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COLUMBIA. Saturday Horning, April 7, 1866. What we Want. All that the South needs now is to be let alone. Let alone in the ma? nagement of her labor-Jet alone in her efforts to develop her resources. With her civil and political .rights guaranteed to her, with^ BO obstacle or obstruction to the energies of her people, we believe, to-day, she could work out her own redemption, re? trieve her shattered fortunes, and start on a career of prosperity that she has never yet enjoyed. But the radical party will not per? mit her to do this. They keep her out of the Union-out of the frater? nity of States which constitute the republic ; they regulate her system of labor, and do this by military rule. They keep a people, as loyal and as true as any within the "?vide domain of the American republic, out of their rights and privileges, and ' from their just representation in the councils of the nation-and for what? Il would puzzle the ablest political economist to answer that question. Despoiled, ravaged and desolated by the fortunes of war-her people subdued and ac? cepting their subjugation in honesty and sincerity-left in a condition -which forbids any idea of a revival of rebellion against the General Govern? ment-even if they were so disposed, which they are not-they surely de? serve sympathy instead of unkind? ness-aid and encouragement instead of dead weights and incumbrances upon their energies-the fostering care of the parent Government, in? stead of the wanton oppression of radical 'legislation-and, above all, they need equal civil and politic?! rights with their brethren, throughout the country, guaranteed to them ac? cording to the provisions and stipula? tions of the Constitution, upon the fcutnful adherence to which, the lives, fortunes and liberties of the whole people of America ave dependent. The war is over-rebellion and in? surrection is crushed out-we hope forever, while constitutional liberty shields the people. Tho President the Chief Magistrate of the republic *v _, - -by solemn proclamation, under the great seal of the United States of "^^?America, so declares it. Then must V"We not hope that the day of redemp? tion is at hand-that those whose whole aim is to keep the States dis? united shall, * ere long, be over? whelmed in that infamy which they so justly merit as a punishment for *^4heir mischievous intents and works? This dominant faction are fast bring? ing the country into deep trouble; tliey are prostrating the energies of the people South, and the commercial prosperity of the people North. Their wicked schemes are evidently leading the country to the brink of financial and commercial ruin, and yet there is not a man amongst their fanatical leaders who could give any reason for such a destructive course as they are now pursuing. Will not the conservative people of this great and powerful nation rally around their patriotic Pr?sident in his noble efforts to crush this destructive party ? Wo believe they will. A little over a year has passed since the South was left devastated, her means of living and producing de? stroyed, her energies terribly crippled; and yet, to-day, with all the obstacles to restoration which surround lier, _lier people are working with a will ;iid determination that predict a snc celss which," under fortuitous circum stknees, would surprise thc world. TJet her States once more bo placed upon an equal footing with the States of the North and West, aud she will s<Vm attain her former prosperity, and contribute largely, as she has _ ever done, to tho wealth and power of our common country. We con? clude as we commenced-all the South needs now is to bo let alone in the management of her affairs, to be restored to full equality and commu? nion with her co-States of the Union, and the best interests of the wholo people, North and South, will bo advanced and promoted.- To this great work the President baa devoted i tb all the powers the Cou? ld laws of Iiis country have ie office ho holds. -?-???- ? d that if Congress thc endorsement of the ds, the agents of Maxi mand a similar guaran amount of tho fin . The Proclamatlou. , We\rablish, this morning, this high- , ly important document. As the New i York World says, it looks the gates of j war, lays down its weapons, and j leads thirty millions of American , people* into the paths of peace. . Their unity no longer needs to be defended by the sword, and their liberties are resumed under the guardianship of law.. As far as he can do it, the President has complet? ed his great WOTK of restoring his country to. peace. The President, appealing to that J fundamental principle of freedoid and humanity, which forbids the despotism or slaughter by the sword to follow its triumphs, proclaims to the people of the United States, with all the dignity and patri? otism that have characterized every State paper that has come from his pen, that the work of reconstruction is completed, so far as it lies iu the power of the States involved and the Chief Magistrate of the Union, and it only now remains for Congress to admit the representatives of th? States restored by the Executive to restore the Union to its original completeness and replace every star on its victorious flag. This proclamation, so promptly issued after the requisitions demand? ed were complied with by the seced? ing States, .will add to the already exalted reputation of Andrew John? son as a statesman, not only in this country, but throughout the civilized world. Uuawed by the fierce factious war waged against him, he-has boldly fulfilled the pledges given by his predecessor, ,a?r? by the Congress which was. sitting in the early part of that predecessor's administration. All honor is due to the patriot states? man. - The Connecticut Election. The New York papers, of Tuesday, bring us the latest reliable returns from the Connecticut election. The result shows great gains for the De ?tnoeratie party. Buckingham, the last Republican Governor, was elected by 11,000, while Hawley, the newly elected radical Governor, it is esti? mated, will only have 700 majority. Besides this gain of more than 10,000 on thc popular vote, there have been substantial gains in the Legislature, viz: eight or nine Senators and from fifteen to seventeen Representatives. This shows the radicals to be a failing , party, and indicates a return to good sense and sound policy on the part of the people. IDLE LABORERS IN NEW YORK.-A New York letter writer says that idle laborers can be counted on South and contiguous streets and around our piers on both North and East rivers by hundreds. The hundreds of idle drays iu the same vicinity are also noticeable. This appears very unusual at this season of the .year, as generally our piers and commercial avenues at this season are very lively. The cause is said to he the almost total suspension of purchases by our merchants, in consequence of the unsettled and uncertain state of all the markets, the opiuion obtaining that gold will depreciate still further on the descending scale, thus bring I ing down the value of all goods anti j merchandize. The Southern trade is at a stand still, and were it not foi the fact that the steamers plying to Southern Atlantic ports haye been i unable to carry all the freight lately i offered, they would now be obliged j to run with hardly cargo enough tc j answer for ballast. It is not con ! sidered, however, that this state oi i affairs will last loaf.'. I LHEOLOaiCAL SEMINARY.- S. N. Beeson and Wm. Beeson, of Niles, Mich., have forwarded to Hon. Ben ? jamin Wood a draft of 8100, with ii j request to forward it to Rev. Jamet Woodrow, Columbia, to add to thc fund for educating those theological students of the Presbyterian Church whose studies were interrupted bj being in the military service during i the late war. No CARDINAL.-The Rome corres? pondent of the New York Herald, writing under date of February 24, says that the Pope has no intention of appointing a ('ardi?al for thc United States. This statement, he says, may be relied on as correct. - The Washington correspondent of tho Baltimore Sun, says that ex Senator ?nlee, of Florida, who has been imprisoned in Fort Pulaski evei since May last, has been ordered the President to lie release?! on parole, J \ Attorney-General Speed has de? cided that the mere fact of having reen a mail contractor or a mail car? rier nnder the Confederate Govern? ment does not* bring a person within my one of the fourteen exceptions of the President's amnesty proclama? tion. Those positions are not con? sidered offices; therefore, he thinks those who occupied them can take the "test oaths," and also a contract for carrying the United States mail, provided there be no other obstacle in the way. LIBERIA.-The following is au ex? tract from a letter from Henry W. Johnson, Esq., of Monrovia, ?lated January f>, 186C. Johnson is au elo? quent and talented colored lawyer from Canandaigua, New York, where he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court. He emigrated to Liberia in June, 1865, with his fami? ly, and rejoices in the country of Iiis adoption : "I am very much pleased with Li? beria. I have unbounded admiration for the country. It has a glorious future before it. it runst, sooner or later, be the future home of the black man of America. My family are now going through the acclimating fever. Prof. Freeman, of Liberia College, and family are now thoroughly accli? mated, and are enjoying themselves very.much. I think, with the bless? ing of God and ordinary prudence, my own family will be equally fortu? nate. ' ' Thc New York Herald thus sums up the provisions of the so-called civil rights bill : Shall the negro intermarry with our daughters, and take an equal place in our households? The civil rights bill says that he shall. Shall negroes intermingle with our refined ladies in steaming hot thea? tres, ball rooms and opera houses? The civil rights bill declaves that they must. Shall a negro supersede Grant as General-in-Chief of the United States army? The civil rights bill says that he can do so. Is a negro five times bettor than a white man that the former should vote immediately, while the latter luis to undergo five years' probation if he brings his skill, labor and money to this country from abroad? The civil rights bill declares that the negro is five times better. Shall the farms of tho great West and tho whole country be owned by negroes, and white labor bc made subservient to negro proprietorship? The civil rights bill provides for this tondition of things. Are we to have negroes filling thc position of post captains in the United States navy? Tho civil rights bill says that we are. Is this a white man's Government for white men? Tho civil rights bill says that it is not. Are we to have negroes represent ing this Government as United State; ministers at the courts of France ami England? The civil rights bill says that we are. Shall negroes sit in Congress, ii the Cabinet, and other high stations side by side with white mon? Th? civil rights bill says that he may. Shall our children soe a negro ii the Presidential chair? The civi rights bill provides for such a contin goncy. A NEW ORGANIZATION. -TheMacot Citizen, of March 2t>th, makes knowr the existence of colored men ii Georgia, under tho title of the "Equa Itights Association," tho members o which aro requested to meet on th* 4th of April "to attend to business of great importance." Tho Citizen says the new organiza tion have a newspaper of their own which they call the Loyal Georgian Tho object of the colored people, tu set forth in the Loyal Georgian, is ti initiate a movement by which a co lored man will bo sont from niel Southern State to inform the Presi dent fully in regard to the conditio! of tho race. The "Association" als< propose to send a delegate to Con gress as soon as sufficient money cai bo raised for thu purpose. In com menting on the foregoing statements the Citizen says the wildest and mos incoherent views are entertained 1>; the colored masses with r?f?rence t< an anticipated dawn of bliss, anc calls upon the State Executive to asl assistance from the United State: authorities to avert impending danger. -, + ?,, THE LAST MAN OF THE RETREATING ARMY.-The Petersburg Ju<f<:>\ speak ing of the desecration of a burial Io in Pocahontas, near that city, make: the following interesting mention o tho last devoted North Carolinian: "There is buried hero one soldiei . a Novth Carolina Cnrtius-who, oi the night of the evacuation, was Icf at Pocahontas Bridge to fire it, an< was killed there, the last man of tin retreating army. He was found deai by the Federal forces in advancing and by them interred, a blanket Iii only coffin, and the apron of a womal who cairn' there to woep Iiis onl; shroud." COMPLETED. -Wo leam that th. bridge over the Roanoke nf VVeldoi is completed. Aaa English Opinion. The London Pall Mall Gazette has the following comments on thc poli? cy of President, Johnson : The sympathy of Englishmen is greatly awakened by the triumph of President Johnson over his radical antagonists. As given in the tele? graphic summaries which first an? nounced the simple fact of his veto upon the Act of Congress, and of the popular support out of doors which sustained him, the story of the strug? gle and its issue was full of interest to the lovers of constitutionalism. But as now described, with all the details of the contest, it wears a dra? matic interest which is not tho less exciting because of the parallel which it supplies, mutatis mutandis, to the fierce and closely fought struggles by which, from time to time, our own liberties have been secured. The single incident of the sudden sum? mons of Mr. Reverdy Johnson by the "whip" of the Presidential minority to come up to the rescue, while the said minority was speaking against time, so exactly reproduces the neck and-neck contests of our own House of Commons that it is difficult to be? lieve that the scene took place on the other side of the Atlantic. And the instantaneous rush of the lawyer thus summoned, faithful to his party, and throwing down his brief in the court where he was pleading when the tele? graphic despatch reached him, then mounting a locomotive, in the ab? sence of anj regular train of carriages, and dashing forty miles along the railway in as many minutes, that so his single vote might turn the scaler and this is so thoroughly akin to our notions of a hand-to-hand parliamen? tary light, where the issue is momen? tous, and yet the forms and princi? ples of constitutional government are scrupulously adhered to by both vic? tors and vanquished, that whig, tory and radical alike must join in admiration of a struggle which has shown so conclusively the power of a thorough constitutionalism to stand the strain of a violent political crisis. The circumstances of the case, moreover, are the more remarkable, becaust? the President's policy, thus strikingly upheld, is what, for want of a better word, may be fairly de? scribed as conservative-not that it if conservative according to our present use of the word in England. It is conservative, not in the sense of being devised for the purpose of confining political privileges to that portion o I the nation which is at present in ex j elusive possession of political or reli j gious supremacy. It is conservative ] in the sense of defending the consti tutional rights of a defeated minority against the tyranny of a victoriou majority. It is thus conservative, no of the principle of exclusive privi leges, but of the principle of consti tutional equality and freedom.. Thor j has been a bloody fight between twi ! parties in the United States, encl i claiming to be acting in the spirit o > the Constitution, and not in th j spirit of oligarchical or despotic pri Vlleges. The fight has been, to ; certain extent, like our old wars c j the Roses, and totally unlike the late I struggles between the Crown and th I people under the Stuarts, or the tei 1 rible conflicts by which Europea sovereigns have annihilated the libel ties of the greatest nations of th i continent. The struggle has bee I professedly a struggle within th ! limits of the law, however fright fr may have been the sufferings it lui j involved, anti however violent til measures by which each side hr sought to establish its own view as t : tho legality of its claims. And tl; ! great merit of President Johnson h? ; been the decision and force with whic . lu; has grasped the full significance t ; the struggle, in the midst of the bi wildermenl of popular and partisa excitement, consequent upon the sue den and decisive victory of the moi powerful o' the two oonflictir ? parties. No English judge, sittii calmly upon his jndgmoi.t seat, an disentangling the real facts and bea ings of a difficult case fr? >m the sophi tries and rhetoric of contending com sel, evershowedaclearerapprehensii of the supremacy of law as such th: tho President has now exhibited the keenness of perception and tl vigor of exposition with which heh sei/.ed and enforced thc fundament principle of all constitutional gover ment. Under a constitutional gover ment, by its very nature, whatev its form, whi ther monarchical, ari tocratic or d?mocratie, no rights n recognized which are dependent up? the mere will of a nv power in ti St.de. ?-*?.? THE SENATORS wno SUSTAIN TI PRESIDENT. A letter from Washin ton states that the following Senat will surely sustain thc veto of tl Executive and his policy, viz: Mess] ?nckalew, Cowan, Davis, Di\o Doolittle. Guthrie, Hendricks, Joh son. Lane, of Kansas, McDouga Morgan, Nesmit] i, Norton, Kidd Saulsbury, Van Winkle and Willey seventeen ill all. and a Sufficient HUI her tt> prevent tho passage of the hi even though over's ?-?..A of the til was filled, and every other Senat v< ?ted oppositely. -<-??-? I ". I '. ( Jerald, a teacher in thc Frc< men's Bureau, al Mobile, arrest som H time ago for stealing a hoi from iii?- livery stables of Mr. Ruf Dane, was tried at the recent terni the city court, was found guilty, a sentenced to llveyoar'simprisounic at h.\' d labor in the penitentiary. What Clkler Justice (hair Thinks. A Washington correspondent of thjp Cincinnati Commercial gives what he styles an "inside view" of affairs at the Capital, and thus -writes of the views of Chief Justice Chase : The Chief Justice is frank and out? spoken in his opinion?. He believes that the President is honest and pa? triotic; but that he started wrong in his work of restoration or reconstruc? tion; that, having budded upon an untenable foundation, his super? structure, his policy, must fail and fall. Mr. Chase feels a warm per? sonal friendship for the President, and feels a deep sympathy for him in the trials and labors that are upon him. He would be glad to consult with the President, and aid him in the solutions of these difficult ques? tions; but the President does not seek his advice, and probably dis? trusts him, and he therefore cannot volunteer his opinions or aid. When this question of reconstruc? tion fii-st came up, Mr. Chase had a long interview and consultation with the President upon the subject, or rather several long interviews; and he then earnestly and persistently urged the President to issue a pro- j clamation recognizing all persons in the rebel States, black and white, as citizens, having equal rights to the work of reconstruction; that this proclamation would immortalize him as tho proclamation of emancipation will immortalize Mr. Lincoln; and that it would be a fitting accompani? ment to that great paper. This plan, at first, seemed to strike Mr. Johnson with great force; he did not dissent from it. Soon after, Mr. Chase left on his visit to the Southern States, and Mr. Johnson asked him to advise him, from time to time, of what he saw and learned, which he did. It is believed that after this advice and counsel of Mr. Chase, and after his departure for the South, bad and de? signing men got the ear and confi? dence of the President, and poisoned him against Mr. Chase, and led him to distrust his counsel, charging that the Chief Justice had given him this, advice for his own personal ends; that he was an aspirant for the Pre? sidency, and that to follow this ad? vice would be to weaken him (the President) rather than to give him strength. Mr. Chase does not think that Congress and the President will ever harmonize. He thinks that the Pre? sident has not the power to destroy the Union party; that one man, as he expressed it, however elevated his po? sition, fills but a small space in a nation or in a great party; and that the Union party, at this time, embo? dies the intelligence and conscience of the country, and, turning to the person with whom he was in conver? sation, inquired: "Do you see any of the intelligent, honest young men of our country attaching themselves to this old, corrupt aud disloyal De? mocratic party?" Mr. Chase does not endorse Mr. i Sumner; he thinks him impractical, \ and that his course is accomplishing no good to the race he seeks to serve; that he rouses against them a united antagonism and ill-feeling; that he Ls a domineering, intolerant man; that Mr. Stevens is a better and more practical man than Mr. Sumner; that Sumner would load to destruction any party that followed him; that* if wc cannot secure at once all that we wish for this oppressed race, we should take each good as it conies within our reach, and work for the eventful attainment of full justice to them. " Why do you not act as me? diator in thus contest, and try to save our great party ?" was said to him. " 1 would be glad to act as mediator, if I could, but no man has the power i to accomplish it. Mr. Johnson has ; his policy and theories, from which , ho will never swerve; Congress is an j unwieldy, unyielding body, following too much the leadership of iuipruc- j ticable men." Mr. Chase is full of j faith and hope that all things will I come ont well. He does not believe that this war has boen fought, tho ? country saved, and these millions | made free, for the nation now to be destroyed, or that God will permit any of that great work tobe uudoue. THE Donn EXPERIMENT TO IIB RE-j TRIHI >. A State Government was in j existence in Rhode Island, lt was objectionable to tho people, because poor white men were not allowed to vote. The people of the State, with- i out consent of tho ruling Govern- 1 ment, organized a now Government, ?ind elected Dorr Governor. Tho ! President (Tyler) recognized tia: old : State Government, and tendered United States troops to sustain it iigainst Dorr. Dorr's Government was crushed, and he convicted of I reason, not against the United States. I mt against the State. Thc radical Republicans are now attempting to re-enact the Dorr experiment in the Southern States. They are maturing i plan for the loyal negroes and | whites in conjunction, to organize i new State Governments in the several | Southern States, and attempt to put ; them into operation. If they do so, Johnson will recognize the existing : Governments use the anny to sustain them, ?vc, as in the Rhode Island .,tse. The point about this thing is, . .hat thc Republicans are determined :o keep the Union divided, and, in | .arrying out the determination, will j ?robably revive civil war again. lu this state of things debt will in-" .lease, taxes grow, public credit de dine, the industry and business of he nation bo paralyzed, and what hen? Tntlianopoli* Herald, 2ht ?it. ? \ Looa! lt? 31 or t gages and Conveyance*! of Real EM tatc for sale at this office. CASH.-Our terms for subscription, ad? vertising and job work ure cash. We U> >\? alt parties will bear this in mind. . * We are highly gratified to learn, from an official despatch received by C. J. Bollin Esq., that the South Carolina Railroad han been completed to Augusta, ami the trains are running through. Ta?.BuB!fiNo or COLUMBIA.--An inter? esting account ot the "Sack and Destruc? tion of the City of Columbia, ft. C.," han just been issued, in pamphlet form, from the Pluenis steam power press. Orders can be filled to any extent. BOOK AND JOB PMMTINO. -The Plvae&ir oflice is now fnlly supplied with cards, colored and white paper, colored ink, wood type, etc., and is now in condition to exe? cute all manner of book and job printing in the shortest possible time. Give ns a call. SUSTAIN TBS PRESIDENT.-We suggest that a public meeting of the citizens of Columbia, the capital of the'first "rebel" State, be held, to ratify hi? proclamation and express their opinions commendatory of his policy. We have no doubt the newly elected Mayor will accede to the wishes of the community. * We are informed that a bold and daring burglary was committed on Thursday nifht <? last, in which Mr. J. J. Forde lost -a silver watch. Thc thief entered the bed-room through a window, and took the watch from the nail on which il hung, within a few steps of the unconscious ocenpants. Look out, ye burglars ! One of yon may get hort in following that business. NEW ADVEHTTSEMENTS. -Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, wh ich are published this morning for the first time: .T. G. Gibbes-Pianos for Bale. J. S. Coles-Mules for Sale. Mrs. Walter-Bonnets, Ac. . A. R. Phillips-Auction. 8. C. Boylston-$50 Reward. E. & G. D. Hope-Family Supplies. We clip the following from the Boston Post, of the 30th ultimo: - Two gentlemen belonging to Maine -one of them served in the loyal army during the war, and has tra? veled thousands of miles in the South within a year-left home a radical Abolitionist, he told ns; the other, an intelligent citizen, who has re? cently visited Virginia and North Carolina,-called upon us, last week, to express their surprise and gratifi? cation at the state of public feeling existing in the late Confederate States. They affirm that they were treated with perfect courtesy wher? ever they went; found the principal people they met-late officers and soldiers in the Confederate army and citizens-anxious for a perfect restor? ation of the Union, and to sustain the laws and Constitution of the country. They generally admitted tlie great error of the rebellion, and, consider^ ing their sufferings a sufficient retri? bution for their revolt, thought for? giveness and forgetfulness of the past was the readiest way to the establish? ment of domestic peace and harmony, and the best security for the future. The authority of ilie General Govern - ment is acknowledged and enforced tliroughout every State, and the citi? zens of thc South are as zealous in sustaining it as any portion of the country. They promptly answer all requirements in the payment of taxes and in the performance of all duties exacted, and while they faithfully discharge all the obligations of citi? zens, they think they should be allowed all the privileges of citizens. PUBLIC,LANDS IS TUE SOUTH.-Ac? cording to an official report, there are in Alabama 6,732,(149 acres of vacant public lands; in Louisiana, 6,228,202 acres; in Florida, 1,932,796 acres; iu Mississippi, 4,760,736 acres; and in Arkansas, 9,228,013 acres. Here are nearly 30,000,000 of acres of vacant public lands, open to set? tlement. We hope Congress will, before it adjourns, pass a bill to fa? cilitate the settlement of these lauds by causing their survey in ?ina parcels, and appointing convenient land offices. I der the operation of the Home stem Act, the, colored people of the South can hnd a refuge on these lands, if their condition is not made tolerable by their white neighbors; we hear enough to convince ns that the blacks see already the importance of such au opening for their inte? rests. They desire to own land; they fool that as land owners they will be independent; and this spirit it is wise to encourage. No doubt tho greater number of them will always continue to labor for others; but the feeling that if they wish they can be? come the owners of farms, will make them more contented; and will act as a check upon the employing class, just as it does here in tlie North, where, if capitalists should attempt a combination to put down wages, workmen would quickly remove to the West, and take advanhige of the Homestead Act.-Evening Post. .tr- - An exchange tells the following rather tough yarn: "A family of five persons resided upon a farm in Perry, New Hampshire, for a period of fifty-three years, during which time there was neither a birth, deatl nor marriage in the family, .neithe ilid they during that time put'a lette into the post office, take one take a newspaper.''