The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-23
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The Jackson: tAaiss. y CLARION, April 1o-BAaxs-
DA1E's paper-pnblishes Q letter from Ex-Governor
JOHN J, MoRAE, Of that State, upon the necessi-
ties Of the political condition South, and pro. pro-
nounceg it a calm and statesmanlike reyiew OF the
political situation. The Clarion continues: -: &
# the; armies Of the Union had been. defeated.
The Confederate States would have been masters
have been independent of foreign control. Bnt.
unfortunately, the WEE resulted. Otherwise Our
armies surrendered g unconditionally- 70 superior
forces; the Conederacy was swept out OF exis-
tence; and the United States Government acouir:
ed the power to rule over u.s. We can no
more resist this decree Of the God Of Battles than
quTed power that government .hns prsscribed the
conditions son which ,tha :Confederats States M Az
resume their pisces IN The Union; but has LEFT to
tons or remaining Under asrt iaw isse wit SGhal,
Clearly defined prospect Of still more, rigorous
at f1tnre aay Exgoyernor MeKae argues
condition, it Is the part Of true wisdom for onr
people TO former altarnatiye and to enter
vigorously upon= the. business OF reconstruction;
Winch must be ended before they can escape horn,
this reign: Of chaos. and anarchy--this night q
gloom and :uncertainty g..
E ,;a ,, a5asyS5yeS S!s .s saAn,s @
Ray. Biahop Payne, and dated Busontunna, Miss
March 81, Ex-Governor McRae says: . III LIZ.
l. belong to the excluded class The organiza-
ton oS.the State government, because ths peonle
Of Mississippi have heretofore reposed their con-
:idencsn ma in too high degree % one oP tGnir
public men. would sacrifice anything for Them.
and now I say to them, through won wiIIinoIo
sacrifice for their sake al right to Office position
and suffrage, under these reconstrnctioI meas.
ures, OF which I am by them deharred. and advise
those shor arei entitled under these aots, to reoa:
tar and vote. 80 -
4 Sy far rs the freedmen SIS concerned, I;wonId
notadvise them TO Tegigterior to .yota unless if
sh4n aPpedr that bad mem are likely tc improparIy
lnluenco them and lead them astray.. !. Int tRat
event they Register, and our peop1e a1oIld
adgiae: with them and enable them fpyote inteIs;
gently. &Ass we aretheir friends $50 ara theVonrs.
andwiI prove themselves 80 when an iaslie sfai]
be made to test that question. II Know iE tVas
conviction. on part Of the ultra aboltionists
GnaW raaicals} before secession IT it resulted 81
war, that when the. war Ssswas proclaimed to
Ehe for ahA :.yemani Of the slaves
Z saI?ns, s,appFehension:e On the part OF our own
than during the wal: they. now free their
conditso js Chan and, without our caro-, the
fanaticism whicET has liberated viii externii1ate
1 them: We should :cherisf for them nothing but
ayRapathy they will. be bur friends, and .waWlH he
the,r protectors until their race isrun
What our people have now to do is TO conform ia
t9e NE ifegaAatlon OF Congress unde Ehe Sherman
~ Mtary Edsa and Ehe.s Actat6 Carr
= Y cut. ~ this means nlr State may be restored
20 the Union and our condition perhaps be bet
rered u not we pasy be reHeyed ftum evils which
tMnreatenus 70 m the future more than these znsasI
nes propose. Il is hard to- be driven to the wall.
DIT o wnen We are We cannot 60 behind it. dat hi