The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-26
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THN RREsMNT AND THR FUTURE.

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THB PREsDNT n THE FUTURE. +
II the war between the United States and
those persons who formed . government known
las the Confederate States was o war between
separate and independent natiens, then the
war was one Of conquest. If the war was one
of conquest, then the Southern States are
mere conquered territory, and Congress woald
have right to franc territorial governments
and protect them until they could be admitted
as States Of the Union-as members Of that
great Confederacy Of States known 40 the
United States OF America. Even then, however,
Congress would have no right to establish mill
tary governments. They are in direct oppo-
sition o.the genius Of our Institutions. They
are in times Of peace in violation Of tho Con-
s%titution Of the United States. They are con-
trary to the spirit Of our people. He who
lives under the protection Of the American
Government, not being q soldier in the army,
Or in the naval service, is at all times entitled
to q trial by jury for any offence that he may
have committed, or that he may have been sup
posed to commit. Military Government de-.
prives US of this our cherished inheritance;
and the code Of the Military Commander, we
blush to say, has found sanction, even in some
bf the courts, showing that mon yield easily to
the dem ands Of despotism. The privilege OF
the writ Of Ha6eas Corpus is one Of the dearest
rights of freemen, and even in this State, Gen.
SIcxLEs dared to resist that writ when issued
byia Judge, clothed with power, not under the
laws ofthe State, bat under the Constitution and
laws Of the United States, whioh Constitution
and which laws this State, as one Of the Old.
Thirteen, aided in framing. Freedom OF
speech and freedom Of the press are q portion
Of our birthright, and yet we have the ono and
exercise tho other only by tolerance of O mill
tlary officer. No single right Of q freeman be-
longs to us, and yet the boast Of the Radicals
ih, that the Declaration Of independence is
their guide, and that they are determined to
carry out the declaration that '.all men are
born free and equal" LII
II, however, the war had been waged for
conquest, it would have been o sin, . shame, a
crime. Even the Radical party felt this and
declared that it was only wagsd to bring in
dividuais back to the allegiance which they
owed to the Government, to restore the Union
of eur fathers pure and unsullied; to interfere
with no vested rights, but to preserve the COM
mon heritage Of all the Union Of the States.
Granting, then, that individuals rebelled
against their Government, and the result Of tho
war proved that this petition is true-the
moment that the war was ended every State was
entitled to its rights under the Constitution.
No State can commit the crime OF treason. In
dividuals might, and if convicted could have
been punished by the Government for their
treason. The State coald not, however, lose
it's rights 90 @ State, and at the close Of q re-
benion it was entitled to all Of the privileges
Of q. component part Of the great common
wealth known az the United States Of America.
We are free to admit that war brings in it's
train . variety of evils, and that civil war f.
fruitful Of evils more bitter than those pro-
Educed by any other conflict. We know, that
passions are excited, u '-l time alone can
calm, and rancour, which cannot easily be as
suaged. Yet, We also know that NO OWL var
can end by depriving one portion Of a people
Of its liberty, without eventually producing
q despotism which will spread over the entire
country. H I'LL, @.fsss
~A0 NVIeA II CuOB6W 70 Say 10 inc
South, ''You are States, II is true ; you have
governors and legislatures. You have all OF the |
machinery Of government, you have aoceptsd j
q constitutional amendment which 10 now q
fiction Of the organio law Of the land. You
have District Judges by virtue Of the fact that (
you are States; Circuit Judges, members OF the
supreme Court, hold their courts among you
for the same reason. Yet you are only Rebel !
States, and you have no legal governments.
You must be reconstructed, and negroes must /
vote. Then constitutions must be framed, NOT /
under your own organic law, Hes by virtue Of
your constitutions, nor nndsr the organic law !
OF the United States. You must be rcconstruc4
ed by force and in such 4 manner az to perpe,t-
uate Radical rule"
This condition Of things the people Of this
State must meet. They are called upon to :
frame q Constitution by force Of arms, and not \
even under the fcrnaB Of law. III they do IL
they give their consent e. he placing OF
shack1es upon their own feet. IL does seem
better, If tyranny must come, that IL shoaid1
come from others, and that we should not
agree to place q tyfant over ourselves and chill
drsn. Negro suffrage has been condemned
when placed on trial st. the North. Vssing !
unaes she Reconstsussisn Acts ID giving ssne4
tion by Southern men to System inapossd
upon ss bJ NOrthssen nsnr, wskiohh tksy have re.S
jectsd ct home. Powsfl asa sfsr good-Hsr We
would DO o~utnumbersd by those who ave net
legal yotsrstrrr-eaF ystes would be merely boar.
ing Testimony u iosrs dsgradstioB, while they
co,;!d net avail fss gosA. We wass..aa 10. have
. 30 nthern man forget That ne Id . citizen ssj
the Uniteat States entitled ii his, rishts, and
We would not have him be . tost$in the hands
Of those whose ideas Of govsrnsasnt are BASED
upoAethtS tyranny 81 f~aotisn, dissss=sd s:aasr
nasas Of the will o. the majority.
W. believe, 10 w.. Nave sstsn said before.
thas tho Ansrscan pesple will rstaril 10 Con-
stitationaI governments. We believe that shsI
dog viii come when from the violent slash ~
ARMS and of cYinioa shroagh wAish We Nave
passsd, the people of iAis sosatsy win sna :
psiAt q. swhaOh osastitusional liberty, me
rights of ths 6tatss, andsths psrmAnsncy sfl
the Union may all hs recognised and preserved.
untf shat poiA ID reached tho whole ooanfry /
s'aratt lcssits liberty ~ reached In the Union
hGrCGnmaASk,1kfnw and fhn lava xrati anAs, ~1wA !