The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-27
THE NEwrYORK KcIIKRAE6:hNb 'KEP6:
Ti,qfiy. WHY ISfATT1N.r ti".a 'aa :? SO

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The 'ns5a.d 6f tip 2yd,, Comes g charges. viii
M editorial. which il il means nything, is of
very grave siguifoance.lr.s.r1 .a,ns s'-rssm -a-H
| After most eloquent description y6f The
evils, which, our civil war. has inacted,urortho
whole country srit7 endeayorsto show thhS:AIft'
DAvIs1is 'therrespodsible atnuthbF' Of al fRis
,rc ..in,::=f :,'--!s:e 70 n's7 M 1t' III" ~
saarss III ss, Atal 70 es does net ls5 % hia
No, sensible iman 'does=.7if there :ls'ono fact
which history willrdthf6hs sffat WISH History
can by wfIitsn i DO that tho leaders In ia
1 the secession movement ,yeSsi only nominal
tlsS5aasrs; tSat thsy, ,IeiIoYed Yit6eat porer.pf
resistance. tho popular4will, and that novor; in
tho.ihistory Of f1thoHwotidr hnsG.her6 beef d
! movements purely popular as &as The asces; @
slGh ~ .thbe Southern, ,stase4a Bssdot not mean
ao say That thspsople.. III, lef,r torthrmsoires
would. have innugurnted .thisEwaf; but wetl6
mean to say that tho public mind Had 6eSS
taught and trained, hhhd directed BY tt3e ,ipaps
ehco Of leaders who had long. since passed
away; and thht Of living state9nsp; there wns
not one wig e ssald I,asts ,aSs diyeEtsd The
current of.populqF win.:zta ..,.S.z ~. ., 'I',ir
T, Those who arc familiarwith the intefi6f 1iisl
tory. Of. the secession movements khppMi Tsit
enough that nj, DAVIS, WAS .,by M no means opa
Of the foremost in itsiinception, and that when
he was, elected. President Of the Confedoraoy
there '.was a minority very considerable both.
in point of numbers and intelligence, ,yho did
not consider him fiifor lie Plkee - ~, ,.. s'
What iiss own eonvietions we're Il Is Rpt for
/ .
usltq, say; psertainly, after he had put hishani
70 the ploughi he did not"turn back, arid i'that
he was the Representatives, inaf " tho Confede;;
rscy We viii not deny. " .a. l,.~, al. ,s. n..a,
/ But il is scarcely. worth .whilsito argue this
point, as it.is. putt forthsby the H.Ldfdt simply
in order tomake another. WHO ~ rssipSo,hnssible
for MtsD4yis' s, rsleasss sYen I'VE ore
not interested. i Mr.. DAVIS .isjrsleased, and al
the Herald was perfectly. quiet In pfospscti of
that release we suppose sona iiil p4r g
pose to serve in 'its pfsseRt agitstioar Whatbsr
| H. wishes TO defeat the chances ofaChief 3us.
Iico CnAaE sfor tho Presidency; Or whether il
wishes fopronnoto the ohahces Of ahyb6dy else
we don't Know, and do not iit "n much % care; but Il
concludes -iis editorial ith.a-question- -whiur
! qSes seem to be of veFylatseihttfest.
II 'We ,dE9p. this ,s9bjfstr for, tho. prss0nb by
leaying'to the consideration Of thd Hfeat pub
lio two questions: -. -. go =, 49, :.
k "FTEst Tho Ia 70 blame for this filurs of jusn
noe ,..u, o,is nh, 81 i..ia'nin 'a""te7 II t'"'
"Beoond, since Justice has failed, siGcs treason
Is not treason, and sins tbs hays 6siS Starins e
gfStitn! 5Ifat5i ae1 II, AZ. .4f. hal lFkasQn
'Fus trtaipsiH ia. Eazih. .tahis bearing 10, any
longsr9" ..i isi,i:5.i' s.,rO- Ia. s-saA al sl''.'
weoohfess we would liksto kh6w The % neah. iit.
ing pf his @ latter Question @ r.. l. i 81. a." ~ @ ~
Does this mean the repudiation. ofthe nation~
sl,Fpr. debt by tho Northern people sa''-1 A,' ,
i We are honest folk at the South, .Ghd This
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