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, I ' rvs | . V ^ ' " -? ~ =?= ~ ' ' *=~~ ? '=*. I ! BY W-. A. LEE AND HUGH WIL$6N. ABBEVILlf- c- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1867. VOLUME. XY. NO. 10. [correspondence.] LETTER . OF GEN. HAMPTON. Columbia, July 31, 1667. General: The undersigned, in behalf of many oiliers of your friends, as well as of rlbflu*elv?fl, very respectfully crave your advice with regard to their action in the very important aaatters ?oon to be submitted to the people -etf Ifae State. We have no intention to oppose >tho -execution of any law, even were it in oar power; but under the .Reconstruction Act, certain latitude of action is win 14 , vruicu em wis upon us entire responsibility for all consequences which may flow therefrom. We believe (bis responsibility to be very grave, aud tlwse consequences vital to every class of our community, inseparably connected as are the interests of all. Recent events 6how that there is no longer a possibility of that entire harmony of action among our people, for which you and-we ' have heretofore hoped and striven. The views of the whole community are unsettled by the aspect of affairs, and the people look to those who command their confidence for a Course of action upon which all may agree, who truly desire the prosperity of the State. Hesitating to intrude upon you in your withdrawal from publio affair*, but believing that your own appreciation of the emergency will excusa our request; that your well proven patriotism will irresistibly plead it; and that jour calm and experienced judgment will weigh supremely with your friends, and command the deep consideration of all honest men, we subacribo ourselves, very respectfully, yours, D. W. RAY, WM. n. TALLEY, B. PI THOMAS, p. M. LAW, And about sixty others. Jo Gen. Wade .Hamptoo, Columbia. '&ENTLEU&X-: I beg to gcfcnowledge the ' receipt of the letter, in winch .you do mo the bouor to ask uiy " ad vice with regard to your qctiqp in the .very important inattqra jjoou to be submitted -to .the poodle, of fhe .-State:" Though I caupot but feelith.at mtny of those whose names are signed to this.communication are far more compotont to offer counsel on the grave . topics now agitating the public mind than :?njself, as I deem it to be the duty of evey 1 ll_J I * li J iubii, wiien cnncu on uy un xeiluwciiLzenB, 'in time of peril, to contribpte/ill his power *.o promote itie general welfare,.or to ward off the common danger, I willingly comply with your flattering request. Recognizing, then, the daty imposed on me by jour call, and impelled, also, by the great wpect I feol for these who have thus honored me, I shall state with perfect can? dor the imminent dangers surrounding us, nd point out with equal frankness the -dnW courto which, in mv iudrrmni?t_ wn can pursue with honor, or with any hope of ultimate safety. Before prooeeding to the discussion of the present condition of rtffaire, it it proper to let you know what' were the views entertxiued by myself immediately after the cessation, of active hostilities; and what was the course I thought oar people should then follow. This carivnot be done more concisely than by giving ti> you a c?py of a letter addressed to Jatbes O. Gibbet, Esq., chairman of a < frtbtie meeting, which was held here in. August, 1866. Not being in the city at th?t time, I wrote . the following letter, , which, yielding to the views of others, I afterwards determined sot to publish : August 20,1805. To hit Honor James G. Oibtxt, Mayor of Columbia. Sib : Having beer absent wben the Ute fpublio meeting vu aeld in the city, I take ?this method of exp*essi?g roj views on the subject* disousted on that occasion. It is - ?Ub some reluctance that I express these , views, as I do not concur in tbe policy advocated by tbe neeting. Is it desirable *hat tbe people of tbe State should take' anjf action lookbg to a restoration of oivil ' government at present f I think oof; and (or these reiuon: m . aA_a.^ *i1 a .? ? a lio Dine iwuu?r raemoar oi we ??dejral Union, a it is not. If ? member, tben not onV is it a work of stipereroga. dtat for ber o &sk admiuioo to the Union, but sbe if by tbe Constitution of the United j3tite?, guaranteed ? republieasj form of government, end sbe bus tbe rigbt 1 to edminUer-ber government undersuob in constituion end by such laws as sbe . ebooaes. But if sbe is,e^tiie contrary,1 ha( a inmttAi a# >! < TTkuio !?? ; regarded either as a Territory, or a* a oon;*qt?r?d jrorinoe. In eitlrsr condition, the ii. Uaitad fci&iee euibontiee ara ebarged with * J<$ ' dulp of proin&isg a proper governJar J?#rvand I tiuakjbe polioy of the ^fcate to-? remain paftslva nntilittdi gov# ^^cneot ia given to her, or it forced upon \Aifc\" If e*inf6 fitfieettf bjr |ha meet* r followed by .Aa Bute, what VUIH lead loth# eto^jw^tba UnUo af it esiated, and t& ' ?tbe fieyeeUAJiebmeot of the oonsUtntioti ?a<T ^y? .o< thk |tate^ 146 n6t tifiok r .tbate*^ <trfUbe tfeea.e,v1fcre**%ihe '' :?fk TVtJ UI4U?I^. Asy*>?*~ ~~.var?,rfW jrj r-v ?? ftfeptaA by Ox 'fciftt1 " P'y to <*81 'SSS&tSS&jsasE ~ ,ri?; ,?* .2<"fc t ^b^w^heT^nhepeoplo^^h^Slatl^^ur impossibility. But passig ovor this grave objection, tbjro remains le still graver one 38 to tbe adoption of a onstitution. Are tbe people of tbe Stab willing, by the adoption of a new and totlly different constitution, to ignore all theleacbings of the past, to subvert the wboleorder of society, to change, in a moment, it whole organization, and, in a word, tp commit (if tbe expression may be used) plitical'suioide ? Yet this is the inevitable - todency of tbe course recommended by themeeting. No nn? fnr A mnm?nt minnnqnullmt Ihn Rtn'o will be admitted into the Tnion with its present constitution. To gin admission, the State must come with t constitution representing, not t!*6 views ad interests of the people of South Carolina but those of Massachusetts. It may be iiljed thai the State must come with such nuonatitutioc, or not come at all. If suohis the fact, then let her not come at all. The United States Government will hold, he country, as it now does, by military occupation ; its troops will be present to inaugurate and enforce the new system of laboidecreed by the President of tbe United Staios, and the people, though conq?qredT.yi!l not have the additional humiliation and reproach which they would bring upon themselves, if they consent to destroy their ovn constitution, which was bequeathed to them by their fatiiers. Besides these various reasons against the policy advocated by the meeting, it appears to me that it is premature for the people to move at present. The authorities at Washington have not indicated t\ie course they propose to pursue towards the State, nor have they manifested great zea\ in the restoration of that Union for which they have professedly been fighting for th? last four vears. Thev have not asked the State to. return to the Union, nor Lave they Announced the terms upon which it can do so. When they have don* these thing?, it will be time enough for the State to take counsel how to act. I recommend, then, with all deference to yourself and the gentlemen over whom you presided the other day, that the people should remain perfectly quiet, taking no. action whaterer in public affairs. Leave all these matters to the United Elates Aroveroroeotj wtiicli will, doubtless, io good time, .provide k government for you. ;Untfl tbpt is done, the cartridge-box can take the .place of the ballot-box, and the bayonet is a good substitute .for the law. It is better to .be governed by these than-to give to your State a constitution which misrepresents the wishes of tfie.pt*o pie, humiliates their pride, debauches theii society, destroys their prosperity, and degrades their State. I have the hpnor to be, yer^' respectfully, your friend and fellow-citizen, WADE HAMPTONIt was clear to my mind that the true policy of the South was to remain passive observing, with the most scrupulous fidelity, the obligations we' assumed when w< laid down our arras, and making no concessions beyond those embraced in *tU< Verms upon which we surrendered. -I held that the United Stales Government hac not only offered terms to the South, bul that its faith was pledged to the observance of those terms. Every official act-of ever] department of that Government, durin?.tli< war, declared that the Southern State) were still members of theUnjon, and Con' gress, by an almost unanimovs vote, in tbi most solemn manner, u Resolved, That this war is not waged on our part, in any spirit of oppression, noi for any purpose of conquest or subjugation t*. ?.1 : nvi |/ui^vq? vi vivituivmu^ vi luwriiring with tbe rights or established institution! of tbe State*, but to defend and maintain supremacy of the.Constitution, and to preserve tbe Union with all the dignilw equality and rights of tfie several St^es unimpaired. That as win as thefM rejects are.accomplished, the Aar - opgtft to cease." The slime body gJrp the strongest evidence that tbey redfrded the Union unbrpken, even daringthe war, by tbeir recogmiI (An nf \fv P n .1 '.jL fia fiana f r\ v f.A?M ' VI* .UIIIVU vi MI* vmivf VVHUKVI iiyiu T i|? ginia?I mean U#npble "Old Dominion," and not her illegitimate and degenerate child, West wginia~and allowing bim to retain hit |Mt nntU near the close of;4he ?rar. Tie'v'erypa roles given to th a Sooth arn soldiers promised (be protection ol the United ^tates Government to thou holding them, W long as they obeyed th< iafrs of u States wherein thsy resided thus reoognixittg, oot only the Soother! States at Statu, bnt the lam of thosi States. We bad atery reason, aa for a we oould trait to the faiih of our.bppe-peoto, to believe tb*t the Southern.State would be received ihto the< Union with a1 Iheir "dignity, equality and rights unim ' Mwed.Wiejr *1 legiaqoeto the General Gov?mrrie6t, an acknowledged iu ouprom&oy. It wtmld be tbrffan to the ^urpote < this ooaMnfeatatfe* todbcum wJjot fail haebeeu kept with the South?wahltit hs? alroady affixed:to that ??it of faith tl oftatofPa?k*; I ootyUmah an the to commitlod t UM .Bomh, wb*a it coafonxMd.to Um>m d ' fa"*v 1 t** jDooaHIm^.mm *** * Ssegm^ O.: ?! f! ,.T..5: .? -||r A stiutions ; greater limn all others, was the le^iblation ratifying the amendment of the United Stales Constitution known as Article 13. I am well aware that the action of the Southern people, at that time, was K?T on lirtunof !?? I ivtuvvvt vj mi uuuvov uvon O IV OVJ^UI? VIIU I blessings of peaoe, and a high sense of bonor, which prompted them to show thnt ihey were sincere in their wish to do everything thnt would tend to the restoration of (he Union on honorable terms. I have no hesitation in asserting that the Southern States would then baro been brought back to the Union with more of 'loyalty"?to use a favorite expression of the North?than had existed amongst them for forty years past, had the North proved itself to be as magnanimous as it had shown itself to be powerful. But it was the misfortune, not only of the South, but | of the whole country, that the party which obtained possession of the Government was more intent on securing its own; power than of restoring the Union to it* pristine glory. After acquiring power, oft the Bole ground of bringiajf back ttt3! Southern States to the coPnon fold, wit'6, all their "dignity, equality and rights U|?0F impared," they basely, betrayed the pcoj'^' of the North, by subordinating the inteijpPu and rights of ten States to the efforfT01, perpetuate the power of their parly, fi^ho* Tying, while they did so, every pRl'oni which they had made during the coqti men ance of the wnr. The war, wllic|i professedly waged solely for the resl6f time of the Union, in.its progress, degen' into the open attempt, on the pai$'8 by t authors, to consolidate, and perpeltiir gen* ical rule, and a Government, wjf*8 gres founded on the noblo maxim, tliaf'T~ and ernments derive their just power?"l^e * ' consent of the governed," has f>er~ wbi 1 erted to the base ends of subi^ con i millions of its people to a militw'P01- are ism. will 1 That I may not bo accusedf'^'0? 1 this proposition iu stronger Jap0 *'in" U8e is warrnuted by the facts of ll^? * ^eg P?" 1 to call your attention to the f'"8 6X~ nal tract from an arliclo which erC(* ^rom " ] Massachusetts. Bearing the f,na^ur ? <]e, > Boston, its language, whic$ oeen we uttered here, might have srib^ *rcR" pn, son, cau bo regarded only/1:11' fati "The principle," says $w"ter?<<on the which the war was wagqjr l^e North, wj( was simply this: That mj8? rightfully ' be compelled to submit#1^ support a 1 Government that Ihev doirAn?'nn(^fol 1 resistance on their part*69 l^em lra'~ tQ 1 tora and criminals, jjpnciple. that is W( possible to be named roorft self-ev- jfl iilently false than thjf mure Den-on- | dently fatal to all p^1 freedom. Yet of it triumphed in the ?a"d it is now as- wj Burned to he eatabtf- ^ il bo real- m ly e?Uh|iahed, thj|umb??' of slaves, 8R instead of having)**11 diminished by vc ! the war, has bee4atly increased; for ' a mpn thus sulJ& .to& Government ^ that he does nqVnt? 18 8 *I?Te 5 ?nd jn ' there is no differ*11' principle, but only in degree, betfr political and chattel rt' 5 rlavery. Tlie fj^p? DO i?88 than the lat- a ' ter, denies a m^'Wrab'P of himself and Vl ' the products o? labor, and asserts that ^ " other men m?wn him and depose of i him and hi* #>erty for their uses and at ^ r their pleasur?'l>rev'oa8 to the war, there 0 5 were some j">nds for saying, that in t 1 theory, at ^ not practice, our Gov- t eru merit w? ojie?tliat it rested on ( 3 consent. ^ nothing of that kind can be { fcaid now,.<?be principle on wbiob tbe war . waa carrion Uy tbe North ia irrevocably | r siablisl*" * . , ' ttere^ are told in emphatic language, < I by a Nfbern man whose mind cannot be < obs<v?r/certainly by tEe so-called heresies ^ r'S*>i|iern doctrines, what was the principle which the war waa waged.by the NorthViid wo warned?God grant that the waging may not 'be in v'ain-^-what wiH be Ve result if.4bis principle is \tx&voeably ^tablished. Let.it be established and we bV adieu to constitutional liberty ?republic^ institutions will be swept away In the Itorijj tfiat will arise,, and we shell enter Vn those-' <Jatk and gloomy scenes whic^ always precede t nation's death. Tbe time will tlfeu indeed have | come for us tapmy, in'tbe words of a fearHese and elequqnt son of <3iorgia, for tbe f speedy advent of " tbe American C?sar.H ( The whol^ resent legation . of. tbe:frac-' } tionai dongress at Washington stems to , have only in- view to. break down all tbe j barrier* of the OoottUntton of the United States; to ignore the JmatfrtM Itiitfrtof of the peat ri^Uion of '76; fed to flnMmmAM L.J u !l> itnla _ "" m.JIUtMl UH||H IM ?1>^ 8 feendalion, "the eonifetof the governed,* .. into one sustained fo*? Wp,^ of the radical* pretsnd lbs* the miltUrj ~ bills areqcnstittitlonal. Thayitfmit?-per ^ haps I should say, rather, they trust?thai these measures are unconstitutional, / wbifa ^ they endeavor to "make the South ratiftj ^ th(?^ by arousing and appeal irig to thj A belli?t passions pf hudiaanaUire, ftar aw |e oupicHly. TKay threaten ns with ionfiso w tian, on the one hand, if, we do not accep |v thee* measures; they g*re them ?he sem ' bl&ac* of Kir; wbfie otf tu? otnerjoey n tetapt to brib* tboM ntongtlrto wjio M _ ' MhbMt tod T*nml M to b? willing to poi r- cheirUndbei^ 8yt4be??d*e? bjwllhi ' flw lib?KU? of tititfr oaaMty.^" . ' --- ' / , .;*/>* . * I * . , =i i .ir* l^e virtue of tbo Southern ^'at PeoP'e' w'10 hftve peop* ^ cnpR^|e Qf ma|ji0g any . for the sako of iheir pruiand nil $t , , 1 . . low ns to buy the niero . a?even if they live slaves? . t . ? all that they have heretofore ill-. all that makes life itself held ti . , wortlf1 ^ ?How their influenced by threats? Threats acliod , J . can*'r?OVern "rave ,nen' Are they aj.rjjjconfiscation by Congress? If il Jt' l^e8e Reconstruction Acts, they assuredly suffer confiscation in its i id most tyrannical form, through ^Jvinatructed" States. It is for ihom ^raine these momentous questions | ^selves. They bave already carried ^ion to the verge of folly. Hear ^nother Northern writer says on this V j'he programme of the ruling party ot be altered or changed by conona. That has been tried in the South, the demands of Congress have been plied with by the States lately in revolt. 1 have altered their constitution, >ted the amendment abolishing slaveiy, jded to the condition of the freedmen, dialed tlio debt contracted by them war purposes, and in this manner red their anxiety to resume conRtilu-i i-?: :.i. ?i.? ni icmiivno vstilii niu i cuyni mvtviiit. But each concession lias been rnel i n freab demand, until, at the present >, ten States Imve been turned into tary d. visions, ten Governors, cl.oner be people, superseded by five brigadier arals, and the .will of a minority in Cona placed over.and above the powe authority of the Constitution. * 1 * In order to carry out this 6cheine cb was concocted by the..revolutionar imittee of Coneross. the Southern State made subject to a military tyranny [tout limitation or responsibility, or otlie cks or instructions, than that it thai its powers literally to carry out tli itioal purposes of the ruling party in tb ion." rlas this policy of concession to unlawfi nands been so productive of benefit tin still deBire to pursue it? Are we pre ed, for the sake of expediency?tbi \\ fallacy which has lured us so far c i road to destruction?that Trojan Hon ich has brought with it an Iliad of woi to barter away the few rights remainir us? Yet-this is tlie course we mu l^w, if we accept terms which we kno be contrary to the conditions on whji > surrendered, which are inimical .to t le reconciliations, and which are in op d palpable violation of the Constitute - - ? rI. . _ r .1 * n the u uueu aiaies?-01 miti i^ousiuuu iiich we swear to support, at the vc oment we are grossly outraging its m< cred provisions ! Would not those w >te for these laws, knowing them to loqnstilution&l, be guilty of perjur That good can come of Jaws which bc{ i fraud and can be carried into effect 01 y perjury ? Let me not be understood taking any .reflections on those South ten who honestly j>nd conscientiously i ocate our acceptance of these milit ills. Any divisions amongst us are to eprecated, and-it is as unwise as it is i :ind to impugn the actives of men w - - ? ?? * .j ,i. n many a ueiu, uhyb pruvcvi u? ion to the Soutb. Especially do I rej be virulent Attacks which have been iri >n that gallant soldier who so long an< ibly led the"illustrious First Corps of \rmy of Northern Virginia. It has t lis bard fate, in pe^ce as in war, l< wounded by his own people. That ch ly which " hopeth all things," and a nat distrust of our own judgment, shouldn us treat the conviotiom of sueh men at least kindly and proper Consider But for those M who. see the right, ant the' wrong pursue," who, while their c< try seems io be struggling in the thro death, consult only their own btte and low instinct*?who, to safe tbefr property or atill more vile persons, w degrade their* State? who bid us a dishonor as the price of safety?lang hju do term# strong enough to brand infamy. They are as far beyond the j of adequate punishment in this - .wo they ' are* beneath the stforn and con! of all honorable men. Bat to return to ihe consideration >Reconstruction Acts, from -which thi grfettion hasled-me. What induce dj> the advocates -of these measure? out to U< to accept litem t Can they . 'tse ns pencot Look *t Tennessee learn what kind of peace we are to f Can tbey~proinjse us an-acceptable . ebflititutid??'one that will not be - * ' ~ ? -a - J ^ i feted Willi by Congress i uook mi wiire, "MArylmid and Kentucky' *joy?l* eoifereign Statfce?which arc fat oA tfial Wore * Star Chamber ' mUfceV?? theohafge of not havin pttbflotB eMilhntii?k Can they f i a restoration of the Union ? The rolei* eapreeety declare that* their m * art Can they p even that doubtful good, repreeeoU ~ theCoogrew of theUnitedStltee! ~ for yon to Ken tacky, whoee repreee i ar? iroorainiously' rejected, he?aaa tatUMr Mlte; rf|-. "7nr?i ' r,-<- ,. ~- vw * tgfe_ .V . ' 5 ? ..; ? ;. * * V* . * - \ tnanent and total exclusion from hercoun- I ciU of tho intellect, the experience, the! wisdom and the patriotism, which, in times past, gave her lustre ; that, instead of these noble qualities and virtues, she commits hor political dostinics to the guidance of ignorance, inexperience, folly and radicalism ; that she adopts a constitution disfranchising forever the men who, in obeying her command to defend her, believed that ? n..A . <i.nt -l.., noiu oci viii^ v?vu j innu ouo *' Buys?ignominious purchase?short reposs, With dying curies and the groans of tlioa* Tliut served and loved, and put in liar their trust." Suppose alio does all these things and that the radicals then graciously permit her to eend her representatives to Washington, from what class will she select the men who are to fill the places Once honored by Lowndes, Calhoun, McDuffie, Preston, ChevcB, Hayne, Iluger, and their glorious compeers ? '1 ho same body which has SIIOW11 aucil WIKUUIU HIIU IIIHgllUllllllliy III framing these Reconstruction Acta that are to brine; so many blessings in their train, gives you the answer in the following Act of Congress : " 1. Hereafter any person elected or ap pointed to any office of power or profit under the Government of tho United States, either in the civil, military or naval departments of oublic service, excepting the President ot ilie United States, shall, ' before entering upon the duties of sncb office, nod before being entitled to any of ' the salary or other emoluments thereof, ' take and subscribe the following oath : 1 do solemnly swear, that I hare never voluntarily borne arms agaiust the Uuited r States since I have been a citizen thereof: k that I have voluntarily given no aid, coun tenance, counsel or encouragement to perV sons engaged iu armed hostility thereto 8 that I have neither sought, nor acceptet ? nor attempted to exercise, the functions o r any office whatever, under an* nutborit; II " " or pretended authority in hostility to thi e United States; that I have not yielded ; ? voluntary support to any pretended Government, authority, power or constitutioi )] within tlie United States, hostile or inimi it cal thereto. And I do further swear, tlm - to the best of my knowledge and ability, it will support nnd defend the Constitution < in the United States agftinst.all enemies, for ie eign nnd domestic; that I will bear trr es faith and allegiauce to the same; that ig take this obligation freely, without an st mental reservation or purpose of evasion >w and that ! will well anil faithfully discharj Ltli the duties of the office on which I a ill about to enter?so help -me God I Ai en any person who shall falsely take the 6* on onth shall be guiliy of perjury, and < on conviction, in addition to the penahi try now prescribed for that offence, shall >st deprived of bis office, snd rendered incaj bo ble of ever after holding any office orph le Under the United Stales." y 1 .Is representation in Congress so v< desirable, that wo should send men tin ?ly who e*n take that oath, rather than tl ?9 we should remain unrepresented long* Brn Can the people of the State trust th >d- who could or who would take it ? 1 nry the honor of our Stale, I should pr< b? that site should not be roproeonted in 1D~ halls of Cdngress until her delegates < ho, enter them aa freemen, representing a b. ereign Slate, with all her "dignity, *qua gret -and rights unimpaired." When that iade comes, there may be a restoration of J 80 Union in fact, as well as in theory ; w the North and South, forgiving the past, ? >??n if they cannot forget may m?et y be equals on some common grounds, wl ari- tie honor, the righ's and; the feeling :ural both can be recognized and respected. lAKe un{il that day does come, in tue wora with Patrick H?nry> "Geutlemen may cry j* tion. peaeeJ but there is no peace P ' y?' tt it scarcely. necessary for irte to 5Jn~ that, entertaining the views I have exp 83 ed, I think It-far preferable the. ? fears a(jOU|^ remain in its present condi under military hile, than that. it _ah rould gpVQ fts sanction to measures wlilol believe to be illegal, unconstitutional ;nage fQiuouj. __ ';? .roj honest .and firm b their t,l]a voluntary acceptance of J reach meAtare> by our people u oil Id sorely I r'^ 118 not only to the South, but to tlie i LemJ)t country*, evils far greater than any we yet suffered. The North, flushed witl ot.tbe cm, and drunk wklt,power, may n is Ji- able to realise thir&ol { but fta surely i ment* South folic a victim to irre?ponstbl< i hold unlicensed power, a6 tbrely will the ] prom* lo?e its liberties. Ruin to the Soutl i, Mid react on tho Nqrih, nnd if we -ere or bite, ibto the. dust, the. Northern peopU. w State but .the foreshadowing of their owo c inter- doom. Recognise, a* ad .established Dele- cipler the right of ni\y political, part} ?three *Vi*y be In the afcc4nd*tio^ to fix op > to be who differ wiU?4b.enk-l?ws urtautbori: .com- the Conaiitutiou of tbe United State g Re- we shall, beginlhat downward career iromiee will lead m eteadily tbrougb *eonfus> radical afchy ' and bloody io the ottUiu ove easures of republish ineiitatioo*and free g tOtaii-B, meDt. Believing 1%' f regard H btioo In. duty of erery man, in tip exs raise t re- right aocofded to all by tLee# ?nilitai MtaihtM to tMoooaa. tbeh adoption bj all nbtlt mMM.' - ?*-iWj>*opl? -fetartft ?1 ha Villi* | Uioo, of mp?rfny a\iV*r umt ot >|;th? oothto 4ta?,?a n&r , /,V.S^< ; t *' MR * . * ' - w <*-JLS*? ; . * ? v ' T as possible. Let every man register, and cast his vote ogainbt the convention, since the question will be made on that Usuo. These, gentlemen, are the conclusions to which I have been brought by the most anxious consideration of tlioso " important matters soou to be submitted to the pooplo of the State." They hare been laid before you at greater length than I intended, but it seemed to me best to let you hnvo my premise:*, aa well as my conclusions, in order that you might judge of the correctness of both. I can only any that I have discussed this momentous question with the single desire to arrive at the truth, and I hope that it has at least been discussed in a temperate and dispassionate spirit. Let me bring ona other subject, suggested by your letter, to your consideration, and I shall tax your patience no farther. You say, truly, that I, as well as yourselves, " have hoped and striven' for entire harmony of action among our people." It has been my moBt earnest desire to secHre this harmony, as it has been my constant effort to allay excitement, aud to counsel obedience to the laws. This has been tlx prevailing sentiment among our people and if it fails of its object, it will not b< our fault. As it is of llie last consequence to main lain the same amicable relations wbicl Imvo heretofore existed between the white and the blaok?, I cannot too strongly reit; erate my counsel, that all classes &houl< cultivate harmony and exercise forbear ! ance. Let our people remember that th negroes have, as a general rule, behave I admirably, and that they are in no mann? responsible for the present condition of af fairs. Should they, in the future, be mitle by wicked or designing men,- let ua con sider how ignorant tbey necessarily ar j and let us, only the more, try to convinc j them that wo nro their beat friends. Dei with them with pcrfect justice, and tin show that you wish to promote their ad vAncement and enlightenment. Do tlii and the uegroes will not only learn to tru t you, but they will soon appreciate the fa so evident to us, that we can do witho t them far better than thty can do witho j us. f On a late public occasion, where rnai of you were present, I expressed ?uy pe [e feet willingness to see impartial suffra j established at the South, and I believe tl v this opinion is entertained, not only by large majority of the intelligent a"tod r fleeting whites, but also of the game ch m among the blncks. I deprecate, univer 1(j suffrage, not only on general principles, 1 #l especially in the case before us, becaus* 3n deny the tight of Congress to prescribe ies ru'e3 citizenship in the States. *3 ke Supreme Court 1ms decided that a negr not a citizen of the United States, i tce Congress cannot reverse that decision an Act. The States, however, are coin tent to confer citizenship on the negro,: I think it ia the part of wisdom that 8 I action should be taken by the Soult ^ ^ States. W? have recognized the freec of the blacks, and bave placed this r ^ beyond all probability of doubt, denin ' recall. Let as recognize in the same fi ^ ^ maimer, and as fully, their political ri also. For myself, I confess that I am j -nn e _*.i _ _i?n. i_ ... lecuy W1I1IU|? III SCO H UUUSUIUIIVII nuu ?.* by our State, conforring the elective f 1 " chise on tho negro, on precisely the a , terms as it is to be exercised by the v the k man, guarding against the abuse of privilege by establishing a slight ed Te? tional and property qualification fo\ J *8 classes. Iiere I have thus, gentlemen, endeavor* 8 comply, as fully as possible, with the quest oonyeyed in your letter. A i 8 of duty to the State, and an eminent < lce to show my respect to my fellow-cit' from whom I have received io many n any Qf kindness and confidence, are the rets- motives which could have induced r hate take any part in public affairs. If the i tion, views thrown out for your Consider ould nre instrumental in arousing any one ) we sense ,of the dangers syrroundiog ua, ?nd_ they can be of the slightest benefit to e'ief* who have called for them, they frill beee Accomplished their end*. . Tbanklnj l?ng? again for the honor you bave done ?bp!e. naking counsel of me, and praying tb bftre efforta to save our beloved 8ta$e frou i>uc- niny be successful, I am, with great r ot be and est^ro, your friendaod fsllow-c 19 the v? . WADE K/MrTi Columbia, Auguik i, 1867. To D. W. iUy, W.?. TV . ' F. Thomas Ei U, taw, and qUieri. untied ill see ? ' ** *" ' attain Gibw.?Tbere are -two kin prin- girls. Otffe ia. $he kind that aj f that beat Abroad, tbe girls that ere *w n?rtllw. rides, visits, balls, &A VII KI. r -J , , ,, Mxlby whose chief delight is in aaoh 1 b, ?nd The other U tbe kind " that a which beat at home, the ?irls that are mi, a^t* aud ehperfol fa the dining root rihrow tooffl, and all the preeinota of ofelra^' Tbey differ widely in character aa the ia^flett a torment at home, th< of th? ft btoselng. One is a moth, o< ijrWIta. lawful ia a aonbeam, inspiring tight an <lU - * u? ivilege, I neea ?u ?roun? di^t itpNiMMil .pi#, wed* little, tu>4 ?? auiu tto good 3l?Ba\y ties of both io one. ; ; ' A A GRAND OLD POEM. Who shall judgo a man from manners f Who shall know him by his drcsst Paupers may be fit for princes? Princes fib for nothing less. Crumpled shirt and dirty jaoket May beelotlio the golden ore Of the deepest thought and feeling? Satin vests could do no more. There are springs of crystal nectar Ever welling out of Btono ; Thero are purple buds, and goldtn, Hidden, crushed, and overgrown. Qod, who oouuts by souls, not dresses. Loves and prospers you and me, WKIIa Via valiiAB (ItrnncQ ilia liirrttA*! But as pebbles in the sea. Man, upraised above his fellow*, Oft forgets his fellows then ; Masters, rulers, lords, remember That jour meanest hinds are menMen by labor, men by feeling, Men by thought, and men by fame? ! Claiming equal right3 to sunshine In a man's ennobling name. 1 There are foam-embroidered ocean*, There sre little weed clad rill*; | There are feeble, inch high saplings, ? There are cedar* on the hills. God, who ocnnta by souls, not stations, ' Lores and prospers you and rat, A 3 For to him all vain distinctions Are as pebbles in the sea. Toiling bands alone are builders * 1 Ot a nation's wealth or fame; 9 Titled laziness is pensioned Fed and fattened on the same ; J By the sweat of other's foreheads, Living only to rejoice, While the poor man's outraged freedom 0 Vainly lifted up his voice. <1 sr Truth and justioe are eternal? Born with lorelinecs and light; , Secret wrongs will never prosper, While there is a sunny right; ~ God, whose world-heard voice is singing 8> Boundless love to yoa and !Q oil] KB uppreNiuu wuu ua al Am the pebbles In the sea. 18 THE UCPOBTAKCE OF A GOOD EDUCATION. I- I consider a human soul, without b. education, liko marble in the quarry: at which show none of its inherent beautict es until the skill of tho polisher fetches ut out the colours, makes tho surface shino ut and discovors every ornamental cloud spot, and vein, that runs through the ny body of it. Education after the samo r- manner, when it works upon a noble ge mind draws out to view every latent iAt virtue and perfection, which, a withont such helps, are nearly able to e- make their appearance. m If my reader will givo mo leave to sal change the allusion so soon upon him, jut I shall make use of the samo instanoe 3 I to illustrate the force of education, the which Aristotle has brought to explain Che bis doctrine of substantial forms, when o is he tell us that a statuo lies hid in a *nd block of marble; and that tbe art of tho by statuary only oloars away tho superpe fluous matter, and removes tho raband bish. The figure is in the stone, and uch the scalptor only finds it. What ern sculpture is to a block of a marble, lom education |s to a human soul. Tho fact philosopher, the saint, or the hero lor the wiBe tho good, or the great man, ank very often lies hid and concealed in a gbts plebeian, which a proper education per- might have disinterred, and have pted brought to light. I am therefore much ran- delighted with reading tbe accounts mmo of Bavage nations} and with contemplate plating those vittues whioharo wild ibis and uncultivated : to see courage#x uca- erting itself in fleroenoss, resolution r all ia obstinacy, wisdom in canning, paticnoe in sullennecd and despair. d to It is an unspeakable blessing, to be 1 re- born in those parts of the world where sen** wisdom and knowledge flourish, lesire Those who have bad the advantages Jwn% of a roore liberal education, rise above mrks one another by several different deonly grees of perfection. For, to return ne to ta our statue in the block of marble, crude we see it sometimes only begun to be atido, ohipped, sometimes rough hewn, and > to a but just sketched Into a human figure; i or if sometimes we see the man appearing, those distin ctly in alt his limbs and features, have sometimes we find the figure wrought K 7?a% up to. great elegancy; but seldom me in meet with any to "whioh the band of a at our phidiaa or a Praxiteles could not give i rain several nice toncheeand finishings.? wpecfr JddUoru SMien, DN. Lm Pabcmxid Oo?.?.Lord Coke - wrote the following, which bo religlley, J. iowly observed ''Six hours to sleep, To Uw'i great study six, ' Four imdJ la Dnfil*. ' ds of -> Th? rut to o alar* fix/! * 'l jpenrs Bat ^ViUtota Jones, a. wiser eoonomist of tbe fleeting hours of life, Amended 3., and the atniimentthoi:? ftings. . - iu>am to taw, ~ ^ i ppearff ?o aaotbfag ehwb?r acres, ;.* iWU Tm to the world allots * O, fetok And all tobMTMu" home, M?. * 1 ' . On a Hich A*D PooR~<'Wh? I Had . -JJ nothing of my own? sftysfents ?l frit t> other tbe tree*of tbe fbresfe* the jr&as >?enm? of the meadows, the evami tee?KT i u$lher -?ll the Bta? were mitte, bti% ttnof 1 4 gl^f. purehwed thtefetd bouse abd g?|mHi l 1 Tbe Uya BOkmgtry^th'pg eteo. tat ? both ? ^oma i qaali. The <fer th*t he*r*tfc . life Abldetfcttiong vrf * T'. -f -1'^ 1 1 1 w"^vl " W*.; . - .^.'* gt^'f T*8- . fc. " m : X1 ' V