The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-05

the North, who would place that section under tho
rule of tho negro race, which the exclusion |
affairs from futnre participation in thom, they will
themselves be called upon to control. Hcnce the
Rump Congress condemns in tho lump everybody
In the South who has boen at any timo considered
by capable Of welding it's functions. Tocompass
this annihilation Of tho body potic Of tho South,
sion. The latter, with a glorious and noble sym
pathy, whom resistance ceased gave tho right hand
of brotherhood to its foes on tho fold Of bato and
IN amnesty, not only for all the hard blows thoy
thoughts conceived toward them. Tho civil au-
hor ta the the ,osmp
alono contemplated, under the law rs it stood for
tho punishment Of thoir crimo before tho offence
guards with which tho Constitution protects tho
solitary cuprit against tho passions of an offended
and excited community. He must be indicted by
stated and submitted to the accused, who is pro-
yided with learned counsel to subject them to the
touchstone of legal criticism; ho must bo con-
ectod to tho question to be made to testify against
himself; ho has right to challenge the jury; it
must be .ilmPartial, drawn from the vicinage and
O judge to expound the law to tho jury and the
right Of appeal to Executive clemency for pardon.
e S U tSo sSs to
abolish this whole systom Of administration at
blow. Tho Rump, in effect takes on itself die
the Of the TO
ogenoo Of the Southern States VIII '% WHICH they
havo boon at war, their power Of competing here
after with them in the race OF political Importance,
and contributing equally in their respective spheres
the H sS Sa S left to a to BE- o at
q blow, and Dir. Stevens and his Jacobin committee
are to accomplish for it what Nero wished for
it with one stroke. Now, is not this literally SUBJ
iugationp
It requires but little consideration by candid
that the Radical plan is, TINT the nation shall re-
main dismembered," and that their sole motive is
to maintain their party ascendancy Tho late cleo
ready nearly at On equilibrium, and that year by
year the Republican majorities obtained TO carry
on the war are gEsdualy disappearing since the re-
balanced scaio against thom. Their only chance
for retaining power then, is to keep the South out
! and the nation dismembered." To accomplish
this, two essential points must be provided for in
| their programme OF discord and disunion one,
that it shall satisfy the North, and the other, that
be bsy to s 0
tion of the South and increase that of tho North,
and both to enhance the power thus subtracted
compel tho South to refuse its assent, the
Southern people are required, as part Of tho
condition, that they shall degrade themselves
have heretofore reposed any public trust, State
or national. 1t is this feature of the programme.
doubtless which induced Dir. Beecher to declare
that tho plan, of restoration based on the constu-
tional amendment was impractcable, and COM
pelled him to say that it seemed to his unbiased
Judgment more like plan Of adjourning recon
| structon for years" than one for restoring the
Union. The contrivers Of this scheme were afraid
to submit the clauses Of the amendment separately,
the States to pass on them separately, although
the clauses are oil direct propositions on different
subjects. They feared that the South, for the
sake Of harmony would submit to be docked In
| their roOroSentntiOn.
speot for the people of the South to believe that
they would dishonor themselves by disfranOhising
that this provision affects not merely the men who
instigated the rebellion, but all those who submit
ted to the de ,facto Governments maintained after
t'secession, and took service under such Govern
ments. Not merely the men Of the Davis class,
who took the lead in organizing the rebellion, but
and only wSen e
people of Georgia in convention had ordered Il,
and afterwards, at the instance Of the friends who
service in the new Government for their protec-
ton. How could MIR. Stephens and his unarmed
and unsupported associates stand out against the
State OF Georgia? The law does not require i'm
possibilities, and hence it is received maxim that
| submission to any de tdctO Government is lawful,
and the acceptance Of Office under such Govern
proposition has been repeatedly advanced by Sena-
tor Cowan on this floor Of the Senate, andit has
never been controverted there or elsewhere to my
| knowledge. Then why should Mr.. Stephens and
the men who exerted themselves to their utmost to
prevent secession, and with such power as TO lack
but few votes Of defeating it in Georgia, and thus
| arresting the whole movement, be disfranchised,
whilst the men Of the class of Stanton and Holt,
who exerted themselves to the utmost to bring on
secession, and only backed out Of it when it was
not in the powor Of the rebel Government to pro-
| tect them, be not only exempted from disfran-
chisement, but allowed to hold the most honor
able and lucrative positions in the Government?
Is not Stanton, who told Senator Brown, OF Mis-
sissppi on quitting his seat in the Senate, that
he was right in doing 80, and that he must keep
his people up to their work-Stanton being
at the time Attorney General OF the United
States-is more guilty than Stephens, who resisted
this initiation of the rebellion by Stanton and his
confederates, but submitted when it was imposs-
like manner, but even in moro inaammatory style,
invited secession, and then, whilst Secretary Of
4 War failed to guard the forts and public property
OF the Government in his charge against capture
by the rebellion ho had invoked, yet more guilty
than his confederate Stanton2 With every reason
lutionary movements alone guilty and those who
resist the movements and who arc compelled to
submit, whether by conscription into the armies,
or compelled by friends to take public position for
their protection after the organization has been
completed by its orginators. 1t Ia the men who
alton Of the secessonists had with tho sanction
and assistance Of the Federal authorities, 80 far
I consummated the revolution as TO establish o
de fdcto government, who have the confidence OF
the people Of the South, or have received high
public trusts ut their hands since peace gave them
ander Stephens, Herschel ". johnson, Governors
Orr and Perry, Jndge Sharkey, Judge Marvin,
Judge Houston, all original Union men, and men oi
their Glass; with scarcely exception, have been
elected by the Southern people to high place; and
therefore, it is upon men of that stamp alone that
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