The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-22

| those whom they have known and served from from
Sne,r youth up, from inculcatng the fact that their
thoy have always lived It is time now to Get anon
the great and important questions before the
country and the sooner it is done will be the bet
Tho Daily 1Ississippian lectures tho Clarion
and it's correspondents for favoring ssthe odious
amendment" It closes one of it's late editorials in
the following appeal
Wo will not be SO invidious or uncharitable os to
cau IN question the motives Of men who bIinGiy
lean to degradation; but the public viii demand
more reason than has yet been developed to CON
S1nce M them that it is our duty to play the sern-
PIE part Of aiders and abe tors in elevating our
the whites Of the country. For heavens sake, "a and ID
our own honor, let tho people scorn the advice OF
these seventh age politicians.
The Vicksburg, Miss, Herald says
Shall the people of Mississippi continue to gov.
or ern Mississippi, or shall we, by inaction. let the
State pass into the hands Of Radeais and negroes?
Ln1g IS the only ISSUE and the otheT is as
Unless the people of the South exert themselves
70 derive the greatest benefits from our present
est evils . =
The Daily Clarion, published in jackson, Miss,
is edited by Hon. E. BAnKsDA1E, one of the fliends
Of AIr. JEFFERSON DAVIS in tho Confederate Con
gress. It Will be seen, from the following, that ho
is ready TO accept che situation, and gives good
counsel to his readers:
We would not have tho people Of tho South de-
luded into tho belief that they Gun adopt any line
OF policy ~ which to ward Of the scheme Of negro
stitutional Amend dment provides that whenever
the right to vote at any election shall be denied to
any class 9f citizens ETC. the basis Of
ton shall be reduced in the proportion winch the
number of such male citizens shall bear to the
whole number Of male citizens twenty-one years
clsres that when the Constitutions Of the (mis-
called) rebel States shall provide that the elective
franchise shall b. enjoyed by all such persons as
10Y0Ch horo ofoko
delegates, said State snail be 9. titled to repre-
sentat!on:" Now the Qualifications herein pre-
sc5lDed" z Peg include male citizens twenty one years
vious condition." Hence it will be seen as a CO.
temporary pungenty says, the reconstruction plan
whether we adopt the Constitutional Amendment.
or prefer to live under military despot!sn with
out representation, We cannot avoid negro suf-
frage. a
The question to be decided is, i1asmuch as ne
gro suffrage is inevitable in either case-inasmuch
military rule and remaining unrepresented with
certain prospect Of still greater evils IN the future
in the form Of wholesale confscation and disfran-
ad pting tho Constitutional amendment, Obtain
relief from the military yoke, rid ourselves Of
Presde9t and Il tie iegav sae of @
Government, aad establish peace and quiet under
circumstances not agreeable, but greatly prefera-
with no other certainty in the future but long
night OF gloom and darkness.
4 ls doubtful whether any legislative body has be-
and common decency, as to address such an argu-
nent to the people for whom they legisate. The
South can do nothing but act in the matter as
defenceess man would act in dealing with outlaws
employing Like argument. T
The Columbus [Miss.) Inde1 of the 10th, con-
tains q long article on the situation, counsalng
mastery inactivity. We make the following ex-
tract from the Columbus MISSY l,,der:
Suppose we act, call conventions, and accept Ill
that is required of us, have We any assurance any
will be rewarded2 the State Governments We we
organize, the State Constitutions We rrame the
men men! We e., elect to represent u.s. be they black or
We have not. The man among us who saws wa
have is either deluding himself or is trying to de-
can be found in the Military Bii or any F, Ollie,
l} eahy eonsEess e we set Is here suggested,
and system which We wish, yearn and pray for, viii
be restored to us, we will lave the terrible truth
brought home to US that we have become parties
has no other aim or object than the complete de-
stluctlon Of the constitution and the overthrow Of
eyssX sesgs Of Liberty in the lind
rom our hands into the hands Of negroes and
Southern ne ioyalats? viii We have to meet the ter
question Is put in Virginia, South carolina and
Georgia It is best answered by the query Is it
not the purpose Of Congress, as revealed by dis
DAAAHS3
Of all who voluntarily aided the 9 rebellion"
and place it in the hands OF those who ala not
It certainly is, and the history Of all tie recon-
struction schemes conclusively proves that do
what we may, we cannot change the purpose Of The
Radicals in this respect. The fat has gone forth
Radicalis11,, AS to conaseation; that is cont,n.
gency the Radicals themselves are hardly prepared
The Virginia sps pFe IS is almost unit in iavor Of
prompt and united action under the Reoonstruc-
ton Blu. From number Of papers before us we
select the following excellent article: ',s y
From tie Richmond Whsg Of zuesday.] IL 49,.
IE Press AND THE PEOPLE. Tho press Of vir-
rinia owes it to the people Of Virginia, now that
there Is prospect Of getting into practical rela
er to tSs them il
there was anything of free agency, anything Of
the press, at all risks and without regard to con,
sequences, took the high ground that we should
not yield or abate any of our rights. So long as
Congre sional action was made dependent on our
consent, the newspapers all urged non-acauies-
cence. and the people followed that policy. 81 IN
So conspicuons was the influence OF the press IN
all through the North, T. 8 Southern pfess va. re
ga1dea 80 80 the Dominant and peculiarly dialoyal
people or not ba9 sss ass,on 81
the recognized guardian OF Southern honor, and
faithfully did it perform that office. Il the press
people wore the sufferers aud their manly refusal
to accept privileges by: oo1se7utInv to daprn1ine
attitude. t : "'-1ts
circumstance have changed. without their
consent the much-dreaded Inv has been passed.
and they have no choice in regard to obeyinQ it.
1hey must obey it. The practical question for
Them to decide is whether while submitting ma.
they must, to its harsh requirements they viii not
aVan themselves OF it's pern1ssive features and
e1tnct nom 1t all the good which it is capable OF
yleidlng. 1t gives negro suffrage; it also gives
wn1te suffrage. It the whites choose to vote in
Virginia, and to take discreet measures to pttract
the cooperation OF the coored voters they viii be
enaotea To- hafmonize the fwhole Stnte with the
exception Of those factious and incendiary ale
msnts>that would make hell of Heaven.
Ihey Will, by such cooperation, be enabled in
che ve.y beginning Of the new order Of things to
avert nom this State an unnecessary conflict OF
races ani to establish agreeable relations betWeen
capital and labor. They will thus wieely meet the
dutles OF the hour-duties not the loss obGeatory
because they spring ont Of an unwelcom law, By
acoeplng tho slt!ss ton and acting In the manner
indicated, we viii be enabled to choose fit men to
serve IN see Convention, and to make our Consti-
suaon. At the startwe refuse to vote under this
law e ~ voting rePel the cooperation Of the Coo
servatve Union men and OF the negroes, We viii
et once by oqr OWN act, introduce an unending
There were those who declared that r ,von,d 10
dishonorable Tor the Legislature Of Virginia tocai
9 convention, and there may be uen Of the same
stamp who VIII declare it dishonorable to vota and
70 attract the cooperation Of ALL without regard to
antecedents or COLOR who can be prevailed mon r.
vote with There may be some who hol e ;t;s' -
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