The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-30
CHI ARIES TON.
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 80, 1867.
WHY SHOULD CAROL1N1ANs DIFFER.

With the love Of the soil on which he was born,
God has associated beyond the possibility OF sepa-
ration, the strongest the purest and the hottest of
human impulses and If there is one feeling to which
the heart Of every Carolnian responds it Is TO the
love of his native State. And ought not the caam-
ity that weighs upon her heavily now to strengthen
the love which was 80 true and devoted in the day
of her prosperity and her pride? Like great sor-
row in q common home, ought it not to draw closer
together the children OF the same mothert II
relief or safety can be found anywhere, itmust be
m our mutual good win, and our united action. It
common effort is to be broken by even honest oil
ference Of opinion on minor points, then we can
EXPECT only universal and ruin, and the
State we profess 10 love viii find her last and bit
terest woe in the angry strife OF the children Hne
has left her For it is clear as the sunlight tnat,
though upon thousand minor points 'of opmon
we NAV differ, there is for all Of us tho same direct,
imperative, pressing duty. ~
What is that duty2 10 secure the election to
the Convention which will meet this year to reor-
panize The State Of South Carolina, of the best,
wisest and most virtuous men, who ire not e1ciud-
ed from election by the Law. II the future South
Carolina is to be great and prosperous State, the
foundations which are to be laid this year must be
laid in strict Justice to all. The structure we seek
to raise must be the habitation, the home the de-
fence of all the children of South Carolina, black
and white. We must feel that we are all bound to
her by ties Of duty Us strong as destiny, and that
the tie which binds us to her must II we are to lind
safety md peace, unite us to each other.
To drop all metaphor and speak as plainly as we
can, the task set before us involving oil our duty
and all our hope, is the Reconstruction OF the
State, And this work devolves properly upon
those who live and expect to live here, Theirs
is the duty, theirs the responsibility, theirs the
consequences Of success or failure. No interior
ence of outside influences can be for good. we
must il we can, prevent all outside influence.
What we want is State government that shau
command the confidence of all our people, Of our
white people md our black people. We want
Constitution that shall respect the rights Of all and
open to every man a sphere for the development
of whatever gifts Of strength or wisdom God has
given him Constitution which shall secure, as
far as paper constitutions can, that We shaA be
governed by our wisest and best men. In our
perplexed and critical condition, to. form such
Constitution, will require Convention OF calm,
grave, CONSCIENTIOUS men; not.of politicians seek
ing the triumph Of this or that party, the elevation
Of this or that man. Now, how can we secure the
election Of such Convention2 1t will be hard to
do. It is difficult perhaps to say how it can Ger
tainly be done, but it is very easy to say how 1t
can surely be prevented. We have but to engage
in party strife, to exaggerate our differences OF
opinion, to impugn each others motlyes to dlstort
each unguarded word, and the work is done. The
doom We will have brought upon ourselves will be
dark enough to satisfy tho hatred Of our most ma
ignant foe.
We may accomplish the same end with almost
equal certainty in another way. We have but to
fold our arms and stand still, to drift to the same
ruin. There are those who seek to divide that
they may destroy US. Earnest, unceasing, and
skillful efforts will be made to array the blacks
against the whites, and these efforts must be
counteracted by equal earnestness, persistency,
and skill. If there is to be an union of the races in
South Carolina, for the sake Of their own good and
the good of the State the initiative must be taken
by those who are superior in information, in train
ing and in position. They must labour to con-
vince the blacks that they are their true and most
faithful friends and they must prove themselves 80
In this work thereis not good man in South Caro-
lima who has not an important part to play. II will
not do to say this cannot be done. 1t MUST be
done, and it CAN be done. The first step is to be
just. Let us clear our hearts Of old prejudices,
let US honestly and thoroughly recognise every
right with which the black man has been invested
in the new order Of things, and agree to provide
fairly for the recognition and maintenance OF these
rights ,and our appeal to him will be irressti-
ble-with common interests, common hopes and
common destiny, what reply can he make when We
ask him: why should Carolinians differ2
Tie Boston Post, one Of the most sensible
of all the Democratic journals Of the land, and one
that loves not Radicalism in it's issue of the 26th
has a long and very well considered editorial arti-
Gle Oh "the Southern Situation The Post closes
it's leader with the following paragraph:
The salvation of the South, as well as OF the
Union, is to bo secured by it's early leturn to it's
rights and privileges; and tho end
of Radical rule just as certainly daWns On the
country with the approach OF the same event. The
recent popular meetings held and called IN the
culel OOuInern Clues, aG WHICH uotn U4aeh5 dno
whites attend, and speeches are freely made by
each class, demonstrate the spirit in which these
conditions laid down by Congress are to be met,
and guide us to the solution Of this perous prob
lem by the surest way. The white men at the
South, who have an influence to exert, are clearly
going to it for the safety and advantage OF that
section, instead of falling back on defiant indif
ference which at best could only make their situa-
ton much worse than it is. They rightly realize,
like sagacious people, that it is better to retain
of loon off md
shaping. OF local sentiment, in their own hands,
than to leave way open for the closer invasion of
passion and fanaticism. We rejoice to witness the
progress Of this spirit among them, for it is the
s1lrest promise NO can have that through it's ac
tivity and perseverance the wounds from Which the
Union has been SO long bleeding are soon to be
healed.