The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-01
alR. BEEcIIER AND GOV. p,cKsNs.


reckless sort not uufrequentiy manage to impart
Fictitious hteres, to their narratives, other wi=o
dull and proliS, by introducing living characters
and describing contemporary ovonts OF gre't
\ national Importance. Soyelists have often tax n
the license to introduce CASUALLY for purposes Of
satiie) living charscters. hut generally under
| assumed naIues. But to introduce mon living,
Who played a prominent part only hyo or six wears
az and describe the events in which they were,
l"ncipal actors; more than this, to represei,t
| them giving rcasona for their actions, aud of
| course in nine casos out Of ten put language ami
| sentiments in their mouths. TO which they would
| not subscribe, is course oil procedure which WI
| are at loss to caractcri.c in language cSprcss-
ing tho indignation feel, yct at the same time
temperate, as bcfits tho unbiased critic.
We nre of the lew who have patiently AMI hope
| fully followed Mr.. IIENnY WARD HEEcin:R, through
all the proliSity AMI preaching of the fnriy-threo
chapters, thus fur published in the Ne,o York'
Ledger, or Norwood; or Village Lifr in Now Eng
land." Wc have sympathized with him again and
again, when found him Ia paipablo strait Of
not knowing what to do for The next wcok's copy,
or how to dispose of his characters. We hava no
dunbt many OF his unprofrssio1l1l readers must
have been greatly puzzled to know why few
weeks ago. for no cause that could bo reasonably
assigned, Parson BuELI.s wife was killed of, and
her funeral obseluies infinitely clironicled, when
the said lady had never before becn named iu ihe
course of the story. The true explanation VIZ
tako 1t, was that Parson DEEcuER did not feel yery
bright, and BoHsER's devil being clamorous FOR
"copy," he sat down and prosed for two OF three
hours over Mrs. BUELL. and her husbands great
affiiction at the loss Of 80 cstimable wife. II
a similar predicameut doubtless suggested
changing the venuo" to Charleston. Tho sub
hero, Mr.. HAYWOOD, III 'tF. +. W" who had been
.
fusod" by the heroine, Miss WENTWORTH in a Gt OF
desperation goes to Charleston, III the spring OF
1861 There is no satisfactory explanation given
for so rash step on the parl Of lhis 'southeru
gentleman with Northern principles" He is forced
here. 'otens poiens, because 1t quits Mr.. DEECHEa
to ILL two or three chapters with the siege of Fort
Sumter, at little outlay Of thought or labor.
In Chapter XLI, MIR. HAYWOOD commences his
letter, detailing events in Charleston in March,
1861. He has letters to Governor PIcKEss and
other notabiiites and naturally at gains their
confidence. Governor P. and General BEAuaEoAap
reveal their most secret plans and ultorior pur-
poses to the unsympathiziug breast OF thi. Yir-
einia Unionist.
Under date Of April 10 he writes:
81 am informed to-day by Gov. Pickons tina, he
has word from the Government at Washington
that proTisi ma are to be sent to Fort Sumter at all
to his Government at Montgomery. There is
great eictoment urged the plan already men,
toned Anderson cannot hold out many days.
Starvation will give the fort into their hands full
ms soon as artillery can. Uness bloodshcd is
needed for some political purpose, cannot imagine
With M Sns ih the trsS sy
tsibuted to the forts and batteries Business @ i Is
almost dead 1t seems like q military holiday
Tho current for secession and Southern Re-
public rushes like o mighty stream. Nothing
n m icti ,la
sissm. Every one is oxhilarated. rho most eI-
trayagant pictures are drawn of the future Of this
loading men and managers OF affairs discussing
The prospect; 'Bombsrd tho iort--commit the
Stats ir, rrososS6ly by shedding blood The Gov
to threaten coercion. Tho first stop in that di-
reovio9 will bring every ,cotton-growng State. to
States must como to this side Against snei n
front no mar Will over ie made .rurnng 10 me,
ssds S e SS no better f bT Tx s. e
few lives, and the consolidation thereby Of If
teen States, to prevent war. than by ten,pori%.ng
doubtful in isanc, will sacrifice hundreds AMI il
may be thousands Of lives Even humanity won!d
dictate decisive measures
~ replied: 81 think, gentlemcn that Won mia
take the whole feeling of the North. # the flag is
fired upon there will be war. If tIcrc liz war; yon
one The South will moi weld easiiy. Tho North
will be oven moro Tenacious
Some OF the gentlemen were curious to know
But the majority laughed to scorn the idea of
Northern courage: What is most singular is, that
the men WHO most doubt Northern lighting quail
ties were themselves from Tho North, or were boru
OF Northern parents One or two icry spirits de-
clarod that with thousand picked mon they could
march from Charleston to Now York; that there
were, more in number in tho North who would
greet them than would fight, and that in less than
year peace would DE established. Tho meeting
with warmth, urged upon Governor Pickens to use
ms influence 70 prevent actual hostilities.
p,sa8 know d,ss16,oS not why with my sentiments
in the most secret councils Of accession
.".'lIoywood, honor your fidelity to Your % con-
respecting the North. Yet, you arc Southern, and
stronger than mems wills
g But not, trust, than mems principles
application Of principles that creates difference nos
OF opinion upon pnbiic Affairs. For instance: Yuu
bel believe in justice, and 80 do l. But what is just
We bele5o III humanity. But which is The surcsl
Way OF being humane? Sometimes fori enrauce
will constitute humanity. Sometimes aggression
ter will prevent civil war. Yon think not
1t IL not difference Of principles, but of judg-
population will be consulted by Unity OF national
hie We believe that two nations arc better than
on one. We sEToe as to tho principle VIZ: the duty
as to means only. Say that you are one Of us. l
mean that your syInpathieH go with tho land OF
your birth. Events arc trauspring that will draw
tho lnos and all men will have to choose siden
The timo is close at hand. II will be impossible
for you, when you sec that the rupture cannot be
prevented, to take sides against your father and
kindred, against your State. against oil youc COM
panions and against the South and all its glorious
fnturel Your honor and yonr affection will COM
pol the right corse: And IL is this certainty which
induces me to eonhde in you,
He then laid open to me the whole inside view,
aud confess that my heart sank within me, as he
closed, and felt gloomy certainty that the na-
tion was rent in twain.
""There are.' said be, among the active and in.
fuential men in the South three clashes. First
arc the old politicnns who do not want secession
threaten it only to secure for the 6out i Ger.
tam further concessions which shall orclonp It's
political ascendency. They are dull and selhsl
men. Thoy foresee nothing and plan nothing ex-
cept the possession OF political power
"'Noxt il the great middle ciRss containing the
active young men, and moat oftho families of
wealth throughout the South. They threaten se-
ceEson and even Welcome 1t, but with distinct
understanding among themselves that it is the
shortest road to a reconstructed Union. They all
hold to the antiquatod superstition or single ma
ton. When once tho South is organized and it's
government recognized, then, they reason will be-
gin process OF disintegration of the Northern
Union, and of the absorption of its particles by
tho Southern Union One by one the Northwest
States will dissolve their connection with their
Government, and como under our now Constitu-
ton. Pennsylvania will not be long in following
New York will not consent to see her commerce
pass 10 Baltimore and Charleston. NoE England
which has been the firobrand OF tho continent NAV
Hmouldor and 20 to ashes among hor own rocks.