The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-03

MON would have dsgracod the worst
ISM For INSTANCE no no reasonablo r person aospSs dwsr
objected, whilo slavery oxisted to laws placing
tho blacks in slave States undor police s,rvoif-
Iance, ana forbidding thom to kcop or boar
arms; but such acts became absurdly tyrannical
from tho moment whoroin slavery disappeared; !;
from honorabiy discharged Union soldiers, undor
cover OF State authority, solely because tho Union
sts wore blacks, was very cowardly mode of re-
yXod or re-onacted which shut blacks out of tho
Witness box in cases whcro only whltos were par
tics, or Inflicted on thom any kind of disability
winch was Mt tho same time All indignity. This
k1nd OF legislation tseo DIoPherson's NfanuaD was
common to all the rebel states, though that Of
South Carolina has had the good sonse to ropoai
her share of it, and hail hoI action in this rospoct
as greatly conducive to an carly restoration Of the
authority and opinion, which may DO right to-day
and wrong tomorrow; wo must ploco tho essential
rights OF every American citizen uuder the express
Gunrdlanshlp or the Federal Constitution. That
Will DO tho ond of controversy; until then, even
unsuccessful attempts to abridgo thom will provo
have sal said that I favor Both univorsul amnostv
and impartial suifrage on their respective merits
each each without regard to tho othcr. I hold that tho
IN the South only, but in every State and Terrific
ry,becauso OF tho service required of and render
f Cd Py the % blacks in putting down tho robcllicn
oil the facts, not to insist on this. I hold tho
South bound to accord suffrage to the blacks al
numDlO
of her people, whom it is her interest as well as
her duty to conciato and satisfy, ovon though tho
North did not dosro it,. There is no conflict be-
tween tho intorosts and dutios OF the North on
ono side and tho South on tho othar-what is
pest for for each, OF oithor; il best for both-tho
only collision is Iotwo'n their respective rosont-
at loast the leading rebels under ban indefinite
ly; tho South-that is, q majority of tho domi-
negroes under foot-dospisod, poworess, and otton
abused by the white ruffans whose crimes tho bet
m ter class disarow, but mother prevent punish.
Tho loyal North has demonstrated hor ability to
keep tho ust,sts0 ont of C0Mgress; tho f6GSI South
has 1fEHIiae 4 NgygH hsf power to Pr6yo1t indesf.
hs duo FSEGHs9 the
thorrr fnrust consider fTo more generous and far
aceing minds Of either section an opportunity
which once lost will never return. Eassa thaugh
the South were able to foreo her leaders into Con
poMer-- --end public favor, vys1 r6ougTrrc.rurtI
TeFS % aRe 70 force y saagS On the South
stfoHg WAiorItY Of the dominant caste theFg: But
lob~North and South striko hands on tie Basis of
resulting peace will be perfect, all-ombraong and
enduring. Each section will gain everything and
lose really nothing.
As to how tho blacks will vote if enfranchscd.
have not inquired, and do not care to know: That
they will not vote for the. re-establishmont of
slavery, nor for their Acknowledgement nor to
eznit to power those who burn their sohool-houses
and mob thoir camp-meetings, I take to be self
evident. They may make some mistakes at first,
ton and correction do not concur with tho care
fui mother who insisted that her must be kept
out OF the water till he should have learned to
swim. And feel confident that blacks, l.io other
men, viii vote first to socure their rights then
TO promote tho welfare of their country. ~
II the South shall insist on her abstract right |
to- hold tGe Dn1vKs NIB anbje6E race, the North |
wlal-d01btleas fnslst on Tho e1n1ta d1sfran-
OF all the prQmiuent rebels, and matters
wM thus GO on as they have gone for tho Inst year
In, m1t st ohe5lsh my opinion that this is 1n,ise
snail stand with my own people, while awaiting
the calmer and wiser view that 7 am confident must
th prevail The dsinterested will say, 'Iet
sst on keeping the blacks there''-and they will say
80 With an ample reason II the adjustment urge
party ascendancy, tho rebels should be let up and
the blacks be kept down, shall regret it rs much
for tho sake of the South as Of the North, and |
shall feel that tho blanc does not all attach to tho
south; and, whatever tho immediate ISSUE shall |
bate no ot of heart hope that at last and at no
very distant day, our people will be thoroughly |
aarmoniaea and united on the basis of impartial |
md universal freedom. H G.