The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-10-13

not forsske and lead the army of assasairs against
it? About 'sthe Christian gentleman" yll PEI
haps have heard Of Andersonville, Belle Isle, Eio.
by Prison, Camp Lawtop, Salisbury, and twenty
other hells of horror, where moro tfan thirty-fve
thousand of otlr soldiers and sailors were cruelty
and deliberately murdered by starvation, and this
"Christian gentleman" who all the time was near
some Of the scenes of these Darbarian horrors,
never uttered, so far as we know one word of pro-
test against this wholesale murder; and yet who
doubts that he might, by. IN order or request,
have saved the lives Of thousands Of our soldiers
This is the "Christian gentleman who receives
special consideration at the hands OF our Com.
mander-in. Chief Had these rebels conducted
their rebellion SO honoraby, 80 humanely that
they were entitled to the extraordinary conditions
given them by General Grant? Why should not
the surrender have been unconditional? Then
there would have been no difficulty about trying
traitors for treason. I want to zee at least one
traitor tried convicted and executed, so that
future generations may know that there is such q
crime known to our laws as treason, and that it
canbe punished.
cept by keeping them out Of place and power un-
til such time as they shall obey present laws, stop
shooting Union people, and ratify the Constitu-
tional Amendment; and, when they conduct them.
selves like good aw-abiding citizens, then it will
be time to let them help make the laws Of the
intentions and motives have nothing to do; it is
with his acts and the effects of some OF those acts
that propose to DEAL have never known of any
ssconspiracy to attack him." L do not know that
General Butler ia on the Presidential track, and
am not shs follower" or the follower Of any
body else Thus far III life have always taken
the unwarrantable liberty of thinking for myself
aud shall probably continue to do 30 until the end
of my earthly existence.
/. RUSH @. HAWKINS.
Z ) TIE NEW YORK HERALD ON THE CONTEST.
There is a great contest going 0nlbetween the
representatives OF. opposing ideas in. Congress
and among the people. Ono bido represents the
principle OF uG biotts--wo to- the yanqnished-sin
its EXTREMIST and most ruthless form, and adVo-
Gates general confscation throughout the late
rebel States, the distribution 0fther lands among
the colored population, the enfranchisement OF
the blacks, and the diefranchisement oY all who
took part n the rebellion, meaning all the white
citizons of the SOUTH. It's champions are the re-
morseess Stevens, The con ,eitod Sumter and the
loud-mouthed, believing Butler, the mock hero OF
Bethel and Fort Fisher and protector OF the ia.
mons Dutch Gap canal. The other side, supported
by tho moderate mon Of all political parties, and
finding adherents even jr the Southern States,3
inests on nothing more than those guarantees for.
the future which the acts OF the past seem to
render necessary. Those guarantees are embodied
III Tho amendments to the Constitution proposed
by Congress at it's laet session and submitted to
to the States for ratification. When those amend
mehts nre engrafted on the Constitution, as they
undoubtedly will be, then will commence the rule
Of that party which will be the governing party OF
the future, and under which tho strides OF this
country to greatness .pnd power will outstip
In the last third Of this century it's wonderful
progress iufthe first two-thir OF it.