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They aro no longer lo make laws for us, and remove', at will, our public ollicc's. Tho State Governments arc to bo recognized and continued as provisional governments, .with nil their political machinery. . This isa bright gleam of sunshine breaking through the black clouds of tyranny and absolutism which hov ered over tho Southern States during the past yeal1. . All may yet ho well.'if we do not vol untarily dishonor ourselves, by vlVWiifg tho chains which have been thrown over r-* in vo ting for a convention. W'o uius.t ha vi. ndu vai'cc, patience and long sulfuring under qur> 'oppression und tyranny, 'Bravo men, who .coolly nod.deliberately mulei took to conquer four to one, and fought gallantly- through a hundred bloody Holds of battle should not tiOw, iii the hour of peace, take council from base fcar.and bo panic-stricken with their own apprehensions. There must bc a reaction at thc North. Thc Democratic party is daily increasing in numbers and strength. Their ca Vise isju--t before. 1 leaven. Thoy*aro light ii g for constitution.il liberty and self-govern ment, and their next elections will >w<op tl.e Black-Republican party mit of existence. - Wie must never fol get that this is o villi Ut mtui's fiovrrmnnit." lt was so in its origin', rmi --has so continued up to tho present time. V^lii?g uion ?i. ttled thc country, achieved their independence, and framed the Government for white, mon solely nod .exclusively., Ne gro oquality?nn'd ..negro "suffrage wore never thought, of by btir revolutionary ancestors, . North Or South. Massachusetts aiid all Nevi' .lOhghipd , we. e as -psitive in -this .matter as l?'<';'i,^iV'",;v?- ,-,lI..WUS-. md-nowlodgod that the African yvusof nn inferior race, incapable ot tury.?l.ii.tfli?iui?U.^ii.j.i mk*& .i ,.,/,.,,!., -tfrtflr fo?'-T0publtcnn rulc:_. l boy wore hold as slaveii, and recogni/^-d as chat iles hy the Pu . rilaos theili,delves". They were bought ami -Stolon, fit A .'rica .l'y'tho Now Englanders, and brought to. .Vinorie? tor-sale ns slaves. This horrible,trajlic h..s-been u gre?t) _ sou ree of won I th and prosperity to New England. Por fo'ur^ thousand' years',-tho' history of the, ne gro, ?in Africa, s)tow,s no sign of improvement. It is only by lo'ng and continued, association with the whitC'imiii timi his itoilatinu has en abled him; to adopt a-fo\v degree if civiliza tion. Professor Agassi? ' has recently''i?udo manife.-t.th'at.tho negro is of a totally different race from that of white, man, gicai.ty inferior, mid Ipjcl-a different origin. ' . ' If the rump ('migress- had pursued Ibo or dinary course of a Iudf-civilized and blood .thirsty peuple, after thc war' was over, and hung; two or'throe h mid n d of us, or ninny ,. thousands,,in each one. of the Sont hciniStatos. it w.ould'h lt vc been an act of great mercy and wisdom to the Soul horn people. iiistiad of the cunning and inalieioiis.sotleiue of humiliation, degradation and.termism with .whiuh.'they have punished tho whdlo South, men, women und chihjreii,.I'nioni.sisaiid sei-essiouit-ls, inpocout and guilty equally. ;Tho harb.nismo!' a negro government, gradually growing, worso and imno eritcl^ ontdied mi;our.?-elv? s and postcri ty fore\or, is iutok-rabloaiul.di..b?-dic:d. Tho radicals wero deterred, by the opinion of ihe ?worhj,'fron? their'death victims, in this civil ized-ti nd. Christian age. But, by ii refinement in cruelty peculiarly ihcir own, tboy have in . flicfed a. Illental punishment of conscious dis hohnv'on nll ii\ike, and, .tit the s.-pnc time, haye .provided iVir f-'tlVngllj.cnilig anil" "ju i pel dating, .their polii.rcjil- power as a party. This pun" ishim nt. is. Ii. I. inflicted, fur ii\d?y- tir.n vero . lijt tieconilit'ue Iijl 'ii.ls wiped out. as. il villi nuijidyr.w.ill; be:, iii tin; blood of holli ruees - T-h?. liopji'l?h- -:e(-i,es of Sah l.hm?iugo ?re des tined tb lie re-omietcrin South.(.'nrolihrt. .Negro tu fi Virge h;.s .hem f.'.trly. fully .nd'el fie! ;mlly tiicJ it] .J;di:iiie?l,Aiii(?cl thc liA .-t fa' vorably ;nuspi<l??.. It was. established "there. B.o?i? ycara..since, tiiiil has been fostered ?nd ^stained .by a fuoii.tieism'iu England, against H'orlt?o?ed. riots, insurrections nuil rebellions, ,tv]licb if ' hos, at, nil times, produced. At " Icrj'gtliVjh' hgt)lo ho'.tallou Qw'uy, foi'* tho peace mid iiiqet Of, tho island. Tlio-fiiihij'c is ac > kiidwlodgcd. Thc ijogro-lins shown himself ?n?apublo of- o.voTejsi hg, thc . right Of.jpiiitVngc ..pe"aponb.ly/ai?d^yiMscly: . .T?his bits' ocaured ijb Jumiiicii, jnst tif.?t *vrs"nbqht- td bo tjiiiist' on tho people of thc,South, ils li punishineni/iind for" thc radvancoinetit pf. tho'political powter of tho radl'e/ll party. Thc.history of'ibo negro pover?>nlent>..1n..Sllll. T-hh'ivingo ought to show tho. iio^rn?i?onbilit^of4 itsexUtotice any whore wlthout'thojnost honiblo consc?iuenecii, ^f, wc turn'tb' Afjicn,.gnd'l?ok ntilibnegro there, wc slin.il have 'still stronger. eit?deuce of his ?nco'pne?ty for'tbo exorcise of political' power. \Vlth ai] Jlicse .t?fiibro innej dam'uin)^ facts fitnriiig us' iii'Clio fi co', ?ut? with our- peffect J-uotvloitlg^e of the. negro char?ctor,- we nrc? fltf?lit t'p ??ureir oif^bp^'Volyntilr\ly', llic rjght. ?f.sufiragQ ancj ?KJC?III cimaUfy wUh ?ni-a?lvos ! At ihq sftj?.i^ 'timo; vvo o?-e' going'tp Voluritoy/ly ^ifif??t\phi?iL>' ?>?cl' yp^milc nl^ {hb?o ' uiongsjt us, who - have bo?u.distH.igutshedor'propunofit In \jib\\tio?k} llfo I ' With decp paii) apd - regret, I, Would ask if any p?oplo ii> thp'world> wfafa '$iig,tb^'^Ivj?l^tiion . tkjril ' 0 Ii i\i si t i ? p i ty, ;hav6 ev?' er 'bufOyo; pursued so baso' rfn'd suioidal '.di iiroioov. eoih)p;upcittronii or hdnw hnd oohndidhoo in se^ ?urlug their own Hrtfcf y by givryg up to pun ishmcnt their chief? '' It is told, to tho eter nal infamy of thc Scotch nation, that they sold to the English, for II HU ni of money', their native sovereign, against vrhoingjht?y were wa ging a terrible war. But tho pcoplo of South Carolina ?ire about selling, to tile Black Re publicans, all the public iiicu whom tin y have heretofore loved and honored, for the bumble boori of being placed themselves on tin cqiiul* i ly with their foi nier slaves, and having those .freedmen to rulo over them and their wives and sons and daughters forever! In recoi ling and contrasting these two public acts, history must regard thc - Scotchman, in thc reigTi of Charles tho First, as a wise gentle man com pared to thc Carolinian of tho pres ent day. At the beginning of our secession move ment, the political cry, everywhere, was that " Southern thou must gOvo.rn the South."-' Xow, the evy is t hat wc must .liave the Union restored by disfranehi.sing.our public men ?nd cufruuchi.siiig our former slaves'. In other words, ,l tho South must be governed by ne groes !" John Quincy Adams, in speaking of the puuishnient.of impeachment, declared, in Congress, that ho .preferred the' punish ment of death to being declared by his coun try incapable fd* holding, oilicc. To this infa my is now added, for thc Southern man, ina bility to vote, and thc disgust of seeing the negro take his place in polities.^ But this sacrifice, painful ns it was to Mr, Adnnis,'nnd must bp to every honorable man, would he cheerfully made by the public men of South Carolina, if it was all that was required of the State. Tho dishonor of negro suffrage might be borne, too, if it were nut for thr.t social equality which must ensue and that d irk future which*is. presented to every in telligent mind. In that, future we snail see legislation tho' most iniquitous-agrarianism I Mic' most abhorrent-and-crimes thc most at rocious-with misery beyond endurance to thc. women and children of tho South. Is there ? gentleman, in South Carolina, or even a decent man, who wishes to seo negro equality and ncgroes holding office? .Is lhere ( uno who thinks that thc leading mon of the State should be disfranchised and not allowed tu Jiold ollice. under tho Covernmont ? - Sure-, ly not,' ?vory one will answer. How-' ?'?-.>.?. can they vote for such self-degradation, am - ., J-.' -. . inv-iiun niiu honoted mon; What' rcas/m do they give for conduct so' mon strous? Tho only reason J" have heard is, that something worse will be imposed. W.ltat that something is--worse that) negro equality anda negro'Covern neut-I amata Joss to know. But this is taking counsel of our fears, - which 110 honorable mau should ever do. "N? danger amino punishment should ever ind ico him to degrade himself, or do a dishonor.bio act." . Ile should rather meet, the consequences, he those consequences what they may.--tho dungeon or death, It rea'ly seems that tho Southern people have been so borne down with tumble, oppres sion, tyranny and starvation, that, their minds.' as well ns their principles, arc unsettled. A lady remarked to me, thc other day, that it seemed tober "thc spirit of thc men was crushed out." When I hear it gruyely pro posed |q abandon our friends at tho North and form new nssoefations, I begin to think that-not only all spirit, but all principle aird all sonso, have been crushed ont. of us. The Democratic party North have always been thc allies of tho South) from thc origin of our Covernmoiit. They haye, since the war, as they did before thc war, made suerilicoof their popularity and their political honors in de fending thc South. They have fought our battles, in Congross und out of Congress, with a spirit and devotion lo principle worthy of a band of martyr*. A few thousand votes will put this party in power nil over th? north, and those votes they are daily acquiring. . Then thc Southern Stntes will all bc restored to the Union, with their constitutional rights unim paired, Just nt this time, when this dcath s?rugj?lc is going-on for our rights mi tl honor, ?ind wc t*oo our friends and allies about to gain I thc victory, wc.aro advised to withdraw from j (hem, with a parting stab nuder the left, rib, I . nd'sock new assoc!;I ions I |)anivl AVcbster j mme said to. Mr. Callmmi, in debate, that, bis I (Calhoun's) idea of cheeking -an ally in battle j vould have been smoothing new in tactics to tho Croat Frederick. I think thc idea bf abandoning an ally in battle, und going over to tho enemy, is something in strategy, bolder fluni tho idea advanced by Mr. Calhoun. It .belongs to'the school of Benedict Arnold. ? Tn a short limo, tho registering of voters will oominonoo. iN'o ono "should decline to register. IT limiters not how much ho iuny ,'bc disgusted with politics, O? how much ho ?is. opposed t? qcgro suffrage .lind s convention. Bot liini^ register in bolfjdofoneo, whether ho. intends to.Voie in this election or not ; he univ wish to vote in soirio fufare .ejection ; this ho cannot do unless he'now registers. It is'at all,times-unwise to relinquish ai right, though yoh may never expect to cxpr'ciso it. No mau would 'likoTor.tlip'tybvcrnmcnt to disfranchise him, tim) he should not,, therefore, . disfr?n oh iso li i m self. Admin's opinion often ?liiing/ es. . J otily pdvLse hinv'to bo in a CoudUioii to* gratify Jii.s. Wishes.'. ..Thoro is* ? story 'bf an: old. lunn vf ho iicvc'r had betfn.oot'of -his to-AVii, ntpj never wished or expected togo out. Tho king ordered that ho should n.ot-lenvo, and ho then byoamo. .dissatisfied and wished t?? leave .tho tfity?-. Let those^ wdiq rofu'sdIto register take ot)to that t-lj,6y do not And Ihoipsolvcs in thp cOHditioi^-of this .old .nian. ' ? ' -llaviu^' registofed, it bc?piqW tho'duU bf Vvery geo^iin a rV to, veto/' wjmthor he ?s' op * posed: or in "favor bf,i$ .ooHyention. -{f '-tho convotiiloi.- is' to' ?s's?m^ fr deeply intcrostod in' having, it 'eo'inposcd bi .'go6J.4iieiis T^rVo ??.ho; aro opposed to. tho/rall 'fif a^ori yondjoti ? ?Ye W?ft tfx>U b?u?dto vo?e fut /l?e ptindid?tes^?:(flfce-*Mftj?rtft'oin' fo^?tf.'of fc'uWK .fije -ippsrentTmli: > Jt? tine'sei&frlon^of oap?idat? i? wfrtfct ne n?jrr^&in^ mon, nil mrty ho disfranchised who have been in the Confederate anny. If thc selection is left to the negryes, they mny. declare in cob? vention till while persons disfranchised. We must not permit the government of tho .State to fall into unworthy hand's, if wo can possi bly prevent it. Look at the State of Tennes see and sec tho duplorablo condition of the people there-a negro regiment, under Gov. lirowiilow, committing all sorts of depreda tions on thc property and persons of tho peace able inhabitants of the State ; Gov. brown low himself declaring whole Counties disfran chised. This sad condition of ultu ?rs was the consequence of the good citizens refusing to have anything to do with the lirgt elections' which took place in Tennessee ofter tho close of the war. No'matter how .much you may loathe and detest the call of a Convention, and fee] that it is the greatest humiliation und dishonor that can be inflicted on a free peo-, plc, still you should vote for members of that convention. The convention will have to make for you and your children a State con stitution. Having voted for members of the conven tion to represent your Trishes and principles, thon'oiidor.se on your ticket " Woginst con tu n lion." lt a majority of the votCR oast be against convention, no convention will assem ble, and the State will be left as it is at pres ent, under military ruhr, with her ooiiM?tiK tion unchanged, and her rights ns a'Statc'un sacriliced, by ber people, if thc majority, should bein favor of convention, it will' as semble, and the good men chosen by you wiil bc there to protect your right:* and interests, as far ns it may he in their power. The military bill leaves it entirely with tlin registered voters to say whether a con vention .shall assemble or not. The voters have an unquestionable right to excrt-i'.m- their.sound discretion. .- They are not ordered to call a convention, and whilst option is left them, by tho powers that be, they should.not volunta rily relinquish the rights of the State, and tho principles of self government). li. Fi F FIR RY. G uv:KN vi 1,1.K, S. C., ?Tune 28. ?1807. 1\ S.-Since writing the above, I havo re ceived the " Louisville Courier," published at louisville, jir.,,,,,^,. r.?ni which I "nui h?* the following ext met. Letters received from prominent men in Heston, Philadelphia,: St.. Louis, New Haven and other portions bf ibo North, usc pretty much thc same' language, and express u confident hopo of re-action there : lt does seem to ns that it is the patriotic ?nd imperative duty of every man who would not sec negro Governments.established in tho Southern States, and white men disfranchised mid proscribed, not only to register, hot to Vote against convention. Tho Southern man who votes for convention will lix- 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 Smith ?re romcmbored Hmong men or arc recorded in ?inpaitial his tory." [From thc Columbia Pheonix.J; . . Gov Perry Agaft). Wo publish, this morning, another letter from the lion. R. P. Perry. It is a courtesy due to his position and his former services to tho State; but we must say, frankly, that we publish this letter with reluctance, however opposed we may be to any ostracism of thc press, or closing our coluuios against tho ut? (ora 11 oe of opinions adverse to our own, ?nd to the policy that we believe is the only true and conservativo line of action that ?South Carolina or thc Southern States should, under present cirouinstanccs, pursue. And we would say, moreover, in relation to this communica tion, that, in our humble judgment, it is' dvs titiitc of any argument to sustain thc writer's position in urging the people of South On roi i na to vote against a convention, when il is conceded hy men of every shade of opinion that sueha convention will bo held in this' State. Governor Perry felicitates himself on thc " bright glenru of sunshine" which emanates front the opinion of tho ?ttbrnoy-Goneral. Wc opine that this gi dil ra will bo very short lived, if the Congress organizes to-day in spe cial session. A declaratory supplemental Act. passed by that body during tho contemphitod brief session, will render the opinion utterly worthless-yea, do more-will invest General Sheridan mid the other commanders with n supromo power none of them havo yet as sumed. No hope pf relief thcro, should a quorum meet in thc halls of Congress to-day. And evon should there not bo a quorum, not withstanding tho .opinion of Mr. Stiinberry, tho work of j-?c?nstruction-would goon, for tho Acts have not boen pronounced unconstL tuf ional'by^thp law officer of the Governniout, and thc only point ho makes is, Unit, in some instances, tho commanding generals hayo transcended thejr legitimate powers, aooord lpg '.to Ills construction .of the ' laws'/, The President M bound to execute Jhcsf. luujs to their jinalijj/, of cours?, under tho Attoroey Gonornl'?,e.oii8trn.c?i?n, . but still thc.)/' vif li lc ex?c.uieti, and neither Governor Pony; nor any oho who mdy'bc'of'hit? opinion, has gi von Us one good reason why wo should be obstreper ous, and fight against ? lew, tho1 ?xecution of which is to bc enforced, hot ty thq qivil, but by tho military nnthoritics^ . - Tropoa.nnd figures,, nppeillft to Strtto pride, and calling tp remembrance gallant ddc?s. are not- atf/unwd*.' Tho .nien who foughtender I/eo, plumpton, Jymgfitrcct, Kershaw andbtli ?r Southern faders, and who; ?ia Xlov,. Peft'y fiays; Undertook tq.conquer yo/ir'fq one, and Touirht ganahtl^.t??rrjugh a hundred ftetd? ot* ?bsllle,"' nvb-'nyoi^ Vtkely to fpRow tho adyico 'Of ilii^ole^?ortt fte n tho counso?a of oho,Svho4 ^?yi?gi.4fc h?ihi|, fvory properly, no doubt,) o^?ftotf pdr^stfcn.iY? oven./ to Rio bitter cud, a?^. with.flll *\i$ a1)illtyy ns conductor of a j>M*?, started for that very purpose, and'as a 'legislator, ?hat. causo dpi' which those soldiers fought, . to whom he now appeals, by their votes lit tho ballot, ti) oppose reconstruction of tin) Government. There is, wc must bo per mitted to say, au inconsistency in tho publie ?ml fjolitionl' course of our distinguished cor respondent, that is uuaocountable, if we look for italxistoueo to any ordinary causes., '?hit tho bugbear of negro govcrnuieut, the' dave and dismal spectres of "San Domingo'' mp} T'..Jamaica," uro again hold.uji in all their fearrnligha.stliiie.ss to aflrightour people. On nd grounds whatever can such apprehensions exist. ' Kvon thc writer himself intim?tes, "when speaking of the history of. A!';fen, that the. long association of tho race with tho wliites'of the South h s endowed him with V a low degree of civilization." lint weare dts/;?esfhg facta, and it is facts wo have to deal with now, and wc would ask where, in the two years they have boon emancipated, have tho freed people given any reason for M>&apprehensions cxples>id by 'Gov Derry. They are building churches and school-houses; many of them are professing Christians, and a -.large"number of them intelligent-sullicient ,10 condoi thc inure unenlightened among ?thOlhJ and the sombre forebodings indulged In ly. G'ov. l'errv, so far as we can discover, h a vj) no foundation whatever, that wo can perocive--and, therefore, 'we regard them as *thc olRfpiihg of thc gloomy imaginings of a despairing mind. Were it otherwise, howev er- our* esteemed correspondent bas failed to ciilighteii ui? how all the?c terrible evils could be arrested^,by voling " against convention " -the only ^gjuetly ))0 proposers, the only pan acea fur the mitigation of present or future woes. To our plain, common souse' and, perhaps, limited understanding, thc course recommend ed by'Governor Derry, is that w.ltkh. if nnv thing could doit, would beget the state of afluir? he apprehends and deprecates. ll would nt Olino create ill) antagonism, between tho two races, and would .inflame and. excite that population, who nave been and are. still heiligJaught thal the whites ol' thc South will not col '.:ede to them tito righfa ?nd privileges ?-e.inferred' upon them by Congress and the - (rO V-?f-4?" ont. . H. ift ctwvyMo tOV-CSCC th ft I thin antft^fj^isui, fostered and pvomotcd by bad ?men and.politicians, would become beyond dmlroli were tho white people of this State or . tho St*ith to stubbornly oppose a law Which they ^believe confers, and which does confer, upon thom a certain enfranchisement, and en dows .them with certain privileges. We re gret .that .(lovernor Derry saw lit, in order to strengthen his position, to call up thc exam ples be hus, brought forward, ami, in this way, suggest tn thc more ignorant ?nd untu tored that which nothing but thc antag( uism his policy, if carried out,- could engender among those to whom ho refers. Wc are thoroughly con vi noe tl that bis counsels are fraught with mischiefs to bulb races, Hud I should bo avoided. We Im ve endeavored to show that opposi tion to the reconstruction laws must lead to an antagonism between the races, and that RUqh antagonism might eventuate in open con flict-tho most terrible of all the evils could ?befall tlio Southern people. As Governor Drown said in a recent address to thc freed men nt Milloilgeville, the thing most to be feard is a ijnarro) or war of races, lt would be nearly thc min of both, biit they (tho freedmen) would bo the greatest sufferers, fruin tho fact that the whites in the South are in a majority of two to one. Dut this a the ino wo do not wish to dwell upon, and trust that the good sense of bot ii will guide them in tho way of harmony and peace to thc goal of res toration and a rc nuked country. Dm to ono other j>6iyi>. Governor Perry says if we have no convention, wc will romain .as'We aro under ip [Uta ry rule. This is oven doubtful, for wc believe a severer rule would' bo.Established, if not universal disfranchise ment ami confiscation. Kcifiitin as 'wo are ! Arc our people prepared for this continuance r Aro our planters, with jinlfotpckcd farms and scarcely enough'- prpyisnms, without money ?nd- without credit, content to romain ss tlpjy are? Aro our mer.ohants, from tl.ie highest to tho lowest, doing littlo orno bus i il ess with out even ordinary commercial credit,-content to remain as they aro ? Aro our incehnnics and artizan*, with curtailed cniploymont and low W)gcs, from a lack of capital muong'oin plo.$$,'und paying heavy taxes, content to re main ns they arc? And assuredly' rt?f- only will nil thoso classes in tho field of industry remain ns they aro. if wo aro not restored to tho Union, but tho future will bc wors'o than thc present.. Not a dollar of foreign capital will como tq tho South until her political rein 'tiona aro restored. And tim is-.fold us by those who have that capital to advance. Mon ey is abundant at tho North, ?nd there is a plethora of it both ibero and in .tiurnpo, and yet tho owh?Va ijf tho ferlilo lands'of the SouUii or the oWncra' pf other real estate in? SonthOtn' oificsand.towns cannot raison dol lar, oven by mortgaging shell property at one dburtfi of its value. Uemain ns.we are-'- will fully ^reconstructed-and tho struggle to re gain our lust prosperity, or to s?ouro the moana Of" ?hy sort of . existence in the tnt uro, will bo. . tci;rib|e*, but ?hort, sharp and de'c^siVe against us- :'; ..* f Il ia uselosa' .to rofer to governor Perry's 1iope*?frorp tho T)oniocratio party, or any oth er party at lh? North. Tho 'J).omocrats of thal section may havo fought bur battles, as Gow*nor P. ftrtys, but they were bloodless bat, tTosj fought on tho fl??i?bf politics iov abstract 'pnnoiples-.-'nr';; foii?l?r,- too, for party success aWd/oVtho[,/'p''ilft of ojTfico, tbs t. grand cohe sive power of tho party. But when the veal struggle carno-whoo tho 'Star ofjthe West turned h?r brow and Ifr'ort Sumter wnsnliaoV cd -s\\? they tight our Rattles, thou_}\( %V war Doftieo>aM?)oc?riie;a Yiowc- willoh ftlyongth Ottftl tho hojeas of^U?o' Oovorotrifinl, aU'tl nad,: it not boon for their support, a settlement df the difficulties, either in or out of the Union, \vo\ild have taken place. As it was thou, so would it be liga j ti, and it is unworthy of tin" experienced politician to attempt tb inspire hopo in tho Southern mind, jLhirough thc aUo ccss of any national party wnh?tiVcr, so long us reconstruction and re union tire opposed by our people. Governor Perry closes this communication with very good advice as to registration abd yoting for members of thc convention, and he sustains the position taken by very sound ar gument. Thc preceding portions ijf his let ; ter had been better left unwritten, for they completely nullify the eifect of his conclu ding counsels, hy keeping, ns they may ?ht, ?md are calculated to do, man}' citizens from thc registration offices and from the polls. Join Nb Putty. Tic following article, which ws copy from I the " Liberton (.Sazctfe," and which contains more ginni sou tal ?trafic than., wc-usually find in half a dozen " lenders," Wc'oomnieud to the attention ot bur readers, and particularly, that portion of it wc have printed in italics: Let our people join no party while they are loft " out Ml Cha eedd." WHICH PAUTV SirAr.r, WK JOIN ?-Wc observo that some of our cotetnporaries aro discussiug thc question of party alliance. Tho oecttsiofPtif tho discussion is the eliott of Mr. Wilson abd others to attract the - negro vote to thc Republican party, followed by move ments to organize a brunch of that party in Georgia. A convention of those favorable to the project is called to bc hold itv Atlun?a on the fourth of Jvdy. } , Ott thc other hand, lhere is a report that the Northen] Democrats are not willing to let the Southern vote, to which they claim a kind nf preset ipti ve ownership, sj ip out of their hands, and intend t? secure it by missionary speakers, who will traverse the country, tod counteract thc labors of the Republican ora? . tors. . , Perhaps sonic Southerners feel flattered by being the objects of so uhich attention. These oratora tell M'S that wo have- a fine country, and are-to hfivo a prosperous future The} profess great friendship for us,; qay, affectioti is not too strone; a word. The past is td b< forgiven. Wo have op ly to grasp tho righi hand of fellowship which they hold out to us itme vot? their ticket, and peace and plenty will enter thc land. Such is tho Republican promise, through Messrs. Wilson, Kelly anti others. Such is tho Democratic promise through thc ''New Y< rk N? wa," "Day Rook,' und kindred journals, to bu echoed by theil speakers when their oraton-a! cai avau comes along. Now, wc Understand all this talk, it is supposed we shall soon have votes, and our votes aro wanted by theso canvassers. ' There are now two parties in the North. Lach wants the Southern vote. The Democrats hope to get it through our white voters, thc Republicans through our black voiors. And aside from our supposed ability to add to thc strength of their respective tickets, no nrdont friendship is felt for us hy cither party. Their love for us is much inferior to theil love for themselves, and will expire when their objects aro attained'. Wo have one word of counsel to Southern men of all colors, predilections and propensi ties. Join no Xortk"rn parti/ till n c ore al hared a pince, in thc Coecrnnicnt. lt is fool ish to dispute ttl what part of the house wi shall sit, while thc outer doors arc doced against us. Jsct us in, mal then wc teilt j' choose, the. most' agrccaNc iv?fs G inc. us a voice in thc (lovernmcnt, and then iee. ic i lt decide whether to speak in the Democratic ot Jicpuhlican dialect) or tu seek a tongue, in the. Babel of lite times, more congenial (hau either. We regret to seo any-of-tho political energy.of flic South wasted in Untimely con troversy. A Guvornmcut under which oui rights will be respected, our property secure and our industry encouraged, is our first de siro. What set of politicians shall uduiiniste that Government, is a secondary matter, whicl may bo easily determined" when-tho tittil comos, At prescrit-,, thc undivided onorgie of tho South should bo-direoted tb tho Catab lishhioni'?f a soped 'interno) polity, connecter, with proper and constitutional relations to tin Government of thc' Unfited Suites. To eh'ee this object, we n'eed tim utmost-rtalmneifs OIK Circumspection. - Tho passions which- grov out of party warfare would form a dangerous and distressing element. If w? are pre-com rn it ?et! to ono pSrty, thc other will hare t strpng motive for ox c) dd i ri g us frone the Gov eminent. It is thought.by some that witt tho ro-cQustrUetU'ri of thc Southern States tin aliment of thc old parties will cease, and nev organizations, on new questions, Will O^mi - into (ho flefd 5 and in this overit wo can maki n bo?t'?r sclootion if u'titranimelled by previou alliances? . ? r Ail theso roasQns conedr in fnvor'of*adjourn i og the choice of oi.tr party until wo aro ful.h re-established in tho government ;. and 'thei ltft us ?ltaoli oiiVselves to that party wltosi polldy will be tho most beneficial ?to.ua; . ti Clint r? y whioh admits uo" jo an equal Mian of pubiio benefits, .end does ?ot h?y'upon u an Unoqual share/of public burdens-,--to tba party which seeks our votes, not by ilattcrinj specohes, but by. usofu? legislation. ! SA vii NO'S- --During the month of Play, th J?r?e<fmon*8 Savings Rank, in this oily, r< coived. deposits amounting to ^25,845. . Tb totttl amount; itv ?di Southern States for tb month was 8144,221 ; anti, up to the prcseti date, a total of ?1,857,795lins been depoe?! cd. In Beaufort, the month's deposits wer $20,041 i which ta higher i[hnn tho d?posits i LWKOthcr e;ty. j,nQl^ditig LoUiHvillo and Nie k^fcnW--- Cha rmton jMcr?ury. ? - " $ From Washington. WASHINGTON, July #.--8KNAW?.:-Thir '-four Senators answered." to their names. Four bills explanatory of reconstruction woro , introduced. . .~ . ? -, Wilson's provides ttl a' .di oflioes held un der the rtJbcl ?Sttttc governments bo declared vacant thirty^ days nftcV the pa?sago of tho act. That Commnuding (Generals ?nay thou lill them by the continuance of.those in office, . or may appoint others,.or.may order elections. * Hoards of Registration shall have powo.r to ro fuse. registration to tnd?e suspected.of wish- . ir.g to evade the requirements, to examino ap plicants, take testimony, and within twenty , days after the completion of tho registration \ muy era^e names wrongfully registered.. Fredi ugh uyseu's authorizcf; Commanders to suspend'or rcmovo Staid' officers aud ?J1 va? cancies, Validates1 acts done- hitherto in accor dance >vit'h thc above. . '? Kdmunds' is similar, exccpH. tlrot tho nets of District CotniunhcjOrs afc subject to the approval of the general of armies. Drake's c??sistrft o"f .twclvQ .sections. * ? Sunnier introduced soi?o'ch?ivnctcristicbilts, 1 and after appointing a .comuiitteo to wait cu ' thc President Mic Senate adjourned until Fri- . lions?;.-One hundred and twenty Repre sentatives nuswered to , their, names., Tho Speaker announced that thc first'business wan to swear in the nov* mcmb?rd. ' Tho Kentuc ky delegation thcn'appr?ached ' tho Speaker's stand, when Sehcuck 'rose to a point pf Order. He hud ib his hand thc pvotcstofSum'l McKco against'" John Yoting Brown being admitted, and affidavits that he had. assisted in the r? bellion. ' 1 lar prot.es decided t... torruptcd, and he hoped' that the samc;ruliiig would prevail now. Thc speaker said that the gentleman must blftve ttuderstood, and.tho Clerk proceeding,tp. read''thc protest and affi davits/ Logan pre.s0?lc'd'a similar* protest, ngain.it, Trimble'. . *-v J$enjam\n p're'flenbed;o'tie against Knott.-' Mr.. Logan, offered the'Tollowirig : .''.Whcro as, thcVo.'i?' good reason to believe that in tho electio?i recently' held ru the -State of Ken tucky,' tb-'tbe' .40th! Congress, the legal' and loyal''vol?'fK- in tho' several districts of said. ' Stato have beep overawed and .provo'hted from a truo expression of thehvWill and otyolco, by those who h?Vt? ?ytnprithisetl with,or actually participated iu thc lute rebellion ; and that such elections were carried by tho votes of snob disloyal-and returned rebels : and wh?ro*i>Vf; -as, it is alleged that several of tho represon- . tatives clccfcd; troth that State aro disloyal; ? therefore. .." - - *. - . ? " fa-solvy?,- That thc credentials of all tho . mom hers elect from, thc State of Kentucky/ shall bo refc'rVed to tho Committee -ci?'JSiee tious, tb report nf as early a day as practica ble, and that pending thc report of pulu com mittee, none of tlic said members shall bc al- . lowed to make the oath of office and be ad mitted to scats as such." . After ? long debate and the oxcepting of Ad nih s of thc 7th district from tho. action of "thc resolutibn, it was passed, tknjs killing ?jglit' ' I>eniOei'atic votes. A corhinittoc of nine was nppoiuto'd'to cpu--. sider what furthor legislaron was, pecossaiy on reennstruction, end the House then ' ad journed until Friday. - .. " ... WASHINGTON," *Ju!y 3.-- Iutcrhal re" receipts to day, SI,/iOO.OOO. Sonator lien. Wude denies tho rccciit re port ' that ho. favored nu equal division of. property, nnd says that he does not seek tho Presidency, ^ . Lightning struck the Orange Cou fi ty, Va., Court House to day destroying it arid fjve oth er buildings , . Nw Onr.EANS July 3 -The ;, Bp?-of Health reports; officially, eight cases ?nd"; S?'/^ deaths from yellow.fever duringtfliW?nsfc two week; but. it is not? considered .epideiniol-*- / Vcsscl.'t from infected TCXOB ports aro to by '.. quarantined. ^ > j i O UTi)ItK.\K O V1 UKT'I. A?IV EI? TI ll? E AST/.. ' -Thc Levant Herald " states Uia.t tho ter rible Asiatic plague has made its ti p pearn noe' ! among tho Arabs ou tho lino of tbo Viuphtatos; lt says: . . .. The telegraph .sends evil newsiVQ.ru Bag dad. . What js declared fob0 thc veritable' , Asiatic pnigue ha8.nppenr.cd' ut Kcrbelah, on the Ku ph rn tes)'. li'tid of thc twp settled ^fifjty'V tribes-1,000 strong--whom ic has tittnoKcd, 100 lin vc been carried oil. A telegraphic re* ' port, dated Juno 4, from tho quar'aut/ind in spector at Bagdad, istates thnt whtiiovVr itiffj? lie the real character of th?. malady,' its synip> to-js nrc clearly those of tho.P.t^t-typhus fe ver, glandular BWcJlitigs^caibunele? nnd iiyj.d spots on,thc skin. Tho inducing causes of thc outbreak sro supposed to havo boon tho miasma following tho 5nto flopd?, tho pdvofM-^ filth and. crowded state in wli i eh 'the people live. ' Prompt measures havo been HikctV.by : the. Bagdad authorities, tn prevent tho spread of tho malady, htid, thank il to these and tp.o great heat of,tho wo.itl.icr, tho outbreakMn said to bc already subsiding, Ju thc meantime, - tho O nialia Board of Health, nt a moetin;:' held yesterday, nddrossed mi urgent rc'ifoin* meudiition to the Porte, that thu closestqunr nntluo might bc ordered by.telegraph, This btiB tiocordingly been don?, anti i\'spcc?a? in spector is at once tobo despatohl'd hV.t'no bott td to invi^tignto nnd report on .tho ; bufcV',: L. "! -KU\.+, .Tho "Norfolk Vircinian," of Sa tu;: says : " Ifta currently vopoi'led tba?^^ negro womru havo reglstorod in the' iniilc alliro." .Tou had bciitcr 'bo ?lpno' b^u?al\i4t?'^? |y#'^trntti ifiaii dwell -.villi $j?o>? iS?'tb^,!