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THE NEW # SOUTH.
Vol. 5, No. 43. Beaufort, S. C., Saturday, August 25,1866. Whole No. 172.
UtJinc JSouth.
iKHtDCU EVKr.Y ISATUBDAY MORNING BY
L. '1 Humpson, Ed.tor and Piopriitor.
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THE 1'HESIDENT ak1) His POLICY
Washiaoton, Arignot 18.
The New Hampshire delegation to the
Plniade phiii Convention had hu iuiet lew
with the President IukI evening, iu
the course ol which, alluding to the Convent
iou and hi lutuie policy, he said:
"We liuve now a policy ..nd prin.-ipi.
recognized und laid down by tire
lliuSt intelligent, ttOlc ..? (Iduiut.v v
t?i lueu tliut LuVf couvt-ueu since the D<
cltii'Htiou of ludejrendeuce. A lectgui*
lion of thin policy uiid principles Would
be required of those ?Wio re. eive office
and patrousge train the Government. it
wiut A duty lite Aduiiuistruti >11 owed it*
elf, that Strength and power should Ge
giv.u to tuose who tua.uiaiued the principles
declared by that great Italy of N?tioiial
uien wuo met this we k iu Con- j
TeUtioU at Philadelphia."
Tftc MUX KEDIKUS OF TDK PHILADELPHIA;
(?NT?m5 MUUlTrtt) TO TitS PKfcM EST?ills
BUPLY.
There was a great crowd at the White i
House to-day, to hear the President in
respouse to the H<>n. Keverdy Juimson,
who preeented the official proceedings of
the Convention. Gen. Grant was present
on the occasion. -?*
The President, referring with feeling
to the soene re routed of South Caro
tad Alsss iChUAetis euienu^ m? u<u? >
veutiou togetftet, said Lhut he wan ov?r- J
come, uud could not but conclude that <
?u overruling Providence wus directing |
us arigbt. Our brave men hud performed |
their duties iu the held, uud won laurel* j
imperittuble; but, .turning to Gen.Grant, I
he coutiuued, there ?ire greater and more!
impotUnt duties to petloiw, *u<t while!
we huvef had their uo-operaUou iu the!
field. We now need their effort* to per-;
petuute peace. [ Applause.J
The Executive Department had tried
to pour oil on the water* an 1 restore the
Union, but it had not entirely succeeded. !
W* have ?e?u, he said, iu one department
of the government every effort to
prevent the restoration of peace unJ harmony^
in' the Union. ' We h-ve iwen,
hanging < n :be verged the Government,
?m it were, u body exiled, or whiuii assumed
U> be, the v ougreas of the United
St>iU?, while, in fuct, it is a Congress ?,t
oiilr part of the Mates. We have seen
this Congress assume and preteud to be i
for tue Union, wheu its every step and I
set tended to perpetuaie disttuiou, andj
make a disruption of the States iuevju- j
We. Instead of promoting reconciliation I
hud burmo.ij, its legislation has partaken.j
nf iwoiui i..< I
VI lllf ciliiriitiei v? t
and reveng? This has l>eeii the course!
and the policy of one jjortiou of \ our j
verntnetit The humble iudividu .1 who ;
Is now addressing you utauds us toe rep*
representative of another department of
the Government. Tin- tuaiiuei iu which
lie wu? VAiUrl u4.o? to 9co\iy> Unit poni-'
| tioo be will not ulludc to on this occasion;
Uuffice it to aav that be in here under the
I Constitution of tue country, and being
| here by virtue of its provisions he takes
bin stand upon that charter of our liber*
ties as the great rampart of civil aud religions
liberty. [Prolonged cheering.]
Having been tanght in my early life to
bold it sacred, and having practised upon
it dniing my whole public career, 1
shall ever continue to reverence the Constitution
of iny fathers and make it nty
g :ii1e. [ff.-aity n| plause.]
j The Pievident denied the charge that
he had been tyruui ical or a dcsp< t, but \
said that such charges weie simply in-1
tended to deceive aud delude the public
mind into the beliet that them is s??me
<>ue in poser s ho is usurping and trampling
npou the rights of the Constitution.
It is doue by th >se who make inch
charges for the purp<?M? of covering tht ir
own acta. [That's so, and applause.] I
have ielt it my duty, in vindication of
principle and the Coustitntion of my
c umry, to call the attention of my couuti
ymen to these proceedings. When we
Coine to examine who has been playing
the tyrant, in whom do we find despotism
exercised ? As to myself, the elements
of my nature aud the pursuits of
my life, have not ma le my practice
oppressive- My nature, on the contrary,
is ia.her defensive iu its character; boil
will any that, having taken my stand
upon the br< ad principles of liberty anil
the Constitution, there is not power
enough on earth to drive me from it ?
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[Loud and prolonged applause, j unvmg
placed myself upon that br.wkd platform,
I have not been awed or distnuYed, or intnuid
tied by either threats or encroach*
uieuts,but have stood there with patriotic
spirits sounding the tocsin ol'alai w.wben
I deemed the citudel ol liberty iu danger.
[Great applause.] *
I said on a previous occasion and repeat
it uow, that nl[ that was necessary in
this great straggle against tyranny and
dt-ep?>iism was that the struggle should
be made audible lor the American pe??
pie to hear uud properly understand.
They did hear and seeing what the C <n*
testniits were and what the struggle was:
about,they detei aiinad they ipould settle
this question on (he side ot the Constitution
and principle. I proclaim here to-1
day, as I have on previous occasions,
that my faith is in the great mass of the
i? oule. In the darkest h/ur of llii* strug*
git-, when the clouds accused the most
lowering, iny fuilb^ intend of giving
way, loomed up through the cloud, be-.
VoOi which I saw tu.it uli would be well
iu the end.
My countrymen, wo nil know 'fhat 1yr?
utmv .iudjieapotisiu. in the language of i
Jtff-r ou, citn be ?zeroised and exerted
uiuie effectually by the many th.iu the
one. Wo imve Been a Congress tisnt
seemed to lorget that there wu* a limit
to the sphere nud scope of legislation.
W-.-have *e?-n u Congress in a minority
H8.sa me tp exorcise power which, II ailowed
to bo carried out, would result in j
despotism or unorchy itself. T*.s is
ti utn, and 1*00808(1 others, a* well as mysell,
have seen proper to appeal to tb'e
patriotism and republican telling of the
country, we-have been denounced in the
severest terms, $lauder and vituperntion
of the most villuimna character
have made their way througu the press.
We have seen u Congress gradually enciOicti,
step by step, and violate day
alter day, and mouth alter month, constitutional
rights and fundamental priu
cip:es of the gnverimieut. >vimt, ?? lieuien
iiAJi betsu your and my sin ?Wh.it
iiits been the cause of our offeud.ng?
1 will toll you: Dam g to k't.uid
i?y the Cjuatifuti >u ot our lathers. 1 !
cwusi.lcr the*proceedintja of this cottvouUou,
sir. us more lOyortrut uj?ui liioso
of any convention that aver assembled in
the United States. When 1 look with my
mind uport that collection of citizens comiu"
together voluntarily and sitting together
in t ouncil with ideas and principles
commensiuate with all the States
and co-extensive with the whole people,
~ 1 ??? ;*?.{*!. tka i?>lliif<linn i^firt?r_
HUH LXIUIIuai th mtu kuu
8on? who are* trying to de?tro> the country,
I regard it as -inore important than
any convention that Las sat since 1787.
[Renewed applanse.] I think I may also
sav that the declarations that there were
made are equal to the Declaration of Independence
itself, and I here pronounce
them a second Declaration of Independenre.
[Cries of *1 glorious, " prolonged
1 applause. ]
< Your address and declarations are
nothing l<ss than the re-afimnatidn of
the Constitufion ? f the United States,
i Yes, I will go farther, and say that the
declarations yott have made and t # principles
you have enunciated in your address
are a second emancipation proclamation
to the people, for in proela miog
these great truths yon have laid down a
Constitutional platform upon which all
can make a common cause and stand united
together for the restoration of the
States, and the preservation of the government
without refcreuce to party. The
question only is the solvation of the j
country, for our country rises above uii
pai ty considerations or influence*. How
many are there in the United States that
nquire to be free? They havo the
shackles on their limb* and are bound as
rigidly as though they were in fnctiu
littery. *1 repe.it, then, that your declaration
i3 the second proclamation ol
emancipation to the people ot the United
Siates, and offers a common ground upon
which all patriots can stand. [Applause.]
Mr. Chairman and gentlemen:?Let
me in this connexion, a*k what I h ive to
gain more than tlie udv.uicement of the
public welfare? I am as much opposed to
the iudnlgence of egotism 4* any one,
but here, in a conversational manner,
formally receiving the p oceedmg* olth s
Convention, I may be permitted again to
ask what have I to gain, Consulting human
ambition, more ihan I have gained,
except in one thing ? My racs is nearly
fan. I have held from the lowest to the
l.?i.? ui ?u? iivov tiO'-iitinii to which a1
nilMVVt ^ r - ^
tu in may attain in our Government, .aid
iutely, gentlemen, this should be enough
to grjuty a vewouuble uuihitioU. Ii lj
wanted authority, or it i wished to petpetuuto
my own powar, how easily it
wottld huvtj been to hold nod wit-Id thut
vrbi. h wui placed in my hand* by the
measure called the Jpr?*nku?u'<t Burenit
Bill. [Laughter and applause.j Wiih.au
urniy which'it placed at "Qi-ScKtion,
I could have remained at-the W*pi at ot
the n itiou,und with titty o^* sixty uiilli n*
of appropriation at my disposal, with the
j inarchiuery to be Wa.ked'by my satraps
and dependents in every town und Tillage,
j and then, with the Civil Eight* Bill fol*
1u? unvil(t\pt> .'latiflrhtarl in con
I IU?IU(J ?a mu v J #
uectiou witU nil the other appliances of
thrt (JKivwinment, I coaM bate proclaim*
ed ?ny?rlt' dictator. Bat# gentlemen, my
pride uud my ambition have been to occupy
that position Wai :b retuiua all power
in the h aid* Of the people. It is upon
that I have always relied. It is upon
that i'rety, and I repeat th it neither
the tauuts uor the jeera of Congress, noi
vsubsidized, calumniating press can
drive me from iny purpose, [threat ap"i-"*
1 no suoenoi- ex*
- ?
eept wy God, tae Author of my existence,
and the ptQpifi_y( the ''JJinted skates."
I Prolonged and enthusiastic cueering.]
For the one, I try to obey his counsel#,
i Hi oent I ou;j, compatible with ray poor
; humanity; for the other, the high oeauats
! of tne people Lave #1 way be?u lespevted
i atU Obeyed by tu.-.'
Items.
?Efforts are being made to export beef
and other meat from Texas, without salting,
drying, or hermetically sealing, and
in a perfectly good and fresh state, by a
newly discovered English process.
?The yacht Alice, 28 tons, Captain
Clark, arrived at Isle of Wight nineteen
days from Nahant, Mass., July 29. A son
of professor Longfellow was on board the
gallaut little craft.
?The cabinet of President Johnson
nowconsit-ts of the fallowing elements
of old politisal parties; Secretary of
State, whig; Secretary of Interior, whig;
ittnrnor-General whie: Postmaster
General, whig; Secretary of War, democrat;
Secretary of the Navy, democrat.
I ?A special dispatch from Kalcigh
gives the vote of 15 counties with a
total of 4,U07 in favor of the Constitutional
Amendment, and 4,004 against it.
This is very close, but there is reason to *
hope that it is adopted by the State. /
? The dispatch of Governor Erownlow,
in which he designated the President of
the United States as a deceased quadruped
of the canine species, is all the more
mortifying frem the fact that (as Senator
Cowan admits) it was designed &3 an
offset to a certai* remark of tho President
which will probably live as long as ho
does, and which was to the effect that
the Secretary of the United States Senate
was a "deadda^:." The worst feature
1 u:i)tri#nru>r*ifinTl i? that
VI 111 in HUUU^^a^V ?4?W|rv.?.w? ?
iwhen Presidents indulge in it, leseer
officials will imitate it, while nil officials
should avoid it.*
??Gcii. Bobicson, commanding is
North Carolina, has ordered that all judical
cases wherein freedmen are interested
are to be hereafter tried by th9 Stats
co arte instead of the Bureau courts, ex*
cept in the adjudication of contracts. .
- The French Academy pays its tribute
to the increasing importance of the
Uuited States, by selecting 03 the 3ubjeot
for its prize poem of next year * Ths
death of President. Lincoln."
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? Certain eitjr.n:;3 of Oxford, iliss., inI
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[ oluding-^vdisucpilor, tw^^rofe-tfors and.
it ti-uat?-e of the Ui?iv*?rdg? o* M?s.tan,i
two prominent members of tho local bftr.
bave united in ?n addr<*.*3 to the people
of the Stnt* concerning the education of
the tT?cu^Dcn. Tr>?y 3?t fortU thelf^
duties to'tho colored race on the ground
of the Divine'Hyucotinn to ?fprc&d tho gospal
to atery creature, aud of human gratitude
for past sortioe* Xbej propose
to su3tuin. e Sondty-^ch^ol for oral and
other instruction, and bars already or*
gftuited one with a huadxed scholars and
and tweiee teachers.
-Dowager-Queen Snsa, of iheSaad*
vrich Island*, ana arrived in New Yoxk
ircitn England. She come* 09 a r?iigioua
mtoileu." Secretary Seward bfts invited tor
co be the guwt of the xuUou. ,
* -"Every one of the nine CongrettcfM
I^-U4 iswA ate wav'.xwia.