The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-28
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RECONSTRUCTION IN TIE SOUTH. !

RECONSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTH
The New Orleans Times, an influential journal.
writes temperateIy and hopefully Of reconsruction
| on tne congressional plan. Deploring it's harsh
position nd f sho ties
been expected OF the oath it remarks that the
port the Constitution and obey, not any lind Of
laws but the laws passed nnder the Constitution.
aadng that any true .Southerner would take it
gmdly, honestly, and with all his heart" The
l!mes declares that the number whom the oatE
VII dlsranchise is so small that the white citizens
may m continue @ to exercise great numerical influence
AZ tne polls M Il they repudate violent aud unwise
= Gounseis Ine practical application OF this view,
IT. ls added, viii be indorsed by two-thirds Of tho
"mtc community OF Louisiana. = S$tNy ~ M
JEFFERSON .DAyIH ..aN -
Senator Wilson has taken one step towarl rosc,,-
ing the country from further disgrace by his reso-
utlons concerning the trial Of Jefferson Davis. It
a,d Is prson not under "a any process Of
daw bat sby military authority. Meantime tho
naEa var mas a ended the armies are disbanded and
Dav!s sun remains in prison. He has never been
arIalEned for trial either before civil or mill
tary tribunal. he is not held under any authority
record against him, and no; effectuas stepa have
been takcn to bring him: to triali Eyery nov md
fnen gearess ae1eqnsss the Rrssidsn not
1 no power or authority even to try him, and the
Chief Justice declines to meddle with the matter at
a antal the condition; Of Virginia is more to his
Meantime Davis lies in prison, and nobody is
efsr t , tG1 It, or has the apparently
state Of things would be liasrece e !Ls 7;ssss
days OF the worst despotisms of Europe. Start
ing stories used to be told Of viotlms Of Austrinn
.bberg1untl even their. names and existence had
been forgotten, y Our Government, by its treat
ment Of The only conspicuous State prisoner they
pave had rseens likely to relieve the reputation Of
a,,ssa1sas otsms from the unshared obloquy un7
It has rested SO long We agree with
Times. 3.T.i s.s1:D. t'-1S ~ :
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATING CosrMirTrEE ~.
me Herald M has sensible article ON Congress
slona1 Committees Of Investigation aud the! pur-
poses they are generally ade to serve tt treats
Them as one Of the resorts Of political demagogtgs
Speeches. taS s e losBRPP ns the e
as means OF influencing public action and or news- !
papers, pap winch arc becoming every year less and
leaders. Resolutions Of inquiry are brought into
ing or select-who set : themselves forth
rial which, wlen issued may: be
psedaas an effective weapon of !!farty .watfare.
Evsry Speclal GLASS Of the community, as it begins
TO be distinct and powerful enough to be- worth
special attention, is appealed to by these reports
At one time it:as srthe sorkingmeD,," meaning
now it Is tie szsoldiersan sailor In a1 aha h
convinced that their interests are wholly distinct
from those Of tho people at large, and that their
standing by tie party 9T s Pg p
question is made There can beno ia 'donpt. that at
this is fruitful so,u of political denorazation,
deems it. It has long been one OF the most potent
a1d ~ ga tamlnar tl Weapons M Of our party contests
y ' ~ [Neso York Times. y
Il FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Z . 4 y
Onr yalPara:so and: Lima letters says the New
Iork @ Herald OF the 25th instant, dated on tho
do the ' oa fora hs Sas Sa}n q
ma pifest by mutinies among;his troops and police
The o5neaous poll-tax recently levied has been
the Peruvian navy, had resigned The question oil
sseeia eaptan srdea ss si't Inns ns "a % sh
most Of the diplomatic agents, wero in Valparaiso
The question OF trace with Spain, had, been de-
IN bptSsy tSsy ss 5sjsssa as Pssg
serious obstacle to it's acceptance was the recent
misunderstanding between Admiral. Tucker and,
Captain Stanley, Of the United States Steamship
Iuscarora owing to which the t1sual courtesies he
tween Peru and the United States had been sus-
pended. Gems, Kilpatricksis now hard at work
trying ag 70 4 nst.nlghten the entangIsment. The
Flora Mcdonald, Of Baltimore, and the GeorgeV.,
were az burned in the harbor the for1nar on the
is.a e4a the two last ga the 4t E1.;Al
\ The accession of Wurtemburg to the: treaty CON
cluded by Prussia with Bavaria and Baden COM,
pletes the military nnion between Northern and
OOuLAelu OtEuaA1J. NO WONDER GOaG GA1S news, as
q cable dispatch announces, was received at Paris
with great dissatsfacti and E.zss believed to
have suggested the proposition from the Emperor
to the Governments Of Holland Belgium, and
Switzerland foti military alliance like the one
concluded Eyt Prussia with the minor German
States We hare already expressed the opinion
that the three minor governments referred to Will
not be eager to accept the French proposition,
and, from cable dispatch In this morning g's issue,
we learn that Belgium has actually refused TO; ao-
copt the proposition |. VI III; IN ~ 4
iass,5- = : - n FROM fHELAND DID. .i5
The Dublin letter and the extracts from English
papers which we publish this morning giYe MS de-.
tailed information on tho EIast dnys Of the Feniau
insurrecton.@ There was no lnck Of men, no. lack
of ammunition, and, in particular, no. lack of sym
pathy, and many Of the English papers ibore Wit,
ness to the dangerous character of the outbreak
But there was undoubtedly great lack iof leader
ship, and on Thursday morning where our previ-
GUS account left of, ,sthe backbone o tho rebellion
was already broken.o There still were concentra-
tions OF Fenlans in Cork, -Tipperary, -Waterfori3
and limerick Counties, but they were easily sub
dued. No firm footing was gained by any Tofsther
bands and only Swo days later March Il the.
cable announced the complete restoration Of peaee
But in spite Of this mismanag cement, hehympatfiyi
OF the Irish people with the Feninn movement
occasion. . @ a 5s-1s. 51a>%'' = 'ss7; Il. 8 NJ
~ From Washington, : .:54s7, i,
= Especial co,1apondesee @sas Rahiaore Gazskls
WAsH1aorosj March 25::AI iearn through gem