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COLUMBIA. Saturday Morning, March 30, J867. Thc True Policy, ' Tho South must learn wisdom from the past, and wc are gratified to be? lieve, from the tone of nearly rill our Southern exchanges on the part of the whites, und from the almost uni? versal sentiments expressed by the colored people at their public meet? ings in various parts of the Southern States, that this lesson is being pro? fitably le; .1, and that the South, by wisc ?rei : ii, may bc a great gainer, even under that law which her peo? ple so much dreaded. The evidences of tho determination of our people to make the most of our present situation are multiplying every day, and show that they are generally resolved to use rightly the effective instrumentality which their oppo? nents have so unwisely placed in their hands. What we refer to is explained ly? the following paragraphs from a few of our exchanges. The Lynchburg Virginian says: "Wo were amongst the few who wcro anxious, during the last years ?of the late war, to use that element in our armies, to help us win inde? pendence. Wc would not hesitate, therefore, to bring it into requisition now, to check tho influence of au overwhelming Northern majority, which tends toward the erection of a despotism in our sc ?tion." Tho Wilmington Dispatch, one of the staunchest of Southern papers, closes au article with thc following truthful remarks: "It will be a very easy matter for thc South to hold, and wield in solid mass, the power which has been aug? mented by the elevation of thc ne? groes to the privilege of suffrage, it is our duty to influence the negroes, and one no loss incumbent than was a support of the armies in the field, when the stake was tobe won by tin .sword. Tlie victories of peuce maj be secured with less exertion, anti will prove more stable and advuuta gcous than auy which crowned om efforts during the war. Let the white; and negroes of the South talk, thinl and act together.*' And the .Augusta Chronicle am Sentinel, after showing the depend euee of the one class upon the other adds : "This being true as to their mate rial interests, eau there be any gooc reason why they should not co-ope rate in thc higher and nobler work o giving laws to and shaping tho insti tutions of the country? In this, beti classes are interested in the sam way, and to the same extent. l>otl classes desire that law and orde .should prevail, and that the Govern ment should be so conducted as t alford full and equal protection to all Can this be better . .'cured than b; the hearty co-operation of all of those of each class, who are to be affecte by the operations of that Govern ment? We think not. And now we 'quota from a wei known friendly Northern journa and we deem its ri murks well wort pondering, at thc present juncture by che Southern people. The extrae is fro!%thc New York World: "In the interior of the South, th negroes will be brought into couta? only with the conservative influence and their temporary inability to rea renders them impervious to radie; appeals through the press. This is condition of things which ought to 1 improved while it lasts, by such kin treatment and educational helps : will lead them to look to their wini neighbors, instead of the distant Yal kees, as their benefactors. Vote tin will, under the new regime, in ar event. It depends on the great bod of intelligent planters whether tl ballot in their hands shall prove ii unmitigated and intolerable curse, < a harmless menus of education and bond of attachment to the commun ties in which they live. "A workman must not quarrel wi' his tools, when he can get no bette The less political power the Sou possesses, the more it behooves tho to make au effective use of what th? have. To win against odds by sup rior skill is altogether better th? despondency and tame surrender. 'J prevent the negroes voting under ti new law is impossible. It will be mo politic and sagacious to manage the than to out-vote them, although, most districts, they eau be out-vote Jhit the blindest policy of all won be to stand still and do nothing, th radicalizing thc negroes, and there! Africanizing the South." And wc may learn even from o opponents, for there is matter for i flection in the following paragra] from the New York Tribune: "The Union having triumphed emancipation, it was tho mauif? policy, the clear interest of theSout erners, to turn at once to the blac and say, 'We upheld slavery so lo as we could, because wo believed best for us and for you. But slave is dead, and you are free; now wow show you that we were honest :u our devotion to shivery, by treating you justly and kindly as freemen. Choose your wisest and host men for con? sultation with us; let them tell us what guarantees you require for your rights, and they shall be freely ac? corded. We are of di li?rent races, and must remain so; but we are all Americans and Southerners; and, if we do not henceforth live in har? mony, it shall not be our fault. We might ?o on and till our paper with similar extracts from our ex? changes, North and South. The meeting of the colored people of this city, and the speeches of Gen. Hamp? ton and the colored speakers on that occasion, lias created intense interest throughout ever} section of thc country. The journals of the domi? nant party at the North betray anxiety lest, by the Congressional legislation, they have strengthened, instead of weakeued, the hands of the Southern people; while the conservative press of thc North and nearly all the jour? nals of the South see in the policy enunciated at that meeting the only hope of political salvation to oui section. And we believo this to bc > the ease; thc cause of the colored voter is that of the white voter; theil great interest in the prosperity ol the South, and of her advancement in all the elements which make anj people great and influential, an identical. Herc both have to live, and it behooves both to dwell toge thor in harmony, and especially should they be united ia opposition to any party opposed to the wei far. and prosperity of the land they live in. It is for this reason that we write as we do and extract from our cotem poraries. Wo believe the South ha; reached a turning point of the ut most importance to her future weal, and it is therefore that we urge unit} of action among all her people, white and colored, to bring her up out o the slough of despondency to life activity, greatness and prosperity This eau be done in the way indi cated, and in no other. GERRIT SMITH ON THE SITUATION GerritSmith, under date "Peterboro' March 20, 1S67," to William Lloyt Garrison, gives lus views on the situa tion. His motto is "universal sui I frage" and "no punishment*'for th I South. This is tho sum and sub j *'?ance of his epistle to Garrison which bas a great deal of amiab! ! and humane sentiment in it. He COE tends that, if Congress proceeds fm tb er with ils interference with th domestic affairs of the South, "Stat j Governments will soon have disa] ! peared." Goo;> ADVICE FROM A FEDEEA JUDGE. Judge Busteed, of the Unite States District Court of Alabami recently advised the negroes < Lowndes County, in which he urge them to bold aloof from politics, an not neglect their work to attend p? litieal meetings or to vote. 13 frarifcly told them that they wer;: n< j yet prepared to vote intelligently, an it was better for them not Lo vote ; all than to be led by designing rn? j to vote improperly. I ? --- I TUE SrFrr.itINO IN THE SOUTHE] j STATES. -A letter from <. rovernor ( >r I of South Carolina, thus nie rs io tl gift of 12,600 bushels of cora se: ! by the New York Relief Commissi* I to ibis State: "The donation is very timely, ai j will relieve hundreds from the pine! I ings of actual want, if not of absolu ' starvation. Never was a charity mo i worthily conceived or bestowed tin ! yours, in feeding a destitute peopl j Our great necessities will continue : j press us, and can only be relieved 1 , the generous and benevolent fro 'abroad, until thc middle of Jul ; when, if the wheat harvest is au av rage yield, the Central, Northern ?ii Western section will be partial i relieved. Permit me to reiterate n I thanks, in behalf of the snifering ai '? destitute ?of this State, to yours?, and your generous compeers, for tin ;: >blc and philanthropic charity." ? PLANT COTTON AND CORK.-T! . Greenville Adv?cale says: Nature h ! placed it in the power of man to rai j everything ?it the South which is n j cessary to supply all reasonable d j mauds. Our people are now actual i rejecting the bounties of climate ai i soil; and. in their mad folly for ox '?? ton bags, are paving the way fort?n , utter ruin and degradation. Wh I the land passes into the hands j another race, then the people of thc i States will be strangers and servar upon the soil which gave them birt And those who own tho lands w j show their immense value by t ; abundance which they will raise ai have around them. Instead of bei dependent upon other States ai other people, they will make the their tributaries. ItecoriKt ruction. The New York Times thus refers to the progress of reconstruction: In Georgia, the movement inaugu? rated by Gov. Brown grows apace, while in Alabama, a call for a meeting to take steps preliminary to a conven? tion luis boen issued by Governor ; Swayne and other prominent citizens. Mississippi is in motion under the influence of men who will feel most severely the penalties of the law. Hons. \Y. P. Harris, Amos H. John? ston, Ethel Barksdale, and formel rebels of the same status, are employ? ing their opportunities to stimul?t? their fellow-citizens to compliance with the terms dictated by Congress. "lt is very desirable," writes Mr, Johnson, "that this long and ruinous struggle between the sections shoulc be terminated in some way-in thc best mode possible, in view of tin situation." Mr. Barksdale's appeal: are yet more significant. The inti mate friend of Jeff. Davis to the last his recommendation to accept th? "inevitable fact," which cannotsafeb be "resented with impotent malic* nor treated with stolid indifference,' possesses a peculiarity second only t< the conversion of Wade Hani! ' on. These demonstrations have a pu tency beyond the States in whicl they occur. In Louisiana, for in stance, influential journals point ti them by way of rebuking the foll; and obstinacy of our Legislature "Could our Legislature," says th< New Orleans Bulletin, "be prevoile< upon to cease their futile efforts ti annul the Acts of Congress by prc ambles and resolutions, the Stat might be beuefitted. This tendeuc; to practical effort is strengthened b, ] the admirable spirit in which some o the commanders of military district ] have entered upon their duties. Gen Schofield's order, upon assuming con] maud in Virginia, is the subject e much friendly criticism. Tin' opinio is received, that while thc Law will b faithfully, unflinchingly adminis tered, only indiscretion on the pul of the South will provoke the rigoi of military rule. And this impres sion naturally strengthens the disp< I sition to yield to conditions whic cannot be evaded, and to bo w to a ; authority which cannot be defied wit [ impunity. Here and there an appeal to tli ; Supreme Court is still talked of. Til I common sense of the people, hov ! ever, revolts against a process whic I could not by any possibility brin j deliverance.Thc Now Orleans />< ! expresses the prevailing opinion < ' the Southern press when it warns tl: i people against delusions, and again; 'the idea of dependence on the Si j preme Court as the wildest delnsic of all. Mr. Barksdale's newspape I the Jackson (Miss.) Clarion, dec?an \ that, "as a plan of practical relief, j is utterly worthless. It is Like thea of the drowning mau who grasps at , straw. In his desperation, he m: ' clutch it, but it will avail him n thing." The South is evidently rapid escaping from the era of delusion , With stern realities before it. its pe pie are no longer disposed to re . upon tlie guidance of tin; men wi ' Imve ruined them. j NEW Yoi:?. CJ.NDEI:C;KOUXIJ HA: j WAY.-The New York Poslsnys: The underground railway bi ! which passed the Senate, a few da; j since, by a vote of 20 yeas to l? naj ! provides for an underground railw; ! from the Bowling- t ireen, passii ! nailer Broadway to thc City H. j Barb: thence diverging by two lin<. i running on the East and West sid ! of the city, to Harlem Uiver. ! also includes Hie right of laying pne ? matie tubes under the Hudson ai j East Hivers, to connect the citi I ol' Brooklyn and Jersey City wi New York. It lias been objected thc proposed underground railwa : authorized by the bill, that the co struction of the tunnel linos will n ? terially obstruct travel in the crowd thoroughfares of the city. The pi jectors assure us thal this is not t : intention. Where thc streets s j narrow, or crowded-like thc low ! part (d' Broadway-the surface, tli j say, will not be broken at nil. 'J' i material excavated ami "used in t j construction ot' thu tunnel, will be : moved and brought in thron buildings temporarily acquired 1 I the purpose. Wherever thc work j going on, the surface will bc cover \ by a movable bridge or shield, ev ; or nearly level with thc present si ? face of the street, so that those w 1 pass over it on foot or in vehicles v I have but little idea of tho work gol i on beneath them. In neither cr j will thc street traveler bc interrupt and traflie in thc stores will proce ! as usual. Neither will the gas pip j tlie water pipes, or the sewers be all interfered with. The rights locomotion will in no way be imped . thereby. The crossing of tlie riv j will be done by sinking wrought ir j tubes, thirteen feet in diameter, j lengths of from three to live hund? i feet, joined at coffer dams made iron cylinders, sunk vertically. 1 j interior of the tubes will be lir ! witli brick, and the whole will bo 1 j low the level of thc bed of the riv SOUTHERN RELIEF.-A meeting \ held, on Monday, at the Assembl ' Church, Washington, to take m ; sures for Southern relief. About j teen ministers of the Gospel w : present. Committees wore appoinl ; and other business was transae j with a view to concert of action. Thc Peabody 1..I ii? a iion Fund. The sittings of Mr. George Pea? body's Trustees of the Education Fund for the benefit of the Southern and South-western States, was con? cluded last week, and the official pro? ceedings will soon be published. Thc various sessions of .the board took place at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, ou the 19th, 20th, 21st and 22d of this mouth. Tlie following named Trus tees were present: Messrs. Win throp. Fish. Mellvaine, Grant, Far? ragut, Hives, Clifford, Aiken. Evarts Graham. Maealester, Riggs, S. Wet more, Eaton, and G. P. Russell After the. reading of the record o the original organization, it wa found that Admiral Farragut's name through some misapprehension, wa omitted from the published roll. I was duly plaeed in its proper order Orders were received from Mr. Pea body for bonds covering the whol amount of his gift, and they were re ferred to the Finance Committee. A full discussion of the subject be j fore the Board took place; th founder's views were clearly expressed and a report from tho committee o investigation and inquiry was mad in the shape of resolutions. It wa determined that for the present th leading purpose would be to creat or carry on primary or school educa tion. Normal schools will be es tal dished, or where existing, aided ; to prepare teachers and to endm ' scholarships in existing Southern iu ! stitntious. To promote education a ! applicable to industrial pursuits, wi also be an object of the board. Under the guidance of the Execn j tive Committee, a goueral agent is t ? be selected to cai ry out Mr. Pea body's views. Kev. Dr. Sears, < j Brown University* was invited to ar ? cept the office. He bolds the ii vitation under deliberation. A i Executive Committee of live is tob ' elected annually. The next anim: , meeting will take place in New iori , on the third Tuesday of June, 18t> A meeting will be held in Richmon ; on the third Tuesday of next January \ The present Executive Committc ! consists of Messrs. Mellvaine, Aikei j Evarts, Graham, Eaton, and th I chairman of the board, (Mr. Wii j throp,) ex officio. Governor Clifford, on the subject ; of legal organization, custody < i funds and choice of Treasurer, ri ported that Governor Fish and Mi Evarts be authorized to procure a ! Act of Incorporation for the trustee ! from the Legislature of New Yorl ! Adopted. Samuel Wetmore wi j chosen Treasurer. The Financ I Committee consists of Messrs. Fisl ' Maealester. Clifford, Riggs and , ! "Wetmore. A large number of eon munications asking for aid for Soutl ern institut"..?us were ordered to I referred to the general agent. A letter was received from Mr. Pe; boilv explanatory of his views. tl ; leaves to the board absolute disctf tion as to the particular localities i the Southern and South-westei States, and ?lopes all the parts of tl: ; country ravaged by war may eventna I ly receive benefits from the fund. Tl : Trustees are not to distribute tl fund in any measure of proportion I the States, or create any claim to distributive share. The Trustees, ec lectively or individually, tire held 1 j no responsibility. They have I power atnl fi trust " The resolutio! j in honor of Mr. Peabody cited 1 I Mr. Winthrop at the banquet we: ' tuen adopted. Bishop Mellvaine closed the pr ; ceedings with prayer, the board ai ; jonrning sine die, but liable to 1 called 'together by the Execute Committee at any time when cireur stances may require action. : A FLOOD OF WEBSTER.-Mcssi D. Appleton & Co. write to the Pe body Commission: "In furtherance, therefore, of ri ? end proposed by Mr. Peabody, tl j providing of educational facilities f destitute districts in the South., : beg .to present to your board 100,Ol ' volumes on branches of elementa I instruction -viz: 25,bill) copies Webster's Elementary Speller, 25,0 copies of the Webster Elementa i Reader, 25,000 copies of Cornel First Steps in Geography, 20,000 c ' pies of Qnackenbos' Primary Arit metie, ?,ooo copie.-, of Qnackenbe First Book in Grammer." GREELEY DESIRES KO MAX TO DISFRANCHISED.-The last number j thc New York Tribune says, as to tl j persons who are disfranchised: Every loyal citizen, black or whi! is enabled, by the two reconstruct! Acts, to have a voice in thc good wo of restoration, with at least for fifths of those who have been rebe ; The remaining fifth we hope to s enfranchised very soon. Congre i has provided for that in the pendil i constitutional amendment, and ? j trust that its consummation will n \ long be delayed. Tho South cleai j understands, as we do, that the w ! to this lies through a prompt ai ' cheerful conformity to the requii , meats of Congress. The South sew I to be acting weil lier part. The Mobile, New Orleans and Ch; j tanooga Railroad was formally open j on the 2lst instant. i Denouncing .>? Tniitor." COLTJMBIA, March 28, 1867. ! MESSRS. EDITORS: I see in your j paper, of this morning, that at a meeting of the colored people held at Union Hall, on the 25th inst., grave j charges were made against me, <>u account of thc speech, or remarks, made by me on the 18th inst. This so-called public meeting was j held in a hall which is thirty-one feet nine inches by thirty feet. Perhaps there were 250 persons present. Well, j who composed that meeting? I learn i that the greater part-in their unso- | phisticated credulity-had been made ' to believe that my notion was lo put i them back into slavery. This meet? ing was Iel on by Hob Trice and his satraps, foreign and domestic. Oh! my country, when 1 think of the fate 1 of the children of Israel. 1 tremble for my people. At this meeting, it was determined that none of my friends should be heard. When Mr. Davis tried to speak, he was hissed. Yvt he iroidd \ be heard, ami his remarks caused I such ?i division among them that the , I Chairman had to take a vote three times to decide whether the rcsolu ? tions were passed or not. Now for the committee windi ? brought in the resolutions which had been previously prepared. First, who is Bob Trice? Ile came here a hard-shell Baptist; the next we heard I of him he was a temperance lecturer; j next he became a Catholic, and .now a bar-room politician. But I forbear. . Forest, poor Forest, I leave you to I yourself-the worst company you j could have got in. j Now. Williams, did you not tell j three gentlemen of this city that you I carno back from Florida dissatisfied, I and that you never wanted to have I anything more to do with tho Yan I kees.-that you had come home to : live among your own people? You j now denounce nm as "a traitor," be? cause I have sympathy for my fellow ? citizens, bo they white or black. If ! this makes mea traitor. ? ask for no ; prouder inscription on my tomb than ', -W. i>. Nash, the Traitor." j Tlmnk Cod, 1 can look up io Hea ' ven and say that 1 never did pledge I myself to any man to vote ur act ! .".gainst thc interests of my State. I ! am a Union niau, but a South Caroli ? Fitzsimtnons J. respect as a gentle? man. Hut I would ask the Chairman i ?d' this so-called meeting why he did I not publish rtflthe resolutions passed: ; ls he riding the rail between the j North and the South? For shame, j man! When your prompters bobine j thc scenes prepared this resolution, I your heart failed you. and you wottlc j not publish it. Like the owl, you fear thc light. I now ask you if yoi . and your party dare to meet me hefon j the people in daylight? 1 say to you. beware! lest when you think you an crushing a worm, you are grasping : scorpion. Oh! jackass! jackass! tin lion is neither dead nor asleep. w. :;. NASH. - -* --i -J *~ ?--- - Tlie Two Rac??, Speaking of the late iaws, the Au gusta Chronicle and Sentinel says: j With the enactment of these laws ; wc of the South had nothing to do I but with the results growing out o the radical changes in the organii law, wi; alone ?ire most interested Misfortune to the black man affect: the white man. Prosperity to tin white ma::, under thc peculiar cir : cunistances in which this section i j now placed, will also bc prosperity ti j the black man. The one lias capita -the other has labor. Capital am labor divided, and working in oppo site directions, can accomplish nc thing; but labor ami capital nnitei work harmoniously together, and ar productive ol' beneficial results to th em]dover and employed. There must be confidence. Th \ black man must trust and confide i i the white mau, and the latter in r< . turn must deal fairly and justly wit thc former. Our interests are th same. The same destiny is befor us. The negro and the white ma ; cf the South were born and raise ! here. Here they will live and dh ! There is and then; can be no dive] sity of interests between the tw I races. Both should, therefore, wor harmoniously together for one con mon object, and zealously strive 1 inculcate friendly relations. Thi object can be accomplished. Th blacks have coafider.ee in thc prom neut men of our State. Tin; intel! gent colored men of Augusta ha\ confidence in our leading citizen They mistrust the itinerant liri brands who ave seeking to sow di cord and strife between their form? masters and themselves-they ea nestly desire eur people to comb: the evil influences which are now ; work. it is, therefore, the duty of ot best citizens to assure the colon people that they are their friend that justice will be done them upi all occasions, and that there is bi one law for the black man and tl white man. Let the good men the State sec to it that their enemi and our enemies do not succeed their wicked schemes. Teach the their duties as citizens, tho oblig tions which are assumed in exercisil t'ne. right of frauchise; but, above ? things, let us be just and kind to class who arc strongly attached to ? by ties of birth and affection. Local ?toxas. SERENADE.-The ''local'- returns hin -sineere thanks to the members of the "Varieties" for their delightful anti highly-appreciated serenade. last night, and hopes for an early repet? tion of the musical treat. The attention of skippers :'.> in? vited to the notice in another column, relative to freights, etc., vin Ports? mouth. From thc statements of merchants, we aro led to believe that the assertions made by thc agent of this line will be fully carried out. .Tor, PRINTING. -The Job Oilier of thc Phosnic is as complete as any iu the South. It is furnished with new fonts of type of all descriptions and of the most modern styles. All work executed promptly, with taste an?! skill, and at reasonable rates. JUSTICE TO THE NEGRO.-What ia stattnl in the paragrah below, fr?jcj an exchange, is applicable to the freedmen in this vicinity: "Weare gratified in being abie to state that, so far as this locality is concerned, they have demeaned themselves like men. We have heard of no desertions from the planta? tions, or any impudent action in our city among the negroes. The uni? versal testimony throughout this section is, that they are doing better this year than they did last, perfect? ly content to abide by tile contract made. The experience of last year is before them, and they see. the folly of trying to get along without work. It is true, we hear of a acer now and then doing badly, and run? ning oil, but it is onlv the exceptio: to t!ie Y nie." SHOW POSTERS, HANDBILLS, AC. Oar supply of type and facilities o: press-work enable ns to tarn out from thc Phftrnw office thc most attractive styles of posters, hand-bills, ?tc., at short notice, and in thc n\"-\ satis? factory manner. ANOTHERCOUNTERFEJ r.- New coun? terfeit $5 notes of the People's Na tional Pank of Jackson, Michigan, have been discovered. The engrav? ing is very rough, the paper of poe.-: quality, and the general appearance of the noie is such as to lead to the discovery of ils worthlessness by per? sons accustomed to handling monej It is refreshing to think that som. men, uninfluenced by the fanaticism of the day, are still alive to the promptings of humanity, and. with praiseworthy zeal, are devoting them? selves to the amelioration of the suf? ferings of their fellow-men. Promi? nent among this class are the citizens of New York, who have don", and are still doing;, nobly in their effort* to relieve the suffering at the South. CARDS! CARDS!--ShOW cards, busi? ness cards, visiting and wedding cards, executed at the Pi.--?:.- Job Office, in thc neatest styles of tin art. Cards of all sizes constantly on hand, and all orders frota town o: country promptly attended to. ADVERTISING FOR A LOCAL EDITOR. Thc Trinity (Texas) Advocad adver fiscs for "a young mau of extensive acquirements" to do up the local de? partment of that paper. No salary will be paid, but, as au inducement, "the applicant who may be so lucky ns to get the position., will be allowed a full share of all the wedding fixings that may bc sent to the office, besides free admission tickets to all the show - that may come along." CIRCULARS! CIRCULARS!-Comme: rial and other circulars, in the various forms-note, letter and commercial post-neatly printed in oa^ Jo! Office, turd all work of this descrij lion finished in the best style of print? ing, and at moderate prier.-. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. -A tte: ... .. j L-II io the following advertisenv : s, which ure published this morning tor -ht tir.-t time: Levin & Mikel!-Distress Sale. M. David & H. C. Mar!. 1' - 'hu Book-keeping -Address P. O. Box 2* J5Fisher & Lowrance -Cultivators, Ac THE SOUTHERN LOYALISTS' ORJE< r Thc Southern loyalists justly object to any and all special legislation for the relief of such rebelleaders as promise to support the reconstruction mea? sures of Congress. They contend that the new Governments demand new men, and that, above all. these Governments must not be shaped by the architects of the ruin of the South. It would, indeed, be a pitiful ind fatal confession that the hosts of conscientious lovers of the Union ir. the insurgent sections did not contain sufficient statesmanship or common sense to organize these initial move? ments, and that all the talents were inly to be found among the rank? bat contained all the treason. [ Washinatc .> ' hr niel?