The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-28
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RECONSTRUCTION IN. THE soUrH.

RECONSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTH.
The New Orleans Times, an influential journal
writes temperately and hopefully of reconstruction
on the Congressional plan. Deplori1g its harsh
ness, the Times nevertheless deprecates angry op
position, and reasons to show that the penalties
been expected: of the oat1 it remarks That ::sthe
gist Of the whole matter s that the voter will sup
| port the Constitution and obey, not any kind o
laws, but the laws passed nnder the Constitution,
| adding that any true Southerner would take il
gladly, honestly, and with all his heart" The
will dsfranchise is so small that the white citizens
may continue to exercise great numerical influence
at the polls il they repudiate violent and unwise
counssls. The practical application Of this view,
it is added, will be ndorsed by two-thirds Of the
white community of Louisiana. =
JEFFERSON DAVIS
Senator Wilson has taken ono step toward rescu-
ing the country from further dsgrace by his reso-
lutions concerning the trial of Jefferson Davis II
is now very nearly two years since he was captured
and consigned to prison, not under any process oi
war has ended, the armies are disbanded, and
Davis still remains in prison. He has never been
arraigned for trial. either before civil or mill
tary tribunal. he is theld under any authority
known TO- the law Of the land. No charges are; on
record against him, and no efectual steps have
been taken to bring him to trial. Every now and
then Congress denounces the President for not
hanging him--the President explains that he has
no power or authority even TO try him, and the
Chief Jusics declines to meddle with the matter at
all until the condition Of Virginia is more to his
mind. 4
Meantime Davis lies in prison, and nobody is
responsible for it, or has the power, apparently,
either to put him on trial or set him free. This
state Of things would be disgrace to the worst
days Of the worst despotisms of Europe. Start
ling stories used to be told of victims OF Austrian
tyranny being left to rot in the dungeons Of Spiel
berg-until even their names and existence had
been forgotten. Our Government, by it's treat
ment Of the only conspicuous State prisoner they
have had, seems likely to relieve the reputation o
foreign despotisms from the unshared obloquy I'M
der which it has rested 80 long. We agree with
the Massachusetts Senator, that Davis should eli.
ther be put upon his trial or set at hberty:-N r
Times. 'N,......: u :
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
The Herald has sensible article on Congress
sonal Committees of Investigation and the pur.
poses they are generally n ade to Herye It treats
them as one Of the resorts Of political demagogues
by which they try to supply the place Of stump
as means Of influencing public action and Of news.
papers, which are becoming every year less and
less reliable as tools and Instruments Of party
leaders. Resolutions Of inquiry are brought into
Congress and referred to Committees stand.
ing -, or -select.who set themselves forth.
with to work to collect and cook mp mate
rial which, when Issued as report, may be
used as an effective weapon Of party warfare
Every special class of the community, as it begins
to be distinct and powerful enough to be worth
special attention, is appealed to by these reports
th ereby day laborers next it is the Eenians, and
now il is the sssoldiers and sailors" who are to be
convinced that their interests are wholly distinc
from those Of the people ut large, and that theiI
only way Of having them properly cared for s BY
uestion is made. There can be no doubt tha
this is fruitful source Of political demoralz
but it is by no means 80, new es the HstloI
deems it. It has long been one Of the most poten
and familiar weapons Of our pafsy seR5ests 5E Times
-, y ~ ss:s5's-- 80 III Il
FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
Our Valparaiso and Lima letterS says the New
York Herald Of the 25th instant, are dated on th'
18th and t26th Of February. The unpopularlty Q
Prado the President Of Peru, was being made
| manifest by mutinies among his troops and police
The obnoxious poll-tax recently. levied has beer
susuended. Tucker, the Confederate dmtral
the Peruvian navy, had resigned. The question %
| religious freedom was being agitated: The Fen
| sacola, Captain Worden, arrived at Lima on tn'
Esd ult. The President Of Chile, his cabinet ant
The question: Of q; truce with Spain had been de
! fnitefy rejected by Peru. The mediation Offered
by the United States was still under consideration
serious obstacle toits acceptance was the recen
misunderstanding between Admiral Tucker ant
Captain Stanley, of the! United states steamshil
Iuscarora, owing totwhich the usual courtesies be
tween Peru and the United States had been sus
| pended Gen. Fitzpatrick is now hard at worl
| trying to straighten the entanglement. Th'
American ships George Raynes, OF Boston, th'
were all burned JIM the harbor, the former on tn
18th and the two last ON the 18th ult. The Unites
States steamer Dakota was In the bay. -
FROM GERMANY. g.. ;EGGl
The accession Of Wurtemburg to The treaty con
cluded by Prussia with Bavaria and Baden com
| Southern Germany No wonder that this news, a
cable dispatch announces, was received at farls
with great dissatisfaction, and was believed u
have suggested the position from the emperor
to the Governmental OF Holland, Belgium, ant
| Switzerland for military alliance like the on
| concluded by Prussia with the minor German
States. We have already expressed the oplnio1
| that tho three minor governments referred to VII
not bo eager to accept the French aprogosltlon
and, from CABLE dispatch in this morningslssue
welearn that Belgium has actually refused to &C
cept the proposition. ~ g T.. .s.s-,ss ~
49, -gi,at - FROM IRELAND. -: :.
The Dublin letter and the extracts from Engllsi
papers which we publish this morning give us dc
tailed information on tho last days OF the Fenlai
| insurrectlon. There was no lack OF men,; no lac
Of ammunition, and in particular, no Lack OF sym
| pntl.y, and many of the English papers bore wit
ness to tho dang ngerous character Of tho outbreak
BuI there was lndoubtedlya great lack of leader
ship, and on Thursday morning. where our prev
GUS account left off, the backbone Of the rebellion
was already broken. There still were concentra
tions Of Fenians in Cork, Iipperary, sWaterfrr
dued. No firm footing was gained by any OF tn
bands, and only two days later Con March l1) tn
cable announced the complete restoration OF peace
But in spite o. this mismanage the sympath
of the Irish people with the Fenian movemen
stood out more conspicuously than on any othe
occasion.