The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-08-22

|5ns In restsaint a = l&r<|ni lSw and at
Ne time rendered 70 the Inhabitants the
privilege and che means BY which majority
in any ono Of the reboi States might organise
q legal government and be re-admittod to tho
Union.
Now, tho question for the South is, whether
TO reject this last opportunity, and thereby
challenge Congress 10 do It's worst, or, by ac-
oepting in good faith the preferred terms, put
an end 10 seven years Of strife, save what Is
left, and regain Mt least, II not political power
largo measure Of political rights.
Tho fruits OF tho policy Of the past seyen
years arc seen in tho contrast between tho
terms Of settlement offered by President Lin
coin on the Attn Of March, 1861, In his frst In
angural address, and the terms now proffcred
by Congress in the Act OF July, 1867. II Lin
coins peace offering had been accepted, the
wealth, prosperity and power Of the South
would have remained unimpared, and all the
sacrifices Of q long war saved.
Acquiescence nov In the measures provided
by Congress 70 restore tranquility and estab-
lish legal State Governments In the conquered
territory, Il an obligation resting upon all
who have taken the oath Of allegiance and re-
ceived amnesty. For ut most II can only be
said that the messages OF Congress impose
upon tho yanquished, the Institutions OF tho
Victors. Andif IL be true that antago nisticai
institutions made us enemies In war-thcn
without Homogeneous institutious we may not,
even In peace, DO friends.
II may be assumed that no disability will be
removed from these who resist, oppose, or dis
courage reconstruction. In eseFy State Ghefe
the terms offcrcd by Congress shall be rejected,
Il n plain that henceforth political power
will be altogether and finally remitted TO the
hands Of those who have been ever loyal to
the Union. By the rejection Of the terms Of
reeouciliation now offered, tho promoters OF
discord will, sooner or lafor, find themselves
without possessions, without franchises, and
no longer the peer Of the humbiest citizen of
the rcpublio--and then will the rebellion have
worked oat upon Its unrepentant authors Its
own impressive and signal retribution.
Tho particular grounds Of complaint sug-
gested In your remonstrance remain To bo con-
sidercd: s' .# .r.
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So far from complaining Of temporary incon:
venicnees, those whose fortunate privilege II "a
to control the currency and eatitai Of the
country, should be willing to fofeeo other pe-
culiar privileges for the sake of pfomotiny the
productions Of labor, from which the profits Of
commeree ars mainly derived: ..t
YoG object to Paragraph VIII. of General
Orders No. 80, because certain Northern, West.
cru aud foreign distilIers had. previous 10 ths
order, 6oisigped LIQUORS for sals within ,b,s
Military District; that the customs duties on
foreign liquors, and tho excise tax on domestic
liquors, had been paid, and Won regard IA AZ AN
act Of injustice 10 those parties TO " suddcnly
withdrawn all protection from said property
against ilre, and also to protoot the ovneYs of
said property from collecting their lust dobts
at common law" You will find, by referring
cot he paragraph In question. that 4 ba, mot