East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-10-18
SOUTH CAROLINA.

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ions they may have entertained, have
always been distinguished for practi-
cal craftsmanship. Calhoun the Me-
phistocles Of American statesmen, al
ways knew what he wished to accom-
plish, and always had clear and well
defined ideas Of the means necessary
to accomplish the desired ends. He
left the mantle of his subtle wisdom
to South Carolina. She believed in
slavery, be ieved to the extent of dis
believing in everything that came in
conflict with that institution, it mat
tered not whether it was free speech,
free press, free schools or the Con-
stitution and the Union, she assailed
it openly, fiorcely and vindictively
whenever tho interests of slavery could
be promoted thereby. And thus with
a singlencss of purpose and with tai
ent, energy and zeal worthy of a bet
ter cause, she fostered and protected
slavery until it became identified with
every interest in the State. 1t was her
great source of wealth, the only pass
port to social position, and the exclu-
sive path to political honors. 1t was
at tho same time the foundation and
the keystone in her political structure.
In 1860, upon the election of Lin
coin and Hamlin, she honestly be-
lieved, or, believing that - was for
her interests to believe, dishonesty
professed to believe, that her cherish
ed institution was in danger and that
its only safety was in the independ-
ence of the South, and she promptly
placed herself in hostility to the Gen.
eral Government, being the first State
to pass an ordinance of secession
The story of the terrible struggle of
two civilizations, and the fearful loss
of life and treasure, has passed into
history. And through the whole con-
flict, South Carolina stood firm and
steadfast, bearing up against disaster
after disaster without murmur, and
with a spirit very nearly akin to hero
ism, until there came finally to the
Confederate cause utter and over
whelming defeat; and then recogniz-
ing the fact that the war had destroy
ed slavery, she was the first State to
adopt the amendment to the Constitu-
ton abolishing it.
And her present Legislature has
given proof that her craftsmanship is
emincntly practical. Now that slavery
is abolished and the negro is free
man, they understand that his inter-
ests are identical with the interests of
every other freeman in the State, and
so they have passed an act which pro-
tects him in the enjoyment Of every
civil right, except the right to inter-
marry with the whites. We may rest
assured that South Carolina will not
suffer that law to remain dead let
ter upon her statute books, nor will
she permit her free population to re-
main ignorant and degraded. She
knows that before freemen will labor
they must be reasonably certain of the
privilege of enjoying the rewards of
labor and to be valuable laborers they
must be intelligent, and she will leg
islate aocoi dinghy. Her old energy,
zeal and talent will manifest them
selves in new direction. What she
has hitherto done in the interests of
slavery, she will now do in the inter-
ests of freedom. We believe that she
will still lead the South, and that she
will march straight towards success
with Iapidity that will astonish her
old opponents. Who does not hope
and pray for this ? Who does not bid
her God speed on the journey that she
has already commenced p? And who
does not know that the Freedman
Bureau and Civil Rights Bills, Great
ing a police force within her borders,
unknown to her State laws, and COM
ing often necessarily in conflict with
those laws, will retard her progress,
and indeed that all oliicious informed
ding with individuals and States is
now unadvisable (?
1t is because our present Congress
in VIGOROUSLY deficient in practical
craftsmanship, that the present issues
are forced upon tho country.
The nomination of Mr.. b. Bradley
for Senator in the 9th District is a
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