The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-02-16

the heart, swayiug with its gentle in.
auence the actions of it's recipients,
subduiDg the most rebellious and exal.
ted, while it ennoblcs the humble and
depressed. Destitute of this treasure,
man becomes degraded, aud his heart is
made capable OF committing the most
grievous crimes, while the possession of
it elevates him 20 standard with those
who reign with him "whose name is
love-" This beautiful pearl, so rare
and costly in it's purity, is often in the
possession of the destitute, who, with
hearts alive to happiness, have secured
the gem, and with vigilance have pol
ished we'll the rough exterior, the bright
surface of which now shines conspicu-
ously in their crown of virtue. Not alone
in the halls Of royalty and splendor does
it shed its rays, but upon the lone
hillside aud il the secluded vale, upon
the oceans pillows or among the snow
clad mountains.
Let imagination lead thee to this
rock bound coast whose pebbly coverings
disclose to view mans inner self, and
from its pearly treasures select with
cautiousness thy casket Here Faith
and Truth lie side by side, blending in
enc their bright Mys; Weakness, Patti
ence, aud Long Suffering go hand inhan d
spreading far and wide their sweet
influence while JOY, Mercy, and
Temperance, by their untarnished
purity, p,oclaim their value Oh, who
would not secure this pearl wrought
chaplet More valid is it in the daily
strifcs with man and self than the
helmet OF the warrior. May VIC obtain for
ourselves this crown Of pearls on earth,
that. after this life, We may find laid up
for US in heaven Ga crown that fadeth
not away"
GOVERNMENT ny NEGROES.
Que of the most temperate and we'll
balanced Of our English journals, the
IuU Mall Gazette, has an article upon
this subject, written in its best tone,
from which we make the following ex-
tracts :-"In the interest both Of history
and Of political science, it is much to be
wished that more were known Of the
nature and effects Of the system Of gov>
ernment which is on its trial in the
Southern States Of America. The ex.
pertinent is without precedent, and is Of
vast Importance, whether it succeeds or
fails I; but there is az almost entire want
ofauthentic information as to the facts.
they gave assistance of any sort to the
Seccssionist Government Of the State
otherwise 'than under physical compul-
SION aud that the Federal (and not the
Statc) courts shall entertain prosecutions
for perjury in falsely swearing to this
effect. If it had been generally under
stood that the North did not Intend at
auy time to relax its grasp upon the
"This scarcity oftrustworthy informa
tion is the more provoking because it
has become clear that the Congress of
the United States is not trying govern.
ment by negroes as merely temporary
arrangement. The Act which it has just
possed for the settlement Of tho affairs
Of Georgia shows that it intends to
watch continuously over its system of
reconstruction, and to insist on it being
applied i'll its integrity, whenever it is
accidentally or totally deranged. 1t di
rccts that the Georgia Legislature shall
reassemble exactly in the condition in
which it found itself before the expul-
sion of the negroes that nobody's cleo
ton shall be disallowcd for reasons of
race or colour; that all persons returned
shall tako an oath denying, in language
of minute precision, that during the war
South, there would have been nothing
very wonderful in this measure, con-
sidcring what the conduct Of the Georgia
State Legislature had been. But its
formidable character arises from the
contrary assumption having been made
and from its having been supposed that,
when the general Reconstruction Law
had been literally complied with. he
reconstructed Southern States would be
left TO themselves, and their public acts
submitted for allowance or disallowance
to the law courts exclusively. 1t must
how be assumed that If the experiment
tried in the South fails anywhere to give
the result expected by the Republicans,
The Congress Of the United States, so
long as that party is dominant in it, will
interfere to correct the miscarriage On
the morrow Of the conquest the treat
ment of the southern leaders by the
United States was marked by oentlcncss
which will always be remembered to
their honour. But in tho next stage Of
their relations with the South, the ne.
ccssity for combining dcspotic rule with
something like the forms of local self
government. forced them to adopt a
policy which has more than made up tor
their abstinence from bloodshcd. No
body whose intelligence has not been
impaired by tho habit of repeating
formulas about universal suffrage can
doubt that til, punishment inflicted OF
the Southern whites is far the severest