Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-03-26

Interview Of South Carolinians with
the President.
Among the visitors who called on
the President on Tuesday morning
were the Hon. J. p. Reed and Hon.
w. D. Simpson, of South Carolina,
who were presented by the Hon.
Thomas L. Jones, of Kentucky. Dur
: ing the interview Mr.. Reed read for
himself and Mr.. Simpson, the follow
ing paper in relation to the condition
of affairs in that State:
We have called, n r. President, as
members elect from the old Common
wealth of South Carolina to the Forty
first Congress of the United States, to
tender for ourselves and the people we
: have been chosen to represent, our
! congratulations upon your auspieious
assumption of the Office of Chief Mag
istrate of the American Union. We
are, sir, natives of the State from
! whence we come, and cla. Is repre-
sentative men of its ancient popula-
ton, to be familiar with their political
and material condition, their senti-
ments and aspirations for the future.
Politically, in addition to tho loss
of nearly all their pecuniary resources
they have by the results of the war
been practically excluded, for more
than three years, from the family of
States, and the blessings of civil gov
ernment, but having been recently re-
stored to their original position in the
Union, upon the plan which the Con-
gress in its wisdom saw fit to adopt,
without concurring in the manner of
their restoration, they have accepted
the accomplished fact in good faith,
and are as loyal to the Government of
common country as any other equal
number of tie American people.
Their condition socially is and has
been one of profound peace, and aside
from few isolated acts of personal
violence that have occasionally been
committed in different parts of the
State, such as are unfortunately of
too common occurrence in all sections
OF the Union, good order has prevail
ed, and the laws, State and Federal,
enacted for their government by
bodies in which they were unrepre-
sented, have been respected, obeyed,
and enforced without the slightest
tendency to tumult or violence.
Materially the abundant harvests
that have been vouchsafed to them,
and the high prices at which their
leading staples have ruled, have re-
lieved them in a great measure from
their embarrassments, and opened up
to their imaginations the dawn of
prosperity so entirely unexpected as
to leave room to hope thatevents which
were deemed he most crushing evils
may turn out to have been indeed
"blessings in disguise"
In sentiment, while almost the entire
native white, and large number of
the colored population, have affiliated
and been identified with the national
Democratic party, their fetters are
not Of such controlling strength as to
induce or permit factious opposition
to the party in power, or hinder them
from yielding hearty support to all
such measures of your administration
as will, in their judgment, tend to de-.
velop the resources and promote the
interests Of a common country.
Their hopes and aspirations for the
future are, that their State may hence
forth occupy precisely the same rela-
tions to the Government under COM
mon Constitution and laws that is
occupied by the other States Of the
Union; and to this end that the laws
imposing burdens and confer1ng bene-
fits on the people may be uniformly
enforced, persons and property pro-
tected, the peace preserved inviolate,
the unity and perpetuity Of the Gov
ernment maintained, and that uninter-,
rupted fraternity, prosperity and hap
piness may attend the whole American
people, East, West, North and sonth,
without regard to race, color, or pre-
vious condition. And 'such,7 sir, are
the. sentiments Of the hearts of our
selves and our people. ., slSgf ne 8
In;response towhieh, the President
remarked Gentlemen--Thes !; senti.
ments expressed in that paper should
meet the appro obation Of every law
abiding and Union n-loving citizen Of
the country. 5sS@' ''H% 80 S%"',.'F:::
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nation on etbia point, %. dn1portAnt 10 ali
psfsohs who own cows, replied - followt;
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