The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-07-08
Corresppadsnos Charleston Mercury.
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..as We are all familiss enough with that
solemn inqairy long ago propounded--
Whist 10 truth But no one, believe,
has been either witty enough, or wise
enough, sa,isfscioriiy, to answer the
question, i shall proponnd to the New
York Titnes q question. ;ahd viii help
the able, editor, to a solution OF at leaS,
one portion Of the truth. ,.,.--sl.
=, What IL peaeei" The Times wild,
the forecast, the precision, and the dis.
tinc,nesr Of the Deiphic aud all other
oracles known or read OF, tells us. " peace
is reconstructiou -" peace is Grant"
These words are not given as quotations
from the Times. but are the condens
ed mill" " Of its daily exposition,. Il
like precision, but I like dis,inctness
more, especially in grave matters, in
Solsing ones civil rights, and sociai
. Stntus. Will the Times be kind enough
b To be q little ,elsborate, n little clear, ou.
, ~ for the enlightenment Of The clouded
IA Intelligence Of some Of Us obfusca,ed
people At the South, Who can't tee
through millstouesi .- Ky. ....
We are told that feeons,ructiou un
der negro rule Is peace Peace "
in what respectt -if The Timea msans
tha, IL will mors firmly es,abli.b
"peace between the people Of the late
Confederate States. and the Government:
OF the United States, then I say Il Il 10
radical error, and 'misconcep,iou Of The
fact. For this sort Of reconstruction
but adds gall to bitterness; and 10 the
mind Of every white man in the South,
will associate the Government Of the
United States i,self. with every humil.
p intion, brutality and outrage of negro
domination. What sort Of peacs +"
then does il meant Is it peace" With.
IN the iiinits Of the ten Southern State. I
il Il within the boundaries of this i'll
fated region. that the enjoyment Of
lite, liberty. and the pursuit Of happi>
hess" are 10 be the boous of q celestial
"peacei" Verify the Times and its
eonpeers have strahgely forgotten tho
cai'bse Of the Southern men, they met
in the late wari Is Il men like these,
that srs going 10 stand up dumb and
passive, like. roked ofen, to be driven
s,swill by negro .slaveai To be doihi-
mated over by black barbaIiansf 10 be
legislated out Of their property by ig.
norant ssvages ! to submit TO al ARMED
negro militisi tolnegro public officers.
jurors, and judges, and all llen name
less borrors Of mongrelization and mis-
cegenation ! The Times has surely fol.
lowed the example Of lhe illus,riots Rip
Van Wrinkle; and in these latter days,
hss fxlisn sslecp. and has clean fcigoi.
ten all the events Of that slight period
OF lime between The years 1860 and
1905 80, - y.
/ ask again, what does the Times
mean by peacef" Does Il mean a
standing army throughout the ten
Southern States Tor the next fly years
or more, 10 enforce negro domination
And whea Il 'says. Grant " Il peaee,' y
does Il mean that he is yery iit tool
or tyrant TO carry out that sort oi
"pescef" IL so. Tor once the Times has
hitnpoo one truth. For Il will be- q
butcherly work and it will want first
class butcher to put That peace into exc.
cuiion. il is now hundrsds of years
since the Eupli.b have h.sa ,,s,n -
keep down he I,ish nsonIs ,nd.r :. -
rsnny aid an oppression far less irk
some, bumiliaiinR or destructive than
that which Is now enforced. and sough,
permanently to be enforced, over the
Of them. larger ,ban Irslsnd AnS II, /,