The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-09-12

trusted aud beloved leader you have been.
I SEQ that Interpreting estates rights" to
conflict with national unity has produced u
violent roacton againss, them, which, is, drift
ing ITS towards consolidation ,.and also, that SO
greatia country as ours cvon now is, certainly
il to be, must have State governments to at
tend TO local details, or go farther and fare
worse. .oiisao2 7DoJs ~ 4Ia7ptga kAMG,,.gas
Htis ppIai 1t us ut the West add N
tho 4donthfdancctof ilii-anaicfy, saclr as has
existed for the last three years in ten States Of
our ;sUnion, cldrgely 7ipcreases the. danger Of
centralism, swell our national expenditures,
diminishes our productions and our rovenuc,
inspires doubts7of our political and financial
stability, deprociates the value of our national
bonds. and currcncy,p and places the credit Of
the richest below that of hc'ponrest- nation in
Christcndom. t1.'ie
Z. We know that our currency must be dcprc
ciatcd go long as our bonds are below par, and
that, thcrcforc, the vast business and commerce
of the country must suffer the terrible evil of
a hSctuating standard of value until VIC can
remedy the evil condition Of things ut the
South. We also sec other mischief quite pos
sible,if not probable, to arise, such us from Il
failure of crops, n local insurrection, and many
other unforeseen contingencies, which may still
moro doprcciato our credit and currency, pro-
vokc;discontent and disorder among our poo
pie, aud bring doinagogical agitation, rcvolu-
ton, Reputation, and thousand unnamed
evils and yillancs upon us, Wo know that
the interests of the people Of tho South are for
law and order, and that they must share our
fate OF good and ill., 3,
bclicvc-cvery ono know who reflects be-
icvcs-thnt if the people Of the Southern
States could be at peace, aud their energy mud
good will heartily applied to repair the wastes
of war, rcorganizc their business, set tho freed
men peacefully, prosporously aud contcntcdly
at work, invite capital, enterprise aud labor
from elsewhere to come freely amongst tholn.
they would soon rebuild their ruined fortunes,
multiply many fold Of the value Of their lauds,
establish: public confidence in our political sta
bility. bring our government bonds to premium,
our currency 20 gold standard, aud assure for
themselves aad the whole nation u most happy
and prosperous future. ota5 4,
Seeing this, mud how all just interests con-
cur in tho work, ask the officers and soldiers
who fought for the Union, ask every thinking
man of the great West mud North, whyit can-
no. be donc1 t -so,s.d ..3c-
We arc told by those who hayc controlled
the government for the last, four years that
tho people Of tho South will not do it. That,
if ever done all, it must be done by tho poor,
simple, uncducatcd, landless freedmen, and tho
few Whites who, against the public opinion a,iid
sentinlent Of tho Intelligent white tpcoplc, arc
willing to attcmpt TO lead and make tleirslit-
il tlleseT ignorant, ;,iexpoficnss==es =;
people, amostly men who must be needy advcn-
turers, or without any of those. attributes on
which reliance for good guidance or govern
ment can bo placed. Wc are told that this
kini of government must be continued ut the
South until six or eight millions of Intelligent,
energetic whitc people give into or move out of
the country. z1a
NOVEL think, hc Union army thinks, and
people of the North and West, Il das, shy, be-
l;cvc, there must be, or there ought to be, a
shorterS Ssurer way.to got.good government 4fa,.
alliat tho South. .s.lWe;know that, they who or
ganizcd and sustained the Southern Confede-
racy for four years against gigantic efforts,
ought to be uhlo to give peace, law, order and
protection to the whole people Of the Soash
They havoth interest und the power to en-
ploy protect, educate and elevate the poor
freedmen, and to restore themselves and our
country to all tho blessings Of which have
just spoken. The question | want answered
is-"Are thoy willing to do it Z"
came down to find out what tho people Of
the South think of this, and to ask you what
the officers and soldiers WHO served in the Con-
fedcrn,c army, nnd the leading people who sus-
tancd it, think Of these things?
como to ask more. want to ask you, in
whose purity and patriotism here express un-
qualified confidence, and as many good men us
you can conveniently consult, to say what you
think of it, and, ulso what you arc willing to
do about it I"
| want q written expression Of views that
can be followed by a concurrence Of action |
want to know il you and the gentlemen who
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