The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-25
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The tsRailR Road" Radical Congressmen, will
their Sergeant-atsA Arms, who favored our com.
mpnity on Tuesday night with four, sermons 80 q
the true Radical ring. are having a. good time
Of it, These go Special Commitsees,l OF Con.
gross, which are quite the fashion under I'll,
Republican regime, orc very convenient proliti.
cal engines. The party reoeivessthe. full bsne.
TT Of their services, and the people have the
pleasure Of footing the bills. What are Tic
duties Of . Congressional R. R.. Committee
who knows? We fear not even the quartetto Of
honorsbles themselves, who itinerate through
the South under this cognomen. We were pre-.
sent ct the meeting on Tuesday night, and
heard, the speeches, al the while wondering
what those harangues had to do with Railroads.
The only ~allusion to this part Of their dutiee,
made in the course Of the evening, was by Mr..
IJosEPH w. MoCLURo, Of Missouri, the first
speaker, who. quoted o Railroad Official Of this
city who had given testimony under oath be.
fore the Committee. MY. MCCLURE PROPOSED
TO feel great surprise at the declaration Of this
gentleman, who said that in the whole State Of
South Carolina during the war, he knew Of not
q single officer connected with any Railroad
who Was not disloyal. This il the only clue
we hayetof the legitimate clabors of this. Com
mittee during their recent abode in Charleston.
What practical bearing this important informa-
tiOn has upon the question Of reconstruction
we are at a loss to divine. Moreover, it strikes
us that the widespread prevalence Of what
Mr.sMcCIuRo calls 'tdisloyalty" in South Caro-
lima during the war, vas q fact, which had BY
this time become pretty generally established,
and could have been ascertained in DR.. LIE
BER's tRebel Archives" in Washington, quite
as yell as in o private parlor at the Mills
House.
However, all this p~rstense Of Railroad inyes-
tlgation is mere bosh..l The Congressional jun
TO was here for quite a different purpose. The
election for Convention is coming on. There
are many hero, both white and black, still
weak IN The faith, who need ssbig talk" to
make them feel that they are right. These
Radical missionaries Of course do. mot expect
by their harangues to convert any reprobate
'frebs." No, butte taunt and abuse them is so
gratefal,t to the olored heart, and is rewarded
with such rounds Of hearty--thougha We cannot anne,
say very intslligent--applause, that tho good
feeling 'ofa.tall-overishness,a induced by up-
f~oSrious cSchinnatibn, ist dssinedst worthy thu
vocal exertion. in that Il tends 81 s IL I'D tillla,ttGe s, Jill
Gum Cesar into thorough Radical orthodoxy. !
Whether or not our Radical Railsoad. brethp
rem did not likewise take y hearty pleasure in
telling disagreeable, bitter, tt~ssunting and in
sulting things to their white auditors.
We are not prepared to say. Maohs sfeshs
speech n~nskinsaxas proseasedly directed to khe
rhites, although 'shey constituted, perhaps,
not over ons-tehth OF the audience Bus ssvsYy
word that was spoken WAS. III iaast, forS shhee 81
hsft, II not the amusement, Of Che negroes.
One ofsthe speakers referred pstronislnsly
70 such Of his hearers az entertained 4.psAel
se~ntiments." What he meant BY shis, We can
mot conceive. We know Of not 4 single indi-
Of oar acquaintance. who comes asnidsas
this category. Have We mob ell .ssbnsitted 70
,the decree Of wSrs Have we NOT al taken I
the oaths Of anAneoty, and. oven registered, 40
iAvised to do by three Asts or Congress, and
agreeably TO General Orders Ne. e6, fsona these.
And Jet, aftsY having done all
these things, We are still spoken. Of. ID ..psr-
sons eatcstaiAing rsbel sestamSass.o 81 s
AS . matter OK course, hi ia.s ..s ESvsrses,
in Ohio snd Pennsylvania received ! large
share Of astension from our .RSdicel orators,
and ifsws could gain sosr eonasnt. 70 allow our
selves 70 pc amused hy. che Saortncsiies Of no.
iitical sophistry, and mo thousand different
shifts rssofssd " q hids mo truth. ws could
have fonnd much Ssod YoAs mersInent one xtass-
day nighs.t9 q y VA fanny NJ sss every One 81
thsoat asrobats take sxaaning asssA5 syyssaltts ~
enc bound over this isolehIiis rxwghisA s.sh9esDss
slsssass5, sas} shsy s a1aEAass sY1sytaAsyg htsyss 80 slsdes.--