The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-10-10
eco the black, and tranquility and happ:'
ttness to the Whites.''

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''ness to the whites"
Leaving the question of slavery MIR
ADAMS says that SO party success by very
sclose vote at the North" would give the
South but temporary relief; for "time
"alone," he says, "and patient and en-
"during persistence on your part in we'll
ssdoing, in the face of all encouragement,
scan effectually remove the cause Of your
ellis; palliative will but induce reaction
"again." And in conclusion, Mr.. ADAMS
says: "But hollow as the ordinary platl-
sfudes sound in the sufferers ear, may it
ssnot be in the good providence of God to
"prove to the uttermost the quality of your
s'people and lead them through these dark
"ways to higher and nobler career be-
'yond."
The opinions enunciated by MIR. ADAMS,
of which we have endeavored to give
synopsis, would be unimportaut if we could
believe them to be the opinions of one man,
however eminent and distinguished. But
Mr.. ADAMS is the representative of a pow
erful body of moderate and conservative
men. Disguised with the excesses of Radi-
calism he joined the Conservative party, and
now is laboring 10 convince his people that
the success of the Democracy is necessary
to the safety of his people. But it is only
too evident that Dir. ADAMS is not what in
this State is known as Democrat. A will
lingness to look over and forgive the means
for the sake of the end; to defend the con-
stitution az it is and not punish the d ring
men who have violated its provisions; to
profess love for the South and not be re-
solved to cast down these hybrid Southern
governments; to advise patient endurance,
and promise that unending sacrifices shall
g.o us fellowship in the gentle clasp of
the old Union this is not the Democratic
doctrine professed in the South; it is more
nearly allied to what is called Republican
ism
The whole letter is contrary, in manner
and spirit, to what the South has believed
to be the manner and spirit of the Northern
Democracy, and through it runs the leading
idea that the South is not one of the prin-
cipals in the great Presidential struggle.
1t is intimated most unmistakably that the
South has no political aid to expect from
the North, and Mr.. ADAMS, in justifying
the conduct of Congress towards the South,
shows that the North is fighting Radicalism,
not because Radicalism has shattered the
constitution and enslaved ten States of the
Union, but b, cause it is feared that con-
tinuance of Radical extravaganza and Ii
cense will jeopardize the interests of the
Eastern and the Western States.
Mr.. ADAMS, there is good reason to
believe, is member of q class who
may be known as the "new school
Democracy. They regret the usurpations
of Congress, but excuse them on the
score of necessity. They are determin-
ed that Radical excesscs shall go no fur
ther. They are reso.Ted 10 watch over the
future of the freedman in their own way,
and will not encourage the South to believe
that, under any circumstances, the theory
or practice of the reconstruction govern
ments will be changed, except in the man
ner which the State constitutions provide.
This school of Democracy may flourish; hut
to the mind of the South it's principles will
seem little better than downright Republi-
can doctrine.