The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-03-14

! If does not follow that the Chinese or the ne.
gro, any more than the females and children
I Of our own blood, should exercise the right of
suffrage; and shat while We are willing 10 ac-
| cord to those exotic and unassimilable fellow
creatures all the privileges necessary for their
personal we'll being, we will never consent to
| imperil the sacred inheritance derived from
our revolutionary fathers by fntrustiRg it
( partly to the guardianship Of those who know
not its value, aud who care not for its preser-
| Vation. ......~. -:...-.
RssaEusd, That the letter, and more espe-
cislly the spirit, Of our Federal Constitution
| aims to- eounGeEact the natural tendeRcy to
| centrsliSatiou of power in the hands Of the
J General Government; ;. that every indication
efa breach through the barrier thus provided
should be watched with the utmost vigilance,
| and be resisted with the most uncomprOmising
/ determination as its earliest manifestation
that we have, therefore, witnessed with the
utmost ssaFn the recent reckless disregard of
| Constitutional restraint on the part of the
| governing msiorities in both branches of Con-
gress, as indicating public danger quite as.
! great as that from which we have so recently
! been delivered, and with hearts overfowing
with JOY and gratitude we hail the recent veto
!
potentially to this antagonist revolution, Thus
| far shalt thou go and no farther"
Reaolced, That while the present condition
of the freedman" wherever he may now be
found, justly excites our ardent sympathies,
We do not forget that the whole country is
filled with unalleYiated miseries among those
of our own kindred; that the Federal Govern
ment is not an elemosynary establishment,
! intended to provide remedies for cases of in
dividual suffering and that the organization,
of gigantic scheme Of public charity for the
especial, If not exclusive, benefit ofa favored
involving, as it does, the squandering
/ of untold millions from a common andsalmost
exhausted treasury--is not only unauthorized
! BY the articles of the Federal compact, but is
making an invidious discrimination against
| thousands Of equally merItorious sufferers,
many of whom have been reduced to penury
J through bereavemeDtS resulting from devotion
| to public duty and acts of noble selfsacri6ce.
ResotUed, That in the present condition of
our national finances, it is not only imperative
upon US to practice all reasonable public econ
orny, but that every dictate of sound policy
prompts to the calling into immediate requi-
sition of all the productive energies Of our
| whole people that in such circumstances to
discourage the cultivation of the great staples
from whence our national resou' ces are de-
| rived, would be an act OF suicidal folly; that
8e, therefore regard the disheartening treat
| ment of our erring but repentant fellow-citi-
zenS of the South, by those who have seized
! upon the exclusive Legislative power of the
! Government, as calculated to paralyze some
of our most important industrial pursuits at
! this momentous crisis-thus manaesting
cardinal error in craftsmanship, to say moth.
| ing Of its illegality-and that it calls impera.
| lively for the indignant apprehension OF all
those whose legitimate personal interests are
thus about to be saeri8eed for the promotion
Of selfish PARTISAN success. -.
! ResoLoed, That the Government founded By
Washington and his coadjutors reposed upon
she willing Union of the component States,
that upon no other principle can a free repub-
lie like ours be maintained that such Union
can only be perpetuated through obedience to
the law of life in which it originated. Hate
begets hate; injury proVokes to retaliation;
envy excited repulsion and destroys Union.
But Justice and generosity and acts Of frater-
nal kindness create that elective asSnity whrh
holds individuals and States indissoiubly
united. We have tried the diabolical system
Of policy, and have seen the results. Shall
we not now heed the lessons Of divine wisdom,
uttered more than eighteen centuries ago. and
made applicable to our political condition
| through the lips Of the Father of his Country
These would have preserved US in peace
| They can even yet restore US to the Union,
prosperity and greatness q
RSsol0ed, That on this natal day of the
patriot hero Of America, it is erninently prop
er that we should endeavor to inspire SYM
~f eli foil
countrYmen, and that we should invite uni
ted effort for the full restoration Of that Union
which was so signaly the object Of his patri-
otic devotion. We therefore call upon our
fellow-eitizens, of every shade of political
opinion on otIer subjects, to rally around the
flag of the Union, with its thirty-six stars
entire, and to stand by him who nov fills the
seat and who has Enthusiastically manifested q
prints of Washington. On this auspicious
day let voice go forth from this metropolis,
which is called by his name, and which is on
other accounts 80 intimately associated with
his memory, that shall awaken an echo in
every patriotic heart throughout our wide do
main. We have had enough of war and bit.
terness let US from henceforth cultivate the
spirit Of peace and national concord. Letus
lIS&Tu uUlu OUT past In1SAOE In0L SoS pS1o
petuaf Union We all seek, can never be Sc
cured without preserving that feeling out of
which it sprung. and by following the coun-
sells of him who did so much to bring it into
being, 2ad of him who is now laboring in the
same spirit 10 effect its early restoration.
Rssolped, That the wise, humane and pa
triotic efforts of President johnson to restore
ell the States to their appropriate orbits COM
aandS our unqualified appreciation; that we
doubt not they viii be fully endorsed by the
American people, now and hereafter; and
that when this meeting adjourns we will re-
F pair 10 the Executive mansion, in order that
We may, by our personal presence, give great
er emphasis to the assurances Of respect and
confidence with which he is regarded by sll
the true friends Of national Union and harmo-
ny throughout our reunited country.
The following characteristic case cfarlstocra-
cY is recorded as having come off at Staunton,
Va: e.. -.-. ->,.. :
Zone Of the Northern tschool-narns' who