The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-02-07

$50 Il hiss ever been and no II viii ever
be, world withdpt enc, 4 cnunot add,
Amen i Slicks "a ny fhfoes For
IS ;|;I' IS " ] 8 : !
HAVING no olhef bSsi ri sn credit upon
credit. fouf<pI y, and 4 axstion, Sskts
and Federal {of Iinpefisl) quite equal
| In amount, Inm not .suse that Is bless
led standing siin the way of flnance.
might not, at any moment, prove the
very salvation ofs The ship in her last
lufch. For, as NJ. Gpizot in his Histo.
Try Of Cromwell, profoundly observes,
"it is by exhaustion and necessity that
God imposes justice aud good sense up
on nations" f= --rs- ',. ~.
Meantime, however, deriving such
satisfaction---and il Is both great, and
sweet--as springs from the recent de.
cisions Of the Supreme Court of the
United States, conyicsing Abraham Lin.
coin and his administration Of high
crime against the Constitution and pub
lie and private liberty, confne myself
chiefy-havipg no cabbage garden to
cultivate, especially duting- the present
cold snap-. to the studies and labors OF
my profession, and am content Just now
to look on in politics, and await with
faith and patience the work of.'time, the
correetor and srenger.", Two sugges-
tions only would make, most respect
fully :, -, :. -. $3.50.
/. Ought we not forthwith to begin
to agitate for a Convention of all the
States, to meet and adjust upon the ba.
sis of the fundamental principles of the
old Constitution and Union, the new
and momentous questions, and the al
tered condition Of things. arising out Of
the late war. and If the bargain 4"
which our fathers made for the sake Of
securing a Union and Federal Govern
ment at all, is to be set aside under
rretense Of establishing exact justice and
equity, and States are to be dealt with
as the mere creatures Of the Federal will
and pleasure, and divided, consolidated
dated moulded TO suit the fashion of the
hour, and the interest of those who can
! secure and hold the power, is it not a
good TINA nowt to demand that the gross
iniquity Of the present Senatorial repre-.
sentation should give way TO equity
before the law" and that in re settling
the great question of suffrage upon the
theory Of (" impartiality," three millions
of " Yankees I" shall no longer be per-
mitted to vote twelve Senators, while
three millions of g Buckeyes )" are gra'
ciously allowed to vote but two q
Would New England, think you, see
the point! -
2. Without single representative
man, to whom all defer, in any depart
ment Of the Federal Government, Of
any State Government: in the North Of
West, without even general commit
tee, always in session, and having the
confidence Of the party, and therefore
without any means to give uniformity
concert and promptitude to the opin,
ions and actions Of the Democratic par
ty, upon the sudden and very grave
questions, which, ju the midst Of re
volu,ion every day, .bringa forth TO per.
plex and divide, what that party needs
most now, is it not first class daily
newspaper, say at Washington-likC
the old Washington Globe-secme OF
lis. pecuniary ,foundstion. totally Demo
cratic in its politics, controlled by
clique, dependent only on the Demo
cratic masses for support, the reflex 0
their sentiments, devoted heartily t
their interests, and edited by some on,
or more of The statesmen Of the country
having an established national reputa
iion, and in whose ability and integrit,
: alike the people have full confidence
Cut of by fahaticism and revohtionar.
hate from every other public employ
Elent, what, bu. want Of capital, cal
forbid the representative public men 9
the Democratic party, from connecting
, themselves with the "Four,h Estate /;
department in politics quite rs homo,
,, able and, as full of dignity, more pr
tential too, aud far more lucrative, oi
:, tentimes, than any official station, eve
when fairly gained, aud, as to the las
especially, whenhonesrly filled. -
Very truly, &c, %. .,.'.,..' -.
G. L. VALLANDIGHAM.