The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-27
Y CHARLES TON.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH ~, 1867.
:. TI1E NORTHERN. PRESS

The Northern press seems much exercised at the
apparent resolution of the South to act prompty
and wisely in the work Of reorganization. Inc
fact does not seem to give the satisfaction 1t ought
and this iscontent manifests itself in unnnd ana
sneerinp comment upon the language and action
| of the Southern people.
| A. man like Gen. HAMPTON cannot,- IN Peraec'
consistency with the whole record OF ms NODE
| life. make q speech to the freedmen whlch re-
inresents the real sentiment Of nine-tenths OF the
white people Of his State, but straightway ne Is
charged. in the slang Of radical aoquenoy, with
'shying to pull the wool over TT their eyes -.
a respectable freedman cannot 81 express nus
honest Convictions, that is the interest and deare
Of his class to live together in kindly relations
with their white, fellow7cit,zens, but long seie
grams are sent from some central authorlty at
| Washington denouncing his character and assur-
l ing the world that he has no influence. c.
And correspondence both great and small
partly under the inspiration Of their own small
malice, and partly at thesuggestion OF q better
informed but more prudent malignity, are at Work
TO facture public opinion calculated TO pro
dnce irritation at the South and excite party AMI
| mostly at the North.
Now the press of the North has it in it's power
to do very much to aid the country and the soutn
| in the peaceful and speedy settlement OF one
question Of restoration. -.
We ask no credit for any further sincerity than
he1onos to the conyictions of sensible men, that
il ia wise and proper TO put an end to the uncer-
tainty and agitation which has seriously affected
our industrial life, by accepting at once the con-
ditions which promise to restore our constitutional
relations to the Union, and to perform those con-
dit,ons in q spirit of such consideration Tor the
new interests which they create as to secure, for
the benefit of the State, the harmonious co-opera-
ton of it's whole population.
And in SO doing, We think we are, in no slight
degree, contributing to ,he welfare OF the whole
country, as well as of the State. OF course re-
ristance to the Reconstruction Act was a simple
i,npossibility. We know that well enough; but
there is a wide difference between resistance and
snllen acouiesoence, which, without imposing the
dangers Of resistance, would embarrass it's eIecu-
tion: The South has very wisely resolved not to
stand halting between two opinions but, it must
abandon an old system, then to try the new with
that hearty determination to make the best OF it,
which will relieve it of most OF its anticipated
dangers. 49,
Nor do we believe. tIat the course ct some OF
what may be called the extreme Radical press rep
resents the spirit Of the great mass OF the North
ern people. We think there is evidence enough to
show that the leading interests of the North, and
those who are really the leaders Of opinion In the
Repu blican party, wish and intend to secure the
.,oad,, ree+ora4;o,,, oP the Sonth to tho Union
The carping criticism of extreme persons at the
North and those who are acting with them here,
represents that spirit'o Of violence which ls begin
ming to weary even the Northern citizen, and that
spirit of sel6sLness which sees in the restoration
of the South, and more especially in tho peaceful
execution Of the Reconstruction Act, the COM
plete destruction OF small pretensions to high
places, and of private plunder out OF public funds
II the Northern press will recognize the truth
Of these facts if they will understand what COM
mon sense surely must teach them, that the inter-
ests of black and white are inextricably united IN
the South, and both dependent upon the material
prosperity of the countr"; that the kinder the re-
ation between them tn. more easily will that pros
pery be restored for both that it is for the inter-
est Of the whole country that the wealth, the in
teligence and the character of the country should
govern it, and that both black and white at the
South areintellgent enough to perceive this, they
will find it pleasanter, q more profitable and wor-
thier duty, to give their influence to smooth our
difficulties, to discourage strife and msunderstand-
ing and to suppress the snarling of small spite,
which has to 60 o long way from homo before 1T
even venture to bark.