The tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, June 02, 1865, Image 1
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VOL.1. . " " CSVMDEN, S. C..,'FRIDAY MOENXNG^JTJ^E 2,'lSCo. ' ;" '' . '-.'. \ NOJSSt ^^
, J. T.HEHSKOTA3. .. D.?. HOCOTT, 1
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-The Reconstruction of the
Rebellious Statbs?Devel.
" * opmbntof Pres/Juhnson's
# Policy
President Johnson, commencing with Old
* . .Virginia, the mem pillar of the rebellion, lias,
an an-Executive order oti the subject, developt
<eif .his nolicy of reconstruction. ,He orders the
t practical rc-esfcablishtaeht of tbc sovereign au.
. <ihority of the TJnttcd States, and jhc execution
? of the laws thereof, within the geographical
limits known as the State of Virginia, llpde
clares pull and void all acts and proceedings;
' political) military and civil oionizations
^ irithin said State, whether of the late so-called
Confederate or locatjinthorities; identified with
the rebellion, since the secession ordinance of
Virgihiar of April 17, 1861; and that all persons
who shall exercise, claim, pfttend, or at4
'tempt to exercise any political, military or civil
-power, authority, jurisdiction or right," thorough
-Or undertttid'ihsilTgent authorities, Confederate
of looal,.4(shall he deemed and Akdn as in
- - . ;rel/ellion agaibst the Ignited States, and shaH
. J Mbe deajt with accordingly." , '
In at-word,' all atote and proceedings resting
. Jfor^tbiBV legality upon the spurious insurgent
' general government of Jeff. Davis, or o? the
iStatc authorities-supporting him, are*outlawed,
. : repudiated ?apd wiped out. Th'ns, for example,
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vuu u?uv9?uwuxfuu (iuu uuuvruuts maue vy
the TebeKConfederate government, and rebel
; -State.goYoniments, and by cities, towns, corpo;
>. rationa^conipanics and individuals, under the
the authorities op the rebellion, are go much
' > iraste paper, and the losing.parties.need not
s gi'Ye'-^ieniisOlvea fliiy'fnj-thertrouble on thosnb^
* jeet' The Sefcretfries of State, "War, Treasury,
; Nary, artdTntorior, and the Bostmaster. Gener.
' ? ' "al, tire ?rdeye'd to proceed to put inj/orce in
Virginia ell-laws'of the United State? pertain
h)g to their several-deparfments, and the dis"
trict judgtfarof said "district are directed to proceed'to
hold: their^oufts in pursuance of tie
laws of Congress. ' Furthermore, the Attorney
. OeneadTrill ihstraet the^proper officers to libel
: /: . and briDg to judgement, confiscation and sale,
. .property subject to confiscation and enfoyce the
V . V- administration of justice, so that the 6tate may
*\ ' : bn_ro^invested again with the republican form
t-* - <fcf government, which the general government
is bound W the constitution to guarantee to
*
JnTbis is the opening of a new set of books.
- V'ii rebellion ,gpes for nothing* Virginia must
'y l^vWiu, d>: novo, at the poir.t where she. left off
' ->in that dark and dismal secession caucus of
17,'1861. President Johnson holds to
J^K^i'jtie'doctriiie tba'tjdjoN has been ir, the Union all
and that in conspiring and fighting
ihu^creigB au.huritj of the Union
her people concerned must bear the consequences
of their folly. Ho lias declared emphatically
that "treason is.a crime, and that traitors
must be punished," and the guilty partie? in
Virginia and all the rebellious States can now
comprcliendi to some extent, tlw meaning, of
th'iB declaration. His policy, thus far developed;,
is simple, consistent, constitutional and conclusive.
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Fran'cis H. Pierpont, lately acting -at Alex-:
andna as the loyal Governor of Old Virginia?'-"i
though his authority was-.limited to a small
corner?will now, at Richmond, be aide%d by
the'general government as far as necessary on
the extension of lirs jurisdiction as Prpvisional
Governor over the whole State?having nolh?M
M 1a /I A /\f /\rv * ? ??r? ?*?? f t> tlir. nf
JUL; iv u^y, ui luuiocj wiiu tuy iiuyy kjiaiu vj
West Virginia.; \Ve*presume that, as soon as
practicable, he will call.a State Convention for
the purpose of framing a new State qonstitutfofi '
on tho basis of emancipation, and that the next
stdp will be'an election under such constitution
of aGovornor and other State officer*, a Legislature
Hud members of Congress. In the election
of the convcntion.it is probable that simiilar
qualifications of loyalty will be required of
the voters to those adopted in Tennessee, under
Mr. Johnson as Military Governor; and, as in
Tennessee, the pouvention may, perhaps, leave
the question of negro suffrage t<^ the discretion
of the Legislature. We think, however,' that
Africsyi slavery is out of the way, the sooner
this question of negro suffrage is settled, and
settled in favor of the liberated blacks, the
better jt-will .be for the pacification ,of the
South and the whole country on this new
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national piauorjn 01 universal nueriy 11 nui
soon 'settled it will become a question of mischievous
political agitation, whereas, with its
settlement on the basis of universal suffrage,
the political agitation of the negro questi&n as
well asthe'slavary question, will be at an cn'd.
As fob the bugbear of negro sociiil equality in
this connection, society will take care of that
?we have no fear of it whatever.
* Nor do -we apprehend that any stringent
oath of allegiance or tests of loyalty will now
bo .necessary to the masses of the white population
of the late robellious Stnte3. They are
subdued; their dream of a'Southern'confederacy
has vanquished; their troubles concerning
slavery are over; they Ijave nothing to hope
for, no object to gain*any more, from hostility
to the government. Their only alternative is
to submit and make the best of it, or-leave the
country, and they know it. Ifonce we believe
that they may. be safely trusted at the- ballet
box witnout^any stringent.tests of loyalty. They
are disarmed, and powerless, and destitute to?a
degree that may well excite "our feelings of
. charity rather than our fears. Give them a
j chaiice to show their repentance by their voljuntary
action, and tbey will-improve it.
i We throw put these hints to the administration*
for what they may be worth. In his
policy of reconstruction .thus far disclosed we
are sure that Pres. Johnson will command the
confidence and support of the country. "We
can assure him, too, thatie is ifiiiversally re^
I fvnm lnvr^lf-TT hio
yuiuou, livm .vju.vj, ,?D
dents,'his energy; and decision of character, as
the proper man for the crisis; but we .know,
also, that his .decisions are-formed from a ireful
consideration of facts, circumstances, arguments
and opinions. Henfce we feel free'io iute
his attention to . the views herein submitted.?
New York' Herald. , ( .
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Love.?"She loves me still," cried Ned,
"for on her knee, she said last night, " thdu'rt
all the world to mei"' "That notLiug
proves" saic^ Fred,- with lip upcurled, " Jie
| often suys she's tired of the world!"
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CA_HI>EN, FHI0AY, JISB 2.
Ry the New York Tribune of llie 15th wo find {fold,
quoted in the city at 131 1-2. /
Tito deaths in-New Torft during tho" week ending
May 15, we're 4G0?men 11^7; women 116; boys 116,
a'nd'girls-111. *,
Gen. SHEitsiAN^lms countermanded, the ord^r, of
Gen. IIalleck to pass in review order through the
principal streets ofcRielimojd, thero to be ronewefcl by
Gen II.' It is no secret at the North that a very
bitter feeling exists between tho"0 two military (ttnef.
Jeff's FroOk.?ThetNew York- .Tribune says ; P.
T. jBAitxnjt'ofirerS $500 for the dress in which Jeff.
Davis was captured, and the Chicago gentlemen art
pleading to he allowed to add the same garment to
.the attracts encss of the great North Western Fair.
' To show to what extent vindictive and maliccous'
sentrmqjits aro carried in 'the N^-th tovrtnh the poopie
of tlio SoutVtfe nlliicle to'tho fagt that the Chairman
ol' tho-"United States Christian Commission'' has
seen publish a card "in the Herald debouncing and
condemning visits jto Gen. Lek.
The Courier di\i clats unis,, a F'roneh paper in yew
York*, has n.parugraph in a if article on tho( "MonroO
Doctriue,"(\vhtch tlibU. S-, intimates will be enforced.)
which says r
"IMiind the Emperor Majihili.un* there is France,
which never flinches hefort threats!'' ' .
Ominous indeed! _ ? . J y
*A Divisto.v ix tub Abolition* IIolsk.?The ultra'
abolitionists of the North are engaged in.a great parrel
as to what to do with the negro now that ha is free.
Tho freedom part is settled;- there is neithev condition
nor contingency about that?all doubts on the subject
aro absolutely removed; and the fiats aro^oitrgforth,
all ovor tiie Southern States, announcing t'he.intentions
of tho Government and sustaining the emancipation
Proclamation. It is also fnrthpr announced, tliat the.
negro is rfot to remain in a state pf idleness; he must
pursue soma condition of labor, (vrith fidelity. Vice,
and insolence on their part will not bo toliornted aDy
more than indolence. . * \ ' ?* !
And yet in nil this the rabid aud extreme nbolifion.istt}
do not sco their ends accomplished?tbeir pledges
fulfilled. The "Anti-Slavery Society" has been holding
ah immense meeting'ln )tlie Chnrcb of the '.'Purifans"
in New York, and the //rr^Wgivcs us, with its
accustomed displayedcopiouAiess, the proceedings.
Negro suffrage is the principal subject of the animated
and hostile discussion?for there is a split in their
camp; and wo scad that in "the fxtrorc some oI the
wcak-lnngod orators in petticoats oro cried down with
'question," "question," "question!"
Prominent among tho speakers ^re,our old enemies,
Pin cups and Garrison,*and tho "philosophy" of. the
former is by no means encouraging to the people of
this Stote'in this dark hour of* their subjugation and
sorrows. Hero is the exact language o f the "philanthropist
?"/ would not in my heart have this Society dissolved
until South Carolina w wluppcd into decency and
Christianity; andViut lime is a long' way t abroad.
That is my philosophy* 4
And notwithstanding this ho tolls the Society tha?
"the law fs yet- as much against them now as it was ill
'December 1833"-rhuttheir "pledges" roust be t'ful.fillfed."
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Lfaw or no law, tliosc fanatic? would rule tho nation.
Neither the torch nortlye sword; nor thiDgs
present nor thingpast^ have yet satisfied their bloody,
and revengeful ambitious. Neither the "law's dolay,"
"tho insolence of the office' 7?"tho oppressive wrong1'
, "tho. proud run AS contumely"?neither the pangs
ofdi.-jpuvd love"?itlasl there is no quietus" for u^'
'yd.' f I'lronlct .in all his'dijpair was not Italf 30 sorely
tried. l4:kc liirn wc might bo tempted but for the
"d/vu'l of-that Something after.*'
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There is to be a something aftfflP^here mudt^-be '.Vy 3*1
thing to-come?yot yvilh thees bloody - miuded afidin*'
satiable hypocrites; but we have just cflihse''to,hop?/;>^i
that their'fury aviil be nnnrniJfifg wtyh the -lawgivers
of-the nation.. Anfl we trust that if efen theif bpaten
itopndoacc should dare protft^e hself further ha
owtional counsels^ thht tho pure,vflie'-feodd ftnd
Kviso, wiirurilicmid retosfee them hs thfc ofbl'ddtt'tho'
patron sftigt ?f these dirty radicals. "'Qttihet behind ^ /%
vie, Satan!" / ,
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> [yOK THB JOURNAL ANDXONFEDKRAJI.J&r.
Eoitoa": )Yc have all bcub ruddanly ; >!?*
brought to a stand. . The. prbeels
have been violcnily-stopiKid. It Wr. suitobler;' v.
,i - ... i ' A ?>: ..vl' iitlis;? ?v
nine now ior aouiuern men to\i)e mcu'g'- '?
upon their plans for <Im5 ; future;;':Slany speaK-vf.
of a^andouiu? the country wholjy.afcd forever:
Does ru>t this look like pure .,do?p^jr! Is?oi. '*
this land that gave" us Lirth',tooTertiie) heftlth ful
and desirable i heritage,'to V?'&inVly yield- ,
ed up to negroes and foreigners ?. And wliere
should we go?. The banks of the Aiftacbu pro- '
dhce very brilliant birds, very wonderful loon- '
keys, very enormous insects, aud i probably tin .
greatest abuudunco of Peruvian D,ark?-but the *
country was never remarkable for excellence of^
its uieu, or its government, or its. religion, aad? ,T:.
^res jusC under the equator. -North-Western ' v"
Texas ss liable to protracted droughts, wbiclx
reduce its widely scattered inhabitants.at iimea
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-to the verge of starvation. Mexico,- 'though A oj -'jk
splendid country in its physical - features, s V v?'
always been' hurt cibly misgoverned, t)r unyov*. , . %
entd) and is likely spto continue.' Doribtfesa, . , .
howerer, there arc many places to be found on
the.earth's broad surface, which "would offer? ' %
many attractions to the Southern .emigrant;
and* where he would^robably be heartily welcomed.
But why go at-all? la it clear that
a residence in this country, and in. this littlo
old historic State odours, Would be intolerable?
Oagl^t.we not to.- wait and see this ^oint tie"monstrated,
before we lose hope aBd/heartjl - s
iNorthern Legislation, sectional as^it is snre to
be, niuSl yet have^omebigher.enil* before itr '\ ...
than only to torment white men, and exueper- > v;
ate useful citizens. Lpfl-ra recogmee- the'sad' ?
change in our circumstances; yeV d$t' aa-not V
yielcf to apathy., or indolence, or' recklessness.
On. the contrary, let us go to woric, one and all, it?.
actively and ch eerfblly,-just :ae soon :bs oircom^ stances
permit. We bate m noli todearn'l let . .
i* learn it as qujckly possible. The crisis VJ
tests our munliood, and our energetic o^pacitie* , ;
for sejf-governnicnt-.and true nidepej$pnce.?y
Let Southern men fillupraill gapd, and >"all
requirements, except directly servileones, ^
Let ns supply our own social wants. Then </."
the surplus of negroes beyond those needed \
for their former work among us; most seek
homes elsewhere. The country y?ould Still 1>e \ our
own; and would gradually, under God's
blessing upon our efforts get' itself t<? rights. w "
This whole matted, Mr. Editor, desems'ta
be thoroughly vetttilated among; n\ncnr. Wej \ '
want information from those able, to give it;
| and we want sensible and patriotic .men to ira- 'j|
! part to us their thoughts: " ' , ;%>?
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