The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-07-29

ern men face to face, and tell them
that they had surrendered 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 be-
lieved, then, we should let them see
+. we were not all e-eaters, 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
in the restoration of political and
material prosperity. And che result
had proven the correctness of his
views. When our delegation arrived
in New York, they were received in
all quarters and on all sides, in the
most hearty manner. They were
urged to participate in all the de-
liberations of tie Convention, and
were consulted freely in all matters
OF moment. The same reception was
given them by the members OF the
Soldiers and Sailors Convention,
which was also in session at that
time; and such of its gallant mem
bers as cClernand, of Illinois, said
gallantly, that they desired to extend
the right hand Of fellowship to the.
men whom they had been fighting,
and who had now laid down their
arms. To them he had replied, that
for himself, his delegation and his
people at home, he accepted that
hand in good faith. [Cheers.]
Now, if we wish to see the State
restored to oil its former prosperity,
he appealed to the people to bury all
past prejudices and passions 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 well as the white, for he
believed as firmly that the interests
of the two were inseparably bound
up in common cause, as he believed
that God ruled over the destinies of
the people. If they attempted to
draw line Of demarcatiou and ar
ray themselves against the whites,
they would be pressed from the soil
and endure the fate of the Indian.
10 prevent result like this-one
which he truly deprecated-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
When seven years ago the State
had called upon him to serve her in
the field, he had obeyed that man
date and cheerfully given all that he
possessed for her defence; and when,
after the war, she bade him lay down
his arms, with equal submission he
had obeyed and sheathed a sword
which he trusted bore no mark of
shame or dishonor. (Cries of mol
noD Since then, he had adiured the
people to cultivate the arts of peace
and Cancellation, and especially had
he earnestly recommended the CO.
lored people to live in friendship and
good will with those on whom they
would have to depend, in large mea-
sures, for advice and support.
Unfortunately, things had taken a
different turn than that hoped for by
the supporters of truth, justice and
the Constitution, and now the spec
tacle presented in the halls of legis-
lation by those who undertake to
govern the destinies of the two races,
was lamentable indeed. AS anxious
MS he was to secure peace and pros
perity, he never could consent to at
tempt it on so false, gross and out
rageous a platform as that of the Re-
construction Acts; particularly when
he saw the seats of Hayne, McDufie
and Calhoun in the Senate of the
United States filed by such men as
Sawyer and renegade Tom Robert
son. (Hisses and groans for Tom
Robertson.) Much rather would he
have seen colored men represent
South Carolina, as they could do SO
with more justifable pride and ho-
nesty.
He wanted restoration on the basis
OF truth, harmony and Justice, and
he firmly believed we would have it
in November, by the triumph of the
Democratic psrty. He had been told
by no less distinguished person
than Vallandigham, that Ohio was
certain for Seymour, and shrewd po-
litical thinkers of New York and
Pennsylvania were equally confident
as to the same result in those States.
The people were thoroughly aroused,
and in November the result of it would
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