The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-08-09

to get we'll. Even O largo number of my collapsed
OF ofseS y patients got veil in TerV few dsrs
out passing through stago OF fever or having
anv cerebral disturbance.
My field OF observation during the invasion of
lSi9 was extensive, many of you know. My
office Was in the crowded German portion Of our
city, where every physcian had more calls to
visit persons stricken with this disease thau eveu
with the utmost taxing of his physical powers, he
was able to attend.
The FaIschood and E1aggeration of the
Radical Press.
tFron, The New Fork Times, Republican,
Tho course Of the Radical press in regard to
the New Orleans riot would be moro tolerable il it
conveyed an lmpre- sion Of Observation-Disclosures or
since rity. Considerable allowance might be made
for the extravaganza Of an attack upon the popu-
latiop OF gr, at city, if the aim clearly were to
bring the population into moro hearty accord with
the Republic. Tho elevation OF saug ghtered ne
groes into martyrs might be excusabe il there
were any tcnablo ground for believing that it pro-
ceeded lrum humane and unselfsh concern for
an ignorant and hardy-used race. But for this
charitable INTERPRETATION Of the course pursued
by Radical journals there is no room It is at va
rance with indisputable facts, for their course is
lntellglble only when we start with distinct IN
derstanding that the aim of Radical journalism is
to intensity sectional bitterness, not to promote
sectional harmony-te 70 ter the feelings of auger
and enlargement as between the Unionsts of the
North and tn people Of the South-to aid tho
purposes of those who would ride into power on
the strength OF pretended sympathy with the
blacks, would subject the majority of the whites
to insult and oppression.
Thus considered, the Incorporate misrepresen-
tatiUn OF affairs in New Orleans the unscrnpulous
and unjust abuse of President johnson for his
conduct IN relation thereto, and the wholesale i'm
putations upon the loyalty and humanity Of the
perhcial observer. They are parts Of welcon-
sidered scheme to help the Radical party in keep
ing the South out OF the Union. They arc devel-
opment Of the policy that has for months past sys;
IN nn a. ava ppi,ll
be made to tell against the South. They are in
conformity with the tactics which have persistent
~ ignoied all evidence Of returning friendiness
outrage overy act or da wong
longing the era of military supremacy
Nothing is too great, nothing is too small for
this purpose. The spirit which seizes upon the
dwells with malignant perseverance upon it's
every incident, does not disdan the murder Of
solitary citizen. All is good fsh that comes to
service to the Radical cause The same process
OF perversion that represents a riot begun by ne
groes as war upon the negroes, is used to con-
vey the idea that an assault npnn loyal citizen,
or robbery from which loyal citizen suffers, or
squabble i'll which colored individual loses an
eye, or light in which a rebel rowdy kills
Union rowdy, must be regarded as an indication
Of general lawlessness and dsloyalty. The inten-
tion is the same in every instance. 1t is to keep
alive i'll feeling between North and South, and be.
tween races in the South with the view Of justify
ing tue programme proposed by the Radicals.
Not week passes without an illustration upon
this head Ere the ink is dry which accuses Presi-
dent dent johnson OF murder, tidings come of the
killing of an ex-Union soldier in his bed, some-
where in Georgia. Forthwith cry is raised for
reimposing martial law upon that State, and lying
homles are preached upon the ineradicable de-
pravlty and treason Of the Southern people. From
another quarter we have the news that q black
man mas lost his life in a street brawl, Of the
origin OF which we know nothing; and again the
country pdI6p1 okol,o tome &l,a
divine mission of the Freedmen's Bureau, as
lambs.
or course, the journals which thus pander to
sectional prejudice, and feed the passions npon
whlch the Radicals play as key to power, take
no notice OF incidents and demonstrations at va
OF returning reason and loyalty which have been
visible in the South, they have had no word of en-
couragement or even OF recognition. There has
been plentiful record Of age by negroes out
rage upon females, murderous attacks upon
white men, and robberies without number but
our hadical contemporaries have not been honest
OF the account. They have kept out of sight the
dispatch from New Orleans, stating that after the
termination Of the riot the peace was a second
We sa they M
indite say ,ge articles upon the lawessness of
phiiadelPhla, predicted upon the doiugs Of
couple or black cut-thrOats, as reported yesterday
afternoon. Had the attempt at murder occurred
in Charleston, and had the hired assassins been
white instead OF black there would be 40 end to
the sensational headings and essays upon the
subject.
The folly of this method of ministering to parti-
san prejudice is as obvious as it's mschievousness.
What would be thought of the Richmond editor
who should gather together the details Of single
months murders in the city Of New York, and pro.
pose to hold The whole community responsible for
the record? Or of tho New Orleans editor who
should parade q late case OF matricide in Connect-
cut as u proof OF social disorganizaton in the land
OF social habits? Or Of the Charleston editor who
should cite cases oflawlessnessf from the sparse set
Elements OF Iowa or tho remote region of Nevada
as an evidence of anarchy in the great West? He
would be laughed at as a fanatic or a fool. He
would be told that exceptional OF crime prove
nothing save that the millennium has not dawned
upon the world. He would be reminded Of the
danger and injustice Of hasty generalization, and
would be toll that, despite these drawbacks, the
North and West rank on a level with the most
clvilz"d communities. Why shall we deal differ
entity with the south? Why shall we exact from
Son hern cities more profound respect for virtue
ana law than exists among ourseives2 Why shall
we erect Tor the Southern people standard to
wbich we OF the North have not attained, or affirm
a degree OF general responsibility which in the
NORTH would be Indignantly repudiated2 Let it
be admitted, once for always, that, apart frSm
the reoeilion Southern citizens neither bette,
nor worse than Northern citizens. And lot us noe
forget that since North and South are bound 10
dwell together, and to share the future together,