The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-04-08

consequences Of the war that S,nllor
Spraguc spoke most emphalically and
pointcdly He said:
81 for one, in looking back upon the
past h;stury Of this country--and the
people, whatever philosophers may say,
will come to the same conclusion that
come to believe that your war has not
been Won for the liberties ofany class OF
people; your war that you have just
partially concluded has had no high,
virturus principle at the bottom oil 1t.
1t has not had simple contentious for
power, tor place, and for occupation,
commencing here in this body and PEN
ctrating throughout the country
And again:
"You have, by the contentious begin
ming here, through the ambition of the
class of men, built up two powerful bo'
dies of people; aud you have built them
up for purpose, that they might unite
with your own ambitious ends for office,
and place, and power; and you have
gone from here to your respective peo-
Piles, both North and South, in order to
create great opportunities, that you
might 90 on in that way prosPering IN
employment and in Office.
You fight against titles and aTistocra-
cies. There never were titles and arls-
tocracies that exercised the complete
power and jurisdiction over everything
that concerned u people that is not con-
cenfratcd in this body today.
Sir, all have studied the results of
the Inquisition, commencing with the
fourth c. injury and endingin this. %
noxious and cruel as the result of that
action suggests itself to every mans
mind, do not believe that its action
caused more anxiety more trouble, more
terror, than the acts OF Congress applied
to the people during the war, both
North and South, and s;nce the war
ended"
To these words We could add but lit
tie; for they repeat what has been said
in the South thousand times, in regard
to the war itself and the political party
which has ruled the country duri' gthc
last nine years. And if any pro"f were
needed of the excuses Of party don!in
ion. it is found in the fact that Re-
publican senator rcpudiates and con.
demns them from Alpha to Omega, from
first to last.
The sound scLse of which Senator
Sprague gave evidence in his visit to-
the South, is ROW guiding his action as
legislator AS man of large means,
as manufacturer interested in the pros
prriry of the whole country, he has de-
sired to see the expenses of the govern
mcnt reduced, its revenues honestly COL
lectcd, and its disbursements so ar
ranged as to give ease to the money mar
ket,-not for speculative purpo es. but
for business and investment. There is
but one barrier in the way, and that is
that intokrant, selfish, malignant Radi-
calism, against whic. he has lsilnhhi-
voice. While the senatorial and repre-.
l-s--.~+i--1-rinss control legislation, the
masses must and will snffcr. We have
no faith in half cures; but Senator
Sprague may, if he perscvcrc, shame
his party iu,o Sume slow vl justice am
generosity
Whatever the result, We believe that
the condemnation Of Eadicalism which
Senator Spraguc has pronounced, will
be concurrcl in and sustained by the
people in general; and we of the South
may, in any event, 6nd some consolation
in the fact that our day of absoluli"n
must have come when New En- Gland
Republican declares that slavery was the
maimSpring Of America that in the
North there was no virtuou< principle
at the bottom Of the war; the acts of
Congress applied to the people both
North and South, and since the war
has ended, caused as much anxiety,
trouble md t rrnr as the famous lnqul-
siiion; and that the war nuS not uon fur
Ne HJefticS ot'a"y pep'e.
Charleston Ncus.