The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-04

| Mr. Chairman and fellow citiz,lis OF Charcstoll-I
have not voice to-day TO bc heard by this vast thr% "t
my fellow citizens. During the past two weeks have
spoken to vast aSSrmhlagcs OF men IN Virginia AMI
North Carolina. and my voice. find. has not its usual
compass and power. Therefore, ask yunr silence aS tar
| rs can have it.
AS gaze upon this vast ihrong aronnd AMI ahniii
me- feel grateful to Almighty God for this day | a':'
glad 10 stand before the people OF Charleston! TO LOOK
into their faces, and speak sentiments frankly and
| freely, ~ l now intend To do.
When the aulc,,atory act WAS pending in the I'nt.l
Stltes Senate took OCCASION. in debate to that be-
cvc il should become law. the Reconstruction i'll!
would be accepted lr the States lately i'll c!";i
took OCCASION also to say that believed that these States
lately i'll rebellion would send majority OF their SEMI
tors aud Representatives to the Congress OF the United
states, who would feel think speak vote "a the inaorI,
ty OF Congress felt, Thought SPOKE al voted. sill
casually that was willing for onc to visit these STATE
aud speak to the people i'll vndiration "i the action oi
the Congress the United States That reIliarE has
brought from all parts OF the Southern country i'll
vita6ons to speak. which, ii accepted would occupy tie
spring. and good part of the summer. am here IN
compliance with invitations ID express to you 'le scil-
mcnts and opinions entertain OH public affairs am
here by my volition. am the agent nj no man and
no body Of earth; ail no man or sc! ut men ARE
responsible anything say am here TO see for my
self hear for myself and il speak at ALL 'r speak ior
myself.
IL YOU open your Bibles you will there rcni that God
nale man in his image: that he made OF one blood
all tho nations. That sacred volume tells us thai
he bids every nlan love him aud love his ne2hbor as
himself: that hc bids every do unto others as he
would others sh ull do unto him. That command IL OF
perpetual obligation 1t follows through life we shall
meet it ut tho bar of God
When our Government was launched upon the tide.
our fathers accepted these declarations OF holy writ:
claimed the faith OF the republic that al! men are
created equal. and la nacnablc right to liberty
The trainers OF the Constitution OF the United States de-
cared that that instrument was established I" s r. me
blessings Of liberty Gods holy word the charter OF m
dcpcndGncr the Constitutions the United states. all
| recognize the equality Of al humanity before ,hc
laws. tChcersl That is thrtaith of tl'. great
Christian Democratic Republic and when she pro-
claimed that us her livn, faith. the friends OF liberty i'll
the old world and the people in whose hearts fingered
the accents OF liberty turned their revcential gaze To-
warls the rising republic of the western world ana
Mexico and the Central and South American Republics.
as they from colonial deprndeiicc to national liIe-
pcle &c. looked 10 tl great North American kcphbic
| for example aud Guidance.
The Republic of the United States has done mulch for
humanity but the great achievement o tins Rrrupi
was the declaration uf the sublime creed n iiiiir "i
the faith rkood o; God, ani OF the hrihcrh""d oil man.
Appausc This Republic. which began III the language OF
John Quincy Adams its existence 10y t'c proiu.a'i" o'
the euaucmton Of from the ralduin oi man. las
been rent aud disscvcrcd by rrcprcsSibc conflict De-
tween freedom on the one side aud slavery on the
ether
| This contest commenced in the Congress that pro-
cla1Ined the equality of this living faith OF Tic
| North American Republic X continued rom Ia" IN
the opening this rebellion aud it WAS during that pc
riod contest of sentiment al opinion Wl:;i Inc re-
bclion opened, when the nation plunged INTO tue nre
and blood of civil war. this contest WIS adonrc from
the arena OF opiu"n to the field oi arms Alter inir
bloody wears liberty triump,c and slavery has dic t'
rise no more forever. loud chccrs.l During tho past
two ycars since the surrender of Lees army: since t,'
old fla. Wen, up again sumter; We have had annthrr
conflict OF opinion and il requires no for sight la S' III
,,av that freedom h, conquered. and that the
creed OF sqiai rights equal privileges and equal iln'i-
mics for all men America is hereafter tn Il" the r"'.
rical policy of the Republic ot the United SaS oua
cheers.
In the conflicts through which have passed. South
Carolina has lra. and dis" Ii-lIc,i part She
has given TO the Councils OF the Rcpubic men u cinl-
ne talent and character. who have been the hs'eI o
ler sentiment and her opinion South Carolina has
borne the na, of slavery p:oniiy, deanty. she has
horne the very ark OF the covenant OF slavery; ad ~n
has been its champion III North America rom iio u
this hour. She entered the Congress i'll iIIt' and
through her representatives compelled, a, Congress IL
strike from the Declaration of Independence the words
Jch; rsu,l traced arraiaug the British King for rcir
| aging the African slave trade. S'. went into
| the Convention uf lllustrous statesmen 10 form
| the Constitution Of the United states. aud h:' her
| distinguished championship her Rutlcdi,cr. her
| puckneys, and her Butlcrs-conilcllcd that body
to make a compromises. Ivy whr j, was ny ce,i that
.ayery should be continued twenty years ungrr tho
clause in rotation tho tlrcts Representations incur-
porated into the Constitution and the rendition I" sav"s
estspng from their masters guaranteed She 'licred The
first Congress- and when WIS that lrltisi rf
ls and other foreign vessels should take part the
slave trade by the lips Of one ct hrr Representatives
she ma the throat the first threat. oi dissolution "i
lhe Uniou When in lS3i-5. portion OF our country
men, believing slavery to be crime ugnilist man AMI
sin against Cod bclieyin. that had the con iilutiual
mower to abolish slavery the District of Columbia and
end tho slave trade between the States sclt their hum
BILE petitions to Cong it was Representative ;r"
South Carolina Mr. Pinckncy. who introduced rcsol'i-
ton to 10y those petitions upon the table, aud for srv
years the right OF petition denied i'll the House OF
Representatives Whom Jno Quincy Alniu4 the great advo-
Of speech and cha,p {" The right {" petition
yudicatcd those rights the floor Congress it WAS Mr.
Waddy Thompson, Of South Carolina VII" Threatened To
bring bin before Grand jury aud Ia punish in; and
1t was Mr. Hammond afterwards Governor 0i This state
and United States Senator who de.i"nnced These le
TONERS W. ignorant fanatcal barUaras and declared that
they would DO punished If they could be cuuSht within
the limits of South Carolina, At that time, under thc
lead of Mr.. Calhoun, the Senate III the United States
passed wllat was called the lnceniiary Publication isl
in Ali thesp movements u distinguished Senator u
NTH, nvho
of the perpetiN aud dominion cf slavery in
the Republic and i'll 1874. when tic commoI-
wealth of Massachusetts sent an eminent law-
ycr 10 defend her cuorcd sailors arrested i'll Your
port he was COMPELLED To leave the state aud iie tue
right to defeud their cause in the Courts "I South caro-
lima In that same year when slavery looked with
hungry eye upon the territory Of Texas it was Mr. Lal-
houn then Secretary OF Stat who laid The case before
tho throne OF Louis Philippe and asserted that Texas
nat be annexed for The purpose OF Strengthening the
institution OF slavery in IT,! limited States Ana we's
the armies Of the Republic returned from McMcu
bringing with them the title deeds tu ialf million
squire miles of free territory. II VAS John e CALHOUN.
ono OF tho foremost minds Of tie Western world who
laid down the doctrine that the Constitution ut the United
states, by it's own orcc, carried slavery INTO tHe "
acquired territories
In 1856 when tho country rockrd with discussions
growing out of the repeal i the Missouri Compromise.
NJ Butler the head oi The Judiciary Committee. bold
impulsvc able declared that il Fremont should d"
elected he would advise South Carolina to .so Out vi c
Union the tap OF the drum. In lS5s, when tho It,
compton Constitution. that product OF iraui and ro-
lrnce pending in the Senate aud Stephen a. Dou,-
las was leading III. opposition to it, WIS your Mr. ltani-
| mond au eminent, ablo and accomplished man. who
came into the Scnaie and laid down the broad plain,
comprehensive doctrine, that The who worked thr
wages til: aborng men of til" country. We're essentially
slaves In SO. tho fiery and impetu"us snIs "i Sti
Carolina, Kct Boyce and onhani. on the floor o Con-
gress declared in avor OF the dissolution "i the Union
If the Republican party should elect President o me
United States Mr.. kritt uttered the cry tlicIl that
! ii Black Republican should he elected they would
.slrer the Union from turrc TO fou,,lationstunr Aud
when the people uf the country will: The u ~ upon
I.lypI IY1 n
| aud made Abraham Lincoln President I" IN" United
Sntes South Carolina led the country into rebellion AMI
civil From 1916 to the bringing down I" The "d
tiag SUMTER the commonwealth Of south Cariii'a
proudly led everywhere the champions oi human SLAYER!
| in America.
| do not grnt"neil refer tu these iarts by
| way of reproach. say tiat thus i!aS b,"li thu
position which your State lrls ",;ii''i among "r
sister States. and that u!lcr her h','i tnnh tit
creed of the Il volutionary Fathers Was dis''wm,,i.
tho doctrines ot Washington Jefferson and Madl-
sou. the doctrines OF the great lnrn ut i.c feru'-
pudatcd. South Carolina imposed her policy np"n Her
southern sister states B'ld able youi: men, act, t-
ing the secession theories "i Mr. Calhoun Tie great t"t-
or of the South advocated ms ideas became the risi-
astic champions ot human bondage. di.'yc the moderate
men, the old Jackson Democrats, and the old Harry tiaI
National Wings, out OF the public c"nnclis a, MI Il
Congress with mcn who sro lG those ha S boldly ai'i
lchanty, telling that they lad the right 1" carry
slavery into the Territories and maintain :, '.r; hy
l,siiive nw aud when We. tearing tod arii; t'c YER
diet vi the preSeut and Of coming tearing liii'
latter cs httnl fever should sh int 'iislI"'r,'
graves We surrendered the dnia s"i Ill cl'h
tic to human Ionage-rcfused To accdr Ia their IL"
nands they raised tie standard ~ revolt aid liIaIlgu
rated the rebellion.
We fought iur four years. The ri the South rA
haustcd their resources. sent their y"u: ' ID haiti
fields and nlad, sacrifices that calIl,u Will the
$lct oi the world. The Southern soldiers tGu..ht viii
heroic valor than tb fields. hut tlc t.liSi: I"
the country. the cause uf United Ac:ita, the c.s. '
equal. universal and impartial liberty. the rais' "i J
tce humanity, Of Christian civilization. tri,nn alJ
slavery sank int Il traitors .r,r. arit # i ;r"r
| inf a fine, TSt.ul,' 'i. p pl,s,
Is brici record i'll tile contests u! Ideas from i,',
To this hour. The fruits uf your Ideas your pri'I''!h-
your uc4surcs your policies, clear |" ;'c = i"''
nc;lsiu ui the whole Christian AMI civilized world. N"'
lecl AM realize that your ideas have crl-i ii may
20 into you,lcr street. and laZ upon the -p" w!f'
stood the hall III which tho irs, l,r,'ia.liaI"'
o dsunon was nlalc and You dust :u'i ash :
but you caunut even see dust AMI asirs wcr. r l'.i
principles and policies OF The rrb.ill, ;'-ay
.h,lrs i.NI. hmm