The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-11
Politics OF the Day.

.1.ifaTy7A Politics OF the Day. .5S!
Il u LETTER OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. ~
80 The following is the correspond
. 'ehce which, resulted in the accept
ance.fby Hon. John Quincy Adams.
of Massachusetts, by invitation of
1.-the Democratic Central Committee
j uofs this State, to address the citizens
-niof Rinhland: tfi'eot
.o'T. .e3t OFBIuE STATE CENTRAL
aod r3gd afExKCUTIvE COMMITTEE,
,o 1eiqE3Gii re September %, 1868.
,Gn40i The Hon. John Q. adams, Boston,
u9j5 Massachusetts i. rr
DEAR S1R: We have the honor to
g . make an appeal to you in behalf of
5 ); our cemmon country. We earnestly
beg that you will consent to visit us
ut Columbia, and deliver an address
to our people. We assure you that
,'o within three days we could have an
stassemblage of 10000 people present
to hear the words of peace addressed
BY Boston. to Columbia. What
> stronger reply could there be to the
u tnisfepresentations of the radicals
than to hear ''John Quincy Adams"
Gd4h VI OulOu duu IIdUGrQul relaJlOllS
ionithe soil of South Carolina?
Would it not be as if the past were
speaking to the present? Would it
" not seem as if the grave had given up
-a2her dead, and they were holding
g counsel of the future? i' i''-ri :
1t seems to us that your visit here,
r. received, as it would be by our peo-
pie, would send an electric thrill
20 from one end of the country to the
other. We ask no holiday perform
ance for political or party effect. We
invite you to consultation upon liv-
ing principles of our free Institutions.
With us it is no longer question of
party, but O question of social life.
When the South was beaten in the
field, it became her high resolve to
restore and strengthen the Union.
Must not every sane man see that this
was her only policy? that the Union
y now OF she very last importance to
the South? More important than to
any part of the conntry.
~ Must not every sane man also see
that In the very nature Of things
slavery is dead forever? Has not
every Southern State put her name
. and seal to the deed? But beyond
this, did not every Southern states
man see that with the result of the
war, slavery could not stand2 That
1t must cease to be q domestic insti-
tuition, because it had beoorne an
International (so to speak cause of
war; .5lft
Are there no statesmen left among
those in power who can see this? Or
do they see it, and are they basely
using the hopes, the peace, the very
life of the country, to advance per-
sonal or party interests?
:I Let us hope that God, in his wis
DOM, may turn the hearts of those
who know the right, yet pursue the
wrong, and strike the scales from the
eyes of others, who are really in the
darkness of Ignorance, and therefore
easily the dupes of their better in
formed leaders. ,HO5tg0v
nSg Pray answer us Immediately, and
appoint an early day for your visit
here. We, shall require but short
notice to make the necessary arrange
ments to welcome you in becoming
manner. 4I. " l.gIS
4 The policy of the South is peace
it is her only hope. You viii See it
with your eyes. and hear it with your
ears, should you accept our invita-
ton. If you would telegraph to us
your acceptance, we could be ready
to meet you by the 9th Of October.
'' Wednesday, the 7th. wonld probably
be - better day. Very respectfully,
your fellow-citizeps, -. - -.
.lIVs WADE HAMPTON,
g" JOS. DANIEL POPE,
sis +. w. MoEIASTER,
JOHN p. THOMAS, &.
.g..., w. b. STANLEY, I ,efs
State Cc;:.rasl Executive Committee,