The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-08-21
Reaction.

The New York UeraH has lately pro
muig"'ed series Of articles against negro
domination IN the Sou'hern States Il
urges the ir"s'dentt1 remove STAUSroN
! aud The five ID strict Commanders, to the
eud Ihtt the recon.tucrInu laws may Ice
"frnla'slrrrd with greater favor TO th.
whites th,u they will ba under the present,
nrd-r of things. The boIdness of the
Herdlds positions, that paper being re-
gArdei AS great index OF popular feeling,
is taken as an evidence that the tide is
turning soroe"hat in favor OF Sonrhern
whites. We shall see The Herald con.
ciud~s ."he It lis Articles rs follows;
The whole issue in tie Sbu,h depend.
upon the spirit IN which Nhess laws or.
c"nsrfnclo" ate applied lfrh- restrictions
against rebels are riaoronsy .ufnrc.d.
while the negroes. without qu-,tiun, are
freely admitted 10 the sutira... as ihey
have been so tar. the neyross vii rri'e in
the work Of re ,nyan's,Iiou aud send
whom they please To Congress. If, on
the other hand, the restrctious against
the Southern whites are somewhat relax
ed, aud the requirements To- suffrage ara
fairly applied 10 the blacks, the white
majority, wher. IL exists in any Southern
Safe, will he brought into action, ard
white ascend.ncy will he the result. We
believe. too. That under this system South
ern rer"psruc'ion NAV be So fairly sc.
c"mpN"hed asto compel even the ralicaIs
of Con,res :" accep' it; for If the idea IL
universal s"tfr,ge has now gone 10 f.r
that II cannot hs arrested. that other idea
of gensral amnesty ia close behind. n
J-f Davis. 0f the bal volunteered bv
leading radicals. can be idrnsd loose.
surely we need no longer de'av in letting
all the smsller fry ofthe rebellion 90 scot
free. Now, then. Is se time for President
Johnson to make ssue we have sug
ges'ed between his mode Of II xscuring the
laws of reconstruction, which means
Southern white supremacy. and the Sian
ton method, winch MEANS Snu.hern negro
supremacy, and twenty or thirty D sgroes
in the two houses ss a beginning befors
The exrrstion OF the present Congress-
Let Mr. Johnson prepare At once to trv
New York and Pennsv svlvania on this tast
and he ~ilI discover, hefote the re assem-
bling Of Congress. that thew are no, We,
ready to be jostled by Sambo 10 the Uni
ted States Senate"
A later article from The Same papef
saws: ...u. ..ar.... . ..-. -.......-. .k......
The soiatsy is ;uss'y skryR.ea Of ,stu
has alreody become evidsnt in tie realiza
t'on Of The Radical party programme =
IL is olear that thus programme m.ans no
i-ss thHh bigger snpremhcy IN ten Siates.
and the consequent division of the coun
tsy an worse basis Ihso that which I'D
10 The rebellion We. Tough, to frea the
nation from party domination guided Nv
slsvehsIdefs. and We fall under party
domination based on the votes OF the
slaves We rnde free. Wei have 40, ,bem
free TO make them our ns.sn We er
ehangea Ohits tyrdnnyf for black tyranny
This WAS not what the people meant when
thew gave lives without limit. and monev
wirEonr stint To prosecute 'he war Even
thooe Who desired TO free the slaves would
no, ksvs made them masters Of the pol;
iical destinies Of anvi part Of the bation +;
vet something verv near To ihis must he
the result OF the policv of those radical
leaders OF whom Mr.. Stanton " tho ,vps
Actual politicsl domins ,iou in ten States
Va given TO the nigger and sbst did he
do to deserve i,i From 6fty to hun
dred thousand ehlisrod on our sids. ont ol
Tour millions, and the remsinArr sIayad a,
hotne and did what ihev could apainstu.
andsour cause in growing the corn tha,
FED ibe rebsi armies. Not single insur
rection--not one organixsd blow for free
dom came from these slaves and soma oi