-
E-knowiedse their allegiance to Constitution
which their bost citizens helped to fsnme in form
or years. then the organic life CT the State will
be speedily invie ecrated, her vital functions will
be restored to health, and the bruins, hearts and
hands of her people will DO once more employed
| for the common veal.
/ We have been led to thcsc remarks by thinking
upon public meeting which was held in our
| town on Salc:day last The object Of this meet
ing was to set on foot some plan By which Con.
vsntion of tho people Of South Carolua might be
called or procured, to signify to the general Gov
ernmsnt their Willingness and desire To re-entcr
the Federal Union. The said meeting, not hav-
ing. been previously advertised, and the attend
aucs not sufficiently large 10 show forth the cpin-
| ion of the whole District it wai adjourned to
meet again on Sale-day in July. By that time,
many other States will have acted decisircly in
tbi. matter; anl South Carolina can then have
no fear of being premature in her course.
Ranking ourselves among tbose who, as nc
said above, no matter what their former political
opinions, are now willing to receive honeraLly-
| if not cordially-the arbitrament Of war: hoping,
and trying 10 teliere sncer,ty that by the inscru
table working of an oyer.ruing Providence, the
dreadful tempest of strife und'dcsolation which
has swept orcr.us during the past four years was
but the harbiuger of a purer and brighter day
than ever yet dawDed upon our believed country
we feel it to be now the duty Of every true patr
OF, casting charitable yeilo over tho irrcmedable
past TO bond all his energies to the pleasing task
no. only of ohliterAiing AL traces of by gone
differences but.of Immediately laying tho fonn-
dation Of prOsout and future prosperity among
W. Wc'hci;cyo il to he u'duty We above to our
common ccunily--in the hroAdcst atccptatiOs Of
the term-,o our i i;dividasl:sta:c, TO our fami-
lies, and 10 The cause .! humanity ana civilina-
ton llrous hout ;hc wo:fl. !. -,
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Ioad Sews.',
President TouSs"s h.. i:sdsl Il prosama;ien
removing thu twenty-five Ger cent tax o. cotton.
The tax will hereafter be three per.csut export
tuty, -4l., -