The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-24
LETTER FROM Isx-GovEnNon PERRY;

Ihe tasteful tompo oil true charity.
LETTER FROM EX-GOVERNOR PERRY.
We publish below the following lettor from Hon.
u. f. Penny, on tho political stuation:
s'Tho United States shall guarantee to cycry
State ih this Union republican form Of goverri-
manifestation 4, article w, Constitution Of Me
United lStgtes Of america.
States, after excluding from their seats tho Soma
tors nnd Representatives of ton Southern States,
Military Government, absolute and unlimited in
it's powers. II Is we'll known that these States
hnye exhausted their power and resources in
sef-goyernmcnt They have no alternative
but unqualified submission to tho military despo-
!sm thrown oySr them is to be hoped and it
crs in tho Southern States will excrciao thcr dos
potio powers wisely and humaneIy. 1t is tho nd
government, which makes IL odiouB and op-
presssve; despotiSm wisely, justly and virti,
esy bat is sE os perfect Ss
oi God stIRG SstaRshed by Him for tho
Five or SIX months ago South Carolina, with all
tho other Southorn States, rejected with scorn and
Indignation the constitutional Amendment, which
proposed to exclude from oIico their leading mon,
and reduce their. representation in Congress un-
less thoy permitted universal negro suffrage. Now
tits proposed by Tho Military Bill not only to
franchise thom nnd exclude them from voting in
oil elections and at thu same time to enfrancGise
the negro. Strange to say that there aro mnny
persons in tho Southern States whose high senae
q honor would not lot them adopt tho Consttu-
tonal Amendment, who are now urging the peo-
pie to voluntarily swallow tho Military Bill regard
less OF honor, principle or consistency. am hap
Py 70 Know that thoy arc secessionists, and never
The inquiry iB which, then, shall wo do? While
asos 6eon Uniting a tho telegraph brings the
appealed TO tho Judiciary for tho protection OF
their constitutional rights M sovereign States of
Carolina stood by tho sido Dof Mississippi and
Georgia, In this thoir last noble effort to maintain
their dignity and honor as States, and the Just
grand expiring effort IN favor OF freedom should
tail, then tho South will hayo to quietly meet the
tyranny q Congress but in meStihg sho need not
order iB Issued Tor u registration Of voters lot
every man, not disfranchised, go forward and reg
Convention, it will be tho duty OF every voter to
cast his vote for tho wisest bost and most trust
worthy men, who nrs eligible to seats in that Con
protection, and to keep tho State Government
from falling into tho hands Of unworthy and base
fprsSr hum thSn So s
patriot and an honorable man, he cannot desire
The change which tho Military Blu contemplates,
and he shou1d not vote a lie ss :
With the cunning which always characterizes tho
tyrant Congress has enacted that tho people
thomselyes shall endorsS tho call of contention,
this endorsement. the whole proceeding might be
regarded ns forced on tho States by tho military,
government, and, Therefore, null and void. Hence,
tho trick Of making the people endorse tho call OF
convention. It is to be hoped that they will not
be caught M hy thus cunning device, and that they
with them. But should q majority Of tho votes ba
M LOT conyontion, then it is to assemble, and not
destiny Of tho State will bo in its keeping. ' W
bst But the People should vote mo Convention
citizens. we ahall remain as wo are, undor mill
tary rule, until therc is o renction ut tho North.
It has already commenced in Connecticut, and will,
and 3Eeh thS No shall b. restored
anS ae Gn1 @ honSs una
this DemQcsa 10 triumph, be. ~ ahundred years,
rather thnn seek now associations with our Black
Of tho baseness OF abandoning our friends: at tho
North, who have nobly defended our cauao for two
years past and sacrificed themselves injthe strug-
dom. n II. z. ''''''i ~
II we aro unwilling to bear tho ills to which We
nro subjected, for tho maintenance OF honor and
principle then wo deserve our destiny. It is snd
that, II We do not accept the degrading terms now
oftored, worse will be imposed ! Have We any u.s.
sufanco that worse may not bo imposed il we do
accept Like tho woman who consented to her
own dishonor to sayo tho life of her husband, and
was thon made 10 witness his execution i Thero Is
no faith in tyrants. Threats Of contscaiion arc
tutile.t Almost every ono has boon parloncd, by
taking the amnesty oath or by special application
cd, but their property cannot bo conAscated. y ]
In order 70 debauch prominent eouthorn mon,
oilers have been made in Congress- 10 remove their
is tho policy adopted for radcaising tho Southern
poan Wo ga spgG 10 aaa
hope OF republican institutions. Virtue and in
tenigence nlone can sustain a republic. Whom tho
negro has acquired intelligence TO understand ls
Pontical rights, and property to mako him feel an
interest in tho proper exercise Of thom, he should
cd in most Of the Norhern sStes and isGn is Wse naoP sp
just. Built Is Wicked to put ballots into tho hands
u those who will be the passive tools OF their em-
publican omiBsares. =s H.r III &
Nothin csn be more unjust and iniquilous than
ary Bill Union an WSose fo as 81 bsen sn9 apont ,t
in trying to maintain tho interosts OF tho Union,
but who was o lnember Of tho Legislature or a
Slate scecded fed or ooRod SON @ in % ts Cont Gonfed
crate army, is disffanchised + But tho man whose
whole life may hnse boon spent in reasonable Of
IN bloody ciyil war, who Wns q leading member
81 tho seeesson Convention, and Afterwards dis
TIM insSSishsd Sis General in the army
in hundred bloody. fields OF battIo sis, not is.
franchisod, unless no had previously taken an
States There arc MANY instances of tfis oharac
ter which might be mentioned showing the injus-
tice and folly Of this Acknowledgement. IL is be-
ueyed that noithor Qonerals Boaurorard Hill
Mngrudcr, nor General Leo himself the jilnstrt
GUS communicating OF tho Confederate forces,
. ID ulblruuCnlhOu. DuL LILO hlInDlO Union mapis.
trate, who relieved tho dstresses Of a son or
friend IA tho Confoderato army, is disfranohiaed7
There is not the remotost hopo or probability OF
tho Southern States being restored to tho Union
till after tho noxt Presidential election. WHY.
then, shall wo voluntarily degrade oureelvos, AMI
give up our dearest political rights for deusion
II dishonor must como, do not embrace it. II wo
nro 10 wear Innnaoles, lot them be put on by our
tyrants, not by ourse1yes. II q man threatens 70
hsk you, seli-respeot would forbid your exposing
your porson to him and asking him TO kick you az
once and bo done with It., We havo liyod already
two years under military rule. In great poverty
and distress, and hayo been cheered all the timo'
Z BY tho consciousness that wo aro not degraded,
though q 4. conquered, people Wo cal, continue to
bo, ten years, and fcel prido In knowing That we
have maintained our honor, and Hindo eyory effort
possible TO proserpc our freedom and oonstitu-,
honal rights. A man who feels tbat ho has dis
horored himsoli @ is lost and go Y Is with people.
gently to Our various yocations ID lifoEo6oSine
patiently the powers TINT 30 but nbvor think 81
voluntarily voting nway our rights SaB, d State or
or hohor and freedom as mon. Let us trust. In
returning sense of Justice on tho part Of our Op