Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-03-07
8sauturt County gepahliean
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Z, 1872.
A CARD FROM COL. c. W. DUDLEY.

MeSSfS EdLt0TS:- ou HtStdhh ine
entirely in your remarks at the head of
an extract from the Malboro' Times,
wherein YOU seem tn assign as a easpn
for nv warning with the Z publican party
in this State No longer that it is the
strongest party" So far as this is calcu-
lated to produce the impression that my
course in the future will De influenced in
the slightest degree, ! beg to he allowed
to disclaim, and in order to pnt myself
right with those who have read the bfiet
sketch of my remarks in the public meet
ing at Rpnnettsville on the 18Th ultimo
respectfullV ask the use ut your columns
to set forth the true reasons which caused
those remarks to be made. | shall he
happy if nv fellow citizens will feel the
force Of them and one and all determine
tn unite with me in an honest endeav"r To
do something for our unhappy State III
the only practicable manner which re
mains at our disposal.
Adversity has been teaching its cruel
lesson since the surrender at Appnmatt"x.
in vain. Had those who have influenced
nnblic opinion in this State, fully realiz d
the situation, the people would have been
snarpd the tortnrs thew have since in.
cnrred. r. would have lepn sheer mercy
to have told them plainly that from he
time Of the surrender drf-at.d people
had no right to dictat" terms but w re
compelled tn accept such as were made
the conditions Of pace. and accept them
in honest hearts. intending to observe
them in letter and in spirit. 1t must be
admitted that our coDquerors were gentr-
ous-not a shout from a victorious soldier
insulted the misf0rtuurs ut brave hut
unfortunate army and when the din OF
war was over these c0nqnerors ib"rally
contributed from their own private re
sources. to furnish the Southern people
with food NJ cpssary to sustain the lives "t
themselves and their furnishing families.
language is ton pnnr tn commend such
magnanimitv in suitable terms hut II did
not evnk" that snirit Of kindness which
ought TO have ben the natural 81 qI"ncr.
Human nature could MT suonrrsS in the
publi. heart the bitterness nf defeat and
It exhibited itself too plaiulv to estab ish
that confidence in tho Northern mud
which was necessary tn a reconstruction
that wOul1 have been accepted at the
South Wh"n their miS-iOnari. wtr.,
sent to instruct the c0l'red people they
we're called ''srhnnl m4rms " and were
treated with scorn aud contempt. as
aiders and abpttPrs of negro tquallry
when in fact their mission was not only
heroic in IT'S nature. hut abs hsrlntrly nscrs
sary to promote The peacy. and harmony
of the new element introduced into p0li'i.
cal life and wh"sa minds had to bp trained
to make them uSefnl. or even tnlerable, in
thrir new relations 10 the whites
y i lN,N 4
and NOthern gentlemen visiting m" Sru' h
with the view nf consulting is advant igts
for locations of huSin S. saw to- nlarnly
that they We're only endur Il aud 'hat
real cOrdialitv was out at the q i"s'l'n
The wives of tn ,st WIN had E,lInwrd h. ir
husbands here were shut no in the cold
prisons nf their own solitary VI liinos
and scarcely fri, ndlN hand w4> h I'd "nt
to them. inviting tn. m To tn, ch, erful
b. snltalitir of : u hrrn fir SIDE
Now all th,s 'u'd hu' lad ~ m" ~ it,
conclusion that a drrtll-r"p ID h's''litv
had vet to he overcome bef'r" a pr"p !
national feeling could he I,s' r ~ 1T,
Clec ions in lS6 drmrnst rAtri ihtt m'li
tary generals who had hrtn c"nSn'ru u.
i'm the army fshring against th' U.""n,
still the chnrcr ~ h p .npl' IN r"pl's' tai
yet longer the vitality of he spi'it "i re-
belnnn
Now these thugs ar. nnlN re','r d ."
as historic facts and not Ain 'h W, W -
attachlug blame Ia III, nun "a h. art f''r
beiuy governed hI lis uHn u~'nC,-. II
W S bu, uatu:,l that III. -. tr,.;,u- 5 Stun d
tx!s'ed, and il * hut nrurri I''i lrcN
should have ir"du",.d ih:. c.'"v'crrnn Ii 81
unl,ss lhnSt W., h ii L1ns tel puhi'c p IL
ion 10 Slu,h Ctr"IIna e nd ~ ",pr. q
from their p 'sitinns OF Au n"rlr}. L"'r'.
was no hop" or LhIt rr-un' N II IN
States. S nec. ss4rv 'hr fh:. it' II the nt
ton. Heucr the XIV Am udn~ut IL the
Cons tuition Was devised, - ha thl> "b
irct being If cLed no vinr. G. " 'uld IN
done tn the use az the tleclV tra nc isr.
as IL had previously X'stcd Bu, !hlS
realty mild prGDUs'tl ~ was r. Cd hy q
vote that Was unBn1m"u> save ~ Srlita-
~ brave vote, that dared ,Xp s ns II To
pubic udium for The wrltIr, ut Lh,- State
Reconstruction III u had L ne eff r,t d
in some other way, aud as IT., re- VAS u
ele,utut Ill the population that w"n'd not
b. SILate IL accept the terms p"p s ny
Congress, the ~ gro was ca | q III rs The
last resort, and bv his vote ) 'uLh CARROLL
IA was once more Introduced InIO the
family OF States. l. there ATE any VIII
date the r mi>inrtunrs irOu this " ut.
they will not fail tosee thai It was hr"n& ht
about by the cOuI Il ct lead, r. "h IN
they hat So long and 81 fatally 'nlln%cd
The effort siace th"u has been tu rrgain
the lost grruld The s'rugsl 5 have
been Fl rec. aud d feat has ON uruSy
hovered over tn III ALL Until the elt c
tlons Of 1870 the the public miud did not
despair Of attaining some form of govern
m-Dt which would restore the white nan
tO his supremacy. But it was thin dis
covered that it was i'll vain tn expect any
corporation from the cniOred VIE with
nnf q tnll and hnnpst G lnnrssinn of all