The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-09-12
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trustsd aud beloved leader you hare been.
iSseoo that, Interpreting aSsates rights" to
conflict with national unity has produced q
yidlept reactiorh gainsrthem, which is,d drift
ing as towards, consolidation ,taud also, that SO
gr9atsa countryas ours cvon now ip, certainly
iis to sbe, must have State governments e at
tend 10 lotaf. details, or go farther and fire
iwerset ,inaId2 Tg5gss p gItsysspa .shssRaYxat
ht.is Phfntofusat che Nv est add sr1oitlithatl
she saohtffdincesof'seini- ni-adaieaiy, acln; as.hss
exis:Sd lfof the last three years In ten States of
our Onion, olirgely 1incroases hthet danger Of
.ceptrslisnl, swcll- our national expenditures,
dih,inishes our productions rahdqou revenue,
,ihspifos doubts'of our political aiia financial
stability, deprdoiates the value,bf our national
'bohds. and currchcy,s,an plnocs the credit Of
the richest below that Of thcFpoprrst. -n1tion in
Christcndom. M ~ -'2.
2, We know that our currency hluStSbe. drlfrc
ciatcd so long as our bonds are bolow par, and
that, thcrcforc, the vast business aud commerce
of the,country must suffer the tcrriblo,cYil of
a flIctuntng standard of valuciuhtil, we ehn
remedy ,tho ovil condition Of things at the
South. We also see other mischief quito pos
siblesif not probable, to rise, such as from q
failure of crops, n local insurrection, and many
othcrsunfoisccn contingencies, which n,ny still
moro doprcciato our credit and currency. pro-
vokc,discontoht and disorder among our poo
pie, and bring .dcinagogical agitation, rcyoln.
tion. .srepudiation, and a thousand unnamed
cvilssEend yillanics upon US, We know. that
the interests of the people Of tho South. aro for
law and order, aud that they must share our
'fato OF. good and ILL., u; aiti b.,5s
bclicyc--cvcryTono know whorcfects be-
iicvcs-that if the people Of the Southern
States could Dc ut pcacc and. their onorgy aud
good will heartily applied to repair the wastes
of war, rcorganizo their busiuoss, settle freed
men peacefully, prosporously aud contentcdly
at work, invite capital, enterprise aud labor
from elsewhere tofcome; freely tamengst thdn;
they would sooHl rebuild thoif ruined fortunes,
multiply many fold of tho value Of their lapds,
cstublisl, public confidence in our political sta
bility bring our govsrnmont bonds to premium,
our currency to,a gold standard, aud assure, for
themselves and the whole nation ias most happy
and prosperous future. X acbos Z.
Seeing this, and how all just interests con
curtin th- york Il ask the officers. and soldiers
who foushtifor tho, Union, ask every thinking
man. Of the great Westlpnd North, mhyit can
not be donsi s,.ii, L .--,n.,t.,T. t,,f,
We arc told BY. thesc who haze controlled
the government for the last, four years, that
tho people Of tho South will not do it. That,
if evor done all, it must be doncc.by the poor,
simple, uncducatcd, landless freedmen, and tho
aSW Whites WHO, against tHc public i5bpiiion ana
sentiudentot tho intolligchtLwhite tpcopio, are
ayillngto attornpt:to lead, d,1and make .tlieiplis-
ihgsbff1tkesef ignorantS SihexporienahdesS Soiorcti
people, mostly men who must bc,noedy advcn.
tprers,,sor without any ofthose. -attributcs on
which reliance for good guidance or govern
ment can bo placodsr We are told that this
Kind Of fagoyernucnt must be continhed, at the
South untils six or eight millions ofintelligont,
.cnorsetic whitc pooplo give into OF move out of
the country: Sc ., yli;l1xua
iNow,oI shiak; tho Union army thinks, and
people of the North and Wcst,iI dare shy, 'bc.
licvo, there must be- o. there ought tor be, a
A,orter,,ss wayto gotsgopdl govdrnmont sfoa.
,allat tho South, s1Weiknow thasy they who. or
,ganizod and sustained tho Southern Confede-
racy iforsfour years against gigantic efforts,
ought to be ablo to give peace, law, order and
projections to tho whole people of the South.
They havoIthc interest und the powcr,to ou-
ploy,J protect, educate aud elevate tho poor
freedmen, and to restore themselves and our
country to all tho blessings of which | have
just spoken. The question 1 want answered
is a re they willing to do itS" ,1.,.s.
i canic down to find out what tho people of
the South think of this, and to ask you what
tho officers and soldiers who served in tho Con.
federatc army, and the leading people. who sus-
taincd it, think Of these things?
l CONC to ask more. want to ask you, in
VT ose purity and patriotism l here xprcss un-
qualified confidence, and us many good men as
you can conveniently consult, to say what you
think Of it; and, also, what you are willing to
do about itY" al
! iIwant written expression Of views that
can be followed by concurrence of action.
want to know il you and the gentlemen who