University of South Carolina Libraries
h > . \(r -t- . r " ' ^ ^^ \ Vol. 3, No. 32. Port Royal, S. C., Saturday, May 20, 1865. Whole No. 136. - _ ?Jtc $tw ^outh.g j ptbushkd'erebt 8atchtuy jfobjonq. 3h J. H. SEARS, Editor and Proprietor. P R?. C ? r One Copt Five Cents. PRE Hvnd&kd, $3 30. Torek Months, . ."..0 30. One Year .............'..200. IN ADVANCE. Adveetiskjients.?Twenty cents a line for first : insertion ; fifteen cents for second, and tea,cents for eacb subsequent insertion. . TERMS CASH. Often, Phoenix Building, Union Square adjoining Post Of tee. ?i vVboiitioni^iii o Half CVnlttPy ^Vgo. THE KEOnO'# PKATTB. Lord, if thou dost with equal 03-4 See all the sons of Adam die, Why dost Thou hide Thy face from slaves, Consigned by fate to serve the knaves? Stolen or sold in Africa, Imported to America, Liko hogs or sheep in market Sold, To stem the boat or brook the cold. To work all day and half the night, And rise before the morning light. , Sustain the lash, endure the pain. Exposed to storm b of snow and rain, ; Pinched both with hunger and with cold, , And if we beg * e meet a scold; And after ail the tedious round, At night to stretch upon the ground. 1 lias Heaven decreed that ncgroc-3 must By cruel man be ever curs'd? Forever drag the galling chain And ne'er enjoy themselves again ? ] When will Jehovah hear our cries ? ( When will the sun of freedom rise? < When wiH a Jfasss for us itand, ' ' , AH CI ireo US ITUU1 A ff?t' ujn * r^uiu ( , What though oar skin be black as Jet, ] Our hair be ouruuattu a?.? %Must wc for this no freedom have, Until we find it in the grave j 1 ? TToatf'* Alminarf?r 1811. j j Gi-encval I3ut.leron Re-const rue- j ( tion. ! ] Oil the evening of the 1st of itnv, Maj. j< Gen. B. F. Butler, delivered an address; \ before the Union League Club of Now , York, at their rooms, Union Square, j I John Jn)* Esq., presiding, wherein he j} gave his views at length concerning Kc-ccnstrnction. lie reiterates his opinion that the pco- : pie of the rebellious States stand in the' 10 r ,l volntinn to the Government as nU*n ; ] enemies, and stated that the proposition !, has been con.limed by repeated solemn decisions of the Supreme Court. He \: would have Military Governors appointed ,, for each State, selected as much for their n knowledge of civil affairs, as of "Army, Regulations," nnd then have loyal- citizens who ha I never held o$c> during Or? . ejcUlon to vote upon the question of return as loyal States, subject to specified j conditions, as follows: 1 lt<v?vwiftr.r frtrf-rp-l- tllWft fchoultl ' be neither slavery nor involuntary servi-1 tude except for crime judicially declared, j *2. That there can not exist in the po j litical system of the United Shite? any j such thing as a right of secession by a State. 3. That no person, corporation, muni- j i cipal or other, or State could or might. ever assume or pay any part ci the debt, i.v claim by any person or corporation, State or Confc-derrtion of States, incurred ' or in any way arising from or in aid of the late rebellion. 4. That any peison who had held mili-1 tury, civil or diplomatic office under the [ so-called Confederate States, or cither ofj f i j. j. them, or been any agent thereof during the. rebellion should have no political rights in the State, but should be and remain AlI?n (hereuntoforever." One more condition wc would have added in explicit terms?That the right of suffrage should bo free to all male persons of undoubted loyalty with the restriction alone, that every voter should "show tfis ability to read and write. However, the idea of the General i3 excellent and gbes to the root of the matter?beginning exactly where we should if we wish to avoid interminable difficulty. The summary and concluding part of the speech we print in full, as follows: <' I would first present the principles; these being determined, then the questions of men could be discussed. Upon the first proposition that Invould require to be submitted to the people of each rebellious State, before it can ask to come back into relations with the loyal States, to wit: the Abolition of Slavery, there certainly can be b?t one mind at the North. The-second that there can be no right of secession is necessaiy to be declared a9 a part of the fundimental law, because for more than thirty years the people of the South have been taught by their leaders that such a right docs exist, so that mar y good and true men have been led iway by this heresy into a rebellion from which they would otherwise have 6hrnnk. Let the maxim, then, " no right of secession," hereafter stifcd as the cornerstone :>f lha frame < f Government of each revolted State. They owe so much to the iacnnces or the loyal States for thai Lftj^ny JhS.tbirri.nrpnositinn. that, thai Jonlcclerato debt shall never do recognized, is necessary .as a preventive ot1 ?riei ojs wror g. The loyal States of the j North, New York for example, in addi-1 tion to its share of the National debt is burdened with many millions of State debt, all contracted in defense of the country and in subduing the rebellion. Ihc Southern States, when they return to their 44practical relations with the j Sov< rnment," will come back wholly free ' [rom this class of debt with which New York is burdened. Their debt, if any, | will have been contracted in fighting igainst the Union and not in restoringit, and, of course, will be first repudiated. , But, in time, when, as is just, New York ;ind the other loyal States call upon the j General Government to assume this debt j contracted iu its own defense, such de-' ruand will be opposed by the Southern States, which have no such debt, or will be incumbered with the proposition to assume for the South some part of the Confederate debt; niul such will be the power of the pressme upon Congress ot the immense amount of the consolidated debt, unjust and iniquitious as it would I bo for the nation to assume it, I should fear for the result Therefore I would have it as a part of the fnndimental law 1 of each State that no part of such debt Blionld ever be assumed or paid by the State or any poition thereof The as- : sumption of such debt by the General f ir n A/vi / ? A r?V. 4 h V.TW? \"i uiiivjiik irt ft aw naii^ut , danger, 30 aided by the influence of money, that I would employ every means to keep it from the national councils. The necessity of the fourth proposed amendment'to the Constitution of the several States, that no rebel officers should vote c-r hold office, in obvious from these coi.siderllhions. This Rebellion was largely set on foot because political powe'r was departing from the South and traveling northward ; to regain that power which their enterprise, wealth, and consequent increase of population brought to the Xorth, the leaders at the * Sooth plunged the Nation into this horrid war. Shall we not, therefore, teach coming1 generations by living examples that political power is not gained but irretrievably lost by rebellion against the United Stages? Beside, the common mind at the Sonth has been heretofore so much controlled by the leading men that such de-1 privation of political power is absolutely ! necessary to deprive the leading class i I there of that influence over the Southern i thought, which has heretofore been and | will hereafter be exerted against the : Union. Being a Democrat, 1 would I braak down the laudholding and slnvci holding aristcrcracy of the South, which j has brought so much evil upon us. Is! ! nofthe deprivation of political rights the i ! appropriate and mildest form of punish-. j ment of treason ? Is this not a necessary! j measure of precaution against future ievils? For these reasons, therefore, ! which I have scarcely hinted at, I would I insist, before any that the inhabitants, j in their primary and fundamental law as a part of the frame of government should ' solemnly, provide that there should be neither Slavery or Secession in their | State ; and that Rebel debts and Rebel voUto should be alike repudiated.'' ? Xlie Freedraen. Governme^ has given up the experiment ot supporting the blacks at Freedman's village, Arlington. Work is offered to all willing to labor, at the usual prjpes, and rent is charged them for their ' tenements at $4 per month. All incapa-1! vi- ..~ ?4 AV-? i1 L/ivj ui uuwiiuiig iw <U;V,CJJI? liitrac terms uic ; ^ to be removed to Mason's Island, near Georgetown. There are numerous appli-1 j cations from the North for their sevices, Sptfoif fii'iffiy.m.niSi?""'V The following order has recently been ( issued by Gen. Schcfield : :. Heaixj'rs. Dept. or N. C., 1 , < Army of the Ohio, Kaleigh, N. C., April 28, 1885. ) General Orders, ( No. 32. ) To remove a doubt which seems to exist in the minds of some of the people of * North Carolina, it is herebv declared that, 11 \ a ts A 1 1 ll i.K~ T> I J oy virtue ox ine proclamation ui iuc x resident of the United States, dated January ! 1, 1863, all persons in thi3 State heretolore held as slaves are now free: and that j it is th'e-dnty of the army to maintain the | freedom of such persons. It is recommended to the former masters of the freedmen to employ them as hired servants at reasonable wages. And j it is recommended to the freedmen tbaj, < when allowed to do so, they remain with |, their former masters and labor faithfully; j s;> long as they shall Le treated kindly , _ a "! ~ ,*t. 1 xi ana pni(rrcasoi:?:uu wages ; or mat :. immediately seek employment elsewhere , in the land of work to which they are ac- j ( customed. It is not well for them to j congregate about towns or military i' camps. They will not be supported in , idleness. By Command of Maj.-Gen. Schofield, ! J. A. Cambbell, Ass't. Adjt.-Gen. > ( In a speech at Charleston, last week, bv Chief Justice Chase, he said, in nddressing the Freedraen : | " I have said the victory is won. The armies of the lebellwn are disbanded, I peace returns, and peace brings wi:h it its ;dutie3. A great race, numbering four millions, is sudenly brought ii.tofrec-! i dom. All the world i3 looking to see; | whether the prophecies of the enemies ol I that race will be fulfilled or falsified. It i lests upon the men of that race to tell. * They say that you wiil be disorderly,! ; shiftless, iazy; that you will starve rather j than work: that wages cannot tempt you! .1 to work ; that you will become thievish vagabonds. So your enemies say; so, too, a great many people that are not your enemies seriously fear. It is for you to show whether it shall be so or not. You need not in the meantime be particularly anxious what people fay about you. Show that you will be honest, temperate, industrious and faithful in your employments ; that you -are ready to do honest work for honest wages ; be economical, lay up a portion of every days or every month's earnings in some sayings hank for yourselves and ' families for a rainy day. Do everything in your power to increase the products of the country ; doing this with all your might you will save yourselves and reflect credit upon those who have been your friends. ? (rod fnrhid th.it hf?f<vrA T <V!o T aViall Via obliged to hang my head and say, I expected a great deal of this people, be- < lieved them to be honest, industrious and orderly, and I find I have been mistaken; that they allowed miserable prejudices to . grow up amongst them ; that they permitted themselves to bo controlled By vindictiveness of feeling ; that they were unwilling to labor for their living. For, after all, labor must be the cardinal law of your lives. I was, myself, a ' Western boy, and in the log cabins of the < West we fared just as roughly as most of you have fared. We had very little capita!, nothing to go upon but our own good will, patient hearts and free school education, which, thank God, this country gave to all her white children, ind is now going to give to all the blacks who will take it. Well, upon . such capital we went to work, and we . * inmo.tr> .rynaothiiHT ; 7 .. i . .J You can do the same thiug if you will ^o to work in the same way. But if you spena j our time in iretting because tins or that white nun has a better time than von have or more advantages, and take short cuts to what you may think success, eon will, in the end, be very sadly disappointed. Take things patiently, and la- , bor faithfully ; the result will be glorious. Let the soldier fight well, let the preach?r preach well, let the carpenter shove , bis plane with all his might, and the planter put in and gather in as?mucli ;orn or cotton as ho can?working for fair wages, and as he gets able, to ,hire others, paying them fair wages too. Act :hn3, and I have no fears for ypur future." ?. , The Punishment of Traitors.?Gen. Grant's treaty with Lee was a purely military one, and in no way affects the idea of trial, judgment, and sentence for treason, in the future. Gen. Sherman's Attempts to settle the political questions af the rebellion in connection: with Johnston's surrender lias been most promptly rebuked by President John sod, whose many forcible declarations that !i traitors must be punished," offer guarantee that not only men like Davis, Hunter, Judge Campbell, Governor Drown, > kc., but I/oe, Longstreet, Johnston, Hardee, Bragg, Hampton, Beauregard, Forrest, Pickett, and a long list of others will meet the punishment so justly duo the leaders in this attempt to " assassin are the Republic,'' a greater crime, a3 President Johnson expressly declarer, than even that committed by the infamous Booth. Paroled officers, when the impossibility of exchange shall have become apparent, and the belligerent rights of the rebels shall have been revoked, as they soon must be, will be subject to arrest, trial, judgment, and sentence for Continued on 7b o ik Page. v Ft , t f ' ^ > I