The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-16
General Renurcgnrd on Public Affairs.
Ubc subioinad lettcr from Ganoral

0SAAeANA A1SAUEcBnru on Public Affairs
Inc subjoined letter from General BEAunEoAnl
to tae editor of the New Orleans Times will be rea
fwlth more than common interest-since it no
only expresses the sentiments Of one Of the lead
ing chiefs OF the South in tho late war; but cor
roots somo statements that have been made in re-
gard to speech imputed to him in which opin
IONS were expressed that excited the surprise o.
those who supposed he was correctly reported. He
did not mako the speech ascribed to him.
The sentiments expressed by General BEAuRE-
GARD in this letter are just such as we would ex
| pect from brave and noble-n,inded soldier, who
fought while there was q ray Of hope, and only
surrendered when all was lost save honor. Such
man cannot, under any circumstances, when
ovorpowercd in of weapons, condcscend to
car y on war of words
NEW ORLEANS, January 10, 1857
"M nj p. .. KING, Esq, Editor Of the New Orleans
Gle from the New York Herald Containing some re
have mado ct Canton, Miss to the Congressional
e% error. % made no speech at Canton or elsewhere
t TO- those e5cursionists; but convcrscd with them
the North SO desperately because it was defenGgnn
What What it conceived to be its constitutional rights
niS9S fo thn to the arbitration
against it; that believed the people Of the Sonth
were were, no now ~ willing to accept the Constitution as
1,'''uS Uy Gue war ana understood by tho Supreme
Court OF the United States = Ao 1
sad also In my opinion, questions of secession
@ ana slavery were foro7cr settled and, SO far rs
was !naaGS ect to revive them that We
must now direct our energies and our vitality to
repairing tho damages OF war and restoring to our
homes some OF those comforts and that prosperity
which they formerly enjoyed. In answer to tho
questions of some of the cxcursionists, if |
thought the South would accept tho Constitu- !
tional Amendment, replied that, eschewing |
politics, and attending strictly to private busi-
ness and the duties Of my position had little |
opportunity, except through newspapers, to as
g certain the public sentiment on the subject; but
l would say that tho South would not, and |
should not, accept those amendments, even If |
presented as fnality, for its interests and |
manhood forbade it; that we well knew wo are
now at the mercy Of tho North, but that
the South would never do anything which its |
honor could not approve to protect its interest
q md believe would remain passive spectators Of |
me struggles for power going on at the North re-
ylng on the sober sccond-thought and sense of
Justice of both parties to protect us. l added
though, ut the fall OF the Confederncy instead Of
going to foreign country to allegiance to its
government, + preferred remaining in my own and
swearing allegiance to what conceived to be it's
lew government.
# in conversation with tho excursionists n ,ed
he words consolidated government when speaking
u the United States Government, meant. Of
course, the common Federal National Govern
nent, operating under the Constitution as inter-
9rcted by the Supreme Court of the United States
lrcmain yours, very respectfully,
(Signed) P. 6. T. BEAUREGARD.