The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-08

FRIDAY MORNING, DECEM
| But had hoped tat when those who had re-
belled against II authority laid down their
| arms that the waiwas over. did not, In my
own mind, in myse In, the Senate of the
|. United States, chrges the men who were en=i
gagged in that feaf1l struggle upon the part
Of the South wlthhny intentionally improper
| design. They hadbeen educated 10 believe
that the right of secession was constitution
Southern States we're placed at the moment
the war was commenced, that there was q
right of revolutio. think they made q
mistake, sad intake, but It was an honest
mistake But, te war over, much as
lamented the couse they had pursued, | al
WAYS grasped hehand of former friend
with the same psasure with which I Lad
taken 1t at the the OF my FORMER acquaint-
ance with him.
Tie war is not DER, 1t seems, now. Are we
in rebellion now, & does 1t rage within the
limits of South CaDlina They say there was
an organization within the State of South Car
oilna which lookedo depriving some citizens.
of the Slate Of the rights secured TO them by
the constitution. have regretted it. But Is
crime that Is perperated ls rebellion. Every
association, Whethri called Ku-Klux, name,
by the way, which The President made classic
BY Inserting it In hs message, and which will
live In all the future, as one OF the classic
terms of the day, iecause Of Its being found
In the message. Alithe associations, provid-
ed they ara In thef nature secret, and think
your honor, the pesldiug judge, If not my
friend the districtjudge, have once upon g
time belonged to eeret societies, Masonic or
political, societies Intended to promote knowl-
edge, and socIeliel glorying in the appella-
tion of knowing n,thing; but they were hard
to put down. Know we found IL so In Balti-
more, and they iound 1t 80 10 Loulsiana,
where many met were Killed 10 the ex-
erclse ei the oDect OF that Know.Noth-
ing conspiracy, No doubt set on foot ior
end: but would tha have justified the Govern
ment of the Unitsd States In declaring Lou
lsiana, orKentuckT, or Maryland, where those
societies existed. d q state Of rebellion or
authorizing the President of the United States
to send his troops TO put 1t down? do not
mean 10 be pereoIal, but you. cir, might have
been the victim o,the first arrest. They were
political, but the ice Of this particular society
Is, that it Ia intended TO Interfere with the
right of suffrage, and no man can remain "a
tenant who does not vote as his landlord re-
quests, and no man will be employed as o
farm hand who ls not willing 10 vote as bis
EMPLOYER votes. I do not ihink the right OF
suffrage ought to be tnterfered with. Bat are
these people the OILY ones who are charged
with this fact, If 1t be true, who are acting
upon that theory of not receiving or employ
Ing man who does not vote as tney vote!
How long, may 1t please your honors, 40
you think any officer. Of the United States,
high or low, would be permitted to enjoy his
office were he known to vote agaibst the party
In power. The moment IL should become
known to the President the order would at
once be given, "0f with his head" Do you
mean to indlct that particular sovereignty,
that party Of which you are honored mem.
bers? Does not South Carolina 10 her present
government act a good deal upon that theory
has 1t not been common to all parties? ?
Whether wise or, unwise, patriotic or other
wise, as long as men are men and cannot
raise themselves above the low level OF party
objects, the elevation Of patriots, looking to
the good OF their country as the end to be &C
comphshed, and not the distribution OF patron
age, 80 long will 1t be that there will be, IN
some way or other, or in come mode or other,
an assumed right to interfere with the right OF
suffrage. az ~
The Great Architect of the universe. by bis
wisdom and power, has 80 ordered that the
planets that fiji the heavens shall revolve IN
their prescribed spheres. he guards, by the
laws which He has impressed upon their ma.
ture,. against the danger Of collision, which
would hurl them all into chaos and ruin. May
1t please your honor, may our political planets
be suffered also 10 revolYe In their respective
orbits, and may. God In his mercy so guide
and instruct them as not to subject them also
to the peril of q collision, which may involve
all in ruin, dtsappoint the hopes of the world,
S'SSsnnolR %Somn tas 81 fss gzsp pen lFS@
ends of those who fought through the revolu.
tIonary struggle, aud by their blood and bra
very exhibited their devotion to liberty. Let
Him In his mercy teach us to guard against
such dangerous aud perilous collisions and en-.
able us to 20 on in our respective orbits, dis.
trlbuting happiness aud prosperity to all, e1-
citing the admiration of the world. and serve
as a beacon to guide and Instruct the world In
the best mode Of preserving human liberty.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Johnson's speech,
the district attorney introduced another for.
gotten point, which led to an informal debate
between Messrs. stanberry and Corbin; at the
conclusion Of which the court was adjourned
until eleven o'clock tomorrow morning, at
which time 1t Is expected that the opinion OF
the courtwil be rendered. PICKET.