The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-31
CHI A e LES TON.
THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 81, 1867.
WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATES

WHAT CONSTITUTES n STATE:
We shall not answer the question in Sir VII
LIAM JONES sublime and thrilling limos. They
would be OUT of place at this day and i'll this coun-
try We only propose making some observations,
and instituting few comparisons, suggested by
tho events passing around us. Before the war we
thought VIC had sonlo idea CT what wcro tho ncccs-
sary prerequisites to Territory becoming Stale
of this Union. Now wo must confess our ignorance
on oil these points; nay, we do not even know the
number Of States that ut present comprise this
Union, whether twcnty-six, thirty-siS, or thirty
eight. II tbs Districts" lately known as tho 1e
bel" States counted there thirty we be-
lieve, in all; and if Nebraska and Colorado are
,nado Statca in spite Of themselves, and over the
Presidents veto, We shall have thrty-eisht. And
if SO, tho Presidents prediction, contained in his
rccea. -c.o message, viii doubtless be fulfilled,
and we shall soon hear Of the States Of Idaho,
Nevada, Dacotah, Washington, Arizona, etc., ETC.,
for the consent of the governed" appears to be
no longer consideration with our Lawmakers at
Washington. Given tho merest Radical foothold
in State Territory, tho faintest hope of elect
ing two Radical Senators and ditto Representa-
tive, and the Territory at once becomes State,
whether majority Of the population of said Ter
ri:ory desire it or not. II the tsnaton" must have
Territories why let the Estates lately in rebellion
occupy that position, at least until they arc CON
vorted from the error Of their ways and shall have
entirely ahjurcd thor late and present political
heresy. .##
But let us see how this process OF regeneration
is brought about, and how it works, after it is
fairly in operation. Fortunately VIC are not with
out an example. The State of Tennessee affords
most lamontable illustration. We all remember
her history during the war. There, alone OF all
tho States Of our late Confederacy the revolution
assumed the form of civil war The population
Of East Tennessee was hostile to the Southern
cause and tho bittorest feelings, in many cases
the most malignant hatred were engendered be-
tween former friends and neighbors With the end
Of the war, thero was, unfortunately, not end
to strife. There is to-day no safety in East Ten
nessee for ex-Confedcrate He has not the
shadow Of chance to obtain justice at the courts
OF the country. This assertion is based upon the
testimony Of an impartial witness. A few weeks
ago We rcpublishcd in TIE News along letter from
the Knoxville correspondence Of tho N. Y. Times,
giving the fullest particulars Of the condition Of
affairs in East Tonnesscc.
We deeply regret that this should be the case,
but cannot be surprised at it.. With BRowNLow
for Governor, one of the most violent, malignant
and interruptions political fanatics the world has
ever know1l,-four-ffths of the people dsfran-
chlsed and Radical enlissaries continually ut work
TO keep up and foment this strife and Radical sub
sides sent there to defray the expenses of such
agitAtion,-the result cannot be otherwise. Yot
Tennossee is held up to us by our Northern breth-
rea as the model Of Southern Republicanism, the
pattern We must all follow.
How the Constitutional Amendment was passed
last summer by the Legislature Of Tennessee, our
readers all doubtless remember. s'Brigadier-Gcn-
eral' BRowNLow is quito competent. and certainly
not too squean,sh, to pick him Legislature of
the fright sort" and enforce t:le presence Of OBJ
streperous membcrs, in order to have quorum
Tho Radical leaders need but tell him what is
wanted at any time, and he will find the ways and
means to accomplish it. BEowHLow will be for
midable rival to 3. L. BUT1ER at tho ncxt presi-
lential election.
It was this same Legislature that voted a1d
recently presented medal to Gen. THOMAS for his
gallant defence OF Nashville The newspapers tell
us that the day it presented was observed us a
great jubilee in the loyal city of Nashville By a
parity Of reasoning it is fair to infer that when we
shall be s'State' our Legislature will vote medals
to Gen. GILMORE for procuring those lswamp]
nssls sN Visits 5f fS ar to Gen srr
NAN for his gallant defence Of our capitol. But
We hope the name or South Caroline ~;n ru p1crtd
>NAs
cad of South Carolina in her glorious past and let
he Radical nalscegenated Legislature have
ome other name for the reconstructed State.
But let look little more closely into the
nodus operdndi Of this political regeneration.
! doW is 1t done Meetings are held in out of the
yay places, in the dead hours Of might strict |
Fatch kept at the door to admit none but the in
tiated. -Four or five whites and TWENTY-FIVE or |
hlrty coored freedmen compose the assembly. |
y the whites present, not one, probably, Will be
ound to be to the manor born. They are stran-
'eIs all-come here for the purposes Of private |
'aln We deny them not the rights Of citizenship |
lor equal rights Of any kind but we must think it
'reposterous for few strangers, ignorant Of the
wants or wishes Of our people, and certainly not
n sympathy with any part Of them, to presume to |
verthrow the existing government, and to dictate
5000 of their fellow-citizens, the real people
= the State, what their laws, etc., shall be- We
now not what Is the legal defnitio, Of a conspi |
aey; but, to our unlearned mind, this procedure |
ooks precisely like plot, or what We understand |
y the term conspiracy. petition is drawn up
may be by colored lawyer, or it may be by |
vhlte misslonary-the petition is numerously
'gned and sent to Washington. Mr.. sUan1En rises |
1he senate. and presents the petition Of nume-
ous respectable and highly influential citizens Of
~- ~"A0AAA's' 1NoAAS tAA1L congress establish
form of government in that State. He
VII then pull forth several letters out Of his left
id' coat pocket which he has just received from
epubican friends residing in Charleston. which
orroborate every statement set forth in the peti-
ion, etc., ETC.
we should like to know how much money has
zen sont here for this political converting pur-
ose 1t seems to be taken for granted at tho
'orth that Radical votes cannot be had without
aoney. The following, in regard to Tennessee
from recent editorial article in the New York
soe,aang Post,-one Of tho most moderate Of
sadlcal papers and orr readers will see from tb;a
xtract that neither fears, suspicious nor asser
ions, arc groundless
Tennessee is far AWAY from us. Onr naon1a . =
ot familiar with all the details or the strueele for
oitlcal ascendency which has bean poi3o ~ l
ncre But 1t is necessary that we shon}d tsIa
vely interest in it. Money is needed there Sor
ne support of tho loyal press, which are y;oor- ~
asiy and ably conducted; our ablost and most
aective public speakers should 90 down there :"
ddress the people; Northern journals and docu.
ead IN short, it is the duty as it is the interest
tho Republican party, to make Tennessee dnr
le thls winter, spring and summer the intaIlec-
la1 battle-ground on which, with voice end non
70 may assert and maintain the ideas which r1,,st
TOY lovali over the greatest part OF this country ha
M a W. can nave real peace, and which are fhere
essa ulecs issues IN the political canvass III ZEN
ha'e "a opportunity to assert repubG
hIeat anaaIa, os,o5e the Southern people by our
les OF the Republican organzat;on ,,;1i I sne eher
Cnat dlrectOn, and tina. befuoo-, 80 - W Acu