The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-03-09
4 Card From Colonel C. w. Dadley.

lSsasess.s 1.Tsit67 4 0Tai ;sssss,es ais
entirely in your remarks at the head of
an extract from tho Marlboro, Tunes,
wherein you seem to sssign as II reason
for my warning with the Republican
party in this State no longer. Tint i. is
"the strongest party" So, far as this is
calculated to produces :!;e iaA,tassion
that my course IN the fu,re will be
influenced in the slightest degree by
such consideration as that, I beg to be
allowed to disclaiiny and ia order to put
myself right with those who have read
the brief sketch OF NY rr!narks in the
public meeting ut Bcnnettsvilie, On the
lSth pltimo, respectfully ask the use Of
your columns to set forth the true rea.
sons which caused those remarks to be
made. shall be happy il my fell ow.c,i.
zeas will feel the, force oi 1 hcn,, n ud Que
and all, determine to unite with INC in
ap honest endcavor 10 do something for
our unhappy State in the only practic-
able manncr which rcmaius "A. our dis
posai. rvs 1'f~i 10
Adversely has been teaching its cruel
'e. SOU since, the surrender at Appomat
tox, in vain. Had tl,rae who have in.
fuenced public opinion ia this State,
fully realized the situation, the people
would bnyc been spared the torsures they
have since incurred. IL would have
been sheer mercy TO have told them
plainly that from the time Of the sur
render defeated people had no right to
dictate terms, but were compelled to
accept such as were made the conditions
of peace, and accept them in honest
hearts, intouding to observe them in
letter and iu spirit. It must be ad.
mitted that our couqucrors were gener-
ous-not shout from victorious
soldier insulted the misiertuues of a
brave but unfortunate army, and when
the din of war was over, these conquer
ors literally contributed from their own
private resources, to furnish the South.
cru people with food necessary 70 aus.
tab, the lives of themselves snd their
furnishing families. - Z
s. La nguage is tho poor to commend such
ungnaninity in suitqble terms, but it
did not evoke that spirit of Kindness
which ought to have been the natural
sequence. Human nature could not
suppress in the public heart the bitter.
ness Of defeat. and it exhibited itself too
plainly to establish that confidence in
the Northern mind, which was neceesa-
iry tosa reconstruction that would have
been acceptable at the South. When
their missionaries were,sent to Instruct
the colorcd people, they were called
school marms," nLd were treated with
seorn and contempt, rs aiders and abet-
ters of negro equality, when iu fact their
mission was net only hsroic in its nature,
but absolutely necessary to promote the
peace and hnruony OF the new element
introduced into political lite, aud wnvse
minds had to he trained, to make then,
useful, or even tolerable, lin tIcir new re.
lations to the whites r
Ministers of the gospel Jared no bet.
ter, aud Northern gentlemen visiting the
South with the view of consulting its
advantages for locations of business. .aw
too plainly that they were oaly endured,
aud that real curdiaiity was out OF tie
question. The wives of those who had
followed thrir husbands here were shut
up in the cold prisons Of iheir5owu soli.
tnry dwellings, and scarcely a friendly
hand WAS bold out to !l,epi, inviting them
:" rho rhe"rini hn.ni.eii.;es - :. sn::sf.s
ern tiresit'e
/. Now oil this could but lead to the
plain conclusion thut deeply-rooted
hostility had yet TO bezovercome before
"A proper national feeling could be re
stored. The elections in 1865 demon
strated that military generals who had
been conspicuous in the army fighting
against the Union, were still the choice
of the people, to represent yet longer
the vitality Of the spirit OF rebellion.
Now, these things are only referred
to as historic facts; aud not with the
view Of attaching blame to the hdu,an
heart, for beiug governed by its own in
stincts. 1t was but natural that these
feelings should have existed, and it was
but natural that they should have pro-
duced the conviction that, unless those
Who had thus led public opinion in
South Carolina could lbe dcpossd fron,
their positions of authority, there was