The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-05

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absorb Tho public attention ut present. we arc
called thon to inquire what will bo tho moral effect
in Tho political world OF This startling innovation
upon tho old order Of thinss2 Wo may l,c a,,ru
that negro equality, proclniuing itscIr through
negro voices from both houses of Congress, will
mnkc profound impression upon tho public miud
throughout tho North. Wo approhcnd that tho
result will bo general reaction against tho rcpub-
lican party i'll tho Northern Statos; for ~. know
that there is n stronger wall of white prejudice
asalns. the negro i'll the North than exists in tho
South. This prejudice elected DucnAxAa in 1876.
and would have elected DOUGLAS or BnEcKISn1puE
III lSG0, had the Charleston Convention consented
TO unite upon either. Wo may expect then, when
Tho blacks assume tho political balance OF power
Of ton reconstructed Southern States, and scnd up
thcir black representatives to Congress, that there
will bo n revolutionary reaction against them
| among tho whites of tho North whici. will upset
The republican party. This may bp Tho real object
Of thcsc leading Southern whio politicians
who aro urging their pcoplo TO the experiment
| of allowing tho Radicals and tho Lacks all The
| ropo they mny desire III this business Of South
| crn reconstruction. Let lis push tlis th & Of
| negro equality, say these Southern leaders, into
Congress-, mud then tho leboriug while masses Of
tho North ngainst this Southern negro political
| balance of powc: will taku tho alarm, and North
| ern reaction Of tho whites against the blacks will
DO tho inevitable result; and thus tho Republican
\ negro party will he destroyed by lis own weapons
This will, in oil PROBABILITY, bo tho solution Of tho
| experiment Of tho political organization of tho
blacks against tho whites in the South-a reaction
ot the whites against the blacks and the Republi-
can party i'll tho N.rth. Meantime, however, wo
suspect that tho spontaneous aud powerful popular
movements North and South in bohalr Of General
GRANT for tho succession will carry everything be-
HAM. lI,p piII
tion thoro will unquostionably como decisive
Northern revolution OH this other and moulcntons
Issue Of negro political aud social equality"
| Miss CATHARINE MARIA SEpaw1cR, a veteran and
highly esteemed popular American w1ilcr died on
| Wednesday last near Roxbury. Miss SEDawIcK
was born in StockbridGo, Mass, in 1889, being ut
tho timo OF her death in her 7sth year. Her first
book, entitled Ga New England Tae," which ap-
pcared in 1922 gained hor reputation and SUCCESS.
In 1874 sho published n second tale, "Redwood, i"
which whs rcpublishcd in England, and within q
briof period translated into Fronch italian aud
Swedish. In 1927 was Published "IIopo Les
| le, or, Early Times in Arncricn." All thrcc of
those work, are remarkable for quckucss and
accuracy OF observation, correct study, md
great charm OF style. III 1880 she issued
"Claroncc !" in 1882, $40 Bossu )" and in
| 1885 ''Tho Linwoods" and collection OF shorter
| talos Tn tho next thrco years she issued series
| of books whose popularity was and continues SO
| great that they may justly bo callrd 'pcoplo's
| books"-the "Poor Rich Man and Rich Poor Nan," )"
| "Livo and Lot Live" 'Mcans and Ends, Home"
| and "L ,yo Token for Children" In 1911 eho
published, OH her return from Europe, charming
volume of Travel, electors from Abroad 10
Kindred Mt Homo" in 1916 appeared "aIilton
Harvey and Other Tales" In 1857 appeared from
| her pen novel Of American society, as graceful,
| lively, charming, and good anything OF her
younger days, "AIarriod or Single 2" In 1853 sho
| issued lifo Of JOSEPH CURTIS, ono OF our most
honored und benevolent citizens, which had also
wido circulation. Sho tho author, besides, of
| great number of essays and stories in maga-
zineR, all pcrvadcd and informed with her clear
good sense, and graced by charm OF style of
which she was tho master during her whole life.
THE COMMITTEE OF the City Council in Boston
to whom tho subject was referred have reported
| against opening tho public libraries on Sunday.
They wcro partly influenced in doing so is snid
by tho alleged paucity of Sunday visitors to tho
great metropolitan libraries in E1ropo. but they
must have overlooked tho fact that whi!o most of
these libraries mainly frequcnted by persons
belonging 10 tho comfortable classes and enoying
leisure to rcnd during tho week, anl are thus apt
to be comparatively deserted on Sunday, oIhor Ii
braries OF O moro popular kind, such as the "Peo-
plos Libraries" i'll Paris specially crowded on
that day, tho only ono which lIo working classes
have plenty OF time for roading. Although Tho deci-
sion of tho Boston Committee might suggest srs-
pcion that moro lcss of the old lcayon o: Puri-
tanism il lingering in the rimountain city, whcro
laws ms blue ns tho blue laws OF Connecticut usol
to forbid man to kiss his wife, and cyon q mother
to kiss her babe, OH Sunday, yet IL would be I'M
charitable to deny that is froo to read and 10
drink az much as he pleasos in Boston OH Sunday,
provided ho is o stockholder in tho Boston
Athen@um or is memLor OF any OF tho thousand
and one fashionable hotel "clubs" which tho Pro-
hibitory Liquor Law has called into existence
The naughty ltjlo Boston boy whose mothor bade
him como into tho back yard and play, but not to
roll marbles on tho front doorstep, because il was
Sunday, Was saucy enough to ask if il WINS any
moro Sunday on ono aide Of tho house than on the
other. But his mother know moro than hc did
about the Boston law OF the Sabbath.
PRUSSIA 1s At Inst coming to her senses in regard
to North Schleswig. sho h,s done her utmost to
avoid tho fllflment OF tho obligations imposed
upon lor by The treaty Of Prague. Tho plcbiscto
or popular vote then promised has never been
granted. Knowing well tho Danish sympathy of
the Northern Schcswigers, and unwilling to boar
tho odum Of IN adverse voto, Prussia hns mado
proposal to tho Danish Government to the Of
fect that thc will hand over 10 them tho province
on tho receipt Of guarantee that tho rights
OF Tho German population therein residing will
bo properly respected. Tho Danes nnd oil
other scnsiblo people havo been at q loss to know
why uch guarantee should bo necessary. Dom
mark is too woak, as all tho world knows, to pro-
voko unnecessarily tho cnmity md intcrforonco
OF Prussia by doing injustice to Germans residing
within her borders. Tho conduct Of Prussia is
after oil, not difficult TO explain. II is necessary
for her to find reason for giving UP what sho uu
justly holds, and it is desirable to obtain il DOS
siblo, pretext fer future mcddling. Tho reason
and tho prctext aro both involved in tho gparan-
too. Denmark, wo learn from ono OF our latest
cable announcements, is not unwilling to give
suitable guarantee, but demands information as TO
tho nature Of tho guarantee required.
The RICHMOND WHO thus presents tho whole
controversy in nuce: "After all the talk of NAL
content newspapers and thoir disciples all thoir
mock heroic, spread eagle, fustian rgmarolc and
rant-cortain nll-important facts press themselves
irresBtibly into tho common sense and convictions
OF tho people. 1st. That Tho spcolieat possible
recovery Of tho right 10 govern themselves is Of
tho highest moment 10 tho States now deprived o.,
that right. End. That this right ca,l only bo re-
covered through tho restoration OF those siatos TO
tho Union 8rd. That Mt present, and for an in
definite time In tho future, restoration can bo
elected only through tho consent and assistance