The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-06

WILSON has done us gricvious wrong when lie
makes snch charge upon any such authority.
The sslf it is true" does not help the matter.
rTtose in the. North who t-::s. NJ. WILSON viii
believe that he considered the charge probable
before he made SO serious declaration, and
coming from him it goes to the freedmen with
. gravity which it's original inventors could
never give it, and which Gun only excite suspi-
cion and ill feeling. What would Mr. WILSON'S,
constituents think of threat, of con6scation
of the mill owners of Massachusetts, who
should be charged with an attempt to influence
their employees at IN election-and if the
stock of the mills was to be divided among the
laborers where would be the difficulty at any
heated election to prove to q jury of the de-
feated party, the criminal, interference Of the
parties accused. n, -.l,,&,tra.
We confess that to US this declaration out
cals'radicalism is simply war between
rich and poor, between employer and employed
We will guarantee that no one case can be pro
duced in the State which will support this
charge, that 50 far from any such interference
it Will be found that the farmers and planters
will advise their employees to register, and
viii not in any degree interfere with their
votes. Where there are large numbers of
freedmen collected together, and where they
are excited to suspicion and n,istrust, there will
be Misunderstanding and mistrust, but. as q
general rule nobody anticipates either confu-
| sion, discord, or antagonism, in the full and
| complete exercise Of the suffrage Of the State.
We honestly think that the denunciation
| which has been heaped upon Mr.. WILSON in
his journey through the South is not only un-
wise but unfair, OF course it is not pleasant
to see our own; citizens gathered ed-together to be
| argued and tattored; into antagonism against
| what we believe to be our true interests. But
these citizens are free and voters. They have
a right to hear Mr.. WILSON has the right to
be heard: And if we think that Mr.. WILSON
does not speak the things we would, let us
| speak them ourselves. There is no use and no
wisdom in playing '..disgusted.'' If the po-
litical fight is worth the fighting we must meet
our antagonists. with: their own weapons.
But we have the right to ask for fair play.
We do not object to Mr.. W1LsoE's asking the
freedmen to adhere to the Republican party
and convincing them, if he can, that it is thei,
Interest to do So But when he comes into .
| coAAuun1ty AAe LIS, WHICH, IN spite OF old pre-
:fjudices listens to him with respectful attention
he owes it to them not idly or maliciously tt
increase their difficulties and multiply thei,
dangers-no to listen to the calumnious exag
gerations Of small and mischievous men wht
would Ise his name and power for their owr
purposes. He owes it to himself to speak q
] with the authority, so with the moderation 0
q Senator Of these United States, not as Il
q partizan. orator Of; an Executive Committee
and he owes it to the whole country that n,
word of! his shall contribute to embitter clas
against class, to obstruct the peaceful so1utio,
Of an issue upon which not the welfare of thi
State, or of the South, but the prosperity, tn
strength, the safety Of the republican institu
! tions, depends, ~. 80. - .-l.t1. 49,