Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-07-18
The Herald Recognizing the Courage
Manhood and Loyalty of the
Southern People.

The n. Y. Herald, power In the eland,
has long been Cthat is, long for the Her
aldO firm supporter of Grant and his
administration but lately the Herald
keen aud supple d,-has had g
light to inefabout tspath, causing it
tolchango its tune and Sing u song Of
love and sympathy to the South.
Tn its issue of the 18th inst, the Her.
aid in two-column leader, reviews the
situation, and ends thus. It will be seen
that the Herald pipes to Grant, evident
ly without expecting Grant to dance-or
caring whether he dances or not Old
Horace Greeley is the man to whom the
Herald is really piping: ,ButSread the
HcralGs brave and true words, and re-
member that the side which the Herald
cspouscs is invariably the winning side:
"TAe people of the North den,ana that
the. Southern States shall no longer De
treated as rebels, bit shall .receiDe in good
faith, and auithout reservation, the par
dom that has been extended to them. To
give over the beautiful and commercially
important States of the fairest section of
the Union to the ignorant and degraded
rule of negroes just released from bon
dase is an insult to the white ,citizens'of
the North as well as of the South, and an
outrage on the whole nation. To subject
them to the corrupt and reckless schemes
of the carpet bag plunderers is but little
less Infamous. To hold them under mil
itary .subiection for political purposes is
not only cruel injustice, but is dan
gerous assault upon the freedom of the
republic. Asa consistent and indepen-
dent supporter of General Grants admin
| istration, we now call upon him to show
his detestation of these political Machi-
avelisms by openly proclaiming his de-
termination mott to aveil himself Of the
Ku Klut law in the approaching cleo
tions, and to withdraw from the South !
ern States every federal Soldier not re-
quired for the actual legitimate purposes
of the government. The enforcement Of
this odious law is optional with him, and
he has the authority and the power by
proclamation to declare the South in a
condition 70 warrant the restoration of
civil law and of the writ of habeas cor
pus in every portion Of her territory.
This will enable the President at once to
free himself from the responsibility and
the unpopularity Of tho measures of his
unwise supporters lin Congress, and a
radical change in the character of the fed
eral office-holders throughout the South
will further show his inclination to do
Justice to the Southern people at last.
For the future, whatever may be the re-
suit of the pending Presidential election,
the Herald will insist upon an entire
change of policy towards the Southern
States under thenext administration, and
will hold every Congressman up to the
contempt ant. scorn of the American
people who favors any measure for the
oppression of the white men ofthe South.
We shall demand from President Grant
or President Greeley. as the case may be,
an honest obedience to the will Of the
people, which is, unrestricted amnesty
and non-interference with the domestic
affairs of any of the Southern States.
The Herald will diligently watch for and
expose every future attempt to control
the Southern negro vote as q unit for any
party, and any injustice that may be
done either by legislation, by executive
action or through the influence of feder-
eral patronage, to the white electors of
the South. We recognize the courage, the
manhood and The loyalty. Of the Southern
people no,v that the rebellion and its causes
are alike dead and Iuried, and 'ce admit
their equal title with ourselrest to aH the
privileges and rights OF the constitution
We shall hold any administration i'll the
future responsible for constitutional
treatment Of that section Of the country
and shall regard an assault upon their
liberties and privileges asa crime against
the republic.
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