The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-07

rne private Interpretation gvsn 10 these laws Of Con-
gress by the several militia commanders 10 every
nssaDce went beyond the iaw itself Az there has been
considerable method 10 these strained Interpretations
and more concert nan could be expected from accident
We are led 10 inquire whence the respiration came
Who construed the actss Was II General Grant or some
Congressional Juuta f-hr Schencks committee, for
instance--or the Judiciary Committee, individual
Senator's or di the I've commanders borrow from each
otnerf whoever Is responsible Tor the construction OF
the Reconstruction they in no single instance
that know OF construed nbsraiy y
Il we're easy u -ahsantiate this statement by living
list OF general orders bat this not the time 90 re-
view the administration of late commander Gen.
era Sickles has passed from the stage OF acton. No
interest attaches 1, ais nam or his deeds nav hoH
ever, give YOU, ere long for the rah OF history, an
examination into his public &C as we'll as an inquiry
into some OF the reasons why he was so signa'y IN.
popular during tue entire per I'D OF mis- sojourn
To this unequal aud inberai constructon OF tho acis
rs DUE Ia a large measure the present UNHAPPY sna
altogether abnormal OF affairs in the South. All 81
US VINO ca culae the number OF dissranchlsed lass
spring soon found that We had reckoued without
our host-the Disircl Commander being toe said ho-l
Citizens refused reg straiioa every conceivable
kind OF puerto preteys FOR which shadow could be
found in the Congress Thus, know OF a
OF stsuuch Vi ion OF the upper districts of
this state hat been loyal all through Inc
fused reg sraton baca $50 no mad son in Tue Con ede
rat army. rhers aero MANY ca es of this kind So
lawyers were excluded, magistra es noIaries public
man who fortynve years ago was c,mmis
sioner OF cross roads or of the poor, or OF
public school b,ard, coid MT be ao sed TO
register More nagrant injustice than all Of these.
foreigner coud register Who after having become natu
razed volunteer ID tha Confederate service unless
he was nalurazed again. Ia Short every prsiext
was resorted 10 10 throw obstacles the WY OF the
white citizens and every facity afforded the negroes
at the reg stration boards Great influence exerted
through the Union League TO impress the negroes with
the importance of registration At these secret meet
ings designing az ators had the whole field TO them
selves. The ignorant, credulous aud exctabe negro
hero the subject OF sjo.ery threat .'f
you go to the board and the polls will
get your forty acres n you do not mprtsoD nen fne
nm no oUQ q usa Ali =
the had the additional Incentive OF assured
immunity from al the consequence Of tue ideness ,nci-
dent TO MS found political General Orders
No 65 OF General ScKes assured him that any
who attempted to ''dlscourage' him from registration
should be punished severely by the military power.
With such clause as q text we can readily see VIVA
liberal construction she z0aoss aud designing
VINO manage me pnppst WORK OF the league you'd 90
that negroes whore left the and bsupted
the registration precincts BY days and weeks carrying
arms, creating disturbances and negisctng all their
allotted detriment intersss Of their
employers and all this they did with perfect impaniy
time That the wirepulers caused many OF these
to register several tim different precncts
esctually to xiii of any possbl. white majority
there can DO no doubs. And this vas comparatively
easy OF accomplishment Few OF the negroes had
names: In large cites but few Of them known to
posted to preserve the pasy or the ballos It not
The negroes were rarely challenged whether they
election district not whether they had registered
elsewhere or MOI, All these questions on which
consequently, HAYES larger number Of negroes regis
tered hereover 5,000than ever resided the city,
even when It's population was much larger than Il Is at
present And al these cxpedients would now appear 70
have been IN vain, for there IL no opposition. The
white nag Is not entered, and the sable ools over
radical risnos have slightly overdone their work They
have killed on the "rsbei element" sfectually that
they are beginning TO get alarmed at their TOO easy
victory. go
There in this city ample material for respectable
conservative party Of both whites and blacks. But
he uf houn hnom
paay zed disguised. and now, by genera concert
a desist from any further participation In the matter
OF the first who actively engaged organize the
publican party IN this CITY and state, has long vanly
o ana saS s, h. %
At a recent convention held 10 Coumbia-what for
know notsome conservative resolutions OF Mr. Epping
voted down; and since then believe he u
dsenchaned OF his hallucinaton about the mmense in
fcsnce he going exert both at the head and the
and with Pompsy Quash and Cesar on the plantations
There very few wnite people in this radical ring.
The negroes have learned dstrust them they wen
might when they could not but see what stuff they
made Of There 10 scarcely q single respectable
white man Of ei.hsr pas. q present respsc'aoty be-
party. The Frssdmsn's Bureau agents whit,emore,
Psbury and one or Two othsrssre the leaders OF tns
business Collector A. q. NAckey, and Mr. Frederick A.
Sawyer Collector Of Internal Revenue both aspirans
for olc understood to cooperate with the party,
far and many Of their colored brethren grave
doubts 10 regard 10 them care they sound on the
goo.e' 90 why did they not identity themselves with
Now, as 10 me colored leaders hsrsabouk Foremost
10 T. l. Cardoza . brown mulaito Press, ,erian
men In this ciiy. He Is native OF Charestonborn
free, hovsverooainsd the elements OF his education
in school kept By two young gentlemen OF this city
time when your radical friends insist believing
capital offence TO teach negro to read he went
North about the are Of seventeen, and subsequently
Europe. where he finished his education at Glasgow
Al least goes the story cannot say whether II s
true or not He is certainly man OF some verness
nuQ M IA an
tanmcnts receive facttous appreciation by reason OF
his bong colorsd man. white man OF the same
talent and education would attract attention what
over But by virtue Of his color he will certainly 60 TO
Congress-. e., ~ reconstruction goes through"
There several other negroes nere native and North
ern less glib tongue and up
to In consequence The nominations for the CoIyeuton
ars eo,od To The crea OF eUsa nott
Asssta9t Commissioner OF the Froedmens Bureau, be
II said that he has rs far a. can see carefully alb
stained from all interference with politics, not even
conntenancng these meetings with his presence. lie
has, moreover, decapitated wnittemore and Randolph
IA White ana q coIored Methodist preacher who
officers of the BureauI, for being politicians over
There has been no organization nor oven effort at
such, anywhere 10 the STATE among whites. ] sce how
ever. by the papers thar Conservative Convention TO
10 Columbia on the 6ta inst. whether or not any
say. lear Is too late Tor anything else the ut
orance OF solemn protest to the whole scheme Of
Congressional reconstruction aud still more 70 the
unequal method 10 which IL has been carried out
The radicals havo no organ Ia south Carolina There
are two negro PAYERS published here, u Is trae. tie
Lcddr poor, msersbe rag, edited (sc by preacher
OF African Methodist church. Mr. Cam all the work
done Il by negroes The other Is the Adrocne the
organ Of the Methodist Episcopal church mission here
The latter recently obtained ofrcis recosniron from
Nr. Macpherson. and had the printing OF tile United
States laws awarded to H. even though Is only wsek
y paper, aud Of very small circulation Tho other paper
is not yet nominated; none 'royai' enough Ether
the RAIDS have been unabie TO get the money
for paper they have concluded land With
roasorl TINT was unnecessary that tho colored
majority secure here TO need such aid
~ hA~a xA tvx,dIW
educated bv means OF hxranguss For this or
some Kindred purpose, hall was rented 70
Gently 4 base HaO which vas 70 have been inangur-
acd by q lecture from the iusirous Oh bert Piisbury,
great high priest OF tue Union League private
LIE known the superintendent Of the Coorcd orphan
Asylum . Frcedrnsns Bureau once The theme OF tho
lecture .sMau Is Slave and q Cnzen." At the
time appointed wedn rsday night last . large coIorcd
audience doomed 10 disappointment Mr.. Pilisbnry
permitted to lecture because tho lessor objected
The hail had been rented library and reading rocm
f,r