Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-28
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| afeit OF the Government through him the
| Government may ray convene yourselves. send
| your delegates. but we expect you 70 amend
| your constitution and abolish slavery. You
| may ieius' but then Congress can say We have
the right 10 Judge OF tie eligibility Of our own
members, and il you don't submit you must re.
main nndcc military rue You may send your
two tenaiors- bnt IL is for that body 10 admit or
reject them not for me; but here az Executive Of
the nation, can cnly take tie initiative 10 ena-
bic yOa 20 do these lhing,.
Deegat,.-But there IL tie fact that slavery fs
rot mentioned at all in the Constitution Of the
State.
President (smiling).-But there is the f.ct that
Il has existed in the State, and you can amend
the Constitution SO that il viii say It does net ex.
ist there.
Deega:e-Thcu this Is the sine qua non TO pre-.
cedc our being restored.
PresIdent-YOu must see that tho fric, lon of
the rebellion has rubbed slavery out, and / as
sumo i would be better TOR the people through
that convention 20 make il legally and cOn,titu-
uonaily dead. The people, in coming forward,
would better recognize lh1t!Ict.
Judge Foster then said that Industry and enter.
prise were paral}zcd throughout the state that
the conditions intlmllcd by The President as Ike
ly 10 he those rcqUIed would he anticipated az
they had been expected. Bc stated that the peO,
pic OF tho South had como out Of tte struggle
wiser tlltn they went iuiu IT, and that il is the
I
iie theu remarked that there cOuc be littledOubt
bat certain illusions had forever been CispeIed l.
10 is now very certain that the notion that slave
r. Is al enemy OF martial strength and power Ia
d.sgeiied that notions Of state rights have been
corrected as wei . the idea that cotton is king.
The people arc willing 20 accept the new system
Of labor, and would corII4ilg cooperate TO
make that s. stem en- ctiye. The South is the most
Interested IA the matter and nc had expected
That any suggestions Il might have 10 Offer
would be AZ ietst exempt from inyldiou5 con.
s.ruction The negroes had become inlamsd by
their ncwly.acquiiel !ibe tyi were too apt to
cOnlOund u wlth hcenlOusncas and 10 adopt the
idea that freedom means exemption f;Om labor
The south would take up the subsc; in GOOD
faith, carry out the policy of the Government,
and hope Tor the best aud none should Iu.Ie
readily rejoice. at the emancipation Of the -
ii II should prove q successful measure, Oh 80
people Ot the South. The thraliom OF the NC
was InoIe irkgomc to the master, AID indeed Lhe
emancipation OF the slave WAS in truth that q
the master from obligato ons which he feared nave
been too little understood by those who dad made
a c.usalc against slavery. He wOad Ilre to saw
that, as south Carolina had gone into the robei-
lien with more zeal and ulalimity, there would
be more dlsc0nient there but be thought they
did her Injustice.
Tie people Of South Clr1llna were sincere in
their notions OF constitutional right; had mad,
great sacrifices therefor. They were defeated and
| conquered the North was too strong Tor them,
that was all.
But" c.utinucd he, "tho sam. good faith that
animated her in the contest 4ill not be found
wanting in any pledge they may make Of sunDJrt
10 Tie GoyGmnent. In this spirit we will submit
- that condition OF thing which Providence hes
assigned rs. Accepting The past az a warning 10
Us aud all, membsling that partial evil IA bo
universal good we checrlu.ly accent the srSpes.
tions you have iiered, aud ask taat you will tato
those STEPS which are necessary TO carry them in %
effect an be please ~ your earliest convenience
| u nominate a Military Governor to carry out tue
| necessary initiative steps you have Indicated"
| The PTsdent-l VIII just say that you NAV
| name whOh you would prefer
Delegate.-lt may he that those in whom we
| might have confidence might De Objectionable;
bat there is Mr. Aiken.
Other De.eyats.-Or Mr. Mckinley.
Another Mr. Boyce or ColoIe. Naming or
| Mr.. Perry.
Pre-dAt- B. F. Perry.
| De.eghe Yes sir.
PrcsIdent.-Wha; part has he taken in the re.
b,iiionl
Delegate He was f;r while Judge in one of
| the Confederate courts.
President. -Pe;ry used to be rather too much
Of peoples man tor you South Carol mans over
| there Well, Is he an acceptable man | Will
| not Disguise anything IRON you. J am going
| right to The people as far as / can. ! have q
strong prejudice that way, you know. Ire YOU
| go lat me ssure you that there is no leeliae Of
lindicyeness or revenge on the part cf the Gov.
eminent, and want you 10 feel that l. Is so. On
Tuesdly will submit the substance of this inter-
view II the Cabinet ana will see you again If Won
remain heIe - locg.