The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-15
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Ihe Hdchmond 1an1es hsS the fol
lowing just and proper remarks on
the conditions on which the radicals
propose to admit the Representatives
Of the Southern States to Congress.
We publish, in another column.
these conditions, amended and COM
plete, rs they have passed both
Houses of Congress, and in the form
they viii he submitted to the States
Of the Union:
Does any sane man, any rational
politician, if such nondescript can
be found, sdppose that were the
South to accept the terms proposed
by the radicals in Congress they
would be willing to see our Repre-
sentatives back there? That factious
majority, at the head of which Chief
Justice Chase now stands, their Pre-
sident in prospectu, who are opposing
the wise policy of President Johnson,
offer us restoration to the Union, if
we viii adopt their doctrine Of negro
suffrage. This they demand and In
sist on, knowing the South will not
assent to such q bargain. If the
South were to accept their terms to-
morrow, nobody would be more sur
prised or shocked than these self
same radicals. We much fear that
not even the 6oquet d' AfricanQ, in
allopathic doses, would restore
Messrs. Sumner, Stevens e. Co. from
the collapse into which they would
inevitably sink upon the announce
ment that the South had accepted
their proposed bargain and adopted
negro suffrage They offerit because
they know it viii not be accepted,
and would be excessively surprised
were the South to adopt it, and their
plan of perpetuating their power by
the exclusion of the Southern States
be defeated. Were we inclined to
entertain their proposition, wewould
distrust their sincerity, we'll knowing
that 1t is but an excuse for delay, and
that were it accepted, other OBJ
stacies would be thrown in the
way of our restoration.
Were the negroes made voters to-
morrow, they would add nothing to
the Republican strength. In nine
cases out Of ten, we believe they
would vote with their former masters
and employers, who are their natural
guardians and protectors, and to
whom now. in trouble or distress,
they look for protection and assist
ance, and do not look in vain. TO the
great disgust of the anti-slavery So
ciety, we would wager that ninety
nine In hundred would vote with
their former masters. We under
stand them, and speak knowingly;
have been brought up by and amongst
them, and appreciate their common
sense views of their own interests.
Their white employers would have
twice the influence with them of
those nasal-twangcd gentlemen of
Andovcr, those pious theological
f1edglngs from the Cambridge divini-
ty school or the radiant army of
lovely ''school- that has in
vaded us. Good juicy Virginia ba-
con, corn bread, hominy and tum-
bier of whiskey, would have a hum
2red-fold the effect that all the Goldfish
and hardtack the "Bosting" market
could import or produce john
Browns pcrturbed spirit could never
contend in this world with Davy
Crockctts style of electioneering
And this the radicals would learn to
their cost, should they succeed in
forcing negro suffrage on the unhap-
py South. The Southern planter,
like a Highland chieftain ut the head
of his clan, would marshal his hands
1T the polls with much more certainty
of control than the mill-owners Of
Lowell or Manchester do their opc-
ratives.
But the South will never consent to
the degrading bargain and sale pro
posed, which palpably violates the
letter and spirit of the Constitution,
under which it is now supposedto be
1t would rather await patiently the
hour Whcc the conservative Senti-
nent of the North shall rescue it
without sale from the political de-
gradation in which it now is. We
would not accept restoration on such
terms, if every bale of cotton, every
article of plate, furniture or clothing
that has been taken from MS shonld
be restored to its lawful owner.
In the North Carolina State Con-
vention, last Friday. the day was con-
sumed in discussing the proposed
amendments to the State Constitu-
ton in relation to the judiciary de