The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-30
GHk~R RLE ESTON.
& SATURDAY MORNING, n1ARgH 80, 1857.
WHY SHOULD cARoL1N1ANs DIFFER.

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With the love OF the soil on which he was born,
God has associated beyond the possibility Of sepa-
raton, the strongest, the purest and the hoest Of
human impulses and If there is ofeeling to which
the heart Of every Caronian responds it is to the
love Of his native State. And ought not the cala-
ity that weighs upon her heavily now to strengthen
the love which was SO true and devoted in the day
Of her prosperity and her pride? Like great sor-
row in q common home, ought it not to draw closer
together the children OF the same mother? If
relief safety can be found anywhere, it must be
in our mutual good Will and our united action II
common effort is to be broken by even honest diff
ference Of opinion on minor points, then we can
expect only universal and nremedable ruin, aud the
State We profess to love will find her last and bit
terest woe in the angry strife Of the children she
has left her. For it is clear the sunlight that
though upon a Thousand minor points Of opinion
we may differ, there is for all Of Us the same Direct
imperative, pressing duty. y
What. is that duty? To secure the election to
the Convention which will meet this year to reor-
ganize the State of South Carolina, Of the best,
wisest and most virtuous men, who are not exclud-
ed from election by the law. If the future South
Carolina is to be great and prosperous State, the
foundations which are to be laid this year must be
laid in strict Justice to all. The structure we seek
to raise must be the habitation the home, the de-
fence Of all the children of South Carolina black
and white. We must feel that we are all bound to
her by ties Of duty strong as destiny, and that
the tie which binds to her must if we are to find
safety and peace, unite us to each other.
I To drop all metaphor and speak as plainly as we
can, the task set before US involving all our duty
and all our hope, is the Reconatructon Of the
State. And this work devolvea properly upon
those who live and expect to live here. Theirs
is the duty, theirs the responsibility, theirs the
consequences Of success OF failure. No inter6er-
ence Of outside influences can DO for good We
must, if we can, prevent all outside influence.
What We want is State government that shall
command the confidence Of all our people, Of our
white people and our black people. We want
Constitution that shall respect ther5ghts Of all and
open to every man sphere for the development
of whatever gifts OF strength or wisdom God has
given him q Constitution which shall secure us
far as paper constitutions can, that we shall be
governed by our wisest and best men. In our
perplexed and critical condition, TO form such
Constitution, will require Convention OF calm,
grave, Conscientious men not-of politicians seek
ing the triumph Of this that party, the elevation
OF this or that man. Now, how can we secure the
election Of such Convention /? It viii be hard to
do. It is difficult perhaps to gay how it can cer-
tainly be done, but it is very easy to say how it
can surely be prevented. We have but to engage
in party strife, to exaggerate our differences Of
opinion, to impugn each others motives, to distort
each unguarded word, and the work is done The
doom we viii have brought upon ourselves Will be
dark enough to satisfy the hatred Of our most ma
ignant foe. 3
We may accomplish the same end with almost
equal certainty n smother way. We have but to
fold our arms and stand still to drift to the same
ruin. There are those who seek to divide that
they may destroy as. Earnest upceasing, and
akallful efforts will be made 70 array the blacks
against the whites, and these efforts must be
counteracted by equal earnestess, persistency,
and skill Is there is to be an union Of the races in
South Carolina, for the sake of their own good and
the good Of the State, the initiative must be taken
by those who are superior In in5oraticn IN train
ing, and in position. They must labour to con-
vince the blacks that they are their true and most
faithful friends, and they must prove themselves so
In this work there isnot good man in South Caro-
lima who has not an important part to play. Il win
not do to say, this cannot be done. It Musr be
done, and it CAN be done. The first step is to -be
just. Let us clear our hearts Of old preiudices,
Let us honestly and thoroughly recognise every
right with which the black man has besn invested
in the new order Of things, and agree to: provide
rights ,and our appeal to him viii he i.-essti-
ble-with common interests, common hopes and .
common destiny, Whist reply canhe make when we
ask him: why should Carolinians diferf
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