The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-24
ADNONTTIONS.

It is not often that We get 80 much OF truth in
so small space, and coming, as this clipping does,
from MIR. THURLow WEEDS New York; paper, it
will BIZ read with interest. as among the signs OF
the times.
This old political manager pursued tho same
conservative course, IL we remember correctly, In
endeavorng to prevent the Wing party from de-
stroying itself. His advice then was not needed,
as 1t will not, in all probability, be now needed,
but the result was the total disruption OF the old
Whig party.
Those who have spent their time in denouncing
u.s. in no measured terms, for our earnest efforts
TO warn the Republican party Of the dangers OF Ra-
dioalism, are now adopting our views and repeat
| ing our very language. Even the veteran OBJ
server" Of the Times, who recently chided with
| us, now says:
THE BxzcHEs, Tnursasy, October 10, 1S67.-A
great many people opened their eyes in astonish-
mnent at the Ohio elections, and had reason too.
The causes Of the overthrow and the lesson taught
will be invaluable to all political leaders, II thoy
will be wise enough to look at the facts. u they
will do this, they will be like children with the
measles-not take it second time.
But, entirely aside from this, tho people Of Ohio
will not vote for negro suffrage till they change
their minds. The fact that it was, practically, OF
little or no importance. only showed that the par
| ty leaders wanted to force it upon them against
their convictions. 'sYou can lead horse to water,
| but you cannot make him drink, says the pro-
verb. Peter the Great undertook to shave the
| long hair OF his soldiers, and could not 40 It.
| Party leaders cannot do as much as he could. 1t
is perfect nonsense to talk about iogical sequen-
oes" and the ''rights OF suffrage" to people who
don't know what logical sequence is, and care
nothing about suffrage for others; besides ;he doc
trine itself is nonsense.
It is not tho Christian idea to legisate men into
anything. On the contrary, tae appeal is rom
human tribunal to the higher tribunal OF the con-
science. The German must be allowed to drink
his lager bier unmolested, the young men to chew
tobacco, the negro to be educated las he will be)
| to high condition. In one word national party
must be national, dealing only with the genera!
policy. We lost one OF the largest counties OF
Ohio for something about lager bier, and the City
Of Philadelphia was lost from the same cause;
have nov stated the true causes of the Repub-
lican failure in Ohio. The best thing the Republl-
can party can have now is to understand clearly
| its own blunders. 1t must leave negro suffrage
alone Let lager bier alone. 1t must take up the
financial question and treat it honestly and fairly.
| 1t must equalize taxation. Then 1t can nominate
any fair man for the Presidency in 1865, and elect
A VETERAN OBSERVER.
And if the Republicans OF Ohio, even to oblige
Messrs. Chase Wade, Sherman, Schenck, Ashley,
&C., &c. refuse negro suffrage, is it fair for those
| men, in Congress, to force it upon other States
III the Radical leaders in this State dared not even
submit the question of negro suffrage TO our own
| people, ought we make that question, for ctner
States, plank in our platform? That leading
| Radi al journal the Tribune, has an article yes
terday morning from Mr.. Greeley himself, saying
Fo,u4h-For the Republicans are bound to &c
under (thank GodD if they don't enfranohise the
blacks Manhood suffrage is no 'sde issue tol
them, but one of life and death. Ii the blacks
are not enfranchsed, Vallandigham could beat
General Grant for President.
So Mr.. Greeley "thanks God that the Republ
csn party is bound to go under unless suffrage is
forcibly conferred upon Southern negroesl Ant
| this declaration 10 made after his own treacher
ous cowardly refusal to submit the negro suffrage
question to our own people!
In regard to Mr.. Greeleys idea OF Valandig
hams beating Grant, the "wish is father to thu
thought" vallandigham and Greeley we're origl
nal Secessionsts. Greeley corresponded and cud
died with vallandigham, for "Peace," when ''ther
| was no peace" Though the Tribune, with TIN
cooperation Of Chase and Wade, has run the ''Re
publican Party under" in Ohio, it must do grea
deal more mischief before Grant can be beaten.
Tur CoNyxNT1oN.-The Sumter Watchman says
| GAS the event of the assembling of this e1traor
dinarv body nears them, our people feel less ant
less interest in regard to it. Constituted wlthou
the .emblanoe Of Constitutional authority-th
machinery by which 1t is 70 De DrouR1G iuso eNs
tance so worked as to cut of and exclude, as far a
nossible. every intelligent and respectable whit
man. in order that the more perfect control ma.
fall into tho hands OF the negroes-wlth tho bayo
net present to enforce all this iniquity upon US
nowerless nrd uuresisting as wc are, the senti
mpent of our fallen but stainless cheftain goe
nome with peculiar force to the heart. Surely
I've have nothing to do with 1T"
Some have talked of running ticket for thu
Convention in opposition to the Radical nomna
tions. We cannot conceive how such moyemen
: could possibly benefit us. Suppose We, Oh sum
ter could defeat the Radical ticket There Is NJ
: possibility of its defeat in the State. Then wha
r use have the white people Of any single DIstrc
for representatives in that Convention Bettol
leave its control entirely to the Radicals. 1t Ii
|, their Conyention-not the Convention OF the peo
v ple Of the State Of South Carolina.
As matters now stand our people should main
tain a calm and dignifed inactivity. larg
number Of our whites, who were allowed to do 80
have registered. The great mass OF these are
opposed to the Convention. We believe that tina
opposition may be best expressed by remaining
, away from the polls on the day OF election.
The hecons sructlon Act requires that majorit
Of the registered voters shall vote upon the ques
ton Of Convention, and that q majority OF th
votes given shall be for Convention in order tha
such Convention be held. 1t will therefore he see
that each registered voter who declines to vot
will be counted against the Convention the saul
q as though he had deposited his ballot endorse
Against Convention"