The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-04-27

es upon the Executive, and provided
an Official machinery by which the
tlibes.ies Of the. people are. menaeed
and the sacred right Of local self>goy,
ernment in the States is ignored, il
not tyranically overthrow. Modelled
after the sedition laws, SO odious in
history, they. are at variance with all
the saactihed theories Of our institu.
tions, and the construction given by
these Radical Interpreters to the four:
teenth amendment is, to use the Ian
guage of an eminent senator, (Mr.
TrumbalL, of Illinois, an: "annibilation
of the States
Under the last enforcement bill, 1.-THE
Executive may, in his discretion, thrust
aside the government from any State,
suspend the writ Of habsas corpus" "
arrest its governor, imprison or dis.
perse the Legislature, silence its judges,
and trample down its people under the
armed heel Of his troops. Nothing
is left; to the citizen or the State
which can any longer be called right;
all is changed into mere sufferance.
Our hopes for redress are in the
calm good sense; the second "sober
thought" of the American people. We
call upon them to be true to them-
selves and to their posterity, iand dis.
regarding party names and minor diff
ferences, to insist upon decentraliza-
ton of power, the restriction Of FEEDER.
al authority within its just and proper
limits, leaving to- the States that con-
troll over domestic affairs which is es-
sential to their happiness and tranquil
ity and good government.
p Everything that malicious ingenuity
could suggest has been done to irritate
the people Of the Middle and Southern
States. Gross and exaggerated charges
of disorder and violence owe their
origin to. the mischievous minds OF
potential managers in the Senate and
House tof Representatives, to which
the Executive has, We regret to say,
lent his aid, and thus helped to in
fame the popular feeling. In all this
course of hostile legislation and harsh
resentment, no word Of Cancellation, OF
kind encouragement, or fraternal feel.
ing, has ever been spoken by the
President, or by Congress, to the peo'
pie of the Southern States. They
have been addressed. only in the
language of prescription. "
We earnestly entreat our fellow'citi'
zens in all parts Of the Union to spare
no effort to maintain peace and order,
to carefully protect the rights of every
citizen, to preserve kindly relations
among all men, and to discountenance
and discourage any violations Of the
rights of any portion of the people Sc
cured under the constitution, or any OF
its amendments. n.
Let us, in conclusion, earnestly beg
of you not to aid the present attempts
of Radical partisans to stir up strife IN
the land, to renew the issues OF war,
or to obstruct the return of peace and
prosperity to the Southern States, rbe,
cause it is thus that they seek to divert
the attention of the country from the
corruption and extraYagance in their
administration Of public affairs, and
the dangerous and proaigate attempts
they are making towards, the creation
of centralized military government.
In the FIVE years Of peace, follow.
ing the:war, the Radical adminlstra.
lions have expended 81, ,2OO,O 900
for ordinary purposes alone, being
within 100000, 900, Of the agsre>
ate amount spent for the purposes
in war and in peace during the
seventy-one years preceding June
80, 1861, not including in either
case the sum paid upon principal or
interest of the public debt. 1t is
triAing with the intelligence OF the
people for the Radical leaders to pre-,
tend that this vast sum has been
honestly expended. Hundreds Of
millions of it have been Vantonly
squandered.
The expenditures Of the government
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1861, were only s62,o00,O0O, while
for precisely the same purpose-ciVi
list, army, navy, pensions and Indians
Sl64 100000, were expended during
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1870
No indignation can be too stern, and
no scorn too sewers, for the assertions,
by unscrupulous Radical leaders, that
the great Democratic and Conservative
party Of the Union has or can have
sympathy with disorders or violence
in any part of the country, or in the
deprivation of any man Of his rights
under the constitution.
It is to protect and perpetuate the
rights which every freeman cherishes
to revive in all hearts the feelings ot
friendship, affection, and harmony,
which are the best guarantees of Law
and order, and to throw around the
humblest citizen, wherever he may be,
the protecting aegis of those safeguards
of personal liberty which the funda'
mental laws OF the land assure, that
we invoke the aid of all good men in
the work Of peace and reconciliation
We invite their generous cooperation,
irrespective of all former differences Of
opinion, so that the harsh voice Of
discord may be silenced; that new