The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-03-28
Gratifying Indications in the
South.

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to the Reconstruction policy of Con
gress, which cheers our hearts and con
vinces us that there is more honor
generosity and integrity in the bosom
| Of such men as Gov. Brown, Gems. Lee
Longstreet, Hampton, d. Co., than il
their sneaking sNlnrathizers of the
North. These men recommend the peo
| PIE OF the South to accept the terms OF
Congress, when they know those terms
DISTINGUISHES and humiliates thcm.--
They tell their countrymen that they
are conquered, and that it is their duty
to accept such terms as the victorious
impose upon them, while Copperheads
in the North declare tie War fer the
Union failure, and yell nigger, mig
ger, nigger-suf1rage. The indications
now are that the Reconstruction policy
Of Congress will work charlninglv-
Ali over the South meetings are held
favorable to it, and we believe that bv
the first of January 1868, every south
ern State will be represented in Con
gress by true and loyal men.
But we will give some extracts from
speeches and letters so that our read
ers can judge for themselves. 1t will
be seen that the word nigger don't oc-
cur in any Of these extracts. The first
letter is from the pen of the distin-
guished rebel, General Lonostreet
New ORLEANS, La, March IS, 1867.
"To the Editor of the New Orleans
Times:
"DEAR SIR In your paper of yes
terday, you have expressed desire to
hear the views of several gentlemen
upon the political condition of the
country. | find my name mentioned
upon your list and proceed, without
hesitation, to respond.
Gas have never applied myself to
politics. can not claim to speak to the
wise statesmen of the country, who are
deyoting their energies to the solution
of the problem which agitates the pub
lie mind. l can only speak the plain,
honest convictions of soldier
cit can hardly be necessary at this
late day, to enter into a discussion of
the matter that is usually brought up
in arguing upon the proposed plan for
reconstructing the Government. In
deed, I think that many of them are
not pertinent to the question.
"Ihe striking feature, and the one
that our people should keep in view,
is, that we are conquered people
Recognizing this fact fairly and
squarely, there is but one course left for
wise men to pursue. Accept the terms
that are offered us by the conquerors
Nor is there any occasion for feeling
Of humiliation. We have made an
honest, and I hope that I may say a
creditable, fight, but we have lost
Let us. come forward, then, and except
the ends involved in the struggle.
"Our people earnestly desire that
tae constitutional government shall be
re- established, and the only means to
accomplish thisis to comply with the
requirements Of the recent Congress
sional legislatioie
s'It is said by some that Congress
will not receive us even after we
have complied with their conditions
ButI can find no sufficient reason for
entertaining this proposition for mo-
ment. I can not admit that the repre-
sentative men Of a great nation could
make such a pledge in bad faith. Ad-
mitting, however, that there is such a
mental reservation, can that be any ex-
cuse for us insfailing to discharge cur
duty? Let us accept the terms as we
are in duty bound to do, and if there is
a slack Of good faith, let it be upon
others.
g Il am, very respectfully, your most
obedient servant,
JAMES LoNGsTREET.'
The Columbia Picnic, South Caro-
Lima, contains the following report of
a meeting recently held at that place +:
In pursuance Of notice published
in Sundays Phoenix, the colored citi-
zens of the district assembled in large
numbers at the African Methodist Epis-
copal Church, yesterday morning, at
o'clock, and after forming aprocession
of their various societies, marched
through the principal streets, Plain
street, just beyond Nickerson's Hotel.
where addresses. were delivered by
General Wade Hampton, W F. De
Saussure, Colonel VIM. H. TaIley, E..
j. Arthur and James G. Gibbes, (who
had been specially invited by the com
mittee to address the colored people, J
and Beverly Mash and the Rev. D.
Pickett, (freedmen).
The proceedings were opened with
prayer by the Rev. Simon Miller
(freedman).
SPEECH OF WADE HAMPTON (wHITE)
General Hampton spoke ofthe vast
Importance the present movement,
not only to hecolored, butto the white
man. He advised the freedmen to
give their friends at the South fair
trial, and if they were found wanting,
it was then time enough to go abroad
for sympathy. 1t was to theirinterest
to buildup the South for as the co,ln-
try prospered, SO would they prosper
The present state of affairs was not
brought about by the action of the