The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-27
The Work of Reconstruction.
virginia.

Virginia.
The Examiner Of the Oath has two editorials
ssHENRY WILSON'S Consistency" and ssThe Raul
calls tried by their Deeds" The character Of the
articles may be inferred from their titles. It seems
to us very useless task at this late Date, and un
der existing circumstances to show. that MIR. VIII
SON, in 1855, said to Congress-:
We believe that slavery in the States is local
institution; that we not responsible for it's ex
stence and that we have no legal authority to IN.
terfere with it in any way whatever. l am content
to eaye slavery to the people Of the States where
it now exists. I recognize the Democratic do:-
rine Of State rights, In it's application to slavery
a seat in this chamber shall resist al! aGtempts
to encroach upon the reserved rights o the soVer-
eign states or the Union! I Will stA ad slde py
side with nv Democratic friends IL yi.alcation OF
the Virginia and Kentucky resot. sic,s OF 1883,
| which they endorsed in Baltimore in 1852!
The article winds up With the following SEN
tence: ''We affirm, and Challenge denial, that
LINCOLN, STANTON, CEASE, wilson, WADE, SEW
ARD, BUTLER HoLT-an have deliberately and for
maly deceived the country on the question OF
| slavery and the rights OF States" Cus bono
The Richmond Times, of Wednesday, has an
article on the situation, headed ssOur Duty" from
which we make the following extract:
! The efforts which our worst enemies are making
to unite the freedmen in solid phaanx against ene
/ white men Of this State will, we hope, induce
/ every respectable man to do his duty. we nave
deprecated the formation Of parties which Will
array labor against capital; but We fear, IN our
cities, the great mass of the un.hinklng 6lacks
are under the Influence Of few base and worthless
white mon. We cannot avoid the Issue, and we
need not foar it. In every portion of the State a
minority of respectable blacks will either vote TOR
! good and trustworthy candidates, or they will not
vote at all. In this State the success Of the con-
servative party win be absolutely certain i the
white voters take care to have themselves register
ed, and also vote. There is no dishonor, no sur,
render Of principle, in their doing this. They wlH
do it virtually under the duress OF the Dayonet,
and unless they do their whole duty their defeat
will make Hayti OF Virginia. In this State, after
| making most liberal allowance for loss from dis
| franchisement and other causes the whites are IN
3 very largo and most decided majority
North Carolina.
The Raleigh Sentinel of Tuesday last, has long
and full report Of speeches made at that place, by
| citizens who had been invited by the freedmen to
address them AS the Radical Convention recent
ly held in Raleigh had been spoken OF in the North
crn journals as great Southern victory, the de-
monstration of Monday last is not without signi-
| ficance. Dir. SEAroN GALES was the first speaker.
He made them an excellent speech, full Of good
advice. We have room only for the following ex-
| tract:
What would it advantage you that the leading
white men in this community should be forever
! disfranchised or prevented from holding Office
Have you any animosities against them to gratfy
Would it make you sleep the sweeter, or your ap-
petite the better and your condition in any respect
improved that such men as Gov. Worth, here, Tor
example, who has always been your friend, ana
Ixuhn So Irfoy
honor, has record of unswerving consistency IN
that respect should be placed under the ban No,
my friends, T do not believe it OF you. Under the
| excitement Of the. moment, some OF You at times
tory otyour race shows that to cherish bad and re-
veHgefuEf fee}ngsis not one OF your fraIties-ln
which respect you present q shining contrast to
| many hereabouts, who have white skins. Let us
! siagIe word-adopt that rand, impressive and
| dixie motto Universal sedom anG universal
charity.
beg here to recall to you the advice Of General
sekes in that excellent and practical speech which
+ evenings since :: Beware, said he, OF those, who
would excite animosities between the two races.
He told them, most truly, that the prosperity OF
the South and the welfare Ct the country were In,
timately associated with the harmony and good
feeling between the people Of both races. .lnteli-
gence, canital, land, are not less important than
labor, and yet without labor, these can have no
solid foundatlon
R. "a. BATTLE, ESQ.,, addressed tho audience.
next; and after him came Gov. WoaTH, from the
report Of whose remarks We clip the following:
How have always acted towards the colored
people, il you want to know. you are to find out
By say mere y Ga g
YOU are told by speech-makers. II you are sensi-
Bic and would act with prudence. you will not
allow yourselves to be carried away BY the attery
.,%l1
tbry, you will find that never hand -cuffed negroes
and sent them into the slave market as soma of
my traducers have done. On the contrary, have
boughts and sold negroes for the purpose Of bring
ing families together. have still living with me
If you want to know how have treated the color
ed people ask him, and suppose you will be sats-
fed with what he tells you.
: A voice-"We can't depend on what Stephen
says" Laughter.)
body elss.s Idspend on him, and believe he. de-
pends on me-"
. \ voice--''rhat's so, I have talked with him and
he told me So"
have trusted him with thousands Of dollars, and I
have always found him upright and honest in his
& 81 would not have alluded to these matters to-
day, were Inot aware that imputations had been
circulated around that was coming here for the
purpose OF lntdanlng your minds, and ACCOMPLISH
ing party ends and purposes. God knows belong
to no party now. There can be no party now in
the South. congress has passed Law which is to
be carried into effect even at the point Of the bay
cnet, and what need can there be for parties under
such circumstances Whether We approve Of that
law or not, We must abide by it. Consequently,
the mere question Of party is little better than
mockefy.
/! Alabama. E..5+-
The Mobile Advertiser o Register, Of the21st
inst; has the following notice Of IN important
meeting held there on Saturday last