The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-26
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Tho present condition of things ns To Tim ,,,t,
~ what rcnlors tolorabo tho othor great sacrifices
I lhat have ocun consented to. Ticro was Il tacii
arr;n,nSenent;aso a,r;,S felt md understood. that nc
tho owne- OF tho lands and tho freedmen have
beon quietly working together, each strup CLING
| Conscaton, directly or indirectly, would be foli
] as violent outrage, and would drive to despern.
ti9n those WHO had but their lands LOFT 10 thcm.
These arc cxtromtios i'll which lifo loses its value
and death would bu accepted tho most fortunate q
condition OF tho two. Is 1t good policy
sosa to r'vG n on h.r H. thnt direction simply bo
tlmo when general effort is mixing in
] cseIy direction, to place comfortable homes
within easy roacli, OF every freedman who will
work for Que. Just hero. around us tho planters
nrc renting out their lands, moro aud more as tho
truth gradually dawns upon their minds, that tho
freedman can make moro for himself aud thom,
by renting. than IN any other way, rho coming
year will show tho progress Of this idea BtiIl far
.l!SrIand !l!S tho timo will como, when tho pnnto,
Will DO glnd to surrender all his broad acres to the
sirewy arms Of his tennnts rcsorying 10 himsoK
only such portion as may DO within reach Of his
own personal attention. That is tho terminus 10
happy time for NIL whom tho planter and tho frood.
man WHO onco lived with him upon other terms,
can again cultivate tho samo soil, under new re-
In addition TO this, Congress is making tho
effort to opon all tho public lands i'm tho South, to
tho occupation OF the freedmen, upon FREQ and
easy t9THis 40 that no ono rant d home of his
cwn who is ambitious enough to dosiro ono. There
arc millions OF ncros that can be brought under
the control of Congress, which an effort is now
making to dedicate to tho purpose OF providing
homes Tor tho homeless; and IN this sentimonf
every every one probably beth in Tho North and in tho
should bo aided, in this praisoworthy object.
mud Tho public mind 10 now earnestly bont
i, r. That direction. Should they refuse 10 wait
ton ior their good, and snatch nt lands be-
longing to others. because thoy may suppose thoy
mn
would DO met by power us secession was. So much
as to the impelicy of attempting anything in tho
DO called. All these considerations will rccoiro
tlclr duo weight, and delegates assembled there
u their heads should not como up to the standard
size laid down by Professor Agassiz, and grayoIy !
commented upon by others, will ut oast be ablo To-
comprehend these great principles of Right and |
'MSrG;ng, which will prompt them to reject from
and Justice. 'N'' |
In the second place. it is now well settled BIZ tho
great Republican party, that such policy viii not |
DC permitted. Congress has not ndoptGl it, nor |
will i do so, at Mr.. Stevens bidding Tho Hoccs-
did very wrong to burn up his iron works,
lor they baro now mnde it necessary for him to |
get paid inr them, III somo WAY or otlor mud |
whilst ho pleads for conhscation Of Southern
o does 10 mot forget to say that of tho
6ursc what hc had lost. His phianthropy, there
oro, is just equally divided between tho homo for
works. In this enterprise, he stands solitary and
alone, whilst the public mind everywhere is, that
,onfiscation IL but tho dream of tho visionary. or
ho out:croppngs OF q mnlignity which in peculiar
% solitary statesman. On this point, is an ex.
ract from paper published Mt Washington. and
apparently with the authority Of exponent oftlio
tcmlblcan party. 1t is called tho Great Republic ]
"ihesc several sections would givo tho landiess
MILLIONS OF the Sonth IN aggregate area OF over
wo hundred mlllions Of acres. Tho half Of il, II
rabo, would give n homestead of eIghty acres
ach to ,21,00O heads of families, nnd homes AMI
heller to 6,2'0.0 900 persons, computing tho mnii-
@ Ies ut al average of five persons. II would bo
hicnlt to frnhc Legislative proposition moro
and Lar reaching, or more worthy of tho
arncst aud early action OF Congress. The conti-
ion ol tho Sonth to-day pleads for it present
nd pressing necessity. Popular feeling in that
ectt4n has become oxcitcd, if not inilamci, by
nc hopo OF eoniiscation In some way it
nust be quoted: Tho colored people OF
no SOUTH especially, nro absolutely hun
~ ior land and this feeling is creditabie to their
asacity. Coniiscation OF tho tco OF rebel lands az
war measure IN 1869 would hayo been practical
ie anu most advantageous; but the timo for II
'r;no viii, nrirni irni.,"tel.igent mon now agrce to
omes to NIL black and white, Min1, Tthogt inter
" ,hon,. would nrnmo,o tho most ranid deyclop |
,cnt of tho trent arricultural rosonrccs of tic
nutb. and 90 far TO restore permanent peace 10
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