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.. II Jb Doi n A YEAR,]. FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF USEFUL INTELLIGENCE. R Ot. III. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1867. NO.29 isE. HERALD! t ' { s rGBLI32D qy3VYZRT W N$SDA! WOltNING It Xberry C. HI m .m. , eI Cta8rc' -.-oa riovrstolis. - j js iCS i todance. ee ft srslla I aoN Obittr an=tesUi sabeervingprirate eiMsse s ar 1th etsa. '.Ik413. the columbis Pbnix.J jLMtewnoHorD. B. F. Perry. here isstill heart and life in repubr~. The ont opinion -tbe- AttoramO-enra1 shows :& eiildiberty-S et' yet dead the Ameaisn NvernYnent. He .ba d lelshed the absolute despo tism of.the military commanders an e&t*bAhern States. They are no bger to make laws for us, and remove at will, our public officers. The ato ents are to be reco ''d coutinued as pro vernments, with all cal machinery. This is a gleam of sunshine break ag Ui .b laok clouds of a~ kelutism which over th&Seuthern States Il the ai .year. All may yet well, if we do not volun ' dishonor aurselves by rivet - Ju r e h iis 'which -have been thrown over us in voting for a Convention. We must have en deran a 4, t.long suffer dea onrppression and .ty ',_"eas .who coolly iudertook to con :quefotatros, and ought gallant ly through *_h9dtW blood fields A&*KTn the qr f pcaCe,t#ke. counsel from and be panie-tricken with their own -apprehensions. efdinst be-s. reaction at the 3o eb. TfjdrInocratic party is daily iricreasing n. numbers and strength. .Their'eauso is just be foxe Heaven, They re: fighting I iopaHiberty and self. , trpnT ,iwd their next - edee ma &i1-sweepthe Black -Repub out:otexistence. KSet forget that this i G ',. vernment" It #ea-So ' l in, and has so con tiae up r to "present time. White med settled the country, arhieved their independence, and #spind e Go ernment for white sneer%elly id exclusively. Ne " t aud iu Q suffrage erought Jbyour rev ntinsrvanc rns, -North nr seu setts-and New ag Sbi Caoina. It ws b en4dAoknowledged that the ms of an inferior race, ~cs~m~eof any high intellectual 1tI%and utterly unfit for re btinrule. They were held as SlagSADd'CgiZed as ebhattels bythe puritanaR thmselves. They were bogt and stolen im Africa 6@ 4e Es'g anders, s an 6rougt to America forsle. as slaves. This horrib~le traffic hasI beenM ~$ a ren e of wealth, and r&y to< Newv England, For ~ear tesnd years, --4he hiatory dehgb o in Afriea, shows no ~6V1t*ov0adat. It is only e6tne association ~rT~iI~u itoman that his imi 'MaWed imto adopt a clivilisation. Profes las ,recently made ~Mthat the n egois of a ~Jj ee2t.ace frm-that of t~lt~nun, greatly inferior, ad 75d' different origin. fthe rupp Congress had pur eoreof a half -afte ,twr was ye -- -ung Ntwo e thr ofus, or as in each of the - r outd have set f mercy and etb de,ning an mali 6i f'humiliation, degra - and terrorism with which haWve .punished the whole ~~d4Seeesioists, inno p 'ijultg, equll. The bar * i=m Ya negro government, -gVWE~iintg worse and more on ourselves and, p~~vi~ ore*er, is intola.rable - edg ~ aL The radicals were dMrns~ tie opinion of the *or4 fMohir death victims, in thia-~*e and Christian age. But,'b a-refinement in cruelty pe cual their own, they have in flicted 3-*6ntal punishment of conscious dishonor on all alike, ad at the samne time~, have provi deil for streBgthenling and perpet uatjffgir political power as a petty.-iNs puiiishment is not in fitd iraday or a year, but to co-ittnue -ilt it-is wiped out, as it ultmately will be, in the bod f - both races. The horrible scenes of San Domingo are destined to be re-enacted in South Carolina. Negro suffrage has been fairly, fully and effectually tried in Ja maica, under the most favorable auspices. It was established there some years since, and has been fostered and sustained by a fanati cism in England, against continued riots, insurrections and rebellions, which it has, at all times, pro duoed, At length, it had to be taken away, for the peace and quiet of the island. The failure is acknowledged. The negro has shown himself incapable of exer cising the right of suffrage peace ably and wisely. This has oc curred in Jamaica, just as it is about to be thrust on the people of the South-as a punishment, and for the advancement of the 'politi cal power of the radical party. The history of the negro govern ment in San Domingo ought to to show the impracticability of its existence anywhere, without the most horrible .consequences. If we turn to Africa, and look at the negro there, we shall have still stronger evidence of his incapacity for the exercise of political power. With all these terrible and damn ing facts staring us in the face, and with our own perfect knowledge of ,the negro: -.character, we are about to confer on hini, voluntari ly, the right of suffrage and social equality with ourselves! At the same time, we are going to volun tarily disfranchise and degrade all those amongst us who have been distinguished or prominent in po litical life ! With deep pain and regret,;Lwould ask.if any .people in the world, pretending to civili zation and bristianity, have ever before pursued'so"base and suicidal a course? Athens scorned the proposition of Phillip to give up her orators and be protected. A band of robbers would feel some compunctions of honor and con science in securing their own safe ty by giving up to punishment th6i1Idhief.~.I; t f .told to the=eter na fnfatby of the Scotch^ nution, that thby sold to the Englisb, fora sun of money, their native sover eign, against whom they were wa gtng t terrible war. But the peo ple of South Carolina are about selling, to the Black Repullicaus, all the public men whom they have heretofore loved and honored, for the humble boon of being placed themselves on an equahty with their former slaves, and having those freedmen to rule over thim and their wives and sons and daughters forever ! In recording and contrasting these two public acts, history must regard the Scotchman, in the reign oft Charles the First, as a wise gentleman, compared to the Carolinians of the present day. At the beginning of our seces sion movement, the political cry, everywhere, was that "Southern men must govern the South." Now, the cry is, that wve must have the Union restored by dis franchising our public men and enfranchismng our former -slaves. In other words, "the South must be governed by negroes." John Quincy Adams, in speaking of the punishment of impeachment, de clarea', in Congress, that he. pre ferred the punishment of death to being declared by his country in capable of holding office. To this infamy is now added, for the South ern man, inability to vote, and the disgust of seeing the negro take his place in politics. But this sac rifice, painful as it was .to Mr. Adams, and mnust..e toavery boan eale-liii,' would" be cheerfully made by the public men of South Carolina, if it was all 'that was re quired of the State. The dishonor. of negro suffrage might be borne, too, if it were not for that social equality which must ensue, and that dark future which is present ed to every intelligent mind, in that future, we shall see legislation the most iniquitous-agrarianlism the most abhorrent-and crimes the most atrocious-with misery beyond end uran .ze to the women and children of the South. Is there a gentleman in South Carolina, or even a decent man, who wishes to see negro equality and negroes holding office ? Is there one who thinks that the leading men of the State should be disfranchised and not allowed to hold office under the Government ? Surely not, every one will answer. How, then, can they vote for such self-degradation, and injustice to others-friends and honored men ? What reason do they give for con duct so monstrous? The only rea son I have heard is, that some thing worse will be imposed. What that something is.-worse than ne ment-I am at a loss to know. But this is taking counsel of our fears, which no honorable man should ever do. No danger and no punishment should ever induce him to degrade himself, or to do a dishonorable act. He should rath er meet the consequences, be those consequences what they inay-the dungeon or death. It really seems that the Southern people have been so borne down with trouble, oppression, tyranny and starvation, that their minds, as well as their principles, are un settled. A lady remarked to me, the other day, that it se:med to her "'the spirit of the men was crushed out." When I hear it gravely proposed to abandon our friends at the North and foran new associations, I begin to -thii that r.ot only all spirit., but all principle and all sense, have been crushed out of us, The Democratic party North have always been the allies of the South, from the origin of our Government. They have, since the war, as they did before the war, made sacrifices of their popu larity- and their political honors in defending the South. They have.fougbt our battles, in Cou gress and out of Congres, with a spirit and devotion to principle worthy of a band of martyrs. A few thousand votes will put this party in power all over the North, and those votes they are daily ac quiring. Then the Southern States will all be restored to the Union, with their constitutional rights unimpaired. Just -at this time, when this death struggle is going on for our rights and honor, and we see our friends and allies about to gain the victory, we are advised to withdraw from them, with a parting stab under the left rib, and seek new associations ! Daniel Webster once said to Mr. Calhoun, in debate, that his (Calhoun's)-idea of checking an ally in battle would have been somethino new in tac tics to the Great 'rederiek. I think the idea of abandoning an ally in battle, and going over to the enemy, is something in strate gy bolder than the idea advanced by Mr. Calhoun. It belongs to the school of Benedict Arnold. In a short time, the registering of voters will commence. No one should decline to register. It mat ters not how much he may be dis gusted with politics, or how much be is opposed to negro suffrage and a Convention. Let him regis ter in self-defence, whether he in tends to vote in this election or not; he may wish to vote in some future election ; this he cannot do uuless he now registers, It is at all times unwise to relin.quish a right, though you may never ex pect to exercise it. No man would like for the Government to dis franchise him, and he should not, therefore, disfranchise himself. A man's opinion often changes. I only advise him to be in a con dition to gratify his wishes. There, is a story of an old man who never had been out of his town, and never wished or expected to go out. The king ordered that he should not leave, and he then be came dissatisfied and wished to leave the city. Let those who refuse to register take care that they do not find themselves in the condition of this old man.' Having registered, it becomes the duty of every good man to vote, whether he is opposed or in favor of a Convention. If the Con vention is to assemble, every citi zen is deeply interested in having it composed of good men.- They who are opposed40o the- eaR->f a Convention arc as much bound to vote for the candidates as those who are in favor of calling the Convention. If the selection of candidates is left to the negroes. and bad white men, all may be disfranchised who have been in Confederate army. If the selection is left to the negroes, they may declare in Convention all white persons disfranchised. We must not permit the government of the State to fall into unworthy hands,~ if we can possibly prevent it. Look at the State of Tennessee and see the deplorable condition of the people there-a negro regiment, under Governor Brownlow, corn mitting all sorts of depredations' on the property and persons of the peaceable inhabitants of the State ; Gov. Brownlow himself de claring whole counties disfran chised. This sad condition of af fairs was the consequence of the good citizens refhasing to have anything to do with the first elec tions which took place in Tennes see after the close of the war. No matter how much you may loathe and detest the call of a Convention, and f'esl that it is the greatest huimain and dishcnor th.t on be inflicted on a free people, still v ou should vote for members of~ that Convention. The Conven tion will have to make for you and your children a State Constitution. Having voted for members of the Convention to represent your wishes and principles, then endorse on your ticket, "against Conven tion." If a majority of the votes cast be against Convention no Convention will assemble. and the State will be left as it is at pre sent, under military rule, with her Constitution unchanged, and her rights as a State unsaerifleed, by her people. If the majority should be in favor of Convention, it will assemble, and the good men chosen by you \vill be there to; protect your rights and interests, as far as it may be in their power. The military bill leaves it en tirely with the registered voters to say whetl er a Convention shall assemble or not. The voters have an unquestionable right to exercise their sound discretion. They are not ordered to call a Convention. and whilst option is left them, by the powers that be, they should not voluntarily relinquish the rights of the State, and the prin ciples of self-govermuen t. B. F. PERRY. GREENVILLE, S. C. June 24, 1857. P. S.-Since writing the above, I have received . the Louisville Courier, published at Louisville, Kentucky, from which I make the following extract. Letters re ceived from prominent men in Boston, Philadelphia, St. .Louis, New Haven and other portions of T the North, use pretty much the! same language, and express a con tident hope of re-action-there 'It does seem to us that it is the patriotic and imperative duty of every man who .would not see negro Governments 'established in the Southern States, and whiL{ men disfranchised and proscribed, not only to register, but to vote against Convention. The Southern man who votes for Convention j will fix a brand of infamy upon his name which will- cling to it, and descend-with it to his children, so long as the wrongs of the South are remembered among men or are recorded itt impartial history." The South and Reconstruc tion. Congress is disposed to make clean work of its reconstruction , business. The bill reported by the Reconstruction Committee in 1 the House is definite enough, and absolute enough, to satisfy the most fastidious. It simply makes he military commander of each district the only government over its people and within its limits; and sweeps away all other author ity, leg'isl ative, executive or judi cial, that might stand in his way.I It treats the whole Southern coun try as if it were in a state of war, and hands it over to the absolute control of military power. We are not disposed to objet to this. We deem it wholly uncon-1 stitutional, but that seems to be of little consequence. Thomas Jef ferson and James Madison would t have opened their eyes pretty I wide, if such action had been pro. posed in their day, or if they had( been told it would become possi ble in anybody's day; but they< have both been dead a long time, and arc becoming more dead every year. Besides, we are passing through a revolution-one mucht more thorough and complete than r the one which achieved our ine pendence of Gi-eat Britain-one K which is w'orkingfar greater chan- I ges in the nature of our Govern ment and the spirit of our institu-i tions than that did-one lbefore which constitutional forms andc limitations of power avail less thbanr nothing as checks and restraints on the popular wil! But the country stands in the presence of one paramount, over whelming necessity of a restored Union ; and we shall not oppose or resist anything which promises that. There is danger that if we do not get that soon, we may nev-. er get it. There is danger that ~ our Government may become one of factions backed by force-of. conflictin gsections-and States-of1 jarring and wrangling interests, yielding obedience only to arms, having no sympathy with each other, no common pride, no mu-( tual love, no adequate conscious ness of their common weal and1 common destiny, The reconstruction law promis- i es to restore the Union, if its con- f ditions are fulfilled. It opens a gate through which the Southern a States can come back, and again 1 become constituent3 of the nation. plished, and we welcome any law, any authority, any state of things which promises to bring it about. We think it far better that the; South should-be subjected for six months to the will of five military commanders, each of them abso lute and supreme in Sis own dis trict, than be exposed to commo tion, anarchy and military domi nation for ten years. And that seems to us the only alternative open to them. We trust therefore, that Con gress will pass its explanatory law without delay. Make it so clear and explicit that even Mr. Stan bery, with his legal microscope. can detect no flaw in it. What ever else it is, let it at least be definite, and then, when the South- { ern States have accepted and ful filled its conditions, keep faith with them and take them back in to Congress and the Union, on an equal footing with the other States. When that is done, we shall have a beginning of a restored and per fected Union-if we are ever to have it at al1.-New York Times. Reasons for Reconstruction. A writer in the Augusta Press is reviewing, in a series of well-writ ten articles, the position of Gov. Perry, and in opposition to his iews, From his last article, we quote the following cogent reasons why the people of the South should push forward the work of restora tion : Why is it that the New York or Boston broker can_ obtain all the money he needs at six cent.. on the security of shares in any bubble enterprise at the North,w when our land-owners, me~rcha*nts and manufacturers are refused a :litne ? Why is it '-that the mer hants of two of the largest and most populous cities in Georgia re comppelled to ask for a re :luction of rents, on the ground that they are not making expense? Why is it that thousands of acr.es fproductive land, already planted in corn and cotton, have been bandoned because the owners bave been unable to procure pro visions to feed the laborers and )easts of burden necessary to culti rate them and gather the crop ? rhe answer is, all-this is the case >n account of the political chaos nhich exists among us, the insta ility of our Government, and the suspension of all law, as an emi aent authority has justly defined nartial law, or the government of ,he sword. While this condition >f affairs continues, property is usecure, industry and enterprise, -hich depend altogether for sue es on peace and a faithful ad ninistration of just and stable aws, are paralyzed, and society is n continual ap)prehension of the listurbance and trouble which vould result from a declared anta romism between the white and )lack races. But restore to us the yower to make our own laws, so et our cewn officers, and rcgulate >ur own affairs; relieve us from .he arbitrary and capricious domi ation of the bayonet ; protect us gainst the spy, the informer and he detective ; and place us again mnder the egis of the law, as defin d and limited by the Constitution. ive us peace and the right of elf-governnent, and we shall at mee command whatever money md credit we need to rebuild our rade, commerce and industry, td re-establish the prosperity of1 .he whole people. Until these are estored, and the oppression and nstabiity of military rule are at in end, it is folly to expect that mur material condition will im rve. Without capital, all our nterests-agricultural, mercantile md industrial-must linguish and lie, and to command capital we nust command confidence." Important to Inn-Keepers. The following circular from iceadquarters explains paragraphs and 7, in Order No. 32, and tates to whom licenses should be ranted. and what regulations vill be enforced. As this question s one of great importance to nany in the community, we ad rise a careful reading of the cir ular, and a thorough acquaint nce with its contents: HEADQUARTERS 2D MIL. TIS, } CHARLESTON, S. C. JUNE '67. IRCULAR: In the execution of paragraphs TI. and VII. of General Orders o. 32, current series, Post Corn nanders will be governed by the llowing instructions : An Inn in a place where food .nd lodging are provided and fur-;1 iiec for pa to travellers and may grant to Inn Keepers licen ses to sell liquors in quantities less than one gallon to be drank on the premises. In determining the number of such licenses it is expected that due regard will be observed to the actual occasion for tavern accommodations, so that no evasion of the order be permitted by an unrcessary in crease of the present number of inns. In any town where this occurs the authority to grant li censes will be revoked and the li censes granted annulled. The order does not admit of any construction extending the privilege to apothecary shops, ice cream saloons, eating houses. or other places. The civil authoritites to whom license money has been paid will determine for themselves whether they will refund to -ieenses the whor>le or any part of the money received for licenses. The order is operative on an after the date of its publication. Post Commanders. in the exercise Of their discretion, may extend the time until the fir.t day of Ju ly next. The military tribunals constitu ted'hy Circular dated May 15, 18 67, from Ieadquarters, will have cognizance of all violations of par agraphs VI and VII of General Orders 32, current series. The proceedings will be forwarded by the Post Commanders to these Headquarters for review and fin nal action. Where by law or nicuieipal reg ulation the proceeds of licenses are devoted to the maintenance of common schools open to all with out discrimination against color or caste, the procEeds of the liten ses now authorized may be ap plied either to such schools- or to the support of the poor, in the discretion of the civil authorities. All laws or pavts of laws, or municipal regulations inconsistent with the provisions of General Orders No. 32, or of this Circular are suspended, and will be.deemed and held inoperative. The authority to revoke licen ses when drunkenness or disorder ly conduct is permitted in or about premises where liquor is sold may be exercis.ed by Post Commander or by any magis trate of the vicinage on proof of the offence. By command of Major General D. E. SICKLES. J. W. CLOUS,. Captain 38th Infantry, A. D. C. &. A. A. A. G. Official : J. W. CLous, Captain 38th Infan try. A. D. C. &. A. A. A. (G. DEFINING His PosITroN.-The "Fat Contributor," while at Nash ville, recently, was requested to define his position on jolities, which he did in a letter to "J-,hn Happy," of the Nashville Banner, as follows: "I am aware of the nece.sity of knowing just where a man stade(ls in these times which try men's soles-as well as the upper leat her. To begin with, I am an old Henry Clay Whig, of the Polk School. I believe in the IIard Cider Plat form of 1840, during which I cast somewhat colored vote for' Jack son. I voted against the assas sination of Lincolnm. I favored the Maine Law until they fired on our flag, together with our flag-stones, when I went in for a vigorous prosecution of peace. I am in avr of woman's rights, if it is a ood-looking woman and she writes o me. I don't know much about he Monroe Doctrine, and as for orse doctoring, I don't know any hing at all. I wouldn't vote to bige a Mormon to have more hn one wife and am opposed to ntroducing cholera into tbe terri ories. I go in for a tax on water falls, and am willing to allow chig ons representation in Congress on the basis of population. Final ly, I am in favor of allowing the egro to vote in the South-it is the only way to make treason Morous. REGIsTRATION. - This work me of the most important that ever devolved on our people-is rogressing now in every County n our State,. with what results bhe future will develop. Need we rge, as we have often done be Ebre, those to whom the privilege s accorded, to register without de .ay ? Let all business that inter Eeres with registration alone, till -ou see your name recorded upon he registration books, is our ear 2est advice to all interested in his matter, not only on their ownl account, but on account of their dins ranOhim-i neighbors~ and1 friends. Something About Brazil. The Petcrsburg Express indulges in the following humorous review of the charms of.this modern land of promise: There is a delightful region' in South America, accessible by steamboat, which is not only plea sant to live in but affords a charm ed prospect for all who wish to-di, as well as- to live easy, It is pecu liarly well suited to those of our fellow citizens who look fQrward for support to public offices and confiscation. The vegetation of the country is perennial, and the splendor and elegance of nature are, beyon.d description, fine. The emigrant, like the native, has only to step ashore. go into the woods, and be happy, Iie reclines with-dignified ease underneath the first clump of trees. On looking up, he discovers the bread fruit- growing, and abo e that the pendaut branches of the cocoanut. The imorning breeze 'ehui'ns the milk in the cocoanut, the hot sun of the genial clime cracks the shell; the butter trickles down just as the bread fruit expands, like pairs of hot English rolls, and covers them over with a most d'elicious unction. The breeze at length shakes the buttered rolls down into your mouth, and you eat without effort, and enjoy yourself' without labor. It is good In the same woods the shit tree grows, described by the ceic brated traveller, Humbolt. The tree is felled with an ordinary knife, the skin is taken off, two I arm holes are cut into it, and there is the shirt. A work of five poor little minutes, such as oe may get through with lazily mi-an idle spell whitling off the small end of-nothing from a cbunk: -of pine. Tu Vary the diet ons nreed obly whistle for a native, who 'wil come, and for the consideration.of half a cent will produce from; his traps two dozen woodcocks, wich are plentiful there, and as we alt know are most delicious easug. For one cent one may obtain a bushel and a half of sweet pottoes. The yam, indeed, grows alinet" spontaneously, and it is brought to its high state of perfection by being simply poked in--a hole and covered over with sand, an i er tion requiring no more- energy than is necessary to dip up a gourd of water and drink. All sorts of fruits grow in the greatest abundance and force them selves into observation by their profusion. Death in thait country is, as we have intimated, easy. All that is necessary is for one to satiate him self with yams, bread fruit, shirts, grapes and laziness and lie .do*w in a jungle anid go to sleep. When he wakes he will find himself in the Lelly of a boa-constrictor, or heaven., or perhaps somewhere elso. The Montgomery Mail, in aHlu ding toa proposition to send Dick Busteed to the United States Sen ate says : "As for toadying such a man bei cause he occupies a seat upon .the tcncl, or because he may possibly prove recreant to the party whicli placed him in office, such a thing is. unbecoming .the dignity of Southern people. The man who would betray one p'art~y would be tray another. -- "If we cannot find good, consist ent, honorable Southern men who can take the test oath in the tJni ted States Congress, let us elect to the Senate such men as Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, Robert C. Winthrop, ~Erastus Brooks, John P. Stockton, Daniel W. Voor hees or S. S. Cox. It is not neces sary that the representatives elect ed by Alabama to the United States Coagress should be citizeng. of Alabama. The Constitution of the United States merely requires that they should be ei#ens of the United States. Rather than-eloet such men as Swayne and Busteed, (Gen. Swayne will please pardon the connection,) who are merely domiciled here, and are not of us, let us elect straight-out Constita tional Union men, wherever they may be found. The Mail nomi nates Millard Fillmore and Frank lin Pierce as candidates for - the United States Senate from Ala bama, in the event of 'reconstruc tion.' Birth cards are now issued: in fahionable circles in Paris. Their style is the following : "Monsieur de X--has the honor -to inform' you of his birth, which took place day before yesterday. He and hs mother are 'wel as may be.er