Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-04-17
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Carolina. They seem 10 Think tEa
Congress iias no right to interfere il
ller behalf, forgetting that to tha
identical interference may be ascriheG
al q !Le woes under which the white
pao.'s OF that 5ta5e are laboring 20
day. II Congress had the right 20 re
construct IN on Instance, Why no. il
another? ia a question that they seen
as litt!e disposed 10 ask as to answer.
Perhaps tie one would be as difficult
as t':e other. They seem to have real
lied, at the most iropportu9e mo.
mau5 possible, that sovereign State
has some rights which Congress is
bound to respect.
Strange to say, the very papers who
most applauded the reconstruction
measures Of Congress are the very ones
W now deny the right to interfere
by Legislation for her relief. They
give some excellent advice. however,
which doesn't happen to Sc as par at
t,siF line, and i therefore not 50 easi-
/. followed. Could the State debt be
I',i-i III s'ici com We 90 Tot doubt that
South Carolina would soon bloom Ike
unto 2 garden in q wilderness Of re-
ccnstructel States, brt, unfortunately =
f. as all, such things don't pass cur
rei:t down South.
The New York 9ri5u..c. in an ex-
o,,-4;,-,,,.;o7o 41o ,1'4 .ta,-
a. '''-e Cn INC euoJ0o'' CloGA
-t''- % moSS eScei!eh' adVlce' Says
HE proposition OF the South Caro-
llu& memorIaIlst5, as expressed by In il
v!duai members, IS that the Recon
stIuction acts he 50 amended rs to
wr5st He -.....e from the hands OF the
negro nlaiotl', np"' II power, and place
II :i.,,>y t:i,s control u the taxpayers
az. ;iia -,i,; j cl.;-S. 1t Is always
de r.tbie thai neil SeEce and respect
a..:iv siaii rn'e tl;t - is not right
thar ,Yrr IT, = god end should be ac-
com p.isil-.t - o. r-ie ing Il 9 poful II
wiz ~ T." AtlNe interference IL the
case of :, ..;4jC No such dangerous
pra,eUeU; .EoaiI be set, even for
good purpose; and II suc'i n prece-
dent already cXista, 1t should not be
followed If this pi III IS adopted III
Sou II Carolina or Virginia, 1t would
seem 10 Justify not 2 few OF the P0lItl-
cal crimes which have made the
Republican party, IS 1t exists IN some
other Southern States. cG:ous in the
eyes Of the world. The same idea, but
with base end, Eas carried o.lt III
Florida, where tho whites have been
kept under by the appointment OF
nearly all officers, except coustabies
ana members OF the Legislature. by
the Governor, instead OF allowing the
people to choose their own rulers It
will not 10. Special legislation is not
the proper remedy for political wrongs
If tie distressed people OF South Caro-
lima ask .'N'hat, then, shall we 20 q
we answer. in the l.uGnaSe Of Goy.
NemHer, that there can be 40 security
for liberty but i'll an immoyabie ed
.lereHce 10 fundament"i principles
fI :t'sI'S % o..q hihG hIe ,'sIII.'e 4
,,-t a-snrla that i NAV snhye,t tha
inarc..t 1-;o..iolas oI liberty u viii
pre- '''s "bioo''E lnstE;'"f'"ns' Ehlc:h:
,ol'.2 .,i-, I5'-!l - i't n;o'2.oa. --9 "a
,<,:[.l r,r , nrirn oe hon.s+ mn irre-
z1activa of their nativity. colcr, or
previous conditlon neglect no Cppor-
'' 81 & ,.9'ils % .,,e i'isc'',.l .iso % t It,t
IN, ;.rE. not fighting on dead lssres,
>,t. toc living prime pies. for good gov
asH:nelt, honesty III high places, and
- ''.l ~ ~, 49, ~ -" P'4So
..a,',,.-,,2v f,.ea ot .rr cnqt WA s1IrL
: policy and by the use Of such means
on must succeed, though patience
1S;., :}S: Ilec.7'''tS 70 - an",' ;no 80 "
'r-lI s,,,1,res},ed e;c1th Car1lira has the
> il .,.-thy of all friends Of good gov
5F'.i+1tl-', ;.1ll t-ttl' nc pH.1lt 10" o.
- o!l oheiJ - ~. = n.l''',5 -
.t.,cr cannot but rof:lnnd % vo7ir I'd
vantase.
W.th & most profound appreciation
81 lie 'sympathy Of al friends OF
good coTernment" the people Of South
Carolina yet fad ii somewhat difficult
to Grd benefit il all OF the good ed-
v.oe that : 80 generously lavlshed
upon them. IN some things they have
al tlclFa'et! Il ana 1oE lAe p''7' elsA'
years have been endeavol:nS 10 carry
out successfully the very programme
laid down fer them by the Iri63"c.--
Il Recognizing the fact that there can
be 10 security for liberty (and proper
ty) but in an inmoTanIe adherence to
public principle" they have steadfast-
i strlTen "for union OF honest men,
irrespective o1 their nationality color
OF previous condition" they h:1To obey
ed the injunction TO "ncgleet 10 op-
poGtnnity OF exposing the raScallty OF
your rresent ruIers; and they have
used every ent'eaTor TO ''shcw the Ia
ton that they are nos lighting on dead
issues, but for living principles, for
good government, honesty Ill high
places, and equal rights before the
law" But one injunction they have
failed to fulfill and that is to purge
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