The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-07-01
True Loyalty.

The grodnd upon which the rndicaI party
has laid its grievous burdens upon the South,
is the disloyait of, tho whites. Senator Har-
Ian remarked, upon one occasion, that, whilst
II was hazardous to aive tho blacks universal,
unqualified suffrage, yet it was necessary, in.
asmuch as the loyalty Of the whites could not
be depended upon. Hence, thought he, hettor
the loyal blacks, In their ignorance and half
civilized state rs people, than the intelligence
and virtue Of the rebel" element. .sa
Let Us now briefly examine this ground. up
on which radicalism relies TO justify it's cruel
and outrageous policy towards the Southern
What, Is "iosaity" In Hussis, It may
mean elelity to tho Gar; in FIanee. IL may
mean fidelity TO tho Emperor. In England, II
has tbsant fidelity 70 the King. Bat, in the
so-cailed land Of Constitutionsl freedom that
We lire, In, what did u mean before the era of
radical misrnle, and what docs II properly
mem We answer. that loyalty means, or
ought 60 neon, fdeidy 10 the Consfitnfi,a of
hs country 10 its JantfpnieataI, or1aaie Efsos
as hs,siR eonfninsd. Now to the proof. Tho
UniteJ States, In It's corporate capacity, is O
Government, and its otganic cbataetsr Ends
expression In the Consultations. This cannot
be disputed. But. IL so, II follows, logically,
that loyalty IN he Citizen means adherence 10
fks Coasfitution. Now, what Is tho record Of
the South upon that psipti The South has
ever been true TO the constitdtion, a. she has
construed that instrumeht. Even In 1861,
she withdrew from the Union. upoh the ground
that guarantees were needed for the faithful
carrying out Of the Copstitation. After her
seeession, she reafiirned Il III hcr own inde-
pendent condition with scarcely q change
And, I" since III war, sho has asserted but one
plea, aud that for the invioiability Of the Con-
stitution." Hence, The record Of the South,
upon the point of adherence To tae Const itu-
tion, 10 indisputable, and no charge Of disloy
atty properly attaches 60 her. But, with radi-
caiism, this reasoning would fail to he con-
elusive, According to the radical theory, the
United S'ptes Is q political party, and its To-
gal character II expressed In the Chicago plat.
form and the proclamations OF Congress-
Bepbt, " loyalty,p With the radicals, means a.
deity 70 the radical party. That Is their
measures OF Patriotism. And disioyalty means
non n-adherenco 60 the radical programmes. Let
yiulent sccessiapist join the radical ranks,
and straightway he becomes q "loyal" man.
But let Union man adhere TO the Democratic
party, aud forthwith he becomes .. dislny al %
man, dangerous to the eonntry,s peace, and
deserving oil punishment Hence the sorslu-
sions "f''-' ~
4. That tho South 10 loyal, In the fSoSef
sense Of the wsrd, ~. "a, 'rrE.... - r.
2. That the radical policy, based upon her
disloyalty, 10 founded upon faro grounds.
3. That the radical party 10 q faction that
seeks 70 Substitute for the will OF the people,
as expressed ia the leeislatiye. executive and
Judicial departments OF the GovcrnIpent, tie
dicia of party and the prosaHeiamsnto, Sf q
usurping Congress. .54aI
"The coin ia spurious, nail Il down."
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