The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-05-14

the member OF the committee from
Wisconsin, (Gen. Paine asks me if
mean to say that the Union will be-
dissolved or broken up. / answer, d
that as toNwhether the Union will
;stand or not, this is "a speculativel
question for the future to determine,
and one which shall not undertake
to settle. But can say to the gentle
man, that ( did not suy what he attri-
butes to me. But I will explain more
fully the thought meant to be con-
veyed. l mean to say that in the
political and moral world, just as in
the material world, there are unseen
principles, quiet agencies, ever at
work; logical and regular processes
OF divine arrangement, which tend
always to o normal state of things, to
the order of the universe. That,
nnder the -ecccs:...c::ots;oa plan, siher6
is an abnormal state of society pro-
duced, an irregular, an unusual ar
rangement, q violation of the Hea-
ven established laws for men in socie-
-ty. and that This could not be expect
ed long to last. And, in addition to
this, 1t may be said that the white
people will contribute, in every legiti-
mate way, to setting things Alright.
They will help on the national work
ings referred to, and relieve them
selves, as soon as possible, of an un-
reasonable sway. But the gentle
man has also inquired of me, when I
claimed that the whites Of the South
have inherited certain rights, If the
rebellion" in which they engaged
did not work forfeiture of those
rights. [ answer no, and will add
that, ms [ conceive it, their embarking
i'll the late war did not effect sacri-
flee of their political inheritance-
there was no lapse of their rights.
Further, Mr.. Chairman, we desire
to repeat the language of the remon-
STRANGE paper, and affirm that there
is no ground upon which to base your
treatment of the State we represent u
and the South Mt large We are
called disloyal, and yet we deny thb
charge, and assert that, in the right |
full acceptation of that abused terp,
there dwells not within the limits jof |
the Union, more loyal, n truer pfo-
pie than they of South Carolina ind |
the South in general. But giveme
leave to add that. loyal as they ATE to
their plighted faith and to the Con-
stitution and laws of the land you
expect too, much of them whep you
call upon them to acquiesce IN the
rule you have, by arms, established |
over them. The blood that fiaws in
our veins is the same that warns
yourS on1 cuo1, blood ,,,,,t ,,ool, |
flow faster at the thought 9f negro !
domination. To this domilttion we
will not quietly submit. h it, we
will never acquiesce True, we do
not mean resistance by aims. We |
acknowledge that this CRED problem
at the South had best be worked out !
in peace, on the industri4 arena, by |
material instrumentalitiesl At least,
we, the whites and conservatives Of |
the South, standing upot reasonable
ground, do not invite ant violent So
luton. But we do i4end to an-
nounce our purpose $ resist this
supremacy of the black tace, by every |
means left us under thS Constitution |
and laws. BY politic.l organization,
by wise combinations, ,hy truthful ap-
peals to the conservative elements,
blnckand white, by utwearied efforts,
by every right given hs by Heaven or
left to us by Congress, we will carry
on this righteous contest, until we
recover the control which. Of right,
belongs to mental superiority and |
virtuons influence. We stand upon
this rock. This is our high and un-
alterable resolve, to which we stand |
committed lE thoughts of home, and |
kindred AMI friends-by the tradi-
tons of glorious past, by the hopes
of n prosperous future. Without
long struggle, we will not surrender
this land os ours to the rule of the
alien and tie Southern radical, black
or white.
But, DR.. Chairman, there is mode
OF restoring the peace and unity of
the land mode of reconstruction,
prompt and efficacious, and not in
consistent with the freedom and Just |
equality o. all classes of our people.
Give us tie policy of reconciliation.
Let the dead past bury the dead"
Offer to the men who fought you the !
calumet OF peace. Restore the States
on just and Il liberal basis, such ms
Grant and Sherman suggested Mt the
close Of the war; then will the vexed |
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