New-York daily tribune., 1865-09-30
sOUTU CAROLINA LOYALTY.

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We find in one or two papers that cannot be
suspected Of Radicalism, some interesting and
significant incidents of the Perry Convention IN
South Carolina. 1t appears that MIR. ferry Is
himself the master-spirit of the Convention.
One correspondent says the Provisional Gov
ernor sometimes spends the whole day there;
his son and private secretary Is one OF the ueie'
gates: it is an almost every hour occurrence III
the debates that the question is asked, Is that
view approved by the Provisional Governor or
the remark made, / think we had better con-
suit the Governor first" One OF the Pro-
visional Governors particular friends seems to-
be Mr.. Aldrich, of the fre-cating persuasion,
who opened the business of the Convention by
offering the following resolutions
Resored That under the present extraordinary cir
cumstaDces it Is both wise and rotlc 10 accept tne
condition in which We are placed to endure patieh'y
the evils which cannot avert or correct and 6ndn
calmly The time and opportunity 10 eef our dehruahe
from uRoonsiiutf0ndi rule
In the debate which followed, Mr.. Aldrich
declared that the people of his State were living
under military despotsm, repugnant alike TO
them and TO the Federal Constitution. He
hoped for the speedy overthrow Of the party
now in power at the North and the restoration
of a constitutional government under the Dem
ocratic party-just as in the good old times
before the Charleston Convention, and with the
unlimited right for every man to " larrup his
own niger
We have already had an account of the pas
sage Of the ordinance repeating the act OF seces-
sion. Our Conservative correspondent remarks
that the announcement of the vote "was re-
ceived in silence-strikingly suggestive when
one remembered with what dramatic applause
the ordinance of Secession was proclaimed
The moment that business was over, resolutions
were introduced whose mild and amiable char
acter may be guessed from the following pre-
amble
| Wher,as BY the fortunes OF our former noble
and beloved Chief Magistrate Jefferson Davis. Is now
langushng IN prison. awaiting bis trial FOR treason;
and
the widespread ruin and dcsoatlon which they have
caused. are shrieking for his blood
Therefore resolved, that it is the paramount
duty Of South Carolina TO use every lawful
be sent TO Washington to ask that the same
cemency shown to us " the sharcrs of his guilt,
f guilt there BE-" be granted to Davis. We have
no objection to the petition, but the language
of it strikes US as being little loud all
things considered.
The amendment to abolish Slavery was not
destined to pass without debate and proposed
amendments A Mr.. Blair objected to the
I ordinance because 1.-TWO hundrcdmilliO dollars
Of property Lad been taken from people at one
| blow, and the passage Of the ordinance III this
/ shape will debar them OF the last faint hope Of
compensation" Blair was for leaving the mat
ter to future legislature, which would un-
doubtedly "be much fairer representation of
the people than the Convention He proposed,
also. an amendment "to prevent the negroes
from engaging in any but mcnial occupations"
such as being delegate to constitutional
conventions, and the like, We suppose.
Mr.. James l.. Or, the former Speaker Of the
House of Representatives, is person of more
consequence than most whose names appear in
the Convention. His voice is for prudence, yet
he cannot restrain himself from saying, If
good fortune had not followed the South, and
had not Andrew Johnson been placed in the
Presidential chair the Radical element would
have ruled. Andrew johnson is the dyke
that preserves us from the wave OF Northern
Radicalism." That is, had not Mr.. Lincoln
been assassinated, good fortune would not have
followed the South, as it is now following it.
Gen. McGowan-GeneTal by Rebel title-iS
another speech-makcr. He declares 1t is
my calm and deliberate conviction that the war
was waged on III. We wished to manage our
affairs in our own way, and that was the head
and front of our offending. intend
to vote for prohibiting Slavery in the Constiiu-
ton only on condition that we are to have the
rights Of State in the Union, and that We alone
should have the right to manage our political
afiinities in our own way. II not, would pre-
fer martyrdom."
As in the case of Alabama, which We consid-
cred the other day. wequote these expressions Of
opinion by leading men in the South Carolina
Convention as evidence Of the real feeling of
the State. not expressed in It's formal ordinances.
How much genuine loyalty there is in them
our readers may judge.
Col. John w. ShaiIcr of Illinois tells a story
Of Gan patrick thp DemOcratic candidate for