The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-08-26
DAILY NEWS
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 1865.
LET THE SOUTH BE HEARD.


From ne He~phis, Tenn, Daily CommercialJ
Tn order TO socurc peace upon tho best and most
permanent basis and hasten tho complete restora-
lion of tho machinery of civil government through
out tho Southern Statos, it is matter Of snlall
Importance to The authorities Mt Washington, that
the true sentiment of tho Southern people should
be definitely mado known as regards the situation
in which they are placed by the unsuccessful re-
suits Of their revolutionary struggle, and the rcla
tions which thoy sustain, or desire to sustain, to
tho Federal Government.
And it is, perhaps, of no less Importance to the
reconciliation, that tho people of the North and
West should be put in possession of facts instead
Of rumors, as to the real position and purposes OF
the tone and temper of the Southern mind
At present there is disastrous ignorance on
this subject among the people Mt large, and an ig
assume to feel tho greatest interest in Southern
regeneration, and seek to control and shape it, as
this want of knowledge and consequent lack of real
sympathy may chance to suggest.
Nor is tho Government itself 80 thoroughly post
ed upon the matter that it needs no further en-
ightcnmont to assist and promote it's deliberations
Tho President haB much else to learn than may be
gathered from the delegations that have waited
upon him as representative Southe"ncrs, many of
vividual objects to accomplish, unauthorized to
speak even for their friends and neighbors, still
less to reflect the public sentiment of any conside
rable constituency.
And far less may tho authorities or people de-
rive from the correspondence of the public press
of it is positively false-much Of it embetlished by
fancy or prejudioe-al of it, with scarcely IN eX-
coption,, fraught with mischief and evil.
mind is kept in q ferment, and the passions of the
people fed with what, in many cases, seems per-
tinacity almost internal:
isolated instances Of disaffection, brutality or
cruelty to negroes, are sought out or invented
with truly Satanic industry, and reiterated in the
ears of the people and the administration as cvi-
dence OF tho refractory, suen, rebcllious or still
reasonable temper Of the Southern States
It seems to be studied purpose with these con-
to % the soah as snS oi
c1aimably depraved, and fit only for subjugation,
or more especially tho spois that follow in the
train OF subjugation
In these sources, the radical opponents of con-
stitutional restoration constantly finding new
arguments for forcing their dogmas upon the at
Government itself is unavoidably misled to
greater or less extent, by the same perncious sys
tenn Of Misrepresentation that has left the South
ern people completely at the mercy Of their foes,
as it were, and virtually helpless.
There is in all this a manifest injustice. Tho
South, In the name OF humanity, has right to be
heard. She has attempted to throw off the Ma
Lona1 authority, but falling in the effort groaning
under its terrible consequences, ready to renew
her old time allegiance, and indsposcd to quibblc
as to terms which she can neither alter nor reject
she only aek5 that the work of restoration be
speeded, and that she may have some opportunity
OF vindiGating herself from the broadcast nsper-
sions, which are 30 industriously disseminated to
bIacken the sincerity Of her motives and prolong
her mise1fes
For the purpose then of giving to the inhebi-
tants Of the lGte Confederate States On Grrrortnni
fy Of announcing ii Some general and authorita-
live #dS, That may be regarded as on official
declaration of sentiment, rejecting the dominant
opinions Of the Southern country beg Leave tS
the scceding States be held early in tho coming
Autumn, as soon az practicable, ut Nashville or
ng the of States in ther true Pos
lion before the country and the world, as people
acquiescent in the rulings of fortune, submissive
to Federal authority, anxious to resume the duties
of citizenship, and assuring President johnson OF
their united purpose to cooperate with him IN the
re-eBtabishment Of law and order and the main
tenance of the national authority.
And as initiatory movement, let conventions
be held at in the various counties of Tennes-
zee, and delegates selected to State Convention
gurated here, be urged with oil possible earnest
ness and zeal upon the remaining States of the
South, that there may be an entire concert of ac-
tion and On assemblage In general Convention,
worthy OF the noble occasion which shall have
moned it together.
Let it be understood, furthermore, that no man
participates IN these conventions who has not been
ut ono time another identified with the cause of
secession, and in an attitude Of hostility to the
whose protection he now desires in
We do not presume to say what should be the
programme Of such q convocation as we have in
all sincerity and good faith suggested. 1t would
necessarily be composed in great measure Of the
bravery, the genius and the intelligence Of tho
Southern States-statesmen, soldiers and scholars,
adversities Of fortune made capable Of stronger
and moro united efforts for the social and political
renovation Of their wasted and disorganized COM
munities; and entitled, from the aggravated stig-
which are heaped upon their names, to at
least respectful and considerate hearing.
They have no organs Of communication with
each other the people at large-many of them,
dvested by statute Of the elective franchise, have
no means OF establishing their loyalty at the bal
lot box-all Of them are under the ban Of public
opinion that weighs not in it's deductions Of
them nnder the lash Of o yenal and proscriptive
press. ~ ".
Let them then be heard; we cay out of their own
mouths let them be adjudged, and not out Of the
mouth Of o Tribune correspondent. Let their
united pledge be given Of fenlty to the law and
Constitution. Let their recognition Of the nbol-
ion of negro slavery be formally announced. Let
them seal the &C. Of emancipation with the seal Of
their conventional authority Let them repel the
nnfriendly and unfounded asseverations Of Their
traducers, and extend to the measures and the
policy Indicated by their Executive Magistrate, o
hand and heart OF earnest assent and co-opera-
ton. -rg <---a ~ .~.-- i.r-ar.' .r-- -,,Eer
with auch q demonstration the country yonld
rest content. The President would rejoice at its
manifestations. 1t would strengthen his own arm
weaken that Of his political antagonists and to it's
conclusions the judgment oi mankind would pro-
nounce one universal amen. l. y,,!f !;
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LITTIA RocK, August 1.-Organizations nnder
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