The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-08
CURRENT TOPICS.

TnE ANDERSON Intelli9encer OF Wednesday says
That Mt tho earnest solicitation ofmany friends Gov.
Onn consented 10 address tho people Of Anderson
District on last Monday, upon tho political condi-
tion OF tho country. After reyioNing tho various
plans presented pinco tho war for tho reconstruc-
tion Of tho Government, tho Governor earnestly
insisted upon tho acceptance, by tho people OF
South Carolina, Of. tho plan OF reconstruction
now proposed, rs tho only, mcnns' OF preventing
tho administration Of tho affairs Of this coun-
try from pnssng into tho hands exclusively OF
tho ignorant, aud consequently tho barbarian an.
tho tyrant, and as tho only hopo OF making this
country oron tolerable. IIc showed, ffom tho
census OF tSGo tho great prepondcrnnco OF colorcd
over white voters in tho Slate, and our utter Ina
pility 10 defeat Convention, or to protect our
sclrcs whcnorcr wo mako IN ISSUE directly with
tho GOiored people. According 10 tho census OF
1860, il appears that thero sixty thousand COL
orod yoters I'm the State, wlo thcro only forty
| thousand whito voters, leaving majority OF
twenty Thousand colorcd voters. 1t is true, per-
hapH, that there arc not as many colorcd mon in
| South Carolina now as in 1860, but it is almost
sure that tho proportiouato decrease has been
| much greater with tho white than with tho col
orcd men i'll tho State, since tho commencement
! Of tho lato war. Governor Onn insisted upon tho
cultivation Of tho most cordial md kind relations
between tho two races in tho South and tho forma-
tion OF alliance with tho two great political par
| lies OF tho nation.
| An ENoLI,H SCIENTIFIC pnper describes stool
| boat, deeignod by tho Chief Constructor OF tho
British Navy, Which is 10 90 in search Of DR.. LIy.
| 1NasToSE 1t will be built exclusively OF steol and
charcoal iron plates, oIe-sixtecnth OF an inch in
thickness, and in sections. Tho heaviest OF those
| sections will not weigh moro tllan forty pounds
Tho boat can thu3 be taken to piocos and carried
on the backs OF negroes from picco OF water to
another. Tho keel will consist OF half-inch iron
plates, in corresponding sections. Tho boat will
DO fitted with mast and forc-aud.att sails. T. is
OF tho royal ySshth, aa22ss,yeEd. Dir. YouHe,
tion, Which is to start at au carly day. Stool
lis thought by Professor WINTER to be an OK
I,colcnt material for moro domestic vessels, sucll
aa saucepans. Tho entiro vessel may DO in one
pioco, without riyets soldering, will heat quick.
or, aud is moro hoalthful than copper. Russ, OF
Gratz has carried this idoa into PRACTICE and man
ufacturSs stool household utonHils worry euoo ess-
fully. ;.u.-
The oREAT AMERICAN excursion to "Parie Italy,
| Greece Crimoa, Holy Land" &o., will loayo Now
York to-day, according to advertisement. Though
tho two names which flrst gave it ecldt (SHERMAN
and BEEcHEB) hnyo been stricken from tho list of
passengers, il is still expected that Tho afair will
provo quito gay and fostivo. Yot tho disappoint-
ment among tho oxcursionisls because OF tho ul-
senco of Gen. SHERMAN is hard to overcome. It
will bc remembered that, when Secretary SEWARD
4 learned Of tho intended tour OF Con. SHERMAN, he
issued general circular to all diplomatic nnd CON.
snlar functionarics abroad 10 receive tho eminent
soldier with n possible hospitality and distinction.
i This secured tho exourHionsts al uncomInonIy
i Good timo in NIL tho locatios they might visit,
from Paris to Jerusalem. They will now hayo to
get along in tho best wny thoy without this as
I sistauce. '
4 The PnEsIpEST's SOUTHERN Tour present.
H quito contrast to his Inst years trip to tho West
Tor he has been met with tho greatest cordiality
and though thcro has boon no hugo domonstra-
i tions, the kindly feelings and genuine aud un-
affected respect shown him by all clAsses proves
1 that tho unrcconstructed South will compare
j farorably with othern and moro loyal saotions Of
tho country. In his recent tour NO ore pleased to
| miss tho stereotyped haraneues on the stato of
tho country, the situation aud prospect, and other
controversial topics and in thor stead wo hive
simple expressions Of gratitude for tho reception
accorded aud oyery thing calculated to foment
discord between classes or politicians was aedu-
| iously avoided. The result Of this conduct has
boon pleasing interchange Of idoas beyond tho
bcnton track Of politics. In Richmond this
was peculiarly noticeable, and during tho
| Interview between the President and tho
citizens all restraint was thrown OF, aud
the conversation was ns infor7 l,.l as II they
had boon guests nronnd tho nresiie OF q mu-
tun friend. For instance, on leaving, DR.. MSNr-
oEnoDE remarked that he hoped their visit Was
harbngcr Of bettor things for tho South. To
which the President replied: "I am willing to for
get the past, and hope for bettcr things in tho fl-
ture." Subsequently, when talking to group, he
remarked that ho would infinitely prefer son Of
his to sottlc in tho country, and take his ohanoos
OF SUCCESS as farmer, merchant in fact In any
profession for which ho had capacity, than for him
to have any Office at Washington. Thoro ho said
ho would bo like tho horse who daily waits to have
| tho collar and traces put on him by hia driyor.
To srn1KE OUT tho word "white,n ftom our
American State Constitutions has long bech the
great aim and object. of American Radicals. In
England, it appears, They hnyo takop step In ad-
vance. Pending tho discussion Of Mr.. DmaAHIi's
| ltotorm Bill, MIR. JoHN STUART MILL moved to
| substitute the word "person" for tho word ssmann
This motion he supported in worry able speech.
IIo cndoavored to show thut women labored nnder
practical injustice, which tho possession Of VOTE
would tend to remove. MIR. MnL's motion roceiy-
| cd rs rotos much larger number than could have
boon Reasonably expected The London Times
treats tho question, and Mr. M1tLs advocacy of IT,
with respect, and closes an article on 10 In tho fol-
lowing words: Educated mon generally have
thought oil this subject and wo beiicro thor cna-
o!usion to be that the existing relations Of tho
soIos as to political life satisfactory, and that
| though thero mny bo nothing absurd or .reyolu-
tionary in comforting vote on women, yet it will
| bo questie nablo boon to the sax to bring them
into tho aroma Of political disputation."
RI, = "a. i4 % ID n .:,-.,: !
HE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION met In Albany
| on Tuesday. II is in many respects an unfortu-
| nate time for the revision Of fundamental Inv.
Tho excitement under which men have laborsd for
| Some ycars past has not yet subsidized. Partisan
politics is tho controlling element in many minds
Democrats and Republicans alike seek advantages
Iof party Success Corruption IN bfac6 is' more
common than eyor before In our history. !H6nncce
the danger that new Constitution will eIpress
tho yoco OF unthnking partisanship rathor than
the calm Judgment OF patriotic, educated people
establishing tho forms in which they will admins:
ter their great powers Of sovereignty. But we
arc not without hope for this Convention. Tlare
arc good, able, honest mon in It's niernbership who