The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-09-08
DAILY NEWS.
CHARLESTON. A
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1865.

Our fcllow-cizcns and friends of the Now Eng
Land States, and those i'll other sections of
the North most in sympathy with tho people of
thosc States, seem to be hardest of belief upon
this subject. Expressions unsatisfactory facts
arc insuicient the a,Tic pcnse detected in every
utterance, apparently tho most direct and rnc-
Tuivcca; and from an inability to perceive why we
should be loyal, they have been unable to realize
tho fact that VIC ever can be.
And wo ourselves have conceded the obligation
3o respond to such cxactions. Under ordinary
circumstances, it would seem to DO enough that
we accept tho situation, abandon every attitude
and expression OF hostility, give up tho institution
which was the cause of action, lay off every thing
that distinguishes us from the people OF any other
eecton and thus divest ourselves of every pretext
and every power to rccommenco the contest. 1t
Srrc not unreasonable, i'll fact, to assume that we
sAd tlono enough, when we had done all required
Try the Government itself i'll testimony of submis-
sinn and acceptance of tho Amnesty it proper
to extend. But it is assumed we havo not. Par
aies claim the right to exercise further We our
selves acknowledge the right-we o tho best We can
to show complancc and in the process of showing
of our loyal PAGES, exhibit spectacle moro enter
tanning To The spectator than pleasant, profitable
OF becoming to ourselves.
But all this is wrong. We are not in a condition
to be questioned. No people ever did, or ever
could present more conclusive assurance OF indis-
Rolublo bonds to the General Government than we
do now; not in uttcrancc or domoYstraton-thcsc
are feeble INDICATIONS OF popular purpose, easily
arranged, often prompted by double purpose
and satisfactory to those only who have tho motive
to be peased-but i'll our present condition and
relations to that Government. which arc consistent
only with indissoublc attachment adhesion as
sogicd and firm as any consequential fact, and
-swhicl, no sane or honest man within the limits OF
the Northern States believes, can believe, that
~e have the purpose or the power to break. We
give bonds of attachment, pledges Of fidelity, more
conclusive than any form of utterance could be.
Under the belief We were affected by social
condition here important oprcscrve- our So
>ciety, formed of union Of unequal races, found
no expression i'll the General Government, and was
dependent upon us ourselves for the legislative
culture co-cxtcnsivc with it's extent and its neces-
saitics-we struck for its emancipation; but We
struck in vain; efforts were resisted our forces
overcome, organization broken up. Slavery
Itself, the cause of distinction and of action, there
ssre has been abolished and there is nothing now
TO act for In breaking from the General Govern
1acnt it would only be to form another lesser gov
-crnmcnt, in no way better, in no way different
from the ono VIC have. Preserving nothing-with
nothing for it to prescrvc-not now sufficiently
F,rcscrvcd within the present, and presenting in its
antagonism and rivalry on the same plan, the ne
sceasity for constant and devastating wars This
is an success could bring us. But there would be
&ttle prospect of success. United armed and or
yanizcd VIC havc already fallen before the present
Government. is there the ground to hope another
effort would be more succcssful2 Without union,
eithont slavery to inspire it and sustain it, without
rarns without organization, without cause, OF an
attractive or oven common object, is there one
You'll S0utb belipyns that thn aOul6
abe successful, OF that, under any supposablc cir
..c1mstanccs, We could DO made to undertake it
.EucA are the assurances give OF fidelity to
She present Union-thc assurances Of an over
culing interest. That constitutes dccivity down
which human action must roll. Words may ''palter
In q double scnsc;' demonstrations blind to real
?syarposc; and men may rave for ends to-day, they
Enzy rail against tomorrow; but the proclivitics Of
.ff11ercst rcsistloss the wavos of tide and
;%1Rze, and men must take them. Such interest We
1itdt; and if there bcpeoplc in this land who truly
vFlsh to know tho future and purpose of the
Honth, they have but to look to this. If permitted
to enter the Union, we have option but to en-
Ter; if permitted to DO sui j,ris upon the subject
-af her colored population, we will exercise that
night; il required to abandon it, we must abandon
If The question has been fairly made whether
.Fhcre be State remedies, and it has, for u.s. been
raise the question under fairer prospects of
saueccas. The rights VIC preserve must be hence
,s,,rlh preserved III and through the Union The
&5ovcrnmcnt is tho power through which it is our
fortui!c, as it will be our purpose now to act We
are now i'll perfect identity with the great demo-
~scraGc society of tho land; are affected by no
E,scnlarity of social constitution not expressed in
ShAG Government; and il thorc be States not ready
tn ac9nicscc i'll tho action of that Government,
sifd who shallbc impcllcd by interest or feeling
20 test its authority and power those States will
aot be of those 80 late i'll contest ut the South
Gan States at the Nortl rigid in exactions of
expressions of loyalty from us, present assurances
IA strong as these? Wo doubt it greatly We
siuubt If there be that sentiment or condition of
identify with The General Government existing
Scre; and whether, i'll tho course of events, We
Enay mol yet occupy different position upon some
SthGr tribunal erected to determine OIL the LOYALTY
.sof States. ..a .e'.... .f.t.
Presenting these assurances Of fidelity to the
& aniol--assuranccs not in words, but in facts-in
facts logical, severe, and nexorable-i il not ne
@sssary, and not proper, that wo should be ques-
fDincd further. That may answer the purposes
sf thoso who arc solictious, rather for effect than
srnthwho want not conviction of our LOYALTY hit
gather facts OH which to question IL. And per
:slstent questions therefore, by mon who do not
doubt, who are in no position to try the Question
HSho arc charged by tho General Government with
y" such ofiice-is n assumption which would not