The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-10-21
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SPEECH ~ JOHN QUINCY ADAMS n CHAR
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Charleston, October l8.--There wss Z
large mssting this evening 10 hear John
Quincy Adams Mr.. Adams sad he had
came By invitation. and therefore feltatl u
bsr,y 10 give that most unpleasant Of con
aodi;ies. good advice. M
He had been fressol er, then . fepubli-
can and voted for Line DIN was supper
ter Of the war. aud an enemy of slavery.
Bat when the Southern people haul laid
down their arms. and were ready 10 come
back. he was ready to take then By the
hand and reyeise them. GAanY 10 the bes,
men VI the republican party held the same
ivieu, Then came the thirtcenth amend.
Msnt 10 the constitution sbolishingslsver,.
which was ratikrd BY pll the Sasthers
states; then The ioarteenth amend ment,
tcontsin,ns aeiauss d,siranchis,nyth the South
iern leaders. llsthought ihe Southern pen.
lpie we're right 10 fejectisg &c; they could
ID ) no less. The North had always cersi-
dersd the people Of the Sduih Who engrged
IN Tie war ss rebels. sad when conquered.
as prisoners oil war ~ho had no rights.
The South appeals to the constifuiion,
but II is not their constitution. They
fuught against il, and The Reconstruction
acis regard The Southern States ~ foreign
territory, The chief difficulty now be
tween the Northern and SOsthern people IS
not difference u opinion They think near.
y alike. but uniortsnalely they danpt sssm
70 understand each other. Ths people of
!sisssachusetls still retain The Traditional
idea of the Southern man, ",iirk ~ one
pocket : pistol 10 The other; cigar on one
aide u the mouth. and quid 81 tobacco on
the other" Indolent ami dom inerring. and
intoie,ans Of any difference Of opinion.
Since coming down himself. he finds that
the newspapers have mot told the truth
about the South. lie had spent se,ernl
DAYS in intia,ate converse with Gea. Wade
lfau. pton, aud had le.rned his views Of tee
Iutors, and hr is nou satisfied that Hsmp.
ton is no moro rebel than himself
lAdsns.) lie said The people Of the South
aust not expect mach iroai an. political
party.
Ii Grant is elected il will no. be as bad
for the South as many here sPprsr TO think.
They should remember, hasever, sboye all
things dat whether they like j, % not fhey
cnuld do nothing they could not. again 20
10 war. Where could ihey get n,unitinn..
OF even bsnnersi The policy of the South
Is peace. The North desires assurances
That slavery will not be re-estsbIi.hed.
neither 10 lis old form nor yet ss q punish-
merit for crime. and there will be prrleei
freedom Of speech.
Then, but not until ihsn. can there be
perfect recuns,ruetion. harmony and reun.
ion. lie spoke words OF k,odprs. 10 the
negroes present in large numbers, assuring
them il was Sc their interest 10 .t,nd b,
their Friends. whom they bad known Ion.
ges,. and no, be carried swsy BY the fai:
promises Of carpet. baggers. whs only van
their votes. When the prrsent questions
sre settled, as They seon msst De. wiliis
would stand BY vhi,s. AM UIssk you'd 20
down. srIess the nrgroes sbsadonsd ihe,I
present course. -.
lie said he v.s opposed lopniyersal sui
lfrage, bu,. vas satisfied thai The people "
ihe South sere ready Iosoneeds impartial
suffrage 10 white And black. a. Is the ra.e
10 the radical Slate VI Massachusetts. WITT
the extinction Of slavery al Gauss for be.
feeling between the North and South hst
passed away. ssd he hoped That soon Mas
ssebssetis asJ srsth caroI,ss ~ould agai,
stsod aide by side. ~ srotnsrs and irisnds
as ihey had done 10 tie days VI the rr,slu
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