The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-09-12
The Situation

Up to this tune. there has been the ex
preston o: huI two Opinions in this State
o"e, the opinion represented by Gov.
Perry, which - attractive To some because
It is species nt resIstauce, and which. III
Ina las, letter has taken shape which
can Only IN riate. THE other. that rspre
secuted b, the late 90 CURED convention in
9umht. which professors To support the
rrcon,truct'Ou act, hut cndrsvours At Che
SANE time 10 use thar suppnr, ~ a means
"i { rc'ng upon the ) ATE negro suprema
cN aud agrsr,an Legislation
Between these two Opinions the r.
puh'rcan patty cannot, and "Ill not hesl
tate, however cunvIuc-d they may be,
anl there Is evidence Of the fact, that
this alliance l. dangerous. however much
hey NAV ''-sr- To avoud responsibility
Tor the tullv aud Confusion which Will in
~v',ahiy result from the negro rule the
instinct "t party Preservation, the main
t-nauce of psrry power will not allow 90
p"s'uO" ar resistance To ia. rec"ns'ruciinn
act. IL then there ara hut these parties
~ the State. the Republican party viii
give It- support To that represented by the
radicals Al Columbia. Ii Ihis rs inevitable
Ne must bear II al course. ss We have
borne. Ihat after much suffering. such
ronStr"us conhuro" "fthrngs vii produce
re..c'ipr. Is "f course c-r,arn. 3u, re
.r:r"n after such n consummatIon will
ONLY h- an"'h-r revolution aud IN the
meantime whu can measure The ruin tha,
viii have been Effected
N"w, IT ipo--rhle. thIs ruin shonld be
sro dei We thiuk th-r. - n ih,rd party
IN the STATE who do not follow Governor
P-ry on the one side. or tolerate the
policy OF the C"iurnhin Coz vs",ion on the
other - wh" believe that the war has de
c'i-d certain issues against 1s, thst the
abolition of slavery has ent.ii-d c-ria,n
consequences VIII ch max be wisely direct
-d huI cann"t be res,sr ed--that universal
snttfHge. however mis- :hi-vous, can now
o. lv ba corrected bv doing our hest To
ft the freedmen f"r its EXERCISE, and 30
ohrs'uinc his confidence that e will sot
drsre To nSe II against us ln word,
that the Reconstruction sct. il the settle
ment II our ls's civil dr-.e"trons: not the
one we wished fr. but the rsrsblI.h,nent
nt the new conditions to which u IL wise
for us TO conform. Sdch parrv, lf or
gsn'z ID would embrace The huik Of the
ch"rac er aud intelligence OF the state
and Effect thrre things
lst II wonld pn. the State right before
the country which is misled by extreme
language on either side.
8! IL xonlh secure the support Of a
Barge body Of 9nir,, ORDERLY aud respects
ble negroes whO ~ present having no sup
port from either Of us. ara either forced
or caio'ed in'o joining the Union league.
3rd. ], will ssu-iv the Republican, par
tv that negro supremacy is not necessary
10 The faithful ex-cuion Of the recon-ruc,
ton Scls, and will either enable them hon
estlv To withdraw their presen, support
OF radical agitation in the STATE or com
peI them to take the foil responsibility of
the unn ecesssrv confusion and fol, which
this enforced negro supremacy will occa,
sion
u seems to Hs that some snch action
can alone save ia from the Consequences
! which the control Of the State by spch a
partv as Gas represented in the Columbia
Convention ,brsaisos- Camden Journal