The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-02
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: One Of the evils of "a military government
| undoubtedly is the uncertainty which belongs
to its actioniT- that is to soy, peopleneyer know
! when circumstances may require, in the. opine
ion Of those who administer it, orders which
mag. affect, existing laws. And this uncertainty
always exerts; an unfayo orabler influence upon
the business Of fancountry.,.. But We ~
recollect la+ = q Aie1At AAAe o'-i0 e'en
| military authority IS modified by the atmos-
phere in which it exists, and we have no req
son to anticipate such an; exercise Of absolute
power as has marked Austrian rule" IN Milan
and Venice, OF Russian rule IN Warsaw. Like
every other power :on= this: continent military
power will, to q great extent, represent the
! opinion and the prejudices Of the people, and
! depend as much after all upon popular sympa-
thy as armed strength: Like all other old
governmental forms, we have adopted its prin-
ciple but have very much modified its action.
We think, therefore, that however anxious
we may be for its removal, and however active
ly we may employ those judicious and proper
means by which it will be rendered unneces-
sary, our people ought to :be on their guard.
against the exaggerations of its exercise, which
public rumor is always suggesting: Eaefy
now and then people allow themselves to be;
aurried and excited by the rumor that some
| thing very extreme is going to be done, and
| the expression Of: irresponsible and subordi-
+ nate officials is reported from month to mouth,
! to the discomfort Of men who really want to
attend quietly to their own business: z.sis'- I.
I:-Now, it seems to US that things have ad-:
4 yanced fur enough under the Reconstruction
| Act for sensible men to form tolerable def
| mite idea Of what are its purposes, and how it
will operate: circumstances may, of course;
occur which may render some extraordinary
exercise Of military power necessary. It VIII
be muchcto .be regretted if this should be so;
/ but we do not see the probability Of any such
/ occurrence. 4 N5 III ~ i'.='f.-s- i::.--::iF.S'f i::.--iF.S
The: whole State seems determined quietly
| and thoroughly to do its part, and the recent
public meetings in Pickens, Lexington, Rich
Land, Sumter md Marion oil indicate the. prev
alence Of kindly and healthy feeling, and. JUS
tify the ant! ipation not only that there will be
no conflict between the races, but that White
and black. will move harmoniously together
toward common result. =: ~ A. u 4; =;
I'll s. & &erefore. that people should
| discourage all anticipation OF evii-tIhnat they
should wait for actual orders before they be-
ieve il the probability Of. mischievous inter
ference in their daily habits: and avocations,
and that they should, fec. ==eesre that as long
as they see the civil and municipal officers 81
the State doing their duty, such officers will
continue in the proper discharge Of their! i'm
portant functions:
Nor should we be made uneasy by the re-
ports of violent opinions which the Telegraph
may scatter over the country from prominent;
men, In times; like these: there always will be
men with distempered 1iversand verysbad tenn
pers, and the more violent they are the more ST
likely: is it that the weaker they feel .Wethink
nothingain the history Of the last Congress
clearer than that thesmen. who claimed to be
leaders were the mere followers. Of pubic:
opinion, and that just as surely as the great
mass Of PUBLIC opinion manifests its wish that:
this vexed question OF shall be
closed, just soisoon will, these leaaera had am
pie. reason for following again ME- srE-
vEKg may pc an exception: ::,: His career,
however it is t. be rea s history, Is drawing
TO itsclose.: BE has done hisWork, such as lit is.
dis peculiar bitterness and vindictiEepass be-
long Is the individualit of his. character, and
IS I: he looks fprYard IS no large future; it is
very easy;t see why he should be unwilling to
the very last to sacrifice these characteristics
| which have made him noticeaDle in life, and
which will give interest to his historical por-
! trait after death. . = $::t .@l.. ::s ~
We do not think our people need be disturb
ed BY such dying malice as is manifested in his
! last utterances. ys f-.: Z. i.'-' : . @
r. If we viii so on steadily and :resolutely as
we have begun with thework Of reconstruction,
upon the * neony,iation ,!I that the whole country
| wants peace and restoration, and .Nin sustain
this act if fairly 5.sith. .fnality-
i We Will evote our energies to the; business
Of every day life, which i: hard enough and
large enough before us, without listening to or
believing every idle that this Or that ,ex-:
traordinary thing is to be done, We will ind
ourselves at the end Of the year nearer to y:
solution Of our difficulties than we could rea-:
sonably have hoped; two two months ago, and that
solution which we believe viii offer to all our
people new and brighter prospects Of success-
fal industry and prosperous IL e1-t.
sE1es1sE:hAT1oN1 LAT %. ~ nEw ORLEANS: ]. !:
The New Orleans Times, which has strenu-
ously advocated reconstruction under the laws.