The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-06-23
EIGHTEEN CENTS A WEEK

1r6QZl6Q Dy Cl6 blRut VI tn6 uuuStI
wife, goaded by the merciless landlord; and
then when he remembers that certain class
OF men have contributed to all this misery,
simply on political grounds, they will wreaki
their terrible vengeance on their heads.
And who are responsible for this state OF
things to-dayP We answer, the opponents OF
reconstruction on the Congressional plan.
The DAILY NEWS, the Charleston Mercury and
the Courier bear an honorable share In keep
ing unsettled the public mind by their con-
stant appeals to the passions, keeping alive
false hopes, and Misrepresentation Of facts.
They by their persistency in keeping before
the public the spirit Of opposition have kept
out of this State millions of dollars, which
has been ready to flow into our commercial and
agricultural channels, but has been withheld
because these papers have been regarded by
Northern capitalists as the exponents OF the
Southern peoples sentiments; and they rea-
sonably conclude that If such be the intense
hatred among the people Of the South, that
their lives would not be safe in the street
without the United States soldier at their backs;
much less their money safe, invested in mer-
chapdize. These papers have done the country
much more harm than the people good, so far
as the impressions made abroad are concern
ed. They have kept q constant unrest in the
community, so that the public has never had
an assurance of anything. What has been
true in the city is equally 80 in the country.
Where their teachings have resulted in blood.
shed, in the death ofmen OF opposite political
creed, already the first martyrs blood cries for
vengeanco-a man, wife and friends shot down
in his own house, seated quietly BY the fre.
Distinguished doctors are arrested, but these:
newspaper friends think that they cannot be
connected with 80 foul deed, and shift it upon
negroes. 1t would be strange, indeed, il any
crime could be committed in this State without
q negro being in it, according to these best
friends OF the race
Yet the evidence shows conclusively that
some noble Caucasian has hand In the mat
ter. While We write, the fearful scenes Of the
French Revolution stand spectre-Gke before us,
rs we contemplate the thousands Of men, wo-
men and children in this city who are thrown
into state Of want and suffering by the ac-'
lions Of those who have it in their power TO OPP
press them; and as we pass the motley and
sullen crowds that occupy the corners and walk
the streets, casting an, eye ofsfre at these gem
tlemcn merchants, contractors, spectators In
their bones and sinews. We exclaim God save
us from the sight which crazed Frsrce and.
lit the fires Of destruction which swept over
that country If such fire should be kindled
in this city who will suffer tho most? Let the
merchant, the property holder, the men who
are in power, remember that the rich always
suffer tho most whore the rabble rule. SO iiat 4.
This is no fancy sketch; the fire burns. now,
and if our citizens aro wise they will take
steps to relieve the sufferings Of the masses,
white and black. In the time Of common suf-
fering the sufferers make no distinctions;
their suffering being common, their cause is
common; they act in concert to accomplish
their ends; when tho wild passions are once
aroused you cannot easily allay them. We shall
never forget the terrible days of 1858, when
New York was held by the rabblo chaf before
the wind, when the militia we're not able to
stand before the iufuriated women and chill
dren, when soldiers wero drawn ON their
horses and put to tho knife, when for three
days the rabble wore masters of the situa-
ton, merchants were met in the street and
bado stand and deliver their watches and
purses, every well dressed man was q marked
victim, stores were entered rifed and
tho intruder with pistol in hand, held it over
the merchant prince who dared not open his
mouth; the torch was applied when opposition
was mado, and thousands Ut dollars was swept
away. We pray that we may never witness
such scenes again, and shall labor to divert
from our adopted home such calamities. There
is still power within tho grasp of our citizens
to rebuild tho waste of their city, and to .allay
aliunpleasant and discordant feelings. It is
the mani Test duty of every good citizen, every
law-abiding man, every lover of his country.
every patriot, to seek the prosperity Of his
country and the good OF his fellOw-citizeus.
With this high view we enter into the discus
sion of every question of interest to the peo-
pie. Ho who loves his country, feels that there
is no question OF political interest that should
not be met squarely.