The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-06

lA'ht TINS purpose Will be Carried into effect
aad it may be tac misfortune Of South Carolina
to fall the prey Of a modern VERnEs, in the
person Of BEN. BUTLER
Now what is our duty under the crcum-
stances? Whose advice shall we heed? Ger
talnly that given by men situated like ourselves;
men of position, wisdom and experience, who
have won the esteem, and confidence Of their
tcliow-citizens There is nothing for us to do
but to watch and wait attend to our social
and material lintcrcsts,-endeavor to patch up
our broken fortunes, rs well as can be done
under present inauspicious circumstances, and
leave the remainder to an all-wise ard inscru-
table Providence.
Our ideas the subject are well expressed
in the following editorial article from the New
York Daily Ncus Of Saturday, headed ssMaster-
ly Inactivity the Policy of the South:''
'But meanwhile what arc the Southern people to
do IN behalf of their sectional interests? We an
swer, let them do nothing, far political action
A masterly inactivity is the Best policy they can
adopt. Time, that will gradually teach the masses
Of the North the necessity Of rodcen,ing there
pubhcanlsm OF the country, will work out the
problem in tho interests Of the South. The Radi-
Gals demand negro suffrage and the ratification
of the Constitutional Amendment. Thoy can get
States and the su1rages Of the Southern people.
Even the usurped power Of a Radical Congress
must bend to the fact of the refusal to accept
those conditions. The Legislatures Of the South
ern States have only to abstain from any action on
t the proposed amendment; am the Southern people
pave only to refrain from granting the elective
franchise to the freedmen. Congross, in either
case, viii be powerless to compel obedience to tho
will Of tue Congressional minority. They can, it is
true, keep the doors of the national capitol shut
for a time against Southern representatives but
let them Dc their worst, and the condition Of the
cessation Of hostlities. It the Southern people
have lived for two years without central represen-
tation they can I've without it for two years
longer. There is much virtue in passive resist
ance, when the influence of time is in favor Of
those that passively resist. the masses of the
North VII soon aPpreeiate that their inter csts
No member Of the body polite be wounded
and deprived Of the exercise Of it's natural functions
ty y to the TRSe 91s bs 5te
the belly for their health and vigor. but it is
equally true at the belly is dependent upon the
Runp Congress as the belly of our body poitic, )
still we submit that the essence of our National
Legislature is complete representation, and that
provoking anarchy and revolution, and cannot
exist for day except in antagonism with the first
principles OF q republican form of government. KY
We say to the South, in all that concerns nation
al politics, watch and wait Let the Constitutional
Amendment and the question Of negro suffrage be
ignored as far as possible; if thrust upon your
communities. let them be rejected. Give your
attention to the recuperation Of your section from
its its material exhaustion. Labor to give activity
f ana t efficiency 70 your industrial spheres Bring
treasures that Nature in despite of Radical tyran
n.y. IS ready to pay you for the sweat Of your brows
that you mako fair terms with thos, that
would take advantage Of your poverty to extort
from you the surrender Of your principles. It is
with you simply a question of endurance You
have jewels that are precious to you; principles Of
lnestimable value to you ard your children and
your chlldren's children. While you have strength
to endure, do not sell them for privileges that are
your inheritance, and that, in time, you will recov-
without a shameful barter