New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-28


yss willingness TO take the oath of allegiance
~ true test Of loyalty Charleston is very far from
As;np "hot.bed Of treason" Thirty-two hundred
sr.ops have already held up their right hands, kissed
shs Rbe and solemDly declared that they woud "true
ssuce bear to the Government Of the United States
There are more Union flags suspended from residences
and displayed in shop windows here in the birthplace
~ the Confederacy than can be in loyal Boston
New York City During the last three weeks and
more radical antiSavery speeches have been delivered
=, the city Of Hayne and Calhoun than in the home Of
Phiuips and Garrison Tho authorities have been
obliged 10 increase the number of officers who are dc
tailed TO administer the oath The schools have been
o,eped TO white and black children alike and are
largely attended by both classes. Colored eongrege
sops have been addIessel by Major-General BIiga
disrGeueral the Colonel commanding. and representa-
,vs; Of the most decided AbotioniSts Of the North;
trothe, Of Henry Ward Bsecher has preached here;
sister inaw OF Mrs. Stowe as acted the principal
Of the largest school, tie hone OF Barnwel Rhett is
esgro hospitals the workhouse. where officers
imprisoned isl Federal garrison the old mansions Of the
xrtocTacy are tenanted by soldiers and by freed
men The gerng repr seatatives Of the ehivalry have
failed in their efforts to turn their recent bondmen out
of the public educational buildings REASONABLE nj.
terance is tolerated violence is done personal
fights trade rapidly reyivin and permission to ship
SLIGO 600 worth Of goods here has already been ap
moved OF indorsed The hal bCea little clouds, not
larger than mans hand visible a. times. but they
aays passed away. and every hopes that the best
Features OF Gen. Buffers administration in New.Oi-
leans will be reproduced in this State. We will i
will be time enough to sound the alarm when the dan
ger assumes o Ialpablo form The inaugural of The
president is rainbow hope for all loyal men, Itsin
auence will be felt for good in every part Of the land
Now than the Keynote has been sounded grandy the
music of the Union will surely be anthem in which
al true men can Heartily unite.
Although we al know here that perjury is no test Of
loyalty we do not feel disposed to carp at the frequency
oft here o1nnot he prerentsi unss The President lin
lis x tine is keh traitors can rerrR to htr allegiance
srd yet rstafn or recorer their rigi Of WoPey by do
;ng lie will assuTedy injure loyal man. nor the ma
tiOnsl cause aid he VIII prevent enormous increase
Of false swearing However much may have differed
from the President questions of policy his average
public conduct and Lis late address demonstrate that
be conscientious man; and this subject is certainly
entitled to a very careful consideration the ground
Of morals as well as on that Of policy
e. "wHAT SHALL WE DO WITH 1T
"What is 10 be done with Charleston is problem
that exctes good deal of public interest here Had
Shermap's soldiers taken 1t by Storm 1t would OF
rourse have been eyele to the EARTH and there would
have been few Northern men to lament Its downfall
But il surrendered nj has large loyal population
ths uegroes-and considerable proportion ofperson'
who are peaceabe aud loyal as their ignorance per
mts them to be. Notwithstanding the run
wrought by the Greek fire ard the shells,
Chareston is still large and beautiful cit!
Northern enterprise could rebuild and repah
The ruins in less than ten years that trace Of them
would exists and it would then increase more rapidly
every decade than it would have grown each century
Rad tbe Union as II was not been blown away by tn
breath OF an Offended Heaven. Charleston now is al
most An the condition of Merry Magdolene after tic
seyen devils had been driven out Of her; and will b.
our own blame If they return ard make her teniold
more the child Of he'll than before We have In our
power TO keep them out by throwing the
port ard State wide open TO the Norhern
enterprise INTEL gcnce and virtues which wall
foek here il the needed encou agement were given
let be understood that the state cannot return to tie
Union until her loyalty noi only undoubed but be-
sond suspicious let tie ruins be sold for taxes and The
abandoned residences he c6ffscated let thoroughly
sntiSavefy men alone be put retained in command
here and South Carolina in very few years VIII be
as true and as national in Ter opinions and deeds a'
Kansas or Msssaolusets But If the opposite pohc!
prevail the coffin Of tie Republican party VII have one
more plank made out Ct tie Palmetto. repeat (and
eill prove nv assertion ct any length when the righ
time comes that as class the best Of the white Union
lists here would be regarded the worst Of Copper
heads in the Northern States and that unless We en-
COURAGE and invite large emigration, and enfranchis
fhe negro we will have trouble with this state again
Now 10 hasten the re creation OF South Carolina I'LL
mort should be opened as as 1t can be done nnoe
existing treaty regulations. i leave merchants to urg
4beir own yews-tbeir very se.fshness will dictate
yarety of sound All unents but. having 10 Interest
firect or indirect present or prospective, In an.
brauch Of trade. ard looking solely from poliiiea
etandpoint regard Tie speedy opening OF the port
charleston as result to be earnestly desired by ever
patriot.
Asa question OF economy and Of humanity it deserve
further thought. TLere is extreme poverty existing
here everything is highprced. Therei but hmi'e'
amount of provisions in the city, The country IRON
which supplies were formerly drawn is deserted an'
cssoated Every hour that we delay in opening thes
vacant lands to emgiants will increase our expenses IL
Feeding the impoverished people We cannot let thoH
parye however bitter their hatred Of us may be. W.
must choose therefore between giving them work Or
Ihe workhouse; and We cannot employ them unless We
open the port.
COTTON.
The military authorities Inform me that about ten
thousand bales Of cotton have been discovered hidden
or buried in anl around Charleston The black loyasts
have enabled US to defeat all the efforts of the Rebels
and the seipiRebe to conceal their precious staple.
Pas thought, when we captured Charleston, that we
would not get moro than four five hundred bales.