The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-06-27

nlSLlC 10 slavery Judge Frost SAID,
substantially, the object of our PRAYER
is the appointment of a Governor. The
State of South Carolina will accept these
conditions in order that law and order
may be restored, and that enterprise
and industry may be directed to useful
ends. we desire Il restoration as soon
as possible. 1t is the part of wisdom to
make the best of circumstances. Ger
tain decisions have been dispelIed by
the revolution; among them that slave
ry is an element of political strength
and moral power. 1t is very certain
that the old notion respecting State
rights, in the maintenance of which
those who made the rebellion in South
Carolina erred, has ceased to exist. An
other delusion Wis: that Cotton is King,
has likewise vanished into mist We
are to come back with these notions dis
PEELED, and with n new system of labor.
The people of South Carolina will cor
daily cooperate with the Government
in making that labor effective, and ele-
waiting the negro us much as they can.
II is, however, more work of time
than the labor of enthusiasm and IA
naticism. The people of the South have
the largest interest i'll the question. We
are willing to cooperate for selfish, if
for no higher motives. We have taken
the liberty, encouraged by your kind
ness, to throw out the suggestions bY
which the policy of the Government
will be most surely end cfTectually sub
served. / repeat that new system of
labor is to be inaugurated by sober.
sound and discreet Judgment. The ne
groes are ignorant; their minds are
much inflamed with liberty: they are
apt to cOnfOund liberty with license
Their great idea is n fear that freedom
consists of exemption from work. We
will take i'll good faith and carry out
your intentions with zeal, and hope for
the best, and none will rejoice more than
the people of the South, If emancipation
is freedom to the master, provided YOU
supply n motive for industry. The
people of South Carolina, from fidelity
to honor, have submitted to Il great sac
ritice. They endured all. We are de-
feated and conquered by the north, who
are too strong for us. The same good
faith which animated them in the con-
test, will not be found wanting in their
pledge of loyal support to the govern
ment. There may grow out of this
blessings which YOU have not forsccn,
and some pleasing rays now illumine
tho horizon. l suppose the oath of al
leyinnce Will he taken with as much
unanimity i'll South Carolina as any
where else, and we will submit to the
condition of things which Providence
has assigned, and endeavor to believe
all discOrds harmony not understood.
anu partial evil universal good, We
cheerfully accept the measures RECON-
mended, and would thank YOU to nom
mate, at your convenience, Il governor
to carry out the wishes you have ex-
pressed.
President johnson asked the dele
gates TO submit who they would prefer
for Provisional Governor. To this they
replied that they had list of men, viz:
McC'lahaty, Boyce, Colonel Manning,
q
OF them We're spoken of as good men,
put who had been more or less involved
in the rebellion. NIr. Perry was a Dis
trict Judge in the COnfederacy n few
weeks before it collapsed, and is said to
have always been II good Union man
and gentleman of strict integrity,
Tho people certainlywouldr respect him,
and he could not fail TO be accepted.
The President said he knew BENJAMIN
Perry we'll, having served with him in
Congress. There was no spirit of VEN
Eeance or Vindictiveness on the part of
the Government, whose only desire was
to restore the relations which formerly
existed. lie was not now prepared to
give an answer as TO whom he should
appoint, but at the Cabinet meeting
next Tuesday he would repeat the sub
stance of this interview, with hope to
the restoration which the gentlemen
present earnestly desired.
The delegation seemed much pleased
with the proceedings, and fingered for
some time to individually converse with
the President.