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

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sec In its spnslincttbc rainbow Of ;peaco in our
political sky,ynow, black with clouds and iln,
pending storm. !. o....r ...,.a 4; ,.s. -.
1 know you arc representative man in rev.
crancc and regard for tho Union, the constitti
tioi and the welfare Of the country, nhd that
,YHat you would Fey would be endorsed by Mite |
tclthBi of. tho whole people of tho South, but /
should like to have tho signatures Of All tho
representatiye ye s9ytb3oFn msP here Yho e9nSgE
IN your vicws, and Expressions Of thoir conoure
efehco from the principal of6ccfs ana pfagsnn!1
tativo men throughout Che South .Whehs stheyl]
can, be procurcd.sI :: n9iip ~ 9sne1atg - ann
<. Thisnconcutrence Of opinions aud wills, al |
tending to peace, order and stability will as,
suro orr Union soldiers and business men, who
want substantial and solid peace, and cause
them to rise above the level of party politics
and take such steps to meet yours MS viii in
-ings.
;a' Vcry'truly your friend ,2ig4 &siiipc a!'
i7'jBt uel q w. S. ROSECRANS. ,r
Gen. Il, t. LEE, White Sulphur Springs, West
Virginia. ,.n,
WHITE SULruER SPRINGS, WEST VA,
August 26, 1868 -
Gcncrn1:-1 have tho, honor to receive your
letter Of this date, and in accordance with your
suggestion, ! have conferred with number of
gentlemen from the South in whose Judgment
have confdcd. and who arc we'll acquainted
with tho public sentiment Of their respective
States. They have kindly consented to unite
with me i'll replying to your communication,
and their names will DO found with my own
appended to thia answer
With this explanation wc proceed to give to
You candid statement of what VIC believe to
bG the sentiment of the Southern people id re-
gard to the subject TO Which Jou referee
h Whatever opinions may iavc prevailed in
tire past in regard to African slavery, u. the
right of u State to sccodo from tho Union, we
believe we express tho almost unaniiaoas judg-
mpnt Of the Southern people when wo declare
that they consider that those questions we're
decided by the war, and that it is their intea
tion, in good faith to abide by that decision.
At tho closc Of tho war the Southern people
laid down their arms and sought to resume
their former relations with the United States
Government. f.-; .f4i- tla t.aa. ~ a.,H
: Through their State conventions they asbol
ished slavery, and qnngllq1 their ordinances of
secession, and they returned to their peaceful
pursuits with sincere purpose to- fulf1 all
their duties under tho constitution of the
United States which they had sworn to sup
port. II thcir action in these particulars had
been met in spirit Of frankncss and cordiAlity.
we believe that ere this old lirritations wosld
have passed away, and the wounds inflicted by
theEwaF would ,haga been in great
healed. AS far as wc arc advised, the people
of the South entertain no unfriendly feeling
toward the government of the United States,
but they complain that their rights uuder the
constitution are withheld from them in the ad
ministration. thereof
The idea that the Southern people arc hos
tile to the negroes, aud would opprcss them if
it were in their powor to do so, is entirely UNI
founded. They have grown up in our midst.
and wchaye Icon accustomed from childhood
to look upon them with kindness Tho change
ip tie relations ef the two races has wrought
no change in our feeling toward, them. They
still constitute the important part Of our labor
ing population. Without their labor tho lands
Of the South would be comparatively unproduc-
tive. Without the employment which Southern
agriculture affords, they would be destitute Of
tho means of subsistence, and become paupcrs,
dependent on public bounty.
Selfintcrcst, even if there were no higher
motive would therefore prompt tho whites of
the South TO cztend to tho negroes care and
protection. The important fact that the two
races are, under existing circumstances, ncccs-
sary to each other is gradually becoming ap-
parent to both ; and We bolicvo that but for
influences cxcr'cd to stir up the passions of the
negroes, the relations of the two races would
soon adjust themselves on basis of mutual
Kindness and advantage.
1t is truo that the people of tho South
together with the people of the North and
West arc, for obvious reasons, opposed to any