The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-09-12
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AS cOntrastcd with tho statement of tho r,uhlic
Progress OF RcOrSnnizntfon

The following We take from the Richmond Win
of the 2d inst.
The reorganization of the Southern States is
progressing rapidly prudently and we'll The peo-
pie, almost en- nedSsr, arc lending cheerful aid to
the great and necessary work. And before the
close of autumn every one of the lately insnrrec-
tlOnary States, through their own deliberate nc
tlon assisted by the good will and earnest efforts
OF President johnson, will occupy Il position en-
tltling them to resume their original relations with
cepted the results of great war with half the
promptitudc and grace which lave been mani
fSstcd by the people of the Southern States.
There is scarcely individual in all orr bortlcrs
who Is so reckless OF so unpatriotic to wish to
revive resistance to the constituted authorities or
who desires to intcrpose the slightest obstacle in
the way Of speedy restoration of peace, harmony
and fratcrnal feeling between all sections and
divisions of the Republic. And. surely, such u
significant and cheering fact as this should ont
weigh all tho caumny and misrepresentation
which ii is i'll the power Of myriad Of unscrupu-
lous newspaper correspondents to heap upon the
people of the South
Look at thc prompt and decisive action of the
Mississippi ConyGntion-thc action of IA people
more deeply implicated in the secession movement
than the citizens Of any other State, with the sim
gle exception of South Carolina. So entirely nc-
ccptablc was the action of Mississippi to the Pre-
sidcnt, that he Immediately telegraphed congratu-
State upon it, and hoping that the other Southern
States would follow her example, and promising
to restore hdbcds corpus and withdraw the military
at the earliest proper moment. AnG tho conduct
OF Mississippi too seems to have met with the
almost universal approval of press and people of
the North. Az the Boston Post well observes, no
candid man, of any party section, can possibly
cavil at the recent action of that STAT. 1t has
been all that loyalty could desire. 1t is standing
dsproof of the allegations go pcrsisrnlv made by
the Radicals, that the people of the South are as
truculcnt and hostile as ever, and that they are
playing the game of apparent submission only to
improve the earliest opportunity to try the scccs-
OCCASION more less surprise at the North, that
Mississippi, one of the Gulf States, the second
cotton grower of them NIL, and hitherto rcputcd
quite intense, if not effective an advocate of
ultraism and secession South Carolina, should
prove to be the first OF the Southern States to
set an an example Of obedience TO Tie requirements
OF the Constitution. For this very reason how
evcr should tho people of the North be all the
more inclined to welcome her reform and restora-
ton with sincere congratulations.
The Convention which was summoned to assem-
Die, III obedience to the proclamation of Governor
Sharkey was in session at the State Capital eleven
days-ln which time it set earnestly to work and
framed an entirely new State Constitution one of
whose solemn declarations is, that slavery has
come to an end within the limits of the State and
can no moro be revived by statute. On this point,
then; Mississippi stands side by side with the
Northern States. She is as truy-n all legal re-
spects-an Abolition State as any of the latter
SO far as this question, therefore, is concerned,
there ID no further apparent for anxiety or
meddlesomencss from any outside quarter. In
addition to which, State officers and members of
Congress are to be elected early in October, and
| with as little delay as possible o.,
We can only express the earnest hope that each
OF the other Southern States, in prompt succession
VIII initiate the really necessary and only safe OK
ample OF mississippi The institution Of slavery
being dead it's remains should be quickly put out
OF mortal sight forever more It is tho duty, in &
word of each and all the Southern States to re:
movei. without a moments improper delay, every
impeachment i'll the way of their acquiring full and
free controls over their own domestic affairs. To
get. rid of the military, We must get back into the
Union, we must conform our conduct, as nearly as
may be, to the requirements of those whom cir
cumstances have made the arbiters of our fate