The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-10-29

fOr that peace WHICH COulSS Va Pa1@iy @eo
eies and ruined industries. But we do ask for
that peace which, in its smiling train. brings
prosperity and plenty. We do ssk for that
peace which comes Of redeemed people and
Union restored.
5. We need settlement of the vexcd queE-
ton of the negro man. To use the rough, but
strong language of the English writer, MIR.
this century" We need that the case
OF the colored man be removed from the
political arena, in order that the country,
both North and South, may address itself,
for the benefit both Of white and black, to
higher and more practical questions of political
economy. Now, in order to accomplish the re-
sult-in order to get the negro out Of poll
tics-I know no better method than to concede
to him all that he is fairly entitled to, and TO
seek such solution Of this problem Of race as
will commend itself alike to the ethics OF
Heaven and the sympathy Of tho civilized
world. Hence it is that We concede 10 the
colored man equality before the law, and all OF
civil rights. Hence it is that L have further
advocated, and do advocate. the extension to
him of qualified suffrage-the qualifications
to be lust and reasonable. Thus would put
premium upon intelligence, CT Integrity, or
property when found in the coorcd man, and
thus I would promote his well-belng by just
and moderate measures. propose not 10 put
him upon the height OF Radicalsm to let him
perish, but would place him upon those less
lofty plains, where, in the providence OF God.
he may be permitted peacefully to enjoy all OF
the prosperity that God has in store for his
race. Thus by peaceful means would seek
the solution OF this grave question.
I have thus, fellow-cltlZens, sougnt 10 es,
tablsh the proposition that the great needs OF
the South ale not merely political ones. nave
endea;ored 10 prove that political exemption
must be followed up By industrial regeneration,
and that these should be made most ably TO
protect and uphold each other.
Now, fellow citizens, let me ask you to be OF
good cheer. Think not that South Caro!lna
will sink f)rcver beneath the surSlng waves OF
Radcallsm. 1t temporarily she snail NC SUP
merged, she will rise again. The palmetto
will take root, grow and flourish again. Ine
people of South Carolina. on her mountain
sides, upon her hills, and on her plains Will
hold their oAn and in vain may alien hands
seek to deprive them ofthe heritage OF their
fathers. God consentiUg and we resolving,
this State is on s, and ours it shall continue
to be. We will never give up her genial Gil.
mate and her teeming soil. Tho memories OF
the war, the beautiful, the good and the great
attach lis to it.. The graves that it contains
and the monuments that fill it make it sacred
ground TO us, and rccreant is the heart and
faithless the Carolinian who would surrender
his post on this eoody heritage. My country
men, we will stand by the lard we love. This
lasting hills, and the coloring with which yon
settins sun invest that lofty Alpine peak is
suggestive OF tho light that Heavens help
throws around our high resolve. No, we must
not abandon the soil OF Carolina. This land
VIC from our fathers had in trust. and it is OR
duty TO transmit il to our children.
"Tfis is our maxim, this our piety,
And God AID Nature say that it is just
The times, fellow-citizans, call for pianly ex-
ertion on Your part. The issues OF this canvass
demand your best energies in behalf OF the De-
mocracy. 1t has been said, "rIerc is q tide
in the afflirs of men which, taker. at the flood,
leals OH to fortune" So in The affairs O. States,
'therc is tldc which, taken ut the fo,.', leads
on" to greatness, prosperity and peace. That
tide is upon us. Let us mount upon it, or we
may be left on the shores OF despair. Let us
"erasp tho skirts OF happy chance"-let us
breast the blows OF circumstance" Let us
hope that we can discern the gray dawn OF sue
cess. Let us trust that
-"This d,wn
Will widen into clear and bourdless day,
And when 1t ripens to q sumptuous West.
With Il great sunset twill be closed and crowned.
AMI now. fellow citizens. let me say that in
this great cause III which we are engaged.
nut nv faith in God and our people. With tho
noisy demasogue, with the trading politician,
with those who are ready to "bcnd tue preg-
nanS hinges of the knco that thrift may follow
fawning," have no sympathy. But nave
confidence i'll tue great Lody OF the peop!le
And when tho voice OF people, noble, vir-
tuouJ, intelligent and refined, Is heard, un-
awed by tyrantJ, and unintuenced by dema-
ccguc3, then do I believe that the Voice OF a
people becomes the voice OF God. Hence, l
feel confident that you, my countrymen, Will
be faithful to our cause, whether IN victory or
defeat. This let inc imrlore you to be. we
4, o,J Intap In ~
lv on. But caudor compels me to say tnat we
may stand amid the shadows OF defeat III
stead Of tha sunlight OF victory. In cithc"
event, remain true to the cause OF democracy.
Our triumph the triumph OF our principles
must cJmc sooner or later. Here let me SUI, :
gcst al incllent from English history, shoE-
ing spirit worthy OF our imitation. Lord VI
mond M English nobleman, had lost SON
who was the pride and ornament OF Ills famly,
and friends camc to condole with the stricken
father. They expected to find him in the vale
of despair They found him upon the heights
of pride Said he, when his sympatLlZlnS VS.
itors alluded to his loss, Il would not give my
dead son TOR any living ono Ill Christendom.
So, too, my fe low-ctlzens, should you nc &c
fcated in this canvass, boar TINS 10 mlnu; tnat
n beaten Democracy is O noblcr thing than
triumphant Radicasm, and be prepared, II the
worst should como, TO say, in the spirit OF Lord
Ornond, "Wc would not give our boa en- cause
for any triumphant oao Ill Chrlstondom.
But lee no Democrat despair of victory. The
Northern Democracy stands firm and resolutc.
The reserve. hav. yet to be brought into ac-
iiOn. In the Presidential election tho true is
sues OF the canvass will stand out in bolder re-
lief Let us work on. Let US stretch every
nerve. And when the sun shall set on tue 81
of November next 1t may yct be that his part
inc 1ays will shine upon our cause trlumphaht
and .ild tho banners of q victorious Democ-
racr, .r,.
Permit me now to suggest an Illustration ap-
pllclb.c to our State, and again l draw upon
Swift's luxuriant imagination and caustic wit.
Tn Gulllycrs travels he represents his hero as
lhr0ya upon the island OF tic Liliiputians, q
race cf men no larger than your finger Ex-
hausted, CULVER falls asleep, and III that con-
dition these little people find him. He seems
TO them giant. They resolve TO secure him.
Acc II !ingly, by means OF ladders they
mount upon his person, and bind his
hair. his head and limbs With bands
;pnumcrable. They imagine that they have
linn secure, and cXllt in their tancleu
triumph. But when the strong nlln wishes, by
muscular effort, he bursts these bands asun-
der and discloscs his vast strength. See, too,
nv fellow -Carolinians, South Carolina, our no.
bic mother, laid PROSTATE, sclrred and bleed
in. by tho result OF the late war, has been
beset uy the intellectual and moral plgmlos OF
the hour, and they have seized upon her per-
son and bound her with bands innumerable,
and they eXalt in Their flncied triumphs, and
| deem their work secure. But there is life in
Caroline vet, and under the influence of the
Democratic spirit that her loyal sons intend to
breathe into that rccumbent form, Carolina