The New York herald., 1874-09-16


Kiux laws revived and troops ordered 10 occupy
them, while South Ga DINA has had no excitement
other tnan negro broila and Onlv two oil them Tor
two years and LOUIS ana and Alabama are com.
parativeiy quiet aud peaceabe. Why not send o
Tennessee and other states where there has been
some siolences The reason Is apparent. They are
hopeless.y democratic or republican, and no p0liti-
cal cap tai Is TO be made by dong 20.
THE NEGRO APPRECIATED.
Negroes and whites can and will i've In peace
and quiet II the federal government Will not inter-
iere The negro Is the best ana cheapest planta.
tion iaborer IN the world. He not only cleared ana
brought into cultivation the Misslss ppi Valley.
nut now raises the cot on, sugar rice and tobacco
OF the South. giving the country threen tins OF all
its foreign exports. But Tor these PRODUCTS of ne
gro labor the national government would hAve
been oansrupt AZ the close oi the war, as the VI
merclai statistics Will snow. The negro Is almost
as necessary 10 the white men OF the south as
they are to MIN. Their interests are one and iden-
tlcal and this the negro Is De-innIng 10 find OIL.
Let the Executive turn his guns upon the carpet
baggers and scaawags and put them Gown, and
the white and colOred men Will live in peace and
security and soon restore the waste places and
desolatlOn Of the South Or let the President cease
10 interfere IN the southern states and peace,
law and order Will soon reign In warsaw. The
POLITICAL TwADDLR
OF the tay resOrted 10 by demagogueS on the eve
southern elections, TO the effect thaI the reed
men 10 be denied the elective Franchise ana be
remanded 10 state OF slavery, that another re-
beluon Is TO be lnaugurated and that the puplic
debt Is 10 oe repudated, are stale and unworthy
Of any respectable source The onlv dsturbers OF
the peace with US are the political whle lnstisa.
tors o. mischief. The south desires nothing more
than peace and order and has no respect ior
those msrepresenung the actual condition Of
things In the country.
WHAT THE CONVENTION WOULD ACCOMPLISH.
''Let the convention be called ana let able, con-
servative. dign1ed men compose 1t. Let all dli.
hcuitles and embarrassit ems 10 a iuii, Iree ana
cordial un on be calmly ana reey discussed Let
the true people OF the whole country understand
the situation and not be missed oy artlul and
designing politicians, and soon law ana order VIII
prevail, re orm ana decency Will follow, integrity
ana honor Will characterize the representative
and the constitution and the Union VIII be estab-
lshed on foundation more duraDie tnan ever"
Colonel Johnston SAID IN conclusion, ''it IL proper
to state. as you know, that | am no opohtlciAn
desire no ONCE, and have no other motive IN ex-
pressing these views than The good OF the whole
country"
MERCHANT CALLED UPON.
Desiring to get the views of those only whom l
know 10 be interested IN the material welfare OF
the country, and TO whom no political talnt at
sacbes called next upon Mr. WitkowsKy, OF the
house OF Witkowsky Rentals, the largest whole
sale ana retail dealers IN dry goods IN the city |
found him very live and intelligent The whole
sale departments both IN the SIZE OF the rooms and
the ACTIVITY Of the statesmen, presented very lalr
Counterpart OF some Of Clahln's apartments on
West Broadway. Having been poll ely shown
through the establishment, ! ASKED Mr. Wit
kowsky If he had read the HERALD editorial pro-
posing national convention.
"I would feel tnat something was wrong" he
said, ~ did not nave HERALD to read every
night, We are at almost
PERFECT PEACE
in this country. ] am not AFRAID to 90 out at any
time to any part oil MeckienDurg and sleep IN the
woods all night without arms. There Is much less
danger right here tnan there IS ID New YORK city.
But gather rom the papers that troubles do exist
IN other sections, especially south ana west. ana
II anything eau be done 10 stop the lawless vio'
ience 1t ought TO be Undertaken by the good oeo-
pie OF the country. Without having gwen the
matter much thought, | cannot hep feeling that
great good would result from convention OF the
KIND proposed. Nothing more needed, in my
estimation than for boJn sections 10 understand
each other; ana properly selected delegation
would vastly aid in bringing about the desired
understanding 1 venture 10 say tnat the most
conservative citizens We have IN the country
are the soldiers OF both armies. and without
having 1t military convention, | would nor
be afraid to leave the matter in the hands OF
the boys in blue and those who have discarded
"You think, then, the convention ought to be
composed oil soldiers from tue Northern and
southern armies ?"
Not altOgetner | mentioned them because |
think they know each other better ana know
more about the wants OF the south On tnat
ground would have the delegation largely selected
rom the two armies. Ii would not be hard to
make such q selection and yet nave II to appear
that 1t was an assemblage of civilians. The SOUTH
ern soldiery you are aware, nave all retired TO
private lfe and So TOO, have at least nine tenthS
OF the volunteer army OF the North. In iact IL
would be difrcult TO convene representatives Of
the oest thought OF the country without calling
upon the exsodieriy cement"
what questions suggest themselves as likely to
come before the proposed conventlonr
THE most prominent, suppose, would be con-
sideraion OF the best means lor restoring Irater-
nal feelings and ior reconcillng the whites and
blacks to their changed reiatlons. Had 1t not been
for ncendary teachings the latter question would
| negroes are behaving wonderfully well and time
Is Tapluiy destroy the auImOSltlcS enRelQel eu
by the war Another and very important measure
| would be TO give the South better banking sys-
tenn What form such q measure should assume I
cannot undertake TO say; but know that the
money supply in this section Is entirely Inadequate
to the business demands OF the country. and he
| rates vi interest are so exorDltant tDat great
many persons, especially young men, cannot en-
gage IN business ior the wan. OF the necessary
capital. n money could De mad on easy reason
able tei ms a hundred new interests would be de-
velOped IN Charlotte within the next three years.
Many questions OF great magnitude would un-
dOubtedly come before this convention, and iLs de-
hberatons II properly conducted, would un-
doubtedly De fraugnt with mucn good, not only TO
the South, but to the whole country. hope 1t
Will be held The South at least, can lose nothing
by it. Charlotte, no doubt would open It's doors
10 such peace cOngressr