The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-08-05

: great good humer, and continuing
s.; his remarks, said that when the
=. Southern States were invited tc
! take part in the New York Con.
vention, he was clearly of the
4 1,opinion that they should accept
and should 60 there and meet the
Northern men face to face, and
tell them that they had surren'
Fdered in good faith; and that
when they said. they wanted
peace, they meant peace, just. as
when they had said war, they
had proven that they meant war
He believed, then, we should let
them see we were not all fre-est:
ers, as many Of them believed us
to be, but that our arms had been
laid down in good faith, and we
desired to unite heartily liz the
restoration Of political and mate
rial prosperity. And the result had
proven the correctness of his
views. When our delegation ar
rived in New York, they were re-
ceiEed in all quarters and on all
[sides, in the most hearty manner.
They were urged to participate
in all the deliberations Of the Con-
yentien, and were, consulted freely
in all matters Of moment. The
same reception was given them
by the members of Soldiers and
Sailors CONVENTION, which was also
in session at that time; and such
of its gallant members as McCler-
nand, of Illinois,. said gallantly,
that they desired to extend the
right hand of fellowship to the
men whom they had been fight:
ing, and who had now laid down
their arms To them he had re-
piled. that for himself his delega-
ttion>and bis people at home, he
accepted that hand in good faith
! ltCheers.] :.
! Now, if we wish to see the State
| restored to all its former prosperi-
fly, he appealed to the people to
bury all, past prejudices>> and pas
sions in one. common grave and
in solid mass, without regard to
color, to rally around:the standard
of the: New York Convention. He
spoke to the, black man as we'll as
the white, for he believed as firm
Iy that the. interests Of the two
were inseparably bound up in a
| common cause, as. he believed>that
God ruled over the destines of the
people. If they attempted to
draw a line of demarcation and
array themselves against the
whites, they would be pressed
from the soil and endure the fate
of the Indian. To prevent, a re-
suit Like this-one which he truly
depreeated-he. had been the first
man in South Carolina to speak to
them and advise them as to their
true policy, and they knew that
he would not. deceive them. A
colored man-"That's so-God
bless you."] .. 49,
When Seven years ago the State
had called upon him to serve her
in the field, he had :obeyed. that
mandate and cheerfully given all
that he possessed for her defence !;
and when, after the war, she bade
him lay down bis arms, with
equal submission he had: obeyed
and sheathed a sword which he
trusted bore no mark Of shame or
dishonor. (Cries of no! noD Since
then, he had adjured the people to
cultivate the arts of peace and
concilliation, and especially had
he earnestly recommended the
colored people to live in friend
ship and good will, with those on
whom they would have to depend,
in large measures, for advice and
support.
Unfortunately, things had ta-
ken a different turn than that
hoped for by the supporters of
truth, justice and the Constitution,
and now the spectacle presented
in the halls of legislation by those
who undertake to govern the des-
TIMES of the two races, was Ia