, 1875-07-16

Charlton q. E,} heIrs and Tnnrtsr,
Tue q at'oa delivered g. " aen. Jo4a ~ y. 1restoa
mat1ds aoma notice ID llis native State, aent VI.
Idl,ce shall be construed to give consent to the
nlot,atsoua proposition he havaaces aud attempts
This ID tlo strain in whIcl, ono sorsh Carolt-
nian speaks ut = time when tho patriotic heart
beats high at the nIproach Of true. generous,
and lasting peace,-a peace as thorough and
cutnptete Ia thn forests htM1 sayannshs of thA
North.
Titan deu. praston's tuvectivea nothiug could
30 moro out Of keeping with the AEirit OF tho
day or with lhe temper Of tho people Of Virginia.
Dou!uiup says !: ''Tho day Is TOO sv!l 81 Gving
Issues to mako doaa ores acceptable And tho
people Of Virginia arc too anxious for poaco mud
prosperity uudcr the Republic when tlcir
yi'al Of old csusea Of quarrel. rl.sir University
IL = peculiar institution which they cau oAerlatA
without any facltug OF disttust: but thoy have
no doslre OF advancing backward M to other isl-
atltns'Gns. and no dlsposltionto to matako parade
Of intoioraneo for sacrament Of intellect. The
addread OF Gen. Preston is alike unjust to Ills
own admitted ability, aud to tho people
Of tue tnstitutton Oh. whoao behalf II
elsewhere throughout tho country sro tnsttncs
with poace. toeranco and goodwill 1T ls aallauio
tl,nt our leatliag Southern Unworthy sAon4,
oven tor = day, 30 prohtitatcd to nsea which
uFSt3 0oHHsulH {IIElHl1l COnuGH1nb.F lHlE 10 kHo
feeling iu Virginia, and it 10 The feeling Of tho
Vnat majority Of tba peopio Of South Carolina.
den. Preston IL no longer apnkeataaa tor tho
people OF this atate With = amall class Of equal
y sincere aud squaily unreasonable men. hla
words will hayo some weight. because they OK
ptoss atubboInly-cheriBlled opluion; but he.
and such ~ he, however venerable or tespecta-
nia ars no % longer !eadors in the land Of aotiyo
men who control Boatl, Carolina although tuolr
strength has never been fully felt, arc the mon
| who wpre young whou the War begap aud won't
into the ssmy and nsayad shore,; OF tho oldor
physiohll7 untitled for tho marching sad fastinx
OF Aot!ss service and tue much larger claus who
wore first in Wsr-s,ld first out OF It. Fur those
Who were really unable to 10 more THAI thsy did,
errors arc not treatod "a crimes. For those WHO
aa'genco sul fepoae-aa Ioue as thoy rena.n /, In In
ths ,i; xc*s; Neither olaas can mold pblo opiuios,
yirRinia, ToombH In deorgis, Preston IN Bouih
Masoliha' caHnot arfeAt tle march OF esonts.
The mon who fought through tho War, ami
have h. KEoxn up s!nce tue Way. are not blinded
they honor Tue Confederate dad. but tho,'
iespect tue brays men whom thsy met III
eattio on . hundeoa fields xna they sep aud
Lno. for themselves that there ara Just IL
tho Mouth ~ in the Houth snd tiey oaupot uouht
that thcre are fanatics ID The Hoilth a. Ia thc
North. Wandell Phillips, 1T hisaaAohusetts, IL
Tho oonpismeht Of john h. Preston ID HoutL
CArolina II ia best for tho old lesdsrs ihat thsy
oms.n a :. y ,sen ,henossble privacy Their words liz
II oaa country tL!s ID one peonie. W. lno,< IL X
IT, fSsl IT, Surely. then. ws should plty tboss
S ~ao eose @ tneis eyer ia tho darkness before the
"a"n nav i. ao wsksn aos though tho Mght ot ths
Only few ye4sa sgp. liz ns,t,,, =. ~.
Preston ~ouid have been accepted ave1v,,I,s1t
pf99s saa ,hs' 'h
as ~ EXCUSE for .e1Atious iegsission "a sefsse
pfsto1s for Insults and wrouSs without mn nnn,s,.. ~
hut ws have chAnYsd al thst tbs nx.,9". 9u1ees IN
SI do no harm. 9@