, 1865-09-03
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Review of Affairs in Pal1nottO-
dom.
The Coming STATE Convcntion-TEhat II
TO he Done-A TRADE on Lazy NlgSern
The Black Cloud in the Sky-Trade
nnd General Arpect~ In Charleston.

CnARLIsTox, Aug. q, 1865,
The season is drawing ncar for the asscm'
bling Of the State Convention at Colnmbia'
Gov. Perry's speech at Augusta, on his return
from Washington, tells the people In plain
terms what is TO be done. Slavery Is To u
abolished By m amended Constitution. The
1 Parish system is 10 be annu1led, and the polit-
ical power OF the various sections equalized.
/ The arbitrary and artificial classification OF
| lands, which WAS fixed By the act Of 1910,
viii necessarily be repealed, and the taxes
laid and collected according to their real and
actual value. Tho election Of Governor and
OF the Electors for President aud Vice P1esi-
dent will be taken from the Legislature and
committed to the hands OF the PEOPLE. This
change involves every right, interest and con-
dition of these people, social ss we'll as pollt-
ica1, white as well as black. Coascientsously
executed by honest men, It includes the
control the transformation will Try to make 1t
q change Of names merely, wh1le they slil-
fully retain every old time advantage over the
poor white and the laboring black. Happily,
they are hedged up by the necessities Of tie
case against . very wide misconstruction Of
terms. Freedom Is here, md they will find It
impossible to make It's letters speli Slavery.
Of moral vision can bring about to hamper the
solution of the question between the races,
are noticeable on every hand. The Charles
ton papers complain, IN behalf of the planters,
that the magnificent rice plantations on the
Cooper river, within fre miles Of this city,
which used to yield their twenty-five thou.
sand tterces Of rice, worth, in the aggregate,
lars, nre growing up In wild grass, and will give
less thnn one thousand tiefccs, because 7the
id niagers sron'f tnork.n That Is, because
the inane folly and malignant stupidity ofthe
planters will not bond to make Il IN In.
ducement for the fTee blncks to undertake the
hardest and most laborious task known to
Southern agriculture, under an August sun,
and the blacks will not work without II. Who
b]a1ues them? The Courier mildly tshopes
remedial measures will be applied" The
planters grimly recall the "rcmedial mea-
sures'' Of the past-whips, paddles and brand
If they dare.
If they dare. DON'T think that It Is merely
the presence Of the Federal troops. Beyond
the blue there is blackness In the South Caro-
lima sky and the unguarded cruelty Of these
sonred and bigotcd late shareholders, would
will never again bow 10 tho oppressors. They
swarm too thick1y all throughout these COM
munlties not to be power Of dread, If the
madness Of their former oppressors does not
heed tho omen. think that 1t amounts to q
paradox. The danger Is lesscned by being SO
great, for purbllnd as they are, the planters see
Il, and fear suggests IN avoidance which inhu-
man principle Wonld never whisper to them.
The Government must keep the troops here,
however, lest some hot head attempts to kin
die his fire to cook his pottagc on q powder
magazine. Through havoc and loss by war
the wealth Of South Carolina has sunk over
three hundred and fifty millions. The proofs
,,f 4hn fon+f,,1 orff1r tha II fnur
will be especially apparent to the Convention
that will set at Columbia. There the Con-
yention of1SGO began the session, that termina-
ted, however, in Charleston and resulted In
launching war upon the country. Then
Columbia o,si w. one Of the most beautiful e. % o.
ling ruins, heaps Of ashes, traces OF wealth
destroyed, loneliness and glory departed. 1t
will be a proper place amid such q desolation
to bury tie last thoughts Of a crusade against
freedom md humanity. There will be plenty
of ashes ready at hand for tile rcpentant rebels
ments. VIII they use them. !
Trade In this city has experienced m e3-
tending revival, and buyers from up country |
are more numerous. The receipts Of cotton |
were larger last week than in any week since |
Inc SsoPPss on 5g Na 51dh' sSas. . S se
arrival from Europe, since the. blockade run
ncrs, was the British ba1que Melbourne, from
Liverpool, yesterday. Her coming up the
ha1bor wns little sensation. Within
the past week large amount Of railroad iron
has been received from New York, token Of
promise for our railroads. Another metallic ar
rival equally significant, comes in the shape of
gold, which Is being brought here IN large
amounts, as the best medium to start the pro-
luce In regions where the greenbacks haFe
not won tfeir way. The health of the city
good. Charleston throughout thla
,eaaou has been one Of the healtbiest of
American cities, thanks to rigid quarantine,
n vigorous sanitary measures In and about
he cftr.