, 1867-03-23
PIKE l'EhEoDY GIFT.

The great c!ua-;'y-gi:, Of Gco:gc Tea
hol., ESQ. ii& the l,cncl:; Of Tic South il
being alflici FOR Eythc l,ua:.ry ors&, with
AMAZING rar;iitr.. !,;lpr:S ~. on foot 10
onjoy the benefits 4; Chs earliest :'"Ssilic
date. The whites, wi;!. :lcir uaual allrcw,l
ness and cunning. arc arpr"rria:inr 50
rapidly ,iilt, It sill al be absorbed ia .
>l.nr: time. 1t j Il pity tia. q certain part
had not been specified Is 1hc donor r- he
benefit Of tic cn!ored youths Or, that the
.c:!cctIuiLci =. nni ~tocNccu!e the will Of
the donor had not b@rn 'aorr happy. BY
the time i person is found willing to give
The due proportion to the colorcl people
in South Carolina, the appropriations will
Ill have been made, AMI there will &c /. 10
more left. II Air. Peabody had selected
MIR. Wagner, Vim. Mhalcy Or Coy. Mag
rati:. to carry out hi. will, the colo;cd poo
pic might have stood " tolcr1bia cl,a:.ce-
they were Dat ana Contrior#tc:, riiinr The
Davis government above borrd-an,i when
n change carnc they lnauiilllv accepted the
! sitnativn-:u,d to-day, lii. cuiurcG li::n may
iinlin them better friends, than in u lu&n WHO
could give his money TO entertain CoaIrd-
crate officers and give his llcans to carry
on the war ]amai:.st the United States, and
;hcn orv rsit, " / avn i Union man. and
.tivise The continuance Of ,hc .~listranrl,iSc-
mcnt Of the h!scks-!mcarsc they would
be likely 20 vote for thuir cid "m;stnrs -
and yet, he WAS the owner Of nile hun
drcL;s, nnl. ninety-niuc ut the same time.
Such q man cannot be trusted. Nc fear
Tor tie poor negroes interests, if left in
ouch hands. Give us IN o,ol foe and 4
fair fight, and We will trust to luck. /" I1c
%Ilo steals my purse, gets tra,h-but nc
wio rohs me ct my gona name takes that
which will MOI enrich lin, but leaves lie
poor ana miserable" The negro, We trust,
Will l,:ow how to treat such cirting hypo-
cries, WHO, II heart, are trai, OH to their
conntry, aud enemies TO Tie :cgro-yct
lave ilut the msuiinoas u nrow i.!.;ir true
Sentiments. Gnicr the gaTh ag loyalty,
they seek to carry Oh their n-..i!ous deal
Jugs.
WILL TIE COUNTRY RE sGHEEiT-
GD Ex HHE ESr'aANc IiS1A-ST or
TJE NGGkO
Amid The revolutions i~nci!Ga; to nation
AZ prc.,tc,,, there arc always dor'"e en-
tcrtaincl among the best and Ti5c:t q!
men. rs to whether the changes III Lie
arc for tie best, or whether the mta:nre:,
-Ecw in ,l,c:r bearings and r:snlts-
will Justify the hazards in question. and
Interests 81 luomcntous 10 the wcll-hcin@
Of mankind?
The fierce aud rapid tide Of Republic
canism which swcnt over France daring
the days Of R~obesp:crrc, Danton and their
cou,pcers, with all the purifying in! c!cc-
tritying influences which Libcrty could
give to a %nation, were but the initiatory
steps in the great, drama of a people bound
ins forth to ahighcr and moro d!Zniticd ma
tional character. 1t is true that. crowned
heads were dissatisfied, peers and lords
were disturbed, the aristocracy-that old
rclie Of barbarous agcs-wcre discounted /:
bat, the pcoph-tlic great masscs-wcrc
cnifanoilised, received their birth-right,
and the beautiful Goddess Of Liberty,
tue mother Of us s,li, was cntlroncd.
Conservatives Of that tnao lcplorcd the
destruction Of government g constitution
al liberty" thcj said was destroyed; law
aud ortlur had no place in which to dwell,
said tkoy, But they spoke for Themselves,
not for the people. They d%criorcl the
loss Of power, place and pretcrinent 50
they were opposed 10 the government crcc-
atcd by the lmoplc, But tho results IN
France have proved that revolutions never;
go backwards. They purify and Re- habi-
litatc . nation. Did F,arcc sink
into 'lsignifcanee after her internal trou-
blcs =? Did England lose l.er powor aud
influence aftor Cromwell had guided tho
l.c)m Of state and hun|,!led the prond aris.
Of the rcalm2 Did America sink