The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-02
The Daily N ews.
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE Q, 1886.
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CAMDEN, g. O., May 28.-As you arc now pub
fishing reports from different sections of our State,
it would, perhaps, not be inapropos to give some
information about affairs up this way. Our town
now wears tho bright habilimonts OF summer
the trees which ornament it's streets are replote
with luxuriant foliage, and their feathery inhabi-
tants make the welkin merry with their chrping.
All nature is clad in gold array so bright and
lovely that one almost forge the dread dark
hours we have just emerged from. Wore it not
that our hearts daily made to bleed by the
reopening Of the wounds wo arc endeavoring to
heal, We could again be happy as OF yore But
the unseemiy ruins of'burned homesteads still
pain tho eye of the passer-by chilling the plea
eures of the genial influences of peace and sum
nher. Yes, there they stand, sad relics of times
that made mems hearts bleed ut every PORE from
wounds whose ulcerationS can never be wholly
effaced There, where those dusty ruins now lay,
many q noble heart beat with fonduess; there
many parent nursed her offspring; many an
infant learned to lisp its first words of endear-
ment; there, in short, were formed all the ties
that bind man with such sacred affection and de-
voted tirmness to the place he calls home, and to
which, wherever his footsteps may wander or
stray, his heart turns with holy yearning.
How can our conquerors expect that we should
be 30 quickly reconciled to our sad fate2 Are VIC
habliments of clly2 Is there no heart pusating
within our bosoms2 Or we monsters, who
are incapable OF all the sacred feelings tnat AMI
get so quickly tho sorrows, tears, and heartaches
of the bitter past; that we must blot from memo
iry al those heroic deeds Of our noble soldiers that
once made our souls thrill with pride 81 those
terrible deeds OF our reyengeful cnemes that de-
ISOLATED our hearts as well as homes2 If such is
tho case, then indeed are we the fit Inhabitants of
that terra inco9nitd alluded to in one OF your
cent able editorials Patience, patience, says the
voice that comes from our sorrowing hearts; time,
the Incompatible Samaritan, will cast the balm of
sweet oblivion on our torn spirits, and we may
forget the terrible past. As the bereaved sufferer
dwells with pain mingled pleasure on the acts OF
dear departed ones, thus nursing his wound until
our bereaved country rocur with grateful, sorrow
full pleasure and pride to the noble deeds Of our
dear departed heroes, and il we are at least per-
mitted this melancholy privilege, we may nurse
our lacerations by these reflections until time and
use will make us less sensible to their pains.
We are rejoiced to know, from recent residence
Pc OF some months in New York, that there are at
the North men who inspired by noble i'm
pulses; right thinking men who appreciate our
condition, and, recognizing in our conduct but the
natural sequences Of our past affections, extend
= to US s'the right hand of fellowship" and sym
pathy, while others, now in power, are endeayor
ing to throw blacker pail Of ruin on US, our
homes our firesides, our best hopes and loftieBt
aspirations than ever did the sword and frebrand
Of the conquering legions that swarmed as locusts
over our devoted land. God grant that our noble
President may enlist the support of this whole re-
united nation to stay the arm Of destruction, and
impede the progress Of the Vaccinations OF these
revengeful spirits that now burn with the fires of
tive to tho peace and welfare OF our whole
country. -
Andrew Johnson stands to-day as a protecting
genius at the portals of national ruin, and fights
our enemies for the sake of his country's glory;
for the sake Of the Constitution he has sworn to
obeyi for the sake OF peace, harmony and pros
Perity. It is TO be hoped that the God-fearing,
just and true men Of tho North will soon awake
to consciousness of the dangers threatened by
the outrageous usurpations of Congress- and in
augurate a new era in the hietory Of this great
hr nrnah =,
its aims and as despicabie and CALLING in it's ef-
fects any that ever stained the page Of history.
1t is only by mutual concession that our unhap-
Ply country can be restored to it's former nteg-
rity. Let the people Of the North arouse their
energies, now yoked by despotic Congress let
them throw off the chains cast around their man
hood and rising in all the nobility Of great
nation, meet the issue. Let them proffer to
sorrowing people helping hand, a sympathetic
tear, and stout, unwavering friendship Let us
in return forget, as best we can. our past griev-
ances, and meet our Northern fellow.ctizena in
the candor and ruthfulness. iu the generosity and
manliness, 80 CHARACTERISTIC of our peopie. Then
the bond of Union and fraternity will he estab-
llshed on & permanent basis, and will conduce to
the benefit Of the whole nation. ..,.
Up here i'll the interior We not much an
noyed by the acts OF Congress until we groan un-
der their effects Many OF our best and most
intelligent citizens have become stoical and sadly
indifferent to politics. from having lost all hope,
all expectation OF justice ct the hands OF our for
mer enemies. Such men need word Of cheer
and comfort to stimulate them to renewed exer-
tlon. Let the Northern PRESS or at least that
portion OF it which is not the echo and blind tool
OF Thaddeus Stevens, advocate their cause, ifthey
would preserve the country. .s- ... -.
The new cotton tax and the crops are the -ab-
sorbing topics OF inquiry and discussion Planters
are very much depressed on account of the former
enormous imposition aud declare their unwilling
ness to continue cotton planting, as it would not
yield return of outlay, much less a respectable
support. a,
The cotton crop is not very encouraging at pre-
sent Though every effort has been made and
every nerve strained to produce large yield of
this staple, regret to say that circumstances
have conspired to reneder our prospects for good
changeable often frosty atmosphere have had the
effect of retarding the growth of the plant, in
many instances destroying the seed entirely, es-
pecially where Ii was old. The supply of new seed
In this section wea insufficient; consequently many
planters were forced to use seed Of not o recent
growth, which has failed in numerous instances to
"come up" even after repeated trials. Some
planters have reploughed and planted corn, feel.
ing confident that this would be more profitable
crop, since the heavy taxation of cotton. The latter
ls considered by all as q certain means OF running
Inc cotton growing interests entirely by the sue
other countries. Therefore, king cotton is about
TO be dethroned, thanks to our wise and beueti-
cent ~ Radical Congress-. They certainly de-
serve the title "Radcal" i'm sinstanoe for their
tSs san Sl desroy the cotton growing interests of
constitutional acts will bear the same radically
destructive results on the prosperity OF our COM
government. -
The corn crop is looking up and the tender
while in other localities the ssere and yello ="
cast predominates. On an average this crop Is
promising. 3 g.. 's.' nED .' anI b. -