The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-24

merely at the power under which they acted.
grant, commented on fnd discussed freely,
Nortkand South, and the way in which that
authority was acquiesced in at the South, was
quoted every where at the North, as tho test
of the progress of reconstruction. No man OF
the South to-day doubts that their action was
approved by those who passed the act. Nor
does.any one suppose that Northern opinion
will allow all their acts to be reversed, the
power thus exercised to be revoked, and the
civil government of the Southern States to be
restored to their old authority. If not, what
then? and this brings US to our last point, that
this action Of the President will be serious to
us, if the North believes that we desire or sup
port it.
What we need is restoration to the Union, q
return to that settled condition of things which
will bring capital to the relief of the perishing
industry of the State. We shall not argue this.
The condition of the State is before our eyes.
The storm which, while we write, is bowling
through the deserted streets of this forlorn
city, which is sweeping in destruction over
the fields upon which the last money and
the last energy of our people have been ex-
pended, is but q faint emblem Of the utter
ruin which the storm of political passion,
again reused will cause in this unhappy country.
Why renew the useless and costly struggle
What power has tho President to save us
Though he is willing to sacrifice himself,
he can only sacrifice himself with us, not for
us! The spirit in which wc received tho re-
construction act, has done more for us than
any resistance we could have made. Now the
effect, already certain, of the Presidents
action has been to secure session Of Congress
in July, which will, just as surely as it meets,
pass another reconstruction act which cannot
| be misunderstood, for even so thoroughly con;
seryatiye paper as the Journal of Commerce
saws of. Mr.. STANDERY's opinion, But thai
| it interprets the Military Reconstruction Bill
in a manner totally opposite to the intent o.
Congress, no one can doubt, who reads both
and who heard or read the discussions in Con
gress when the Bill was passed" Does any
one doubt that when Congress now meets il
will see that its intent is carried out !? W.
will not speculate upon what that Congress!
will do. We hope it will be governed by thu
spirit which dictated the following. paragraph
| in so Radical paper as the Tribune: r,4g-.
"We can never reconstruct America by the gal
lows, and the Deputy Sheriff. and We trust that thu
spirit of kindness will prevailTespeclsi becapst
this contest b not nadeiby tho Southern people
They accepted tho Military Bill 'manfuily, anc
have endeayored to act under its PROVISIONS. In
stead Of apathy, and wrsth, ard discontent W
have found them eager and palnstakng In tnel
effort to reorganize their political system undel
the Military Bill. II the work is arrested, they ar
not to blame and We have, no right TO increase
the conditions imposed last March: ~ anytMng
we should recognize the temper OF the South, D)
/ limiting them. The only issue is with tho Presi
dent Of the United States"
And we will add, in spirit entirely deVolc
of offence to Mr.. JOHNSON, or to any who ditfe'
from US, that we believe it to be the solemn
duty of every representative Of public opinion
| in this Southern land, to impress upon th'
country that "the only, issue is with tht
| President of the United States" That he viii
| have the wisdom and the courage to abandon
an issue 80 unfortunately made, is our sincere
hope. To the Mercury we can only soy "I
this he Radicalism. make the most of it."