The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-10-28

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Hon JOHN QuINcY ADAMS IN SorTu CAEotlx,r
Speech at Charleston. Charleston s. C. Oct. LII
large meeting was held here this evening t0 hon,
John Quincy Adams. Mr.. Adams said he had com.
here BY invitation and therefore felt liberty to r
that most unpleasant Of commodities GOOD advice H.
said he had been Free Soiler, then Republican
voted for Lincoln, was supporter Of the var and an
enemy of slavery This was lis position at the clos
of the war But then, when the Southern people bs@
laid down their arms andswcre ready to come back he
ready to receive them. Many Of the best men Of
the Republican party hell the view. Then cane
the thirteenth amendment aboshing slavery which
ratified by all the Southern States. Then the f
teeEth amendment, containing the clause disfranchjs
ing Southern leaders. He thought the Southern lHe
pie right in rejecting it. They could DO 10 les, y.
then stated tiatthe North had ALWAYS conSiIfredt5s
people Of the South who engaged ii WIZ as rebels md
when conquered, prisoners OF war; who had no rie
They appeal to the Constitution, but il is not he.
Constitution. They fought against it, and the re,ap
struction acts regard the Southern States as foeisu
territory. The chief difficulty between Northern
and Southern people is not difference Of orini5.
They think nearly alike; but unfortunately lhey 4,
not seem to understand each other. People in Mas,.
chusetfs still have the traditional idea Of the Sonte,
man, dirk III one pocket, pistol in the other; cigma
side Of the mouth quid OF tobacco in the other
INDECENT and dolnncering and intoleraut of alrdH
ference of opinion. Since coming down himself b
finds that the newspapers have nottod the truth about
the South. He had spent several DAYS in intini,
converse with Gen. Wade Hampton, ltl lcarndR
views of the future, and Is satisfied that Hampton
is no more of y rebel than himself Adan~l lie Thea
said that the people of the South must not ezDg
nuch from any political party. If Grant is electalR
will not be bad for the South as many Lee appear
to think; that they should remember, however, ADORE
all things that whether they like it Or net they coda
do nothing they could hot again GO to war Ior
would they getanmuniton or even banLrr5? The p}
icy of the South is peace. The North desires assn
the old form nor yet as punishment for crime, and
there must be perfect freedom Of speech. Then, bu
not until then, there be pc:frct Reconstructed
harmony and reunion. lie spoke words of kindHg
to the negroes present in large numbers assuring them
that it to their interest 10 stand Ivy their friends
whom they had known longest, and not be carried
away by the fair promises OF cCrpet-baggers who O1B
want their votes When The present aestions areet
tied, as they soon must be- white n.cn would STANDBY
white, ANA the black will 90 ,!oHn unless the nesroa
stand on their present course lie said he Was opposed
universal suffrage, bat satisfied that the people
of the Soath were ready to coicede impartial suffrage
to white and black as was the case in the RadcaSaa
of Massachusetts. With p extinction Of saTer he
said all cause for bad feeling between NorandSo1i
had passed away, and he hoped that soon Aasseba
sets and South Carolina would again stand side b
side as brothers and friends as they had done ii The
days Of the Revolution