The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-22
THE CONVENTION.

a-3. THE CONVENTION.
The election for O Convention has been or
dered, and it is by no means improbable that
the negroes, drilled as they are, will march to
the polls in full force and offer to Congress- .
government such as will be acceptable to che
most Radical among the Radical leaders. We.
who have the brain, the wealth and the
character Of the State, will be the humble
citizens of a now Hayti, at least for a time.
We, who are Of the same color, and belong to
the same race as thirty-two millions Of citizens
of the United States, will probably have to
Took on, while those who are not citizens,
under the Constitution, who ere not citizens by
any law passed constitutionally, will dictate
our laws and temporarily shape the policy Of
Under these circumstance 1t becomes our
people TO think wisely, to act prudsntly, and,
above all things, to exhibit manly virtue.
They should not mourn over the past, weep for
The present, and despond for the future. We
should remember that NO revolution in modern
lines has been more violent than Is the ono
through which we are passing Tho clash OF
arms has oeased. The stream OF human blood
shed in battle no longer flows. The grass
grows green over the battle, fields, and the
plough now burrows the places which were but
lately the scene of civil strife. Notwithstand-
ing this, the revolution still continues. Old in
stitutions have been swept away, the old order
Of things has been destroyed, and society lie
striving earnestly and anxiously to reorganize
itself. In that Reorganization the white man
should never forget that he represents. o differ
emit race than does the black. God. has placed
on each o distinctive mark and they are not
intended to 'mingle. That. both should have
civil rights, that both should be. to-day equsl
before, the law, is not to be denied 40 Freedom
to work or freedom to starvo requires TINT q
man should be protected in life, liberty and
property. No harm can come from that. On
che, contrary it is but just; and justice and in
terest are apt to be synonymous terms. eqN
No " races can, however, live side by side,
enjoying equal political rights. At that point .
conflict necessarily bsgins. The one is necessari-
" jealous Of the other. Each will struggle for
a,scendancy; and if nature places barriers be-
tween them which prevents them, from COM
hlngling their blood and becoming united, the
one or the other must perish. -
We should remember that the United States
is to-day the common property Of it's ~citisen,s,
and the people Of Ohio have refused to amend
their Constitution 90 as to make the negro o
citizen. In HNe~ ye-k4ytAe Rere M enc h.-s
themselves, in their Constitutional Convention.
lodged that issue, and The party leaders to-
day acknowledge that negro suffrage viii not
Ct present be accepted by the North. Can the
North, then, conscientiously demand Il, at The
hands Of, the South Would the people, who
refuse to allow q negro to cast . vote which IL
comparatively insignificant at the ballot box in
Ohio, allow negrotto legislate Tor Thorn, through
the Southern States. by casting a vote in the
Senate, where his vote would be immense,v
Important " VIII our white Northern fellow
'cftiz q permit us to be ruled al home by' q :
maiReFFiity u the people OF, Till. ccountry.
who. apart from beiag Of q digersat race, isek
,tp-day every qualification for either d jundtciobuiS
voter or B wise legislator .Fe 1'a!.'t t2r91H
We should not forget that the, voice Of, hu-
will org aloud for truth and Justice.
We~ere the inheritors Of. written Codnstitu-
tion, 'snd chat Constitution snerapItsssll to us
eerttal l5l rishtal or those rights = are to-day
deprived but the day viii aane when the,
AmeriSan people will demand their restoration.
Che North is too intimately contested with The
White men I. Of the South, BY ties 81. race, Of
blood, Of, eoenrmont tradition, aud. ofsmusual in.s
tersst, to allow sus, long to suGer.sETKey win
rpcogni1s the fast that the present ,,ssyAsteml of
things 10 the work Of . party whose Real aim.
~ tho ,sabyeraion OF. the .Governmsut ;yvhioh.
they 'hsvs.been taught. to veasratet as the bSssi
ip the: world the Government for the p i iasr.'
yationN ~ ~ which they fought and, in aghtinr,
expended three thousand. millionsAo Of tdo,lars.
sacriAcsd hundreds Of thoussnds Of iive5.
the Northahas slnmberedG ON iss RI ehts.a and
has allowed ours to be ovsrthrown. the dav Of
arvaking ~ ct hand and when that dsy doss
cpme, the rights Of the white man OF the sonth,
viii be restored.
We should remember that every revolution
produces . cocntsr revolution, and the reac-
ton lie almost always in favor OF conservatives,
opinion. The true party Of progrsss IL apt TO
be the party which stands between two a.
tfemes. In governments, from She clash or
opinion comesa the happy mean gwhich pro-
dancea prosperity and strength. Two sxtrsrass
cllssshed u the late war, anad ono ,sut e s,aei
~ n but. u W read history arighs, Inc con.
qeusror aAnst lnacsasariiy be osadusSed BY his
victory. With ssascsss, III meets Nc opponentd
and has NO food Oh which III sssd, c CONS,
must perish. and though II may .yiolsstay Il.
tempt to retain power. stii, 90 radicslisu. IL
only atsong In pulling down, and 10 always Inn
potent in building up. " must give way ID con-
abrvatsvs opinion, which, Ia ne end. mrs. Ana
will govern. q
WE must remember that The right viii Anslsy
prevail IL Sour hands are bound and our fsse
shaokisd Ny sssshers,, loo Nj sstasSaiiss sw iissh msnfx I
rssignaaon ; but, FOR the9 love II, truth, 81 naSSn.
hbod,, and Of liberty. ist ns 40 ala ia shsok-s
lipng oarselvss. All 30 nSt lost. We may have
Y endure maeh we may yuasY deeply. hut
lSt us beware tAst VI suffer no dsgtxdsEiSn isi
own eyes, and lose no psrtion III our own
ssir-ssteen, ny preserving sasss W. may best /
A ehst M hass ssss.s e.s- ashsssys@ a grsya aasys IL
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