Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-04-09

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/ FEAT BY mcfeg itKysichli force Of numbers
Ildid not prove us tB ~ atfaitorsM tR6se
principle WfaRgg' The North aidaHiffat
could Ie dqre by war when She forced Us
TO abahdSr' the 'coHtest and Yield to the
vifdict Of that court; and it is worse Than
1ifolly 'for lher.to expect the iS6dthern peo-
fPieito confess Il s%f6Ig:tloing,' Or 'teo}aa to a.
knowledge itlle tihSonnd Hess md injustice
ldf their CAUSE "fhis lfhusst be demonsta-
| tePbyiotlserlog thai tGat Of tie is;w6fd.
Nor'lias she sttidied human nature, 1ahd
'sestip,seia1ly ttcaffaat Of Tie isoutherh
peopae,'tb 'gdod pafpose If sh83 1aookss If fEof !
fthem to be oyer grateHl did loving Be-
stause Of that d9tea /; the q memories,
born Before aid during the strtig H., to
bterapfdly 0dbliterated III i'll the midst Of
Pthseii4a present oppression. sffihe soathiis
ever to be reconstructed and a complete
i..fiiaconciliation5 Effected, it must be done
1.by other alheans Than those On 'triai nov.
YOU icahndRottH dRottH whip love irlto q HUMAN 10
esteem is not .begotteii Of ffopttc,
heither'c 'cah the oppressive policy Of the
government make'the South lov E it:sH'
There vas time after the u war Il, When
the Southern people would have yielded
every thing save honor, and the history
Of the past. Had the promises, made
them during the war by the listed
State States Congress, beer kept inviolable, tho
stipulations Of peace ut the surrender
been sacredly observed and a, true mag
nllaoninlity marked the policy of tile victors
during the process Of reconstruction, the
[harrowings Of war would have, passed
away, tic broken fortunes would have
been repaired and the North and South
today would have been one i'll sentiment
TTonc in affection -one in interest. The
laws of hiimah affections are every where
the same; they control the action of i,a- ia
tions as well as those of individuals.
| Remove the causes ofdiyision and strife
viii end; substitute love for hatred and
friendship will be restored, and the con- on
lLtrary effects VII result if the opp; Site
| cdiirsc be pursued. Continued and pro-
voked insult and injury can endander
nothing but arrangement, bitterness and
strife between nations rs we'll rs individ-
uals. The study of these principles /
would commend 70 both sections of our
country that n basis OF reconstruction
might yet be adopted which will unite
our Who'll people in friedship, so that
together they may put forth every Effort
to build UP again the prosperity and
promote ,he glory oeour common country
1T has generally been conceded by Amer
lean statesmen, at least, that the consti-
tuition of1787, under Which the Federal
Government began its existance, was as
near pcrfcction rs human government
could be made. 1t was indorscd in the
beginning by the first minds of the nation;
and, docending the series of years pre-!
ceeding the late war, it came not only
indorsed but defended by all the living
statesmen Of every period and from all
sections Of the land. Yet three lourths
OF a century only has verified the prcdic-
tion of Alcxanacr Hamilton That "The
constitution Of 1887" that perfection of
human government "is a frail and worth
less fabric" The framcrs Of that instru-
ment believed, they had accomplished
their Whole purpose when they delegated
certain powers to the general government,
and reserved all the rest to the States.
They believed that these reserved power.
would prove. n sufficient check against
any effort toward the consolidation OF
Ipowers, and was also an ample protection
for the individual rights OF tic States.
Their purpose would have indeed been
accomplished, had not two single omis-
sions been made: One was the failure tb
assert explicitly and difinitcly that the
instrument itself was contract subject
to the laws Of contracts, that the general