The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-03

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tslned by the military arm of the government.
AS the result of thst Intervention, for which
our most profound gratitude Is due to the
Government of the United States, many hum
dreds of the persons engaged In those lawless
undertakings, 80 abhorrent to our free insti-
tutlons aud to the civilization of the age, have
been arrested and Imprisoned, under sentence,
while many more charged with having been
engaged In them have, through q sense of fear
or guilt, fed beyond the borders of our State.
Turning away from the recollection of those
scenes which were 80 utterly revolving to all
true lovers Of liberty, I am happy to announce
that peace and good order now prevail every
where within the State, which seem to be ac1
| companied by a returning sense Of Justice, and
| by q broader spirit of federation In the hitherto
ruling classes, which furnish q better guarantee
for their continuance than the mere tempo.
rary presence of the sword or bayonet can
ever give among q free people.
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| upper part of the State, which were the chief
scenes of the armed violence aimed at the
| vested rights Of American citizens, have re-
| Gently expressed q becoming contrition, and
| apparently sincere regret and sorrow, that
this violence should have been permitted
to manifest itself, unchecked by the local au-
thorities in their several Counties, and SOL
EMMY pledge those citizens who have here
totore been presumed to have given a qules-
cent sanction to these atrocities, that hence
forth they will actively exert themselves to
maintain law and order, aud will protect, by
force OF arms, If necessary, any citizen
whose political rights and personal privileges
may be assailed.
As Governor of this State, and as the political
ally and personal friend Of many Of those
who have been stricken down by this armed
violence, and whose memories I wear within
my heart Of hearts, I welcome this pledge to
which I have referred, and earnestly trust
that it will be speedily and constantly ratified
by the conduct Of those In whose behalf 1t has
been given.
The grand jurles have accompanied these
gratifying assurances by the indictment Of q
large number of persons, chargeable With
having been actors In these unholy and criml-
nal combinations. I have been Informed by
members of your respective houses, who
have lived In the disturbed portions OF South
Carolina, that this happy change, In the sec.
tIon referred to, Is to some extent due to the
fearless action Of The judge OF the Sixth Cir.
Quit. For this he deserves, and should re.
celve, the thanks of our people.
Let US indulge the not altogether unwar-
ranted hope that the dawn Of q brighter future
has broken upon South Carolina, and that the
passions which have 30 long vexed her people
with internecIne strife, and the hates which
sprung from domestic war, have spent their
last red rlpples within her borders. While
the exhibition and indulgence of such pas
sIons and hates might sometimes enable a
political party to win, by them the people OF
the State must always lose.
therefore appeal to the mel Of my own
race, In South Carolina, In the common inter-
est of her whole people, to place themselves
abreast with the advancing civilization Of the
age, and cultivate a nobler spirit of liberation,
worthy Of the ancient renown Of the State.
Garner up-H You choose-sll that you may
Justly deem honorable In the Wondering ira
Of our people, and walk with reveren-
'tIal tread near the graves of the brave and de-
voted men who, however mistaken they may
have been, died willingly Ia defence of
what they believed to be right. But deal
more justly and kindly With our dark foster
brothers of the State. They are your fellow
citizens, by the constitution and laws OF our
common country, and your destiny is bound
up with thelrs-tor good or evil-in all coming
time. Rise above that spirit of sectlonalism1
which has 80 long been the dark stain on the
escutcheon Of our most distinguished states
men, and which marred the noble character
and narrowed the Intellectual range OF the
great Virginia senator, OF whom Whittier, the
great "Poet of Liberty" has said, With kindly
severity:
'sToo honest or TOO proud to feign,
A love he never cherished,
Beyond Virginia's border line
His patriotism persisted.
While others hailed In distant skies
Our eagles dusky plnion,
he only saw our mountain bird E.
Stoop DER the Old dominion"
Let the American citizen feel that wherever
may nave been the place Of his birth, when
he enters within our boundaries he will find
With Gus a safe home and hospltable welcome.
Thus will our brethren from the great States
of the North be encouraged to dwell among
us. The men whose skilled industry and ex-
hsustless energies have builded mighty cities
in the remote wilderness will level our forests
and replace them with blooming harvest
fields, and cover the spots nisssR marked by the
sad ruins of disastrous war with the enduring.
monuments of their peaceful and civllizing
arts. The magnificent and uufaillng water
power of our State, which Is now running to
waste, will then be rapidly utilized, to put In
motion thousands of busy spindles and looms,
In full view of the fields that are whitened by|
the plant that supplies the material for the|
fabric they weave. The hardy yeomanry of