Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-09-06
No Reconstructian Without Eogga
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or Groceries.
No Reconstruction Without EogTa
Suffrage.
Chief Justice CHASE. s.pntsr sSrNEEE, ZEN
DELL PulrIIr., ani o.s,s Of more or less Sote-
ricty. leadinc TIE uunaiural. upraasaoatissand
irra,iunsl crusade asain.t President JoHSseSs an
nouncc that thoy vii! oppose tho G"'sfassaeat
policy, as set forth by the Pre.idnst bscaree ey
it negroes are not permitted 10 vo!e. ThesS.aH'i-
slavery fsnatics aud God defrins bisotsffaye
huistel upon th.ir stsnlard>tha m"tth,,z'te, Re-
construction without Negro suG:aGe.' Efe evil
don't design Of this cxi-casly vilo ssd ysruisnt
progressiyeisn is 10 mako bitter var niaa the
Adniuistrst if it does net nmeaisieeiS put
the ba,la. il The hands of tho freedmshi ana
thereby rspder ,hc sholc South uDht for5hs hcne
Of the white raan. - N
# SUCH an idea ms political praebcasi5fy can
be- driven iuts lbc -hcads of nun 50 woHafonsiy
abstract ia their We've. NC should liketo hear
them state how the pm of negro saffass-can he
perfected consistently with the undtnihoisehcery
OF the North during tho war, otherwise than ny
tie yory cour.c Pro,iden. JOHNSON ispHrsu!ng'
Either he Scu' horn States have an existence or
>,hcy hpyo not. Ii they have rot then sEo' Con-
redctstes were, ,ae they claimed, foreign belliger
Lcn,s, aud the people Of the North hsye 2" r'git
to treat thtm otherwise. In this vie., tae T"v-
/ ernmeat cann 1t try Mr. DAVIS aud otnes Soula
FERN leaders for treason, nor quar- with IN lsna
because Of its recognition Of the Gon'edsrstts as
hepi,ercnts. II tho States do oxist. Ennd-ns
President JoRysrN has from the first peisis'Sh'y
and consistently ctl;ned-!hs ,GsHernpasnt mas
simply put down o body of insurgents, operating
against their own lives as we'll astte lAo Of the
na,;op. then If follows thst the constitutions ana
law. Of said. s,asss mus, continue in force until
SUSPENDED ~ compe:cat auth:rity.-theaut authnr''y
of the people If North Caro.iuaor soath Caro-
linn sas uevcr been out of the Union, then Pr's'-
d.nt JoussoN ha, NO more right to .etaside the
fundamental law of the State, than to change that
| of New York or Indiana. 30 cannat sly VT"
shall vote. He oay dec are that persons other
w,,c cutit,od to suffrage shall net vote bee'nso
Of crimes committed by .th.m, krthe caonot open
tho duer aid admit to franchise in asS'ati'ern
s,a;s those who are expressly exclrtsd sy IT,
with INV more prepricty than be coaid purSas
the same course in Maine or Rhode lslnnd:
the n,su of allowing States to rsergaliSc within
|;h. rnsclves shall not prove successful tnen an
,..,th.r must be adopted. Martial law can prevail
where civil administration may bo powerless but
unon the ground taken by the Goverement, ami
50 far maintained, no other course was posSioie
fa- the President, than precisely theone hs naS
4 scou fl to adopt. New York, Ohio aud Indiana
are States in the Univa. They all rotase I" allow
tho negro to vote. Do those erraticsf3:itieiahs
40 50 yiolsat IN lae.f
abuse Of Dir. JouSsoS, sec any way n whlca ne
could force change Of their policy as regards
Inc b,ucss in their own States, ai,d make 'hera
admit the later 10 the polls? II thoy caaH"t
discover q good ground of executive interference
in one case, ,how viii ;h"y justify 1t in another
assuming that the eooquercd cour'u"i'iss Of 'he
s,u,b are in condition Of fNSta.os, and no! 10
that nf Territories?
and BOW w.rd TO those who are going s.
represent US in tho approaching Convention. Let
thcm not By vain bickeribes ever the c'eFnai!;
dsfunct institution Of slsvefy, lay into th' h;aos
of The anti-s avery fanatics sad G9d.doiyirG@
Di.o,s wa have b4en speaking "f a'o'e. VIC
have been fsa;i,s u.er rhis insi'nl;on Tor orp
ye.rs-lhs last five with bay"nets IN our hands
and at the end of the eent.ss NE are Wo's'ea'
N.w, with the Institution pricticailj asa u'''"-
,iably dead. and With swords "vsr our heads AID
hayoauts At our backs w;at VIII II frT.htr t. IT,
wrarslc atSit. cur right 10 hoia back H." a'
s,.vcs? The only sa-th.y hope f"r the iufar'
happiness and prosperity OF the sou'n is ieT u'
r, re.,in our stntus in tho Caion aud III The Ma
tional Congress.
Lei ou- representatives then in the coming
Convention talk no rho,, ,it.ae, hut speak a"u
act prncricaly, und according t" ;ne teasIi"sS u
cou,m.n sorss. Principles are but Tho ra'1' 81
cxccrience anI eypcdiepcy, AND The very snn''
res .vn that points out Il CERTAIN p''''J is f'"'
al one time may set it asids as wrens HHa p"r"'-
cjous al another. 1t is q Yt-y Convenient -'.'n,
fer men VINO .haic ts take thc trouble OF ih'.hinS
md reasoning, to ;ay down 1 general priheis.e
and ,ake it us tacr guido aud msster for all uIue
u md under oil ElrOG!Es.tiCeF' ~" "-"S s''
statesnan worthy of trust, viii take rea1oh Tor
his guide and by this touchst"n' test ali c'he'n-
sioas .vr himself and his country. No princ'p''
is universal in its applicability. W"as may be
right and best to day under one state o. circum-
ssunces, mny be gricrous error .o-s1arTov uhcor
another. Tho beasts OF the field and the rsSis OF
| the air have a. universal Instinct which 'Sacafs
them to shul dangers 'hey cannot resist Man
NOT only possesses instinct, butts gifted with
reuson, and shall he act with less discretion 'Aan
brutisa bess>P To pdapt ourselves to su'rr.na-
ing circuu,slances is not only marx oil s00~
scnse, but it is q high duty.
II
re- The St. Louis Republican, r0srOta to s"r
that the inmeusa immisrati@r promised M's''uFl'
lin case slavery was slled, has not yet mace its