The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-24
GOVERNOR pEn1,Y,s LETTER.

, la, :. t ,,.,i, ',Lo- ,,.,;,;o, 60, -, -,
F;,,n.,;nn na.,r., ,ho s0oro,,rv or wor or,, ,ha
Military Commander TO be fled for hearing. ~
has subp~nacd Mr.. STANTON and General
PorE TO appear before the Court on the first Of
next December. II is not worth while now to
discuss tho probable character of what will be
tho final decision, BECAUSE for oil practical Pur-
poses, The decision Is now made The Recon
struc,ion Act will be enforced without intorfcr-
cncc, and by the lime TINT tho argument as to
its constitutionality is begun, IL will 30 COM
plctely' have executed itself as to have estab-
lished consequences beyond the reach Of any
judicial decision. 1t is to be hoped therefore,
that thoso VINO nave le1' :le a du'y 70 support
this prooeedihg VIII aisoharge WIN equant hdel-
ity the duty which now low lies very clearly before
them. Public opinion IN this state has, We
tniink, 30 resoiutety oeterniheo 20 ao that eu'Y'
ireeiy anu promptly sna' We "ou'a @ NOT haYe '
ueemeq IL necessary 20 ,' recur 70 hao'eet upon
whion we nave SPOKEN % ouf ,eauers Win . IN
i'crn'i0h ''' 'na' naS "e,l nat' De'ome "'nii7
sumo, "ero n'' iur wv ie'''f ieoen Wy pun
iisheu ny 'ne non D. T. fh1hf' ~nioh NC re-
pfou"'e ~ ou. columns ,t"hn .nis inoin no
reeosn,1e 'ne risns u 'nis en.ineu' 0,'i1en %
speak 10 the people Of the State, and to be
heard Fespeetialiy. NO ono In the state, per-
naps' can speak from 30 Sariea an experience.
r' was ono Oh Ine vsry Mas npumry
opposed to secession. If ,wo aro not mistaken,
he was defeated as candidate for the Conyen-
| tion of 1860 from his District, upon that very
ground. After tho State seeded, Mr.. Penny
became Q member Of the State LegislGt Gture :;
was ono ofthe most earnest, most consistent
| and nblest advocites Of oil those measures of
Legislation necessary for tho prosecution of the
war, and perhaps one of the most determined
opponents Of any opposition to the policy of; the
Confederate d oyernment, or Of any settlement
Of the contest upon amy terms save those Of Inde-
pehdenceiaHis colleagues in the Legislature will
never forget'thc effect produced by the conolu.
| ding sentence of one Of his most effective
speeches 81 was tho last mnn to CONC out Of
the Union. will be: tho last! man t5 20 back
i into it:',. During the war, Mr. PEaRr wns w,n !,
Con,mIssnb A. for a - r.on,,,o.; -, "a !. ,s
| od nd n;o,r;o, a,,,,no. :, -. re' ~
State and inc, ahom, -. a,.saH sssn =. .ns
conc'd,-,,o n;.,s;s.i - aS "rpotnec - -"
South Caro,ino M, ,ons,,.s,., M s =. 'e ,a"s =.
Judge. Tho, ,ur-,,d,n.ns t., .n,,, 1oussn,,
nut on end 4 1T. nh;S,,ll, SnaH 49, sG;Ii
fow months modo pror;.;ona, ,r..1." ' -"
stn,o Nv I'm Pttrs;d,n; md th,s .sE.a - hoIs
iii until fbo sicsfson of coror,or o. =. ~. .,,s.
oessor md b;g!o;,vr, s,s,tion. =; 80, a.
| inc v6; !, ,ho un;,.5 81. -
me, thorofors ,,ara had ,oSasS - w
| used onnoriunitv moro con.c;s,,;nms,,, .c,,s:
prehend the VARYING relations md ,,o.;,;on os
ttbo s,oto IN ,b;o ro.o,,,t;nn, ~ AS@S,i.'
Before entering however ,non Tho con s;d.,o
tion Or The advice ',gj,icI, faovornou
now volunteers 10 the Slate -. m,,s,
our surnriss TINT be s,ron,,i 30 r,r !, :. ax.1
come ithe natural kind5i,jnIo,s, nnd a.n.roa;.n
of hid nat,iirr,e itiir, as 10 ina,rs (, ,1,,,coh
ms tho following: "In order 10 ieb0nc -. Iro,ai.
nent sonthorn man ofrars bova ha.,, ~ -,
Congress- asa q removs ibeir dsob,i,;ss,Tana i
would seem moi withou, srooasan H. 49,
Governor forgotten that On sentemb.r % isGs
hid addressed :the ,,low;n,, ~,
- .. e..- ~ a.,
Convention have shown their loyalty to the
Union, by their works and action, and II is |
proper, they should bo pardoned y .S.,
Pleaae telegraph me TINT iheir pardons will
bc sent by mail, SO that I mny tell them before
they leave here" And would he have thought
it just or generous to describe this application
for pardon;a \ niade, Gin :" ia order to :debeuch
prominent Southern menis''n And oahI hpssay !
nov what is ~ tlls moral. difference between tho
Presidents en pardon, and Tho Congressional re-
moyal Of disability Surely Governor sPEnny
will admit 81 that att in times like these men's opin
ions may with regard to any policy, change
with changing circumstances, and That the
honesty of: Governor. BRoWs''A advice t4iis no
moroito be suspected, because Senator sHan-
MAN introduced q resolution tolrelie4e. him !
from disability, than his own advice wes to I
havo been mistrusted in 1866 because he was
Pardoned, and made Provisional Governor.
Nor DO dove, ", think that Governor PEnnf can
suspect.us to accept his prophecies, as solid
ground for his opinions; If he thinks to-day,
honestly, as We have no doubt he does, that
Sthcre is mol tho remoteai hope Or probability |
fthc Southern States being restored to the
Union till after the next Presidential election"
tits not .yory long ago that he held Just as
honestly Q very different opinion II he thinks
today Tint the reaction OF ihe. North "has al
ready oetnmentsa iii. Come ailcat and, win
sooner q later sweep o,org.ho WHOLE IN, North
WcstGrn and Middle - he nust mot for,