The New York Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1867, Page 5

SOUTH CAROLINA, SPECIAL COBRESPONDENCE OF THE WERALD. The Kailroads of the State—Miserable Ac- commodations to Travellers—A Night With @ Planter—Condition of Columbia—The Fra- the Negrees— Object of the Movement, &c. Coummia, 8. C., Mareh 24, 1867. ‘The railroads of South Carolina are about equally de- moralized with her citizens. In a trip of only a hundred miles through the State by rail the most remarkable ‘things happen, enough to astonish even the oldest and most experienced traveller. Precedents are not at all regarded in the management of these roads, and the cars ‘are frequently nothing more than pens, where men are Innddled in together to endure the greatest discomforts and the most tedious journeys, which, however short in their number of miles, are sure of being Jong and weari- some in their execution. The trams are generally made up of four cars only—one for baggage, one for ladies, one for men without ladies, and one for the niggers of both rexes. Oh no protext is the gentleman passenger al- towed in the ladies’ car, although it frequently happens, as it did op the trip from Charleston to Branchville several days ago, that there is only one lady occupy- ing that comparatively comfortable vehicle, The unfortunate traveller finds himself forced to crowd in with a mass of semi-reconstructed vets, still clad in their army gray, great, gawky, uncombed, filthily dirty, odoriferous crea- tures, coptact with whom is sare to result in an un- desirable acquisition. These shock-headed, big eared, round-shou'dered envlings, with their staring, vacant, seuliess eyes, long, thin faces, sunken cheeks and sinis- ter looks, sre suflictently demoniac in appearance to frighten the wretched traveller into an act of suicide if he be confined with them for a long trip. But shortly after the train has started off another dis- comfort is discovered, and one which is found even worse than the flooding of the floor with tobacro juice, which is invariably done most completely before the train leaves the depot. The new evil, however, is mach worse in its effects on the respectable passenger. Every traveller by rail in South Carolina, it must be known, carries with him his well filled whiskey bottle, with which he agrecably beguiles the weary time of his jour- . The Northern traveller, it is tree, frequently is found doing likewise; but here the custom seems gene- ral, and no one, rich or poor, thinks of travelling over a hundred miles without having made abundant provision of “the ardent,”” an consuming it, too, on the journey. So, no . sooner has the tram gotten out on ‘the road than the whiskey bottles aro simultaneously produced on all sider, and imbibation begins. ‘The noisy party of ragzed, ignorant and debased beasts 4n front of you gulp down great mouthfuls of their fiery “ered eye” from time to time, until they are like a sponge tho>oughly soaked and can contain po more, when some ‘one of the bait drunken party, removing the neck of the bottie from his slaver dripping lips, invites yon to drink, which you do, or pretend to do, for the sake of peace and harmony, for in case of refusal a fight would Probably ensue. Thus uncomfortably situated, and moreover, with your feet sliding back and forth ona floor slippery and slimy with tobacco juice and filth, ‘yoo are bum and thumped and jarred at the rate of ten (often only five) miles an hour towards Branchville, you meet with the train from Augnsta, which affords a littie better accommodations, but runs equally slow, for the rest of the way to Colum| The conductors on the South Carolina roads are gen- erally found the most dignified of individuals, evidently Jate officers in the Southern army, and plainly impressed with the idea that their present occupation 1s far be- meath them. Theee dignitied individuals arc each, in true Southern style, attended by a darky, who by might carries the lantern while they collect the tick- et coupons, and by day answers all such questions as the white officiais may think it beneath their dignity to answer, It appears, indeed, that every emplové on ‘she train has a double ora servant of some sort to aid ‘ork remarked the other day on the mington to Charieston, that the cars are Aadep with employes. three railroad lines trom New York by way of ‘Weldon are wretchedly uncomfortable and uncertain; ‘bus worse and worre as we travel ways over- re B a & 3 Station called Rossville, as I was sitting in a dte- | jiate mood on my valise under a wood odie od a.greoery, ee a a wv a spectacie ppearing train, there appea' ‘mo Means immediately at nand of reaching permanent a bundle of rage containi ‘who desired the privilege of “toting” old him I was willing if he could in- form me where he proposed to ‘tote’ he seized the vali under me and put off across ‘the railroad track up & maddy road leading into the ‘woods at an extremely rapid gait. After a lively walk ef fally an hour’s duration, and after suffering the addi- tional discomfort of taking many ‘short cuts,” as the called them, across the country, we arrived at Jones)” residence. This was an ordinary coun- myle, and was, as may is’ State, somewhat ”* it to, whereupon built in the Southern thing in i and its H ib iyi i ny i ; i i 4 ZEEE ett : 44 i i A it Bs sept | 3 i i Aj i 1a fl ashe 2 : ‘ fF rid # e i iF é i ii 5 £ £ i [ Ls g 2 i EF) ? t ! TERE FE B i tr z if 2° 55 Sede E fl at u 4 g i Ps 5 } ! HE i i : i t # z Eg iF H 3 F | i i : i Fy 8 t Ei i the shape of a completoly African re South in Congress. Reerything mdicates that this is tne programme by at least the politicians of this section of the State, who have been around ainong the planters near and far in istriot, for all of them whom I have visited confirm this je cion by their reticence as well as by their hints. ‘Wade Hampton should take part in @ negro meeting, and address the assembiage on Le subject, surely argues this thie vicini the negroes of this _— lay, however, in the by Co Te yng Bad men, Te pa fe Fy -g the negro becoming a voter in spite of all they can do or say, conclude that it ia to their interest to conciliate Lim, and hence this sudden outburst of maguiloquent seoti- mentality and affection. It may be earnest and fair, but lL seriously doubt it, There is some hidden meaning ine: these sudden professions, some sly artiice conceaied be- neath this smooth surface of smiles and these profes- mons of fraternal regard for the black map, The very men who did the speechmal op this oecasion are firmly opposed in private arguments to the step twken for the political advancement of the class which they ad- dressed so plausibly, The Columbia lawyer, Mr. Arthur, who professed in bi to be in favor of the mov ment. since it would elevate the status of the neg talked altogether differently the before in a conver. sation with several of bis fellow lawyers; and though his influence and bis furious denunciation of the constitu- tional amendment as aided in holding South Caro- Nina back on the verge of precipoe where she now stands, On the ev@ning of the proces- sion a lawyer named Blankman made a speech in front of bik residence ‘to the bincks, but after the pro- cession bad moved on chuckled with a number of his friends at having done the thing just right, neither hav- ing said too much nor too little for their purpose, These men bave nightly meetings, but are very guarded in their public expressions of opmion. They evidently mean Work, avd those who really intend to act rarely talk much. These men are wily, wiry, thin, keen eyed, tall, lean, spectral in figure and’ looks, and, as will be shown some day uot far distant, are dangerous to their fellow citizens and to the country at large. They are evidently playing for power, and are determined to ob- tain it by whatever subterfuge, though the result may be the degradation or ruin of their State. An old furmer, one of the poor class, residing about fifteen miles from here, west of the Congaree river, m Lexington district, in conversing on the subject of re- constriction, declared that there would be no trouble but for the lawyers, who wero stirring up discord and main- taining trouble for their own purposes, “That's just what was the maiter with our war,” said the old man; ‘we had too many lawyers a holdin’ of it; and they've just made a. sorry looking country of this. They'll never stop until they have ruined all of us or else have got their object, and that is all the offices and all the profits. ‘They didn’t go into the war—none of vem, I noticed—aithough they made it, but they forced us ail in. “When the proposition was made im the Con- federate Congress that the members should adjourn and £0 into the army as private soldiers, how many on ‘em Voted fur it? Jest one, the man that proposed it; and that’s 3 They'll keep the State ter till they gain their ends, but they won't suffer themselves.” J endorse the old man’s opinions in reference to the litical strategists now operating In Columbia and the strict round about, They have their own interests to subserve, and they regard no considerations of public welfare or political good, If they could be removed the honest and untrammelled sentiment of the people mizbt find expression, aud genuine peace and proeperity might be re-established in this unhappy State, PUBLIC OPINION IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 70 THE FDITOR OF THE HERALD. It is unnecessary for us here to recapitulate the politica! history of South Carolina during the past forty years, The genius of Calhoun gave it shape and being, and, whether for good or evil, his counsels during all ‘this period in the main have been implicitly followed. The smal) fry of politicians, finding that thie was the popular eide, tuned their lyres to his pitch, and year after vear sharpened their axes on the State rights grind- stone. To this doctrine were we born, in thie school have we been bred, and this has been the harp of a thousand strings on which politicians and newspapers have rung the changes of anti-nationalism. The people, in the proper democratic sense of the word, have had but little to do with determining even the most mo- mentous public measures. A few ambitious politicians or placemen sounded the key note, aud the forty thou- sand voters took up the chorus. We are asbamed to say this—we are grieved to be under the necessity of making such @ confession—but stern truth demande it; and at this important joncture—this turning point in our political existence—such @ retrospect, # rigid self- examination, may not be unprofitable. The leaders in polities, our-Senatora, members of Con- gress and Governors goaded the people on to secession and to war. And when the war came, what did these * gentlemen €o? Rush to the tront or lead forlorn hépes? A few of them perhaps may be found by the diligent and careful historian on the Jong roll of South- ern braves; bat the vast majority in this and otner Southern States went to the Confederate Congress or neld other civil offices. If they were foiled in this, they still bad sufficient influence in Richmond to secure ex- emption from field service. They became postmasters and tax aseessore, diplomatic agente or collectors of “tax in kind.” We were called to mourn the loss of very fow of these heroes, rue, these gontiemen may object and say, they were not soldiers and could serve the State better in other capacities. This protest did not protect the farmer, the merchant or the artisan, who were all conscripted. But suppose we grant that their reason for not going to the ficid was a good one, is it not equally good now for requiri to remain at home and enjoy 2 dignified ease—pianting pease and x ee tics the trade they fess. They made it the business Dat genmmee cond sion fae exercising their craft, bo} possible ities for an they failed. All their prophecies have failed, their proved foolishness and their devices have come to nautht. Neither their conduct during the stro; nor therr efforts since the elore of the war have justified = ‘Bot onr people, we are glad to know, are beginning to have their eyes opened. je are beginving at last to shake off the torpor, and to think for ourselves. We cannot undo the past, but, God helping ue, we intend stretching every nerve to bring im the future. If our present anomalous and 0 meane sai shall teach us to on ourselves, to think, borne the military yoke pohtical hacks, We must come it. Let us have new men, honest men; ana, viewed from this point, the See coon itt at ones ed tonal amendmen Prove a blessing to us. It seems pot so much to have been aimed at the soldiers of the Pi Fy ih jaded ti i j H - i 4 i | i Pry | Z 5 ; Fd iH i 3 i + g E & 58 i i i iH i 33 i i i # ; i i i i # i ; zek Classes more especially, enjoy large share of the confidence of the colored people. If they will act fairly, honorably and justly they @ill best subserve the interests of both parties, and avert al) mischief. But we are sorry to eee signs of a contrary cheracter. We have hitherto beon spared the infliction of » Hunnicut, We do not believe there is labors to alienate the ihe: agi ere keep their machinations a dead secret, Fronave been gang oteng, very quietly here, on the ever mnce the cloee the war. In the firet flash of freedom some of the in the low country ferhane, dienes Se to by cotored energy by General men's Bureau agent, Ai we had serious riots such ae have oo- it otherwise. of these, very few, are natives, and doubtless lay claim to the now menitorious tille of bav- ing always unconditional Unionists. It would not be to their interest, perhaps, to have their past record too closely examined. They are per however, of utter insignificance in the community, und could never have risen to the political or even social surface, except sudden and radical revolution, h as havi been passing through. These men have nothing to lose but everything to gain by agitation. To gain their ends— office and emolument—they will resort to any and every means, What care they for a vided they derive present and immed) agitation. fe are sorry to see that these idividuel meet with countenance and support from Northern men, temporarily sojourntug here, emissaries of mission- ary and aid societies, upon their followers to keep aloof trom all political movements projected by the whites and act separately, thus hoping to control the future State governments, to the partial if not votal ex- clusion of the late Confederates. Now we submit this course is neither wise, just nor ter yon ‘will not contribute to peace or harmony, and jodeed cannot pose! lead to any good result, If are ever again to have and free government all classes of citizens must work togetver, without refer- ence to color, condition or antecedents, ‘All these must be tiung to the winds. We are now all equal before the law; but while the black man is as good as the white man, we know of no enactment, divine or human, that reverses the foriner suttus of the two races, and consti- tutes the negro the superior of his pale brother. SAROLINIANS, VIRGINIA, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD, Progress of Reconstruction—Reconstructions ints North and South —Imposing Array— Last Venr— The Practicnb! Faliure to Induce Inmigration—the Freed- men Identifed with the South—Experience of Planters. Ricumoxp, Va., March 25, 1867. Reconstruction progresses in the South, When Sena- tor Sherman introtuced a resolution relieving Governor Brown, of Georgia, and ¢ nor Patton, of Alabama, from the disabilities of the Reconstruction act, it inau- gurated the renewal of feelings for the Union, long dor- mant in the South. The people see in this act a dispo- sition on the part of the ruling party to restore their mis- taken leaders to their political rights. Long associations with these men who devoted themselves to the lost cause compels them to love and revere that devotion; and, under the resolution above referred to, no clase in the sonth can more effectually influence a speedy resto- ration by the benefit of their counsels. which in such a case will be given wisely. This will be piainty evident to any intelligent mind; these men enjoy and have the confidence of the people of the South, and under alenient course towards them will be of incalculable benefit in harmonizing the two sections, now so utterly at vari- ance, Senator Sherman, as the author of the Military bill and tho relieving from disability resolution, has won the confidence of the Southern people and stands fore- most as a reconstructionist. Next in that category comes Joe Brown, of Georgia, who has with a will gone to work to effect reconstruction in that State, Orr, of South Carolina, is aboat to convene his Legisiature for the same purpose, and Wade Hampton has recently been speaking wholesomely and sensibly to both the black and white citizeus of tbe same State. In Virginia Gen- eral Schofield ie ably seconded in bis reconstruction measures by the members of the Legislature and officers of the government, and even funatics of the stamp of Henry A. Wise evince a desire to co-operate in renviting our disunited country. Last, and not least, comes the forcible advice of the Herstp on the same subiect, and if one thing has had a harmonizing tendency more than another among the Southern. people, thet was the Presidential ticket recently advocated— Grant for President, and Lee for Vice President, in 1868. With such an arrav of advocates for reconstruction, and looking from such a standpoint can there be any doubt that ere long the country, north and south, east and west, will be unit peace and harmony will prevail, confidence in our will be rest and once more happiness and prosperity will reign supreme in this benighted and poverty stricken portion of the country? In the present state of social disorganization in the Southern States there is no question of more vital im- portance than chat of labor, The preas teems with com- plaints of the negro, as Jaborer in his freed state, end thousands of remedies are suggested in relation to tho agricu!tural and borticaltural interests in connection with this problem. But it is encouraging to sec that among the Southern people there ar some who fully appreciate the future social standing of the blacks, and the absolute dependence upon their r, especially on aliuvial lands, where unacclimated and ioreign white labor can never supptant it. When the greet and sud- den a from a state of slavery to that of freedom, by which the social relations of two races were 80 Wonderfully altered, avd one converted from élaves into treemen, is considered—it must be allowed that the blacks, numbering 4,000,000, eminently deserve credit Tor the becoming, le and diguided manacr in which they bave conducted them-elves since their “ penrewelpeg mg iteon enamine ge ner of a portion ir former owners, bo testi- ed to. Attached by old associations to the slaves—they stimulated their pride of character, and fostered among them aims jooking to high social and moral standards; they gy veonge their own contracts with the Regroes, example raged them to @ similar performance of theirs. pote Sa a on the rs v1 age of Pe a Sp bas come under my notice, and in every case have I found them to result detrimentally to the former. Confidence ‘vecomes destroyed, and a spirit of bitterness and hatred between them is The farmer cannot hire laborers bs ong and it often results in confirming the negro in his habits of idjeness, theft, and other vices to which he may be addicted, The have long since learned that freedom does not mean play; that it t with it new responsibil i- tien, and the necessity to Jaber diligently for tnemseles; they could no longer | two particularity their former sn oe help; they saw that they would have to establish characters, and, better than all, they soon understood their interests were identified with the people among whom they lived. a large portion of them are, however, discontented, and notwithstanding the great scarcity of labor all over the South, refuse to be employed op the contract system, But these are only exceptions. In consequence of the high prices offered in Louisiana and Mis: pi for laborers a great emigration from Aln- ‘bama and Georgia been resulting in a scarcity of labor in those States, Numerous complaints : re number of uncultivated for want of a sufficiency of labor. In this State there is alto a fearcity 0 of by the planters; bat I do pot think it prevails to any extent that wil! be injuri- imtroduction of white foreign to this end micration societies are bemg formed, and in some States Commissioners have been appointed by acts of the Legis- ything but pleasing to , though the only one feasible at oop Ay animals, seede, imple- w ar i in renal! ‘been ti : i E Great desire on the part of the friends of both to make & match, and last evening & number of Coburn’s friends congregated at the Adriatic, im Hudson street, but no @afintte notion wae takem in the matter, It is pre- fomed that the affair wil) be gettied during the coming week, The Military Law Not So Bad After All-The » True Policy of the South is Work. {From the New Orleans Bee, March Perhaps many of our readers have seen th graph recently going the rounds of the press regarding the blunt old Georgian planter who found himeeif im the company of & party of pseudo politicians, who were whining pogubetously over the passage of the new mili- tary law. ing him listening to the remarks, one turned upon bim with the question, “And what will you do when the lawis in operation’ He did not know, but stood revolving the svbject in his mind, as if form- ing an opinion, and finally asked if there was anything in the law to prevent him from raising cottop. ‘Oh no; but then——’ “But thon ] don’t care a —— what kind of laws they make; I am for raising cotton,” It must be agreed that the sturdy planter’s spirit was much more commendable than bis piety, but no one ean fail at this time to admire his sevtinints, If there were hope for the South in the political strife, the stern critic might phe to the planter's theory; but when all know that the South lies prostrate and suffering, completely at the merey of the conqueror, there can be no donbis about the duty of Southern men. When the alternative is presented of assisting the South by raising cotton or corn, or cane, or by fighting for her in the political arena, while heavily ironed and shackled, who would hesitate which alternative to adopt? Therefore we be- lieve the Georgian’s example a good one, and worthy of comment and commendation, * * * Of all times the present seems to be the best and most appropriate for the development of the agricultural and mineral wealth of the South and for layine the foundation of an enduring prosperity in the future, Excluded from participation in the government, and refused represen- tation im Congress, there is nothing left for us to do but to encourage homo industry, and do all in our power to build up the great empire whieh must one day arise from the rich tract of country lying between the prairies of the West and the Atlantic Coast and the Potomac and the Gulf of Mexico. It.will be done sooner or Jater, and if not by our own people, whose descendants can reap the benefits to be de- rived, by adventurers from the North and other coun- tries, who are not slow to ree the fine prospect that is opening. With this prospect in ‘view we feel very much as Mr. Banks did about the Union before he was made a general, and are willing to ‘let the situation slide’ so that we are not interrapted in planting cotton and cane. The horrors of the military bill have been greatly mag- nifled, as our people will soon find, and it will make bus very little difference to any class except the polit cians, So ihe people generally are willing to lay aside all preja- dices, to let politics alone for the’ present, to plant and trade, and to siand ready to vote when the time comes, we ‘lo not think there will be much trouble. General Sickles’ Order. {From the Charleston Merenry, March 25.) To this practical and judicious appeal but littie can be aaded, South Carolina still retains right of her appeal to the Supreme Constitutional Couri; but, while it can be dene without dishonor, we enjoin upon our people fall and complete conformity with the requirements of the Military law. {From the Columbia (8. ©.) Phoenix, March 26 } It will be seen from this order that no change what- ever wil! take place in the administration of the laws by the civil authorities, unless some exigency arises which may demand the interference of the military authorities, We hope and trust that no such exigency will occur, and that the desire of the Commanding General, expressed in the sixth paragraph of the order. * to proserve tran- quility and order by means and agoncies most congenial to the people,” will be faithfully co-operated with, both by the civil authorities and all’ good citizens, and that they will render that ‘universal obedience” to the laws which iz so highly desirable in the present condition of our political affairs, [From the imington (N. C.) Journal, March 26.) General Sic ili find, in taking command of his district, our Execut Department in charze of a Gov- ernor devoted to the interests of the State and the gene- ral government; our Jadiciary composed of gentiemen no less respected for their ability than their integrity; our rounicipal affairs directed by officials who command the respect of al!, and our people, generaily, disposed to obey the lawe set up for their government aud endeavor- ing to renew the prosperity of the country. We know that tbe co-operation of civil ofticers and all good citi- zens will be extended to the commanding officer, and nothing will be done to require the interposition of mih- tary authority. N Carolinians have won an enviable reputation as @ law abiding people, and in thix hour of their severest tris) will not prove unworthy of their gocd name. " (from the Charleston Courier, March 25. ois cotep lases betore our not harshly but very distinctly, the fact that from to-day wo are under.s military government, command! general pos-" Resses OVEr A, e, & Sensitive and a suffering people, a. more absolute authority than ts wielded by any but one of tue monarvbs of Europe, We velieve that he feets the soiemn responsibility of his position, and that he Wwishos to use his great power wisely and generously— that it is bis nonorable ambition to carry us peacefully and safely through euob a crisis as an. old aud civilized society has scarcely ever been forced to pass, With our.aid honestly given as it bas been frankly asked, we Detieve he wil achieve his purpose, And when better @ays shall bave come, we trust that he will be able to Took back, not only upon good and wise intentions, but upon lasting and bappy results, And for oursel let us do our duty like wize and resolaic men. [i te not un easy nor a pleasant dnty, bnt we ought not to forget thas however pure our purpose and unselfish our sacrifice, we bave brought this misory upon the land we love. And if God has taught us ‘thal we are not to serve the State ip the way we thoug! dest, Jet us in a of equal sacrifice serve it as he its. Yesterday, for the first time after along and sad silence, the old belle of St, Michael rang out their well remem! chimes, and thore was not a na- el tive heart that did not throb in unison. a lip quivered, many a Tyo eye filled; 05 proven forget how often they in exultation with our or tolled in sympathy with the brave and who perished in the bitter struggle. Apd as those sounds of peace floated away from the old spire into the Sabbath air, and vibrated over the bluo waters, dallying with the foids of the great banner that shadows our for- tunee, whispering softly over the green mounds of aban- doned batteries where those we loved fought for us even unto death, and dying away in tho far off woods of dis- tant islands, where friend and enemy lie mouldering to- gether, did they not indeed Ring out a slowly dying cause And ancient fomas tt ery strife? and is not the noblest tribute to that cause and the Wisest experience of that strite the manly resolution to grapple boldly with the future? The Republican Party the Only Ally of Loyal Men. {From the Raleigh (N. C.) Standard, March 26.) ‘The suggestion of the Salem Observer thas the Union- ists of North Carolina henceforth adopt the name—and we may add the organization—of the republican party, ig well timed, and meets with our bearty approbation. While we do not mime to dictate, we would respect. fully advise our friends to at once accommodate their political language to this important change. ‘The republican party of the United States of America. Tt isan honorable name, and hwtory will record tbat through its efforts the federal government was preserved, and the integrity of the nation maintained. Devoted to the salvation of the great Western republic and the,per- petuation of the Union and the constitution, with all their inestimable blessings, hitherto it has been the mis- fortune of the loyal people of the south to labor separ- pag Ad apert from their matural allies, Why should we remain divided? Let our organization, State and national, be rendered as harmonious and perfect as our principles and objects are “coupled and inecpare- Tahigoan tteators fom itn eas of poe, nod uted up 1 traitors from the seats Ir, a the nd be “Twas not enongh to help the fecble wp, But to support bim after. ‘To thie party, therefore, the loyaliete of the South arc indebted not only for their ‘but for their tives. Tt success has ever been our triumph; ite defeat would be our annihilation. ‘Therefore, if we are not republi- cans, what are we? Every jnterest impels us to enlist upder the banner of the party. Else, whither are we going? What are we to do? In the Northern States, soch men as Wade, Colfax, Forney, Stevens, Sumuer, Boutwell, Shellabarger, Morton, Logan, Hamlin, Geary, Butler and Howard are its leaders; and in the Souin sach as Botts, Hamilton, Brownlow, aprash Beken and others, Let the loyal people of North line themeelves with the Ne Mare *‘ Mental Reservations.” {From Fiake’s Galveston Bulletin, March 20.) Anxious as we are to see tho political status of the Sournel wheal into Tine and. recept toe tersne profered, roftercd, ‘we must dissent at once, and stron, to the arguments ‘With which some enforce their juntone, We are under duress, say they; no man is bound by what he docs under these circumsi ances longer than he can help him- self, We will get ine power to help out and then ——. Whatthen? The inference is p! do a It is this sort of mental reservation that is we please. called Jesuitical (we do not use the term in a theological sense). We have no patience with it, because it is not open, candid and honest, If those who use it are now conscious of its fallacy and uae it merely to render the of dose more son of @ easy, then we have no ol it isa ion for their own con- sciences to determine. If envelop the military bill in the as ina capsula, to make the swal- lowing more convenient, it ny, night after a fashion; but if they mean to deceive their readers ‘with the hope that after our members ere admitted to Congrers we can ate. our obligations and throw our agreements where Macbeth did the physic, if thie is their caloulation they will be mistaken, Whatever agreement we make now must be final, There will be no going back on it, Such @ course Would be neither or honest, It would be because It would be re- pudinting a contract. It would he unwise, because it would continue the strife and struggle we seek to close. Those who use such arguments joso right of Cod ou fact-that must stare them in the face almost every ir. The population ot jniygountey, * —we bad al- moat said nomadie. jourands of Southern men have fel in the North since the war closed. Ten N men bave settled in the South. Ibis sheerest folly-the rankest nonsense—to :magine that homogeneous: other than & ‘whole will eventuate this mingling of clementa. We have no i, for the fotore if the principles of common honesty, humanity Nberality aro allowed full scope in the wottiement now going on. A Wall Over Spilled Milk. [From the Jackson (Mise) Clarion, March 6.) it the lead of those to whom, by geno mitted since the surrender of the Confederate armies, the people of tho South have followed with waderis |. The issues involved in the cam; ng precision the course marked out for them by johnson. Their faith has been implicit in the promises which he, and they who have spoken by hie authoniy, hare ™, When the children of Israel e led from the house of bondage in search of the land of milk and honey, at times they gave vent to loud expressions of discontent at inate ecdoon and even abandoned them- selves to the worship of a golden calf, More trusting has been the faith of the Southern people in the promises which have been held out to them, by their leaders in tis emergency. It is true that they have not seen the waters overwhelm the chariots and the horsemen, and al! the hosts of the radicals. It is true that when th ¢ thirsted the rock has not been smit- ten and made to yield up its refreshing fountains. It's truc that when they have hungered they have not been fed with manna, The Philadelphia Convention, it was fondly hoped, would prove the cloudy pillar by day, as the tlery p' by night to light up their way im the darkness of the valley through whic they were wander- ing, bat alas’ it soon went from before their faces and stood behind them. But stiil our people have not exiib- ited signs of disloyalty vw th hosen teaders, Sil the: have listened to their counsels—and still they have [ol- lowed on--and still they have not marmured, and still they have h against hope, to see the salvation which was prom them; but in vain. * * * Tho President and the instruments who were solecied to execute the policy he had moulded, no doubt have been guided by the purest motives; but they have ail foiled, and the Mouth is like @ vessel in & storm at sea, with a pilot who confesses that the breakers and tho opposing winds are too strong for the hand that holds the helm. What must be done now? Shall she be abandoned in despair, or ‘abull we cast over the plummet for another sounding, take a now reckoning and trim ber sails for another trial? It ita question full of doubts and perplex: but nevertheless it is a question that must be sidered. CONNECTICUT POLITICS. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The Campaign Fally Inaugurated—Lofty Prin- ciples of the Conservatives—Restoration of the South Speedily Demanded—-Manulactur- ing Interests of the Stnte Involved In Re- vival of Southern Prosperity, &e. Haxrrorv, March 23, 1807. The efforts of the radicals to belittle the influence of the conservative Union element in this State are not cal- culated to improve ‘heir own prospects of success, nor to prevent that influence from being felt, Prominent among the principles upon which the conservatives have entered the campaign is their earnost protest against the jonger dismemberment of the Union on any pretence whatever, Thoy likewise protest against every attempt to obliterate or degrade a single State, or rob it of one Prerogative which they claim as constitutionally their own, They assume the lofty ground that a State is not merely comprised of the people who are its present in- habitants, not merely of its present constitution and the laws upon its statute books, not merely of its territory as bounded by geographical lines, but it is built up by the labors and toils of generations. It belongs to the mem- ory of the dead, who contributed to its character and progress. It belongs also to their posterity, who have yet to impress it with their own history. It is nota thing of the hour, but a vital part of the Union, and can- not be trampled down bat at the expense of the entire nation, “The generations of to-day,” they claim, ‘may dishonor a chapter of its history, a period of its but cannot rob the revolutionary fathers of the rights which they created tn it, and which belong to all their posterity, to the latest period of its existence.” There are but fow States in the Union that can refer to so full patriotic a revolutionary record as Connecticut, and when the sons of her soil, descended as they are from the early fathers of the republic, express such manty and high-toned sentiments as these, their opinions must command the respect of honorable and candid men of all parties. And it is gratifying to know that they do, for wherover the speakers advocating these views address the people, they invariably have large and appreciative Gudiences, and produce a marked and decidedly favora- ble impression, ‘The campaign is now thoroughly inaugurated all over the State, It is up hill work for the radicals in some Places, but as a general thing they are working zealously, Bo matter what may be said to the contrary, and do not altogether despair of carrying the State, The loss from their ranks of so many prominent men and active elec- tionoerers naturally dampone their ardor, but they fight on‘in the hope that something may tnrn up that will change the popular tide now setting decidedly aguinst them, once more tn their favor, The coalition between the white and colored leaders in South Carolina was an event which inspired them with momentary courage, hailing it asan omen that the South would at lant volunta- Tily accept the harsh terms of roconstruction proposed by the radicals, and that the growing unpopular. ity against those extreme mensures among the people, of Connecticut would cease. But scarcoly ad «thie «temporary revival begun to be felt, Defore Thad Stevens’ cruel confiscation programme ap- |, and the radical leaders were again called to de- nd the aggressive course of toward the South. The people of Connecticut are a working, indus- trioug, inventive people. All they want to ensure gen- eral and lasting prosperty Isa good market for their manufactured articles, For some six years have Jost the maritime markets of the South, and their inte- resis have correspondingly suffered. When their pat- Tiotism was invokod to help save the Union they flew to arms with praiseworthy alacrity. They went into the fight for the Union. They bied for that sacred cause; and now claim that the great object of putting down the ion having been accomplished they do Dot feel called upon to renew the fight and wage it to the extinguisbment of the social ties and every industrial interest of the South. They demand that the property of the South sbaii be restored as soon as and with it, asa natural consequence, a revival in al) branches of manufactures in Connecticut, This is the gospel that the dei and conservative speakers are preaching to the people of the State; and it 1s not at all strange that they should arouse among them a feel- ing whieh ecruples and obligations cannot repress. loeely affect the hapyi aud ort of mepenie closel piness aud comfort of working Classes a8 well as the rockets of the capitalists and large mapufactorers; and it will be indeed strange if antago- istic interests shall prevail ‘The canvass in this (Hértford) al district is going om Without much spirit on either side, #0 far as the rival candidates are concerned. Mr. Hubbard, the democratic candidate, and probably the best speaker in the canvass, bas made but one speech, while family. illness bas prevented Mr. Deming, the radical Roce ‘and aleo a polished and eloquent speaker, from filling all bis appomtments. The developments in the Fourth district (Barnum’s) are still against the prospects of the showman. In the town of Litchfleld, for example, where the democrats figure op only one hundred majority, prominent republi- cans declare their belief that it will double that amount, if it does not reach three hundred. This will give the distmet to the dewocratic candidate, if other precincts in the same proportion, by a er majority than Seas Catimated sore days ago, say eight hundred to one thousand. Professor Northrop, in the New Haven district, stands a worse chance, if pore'ble, than poor Barnum, He wiil ‘ve defeated by a majority that wili astonish the most sanguine, Interraption of a Democratic Meeting in Harttord—General Frank P. Blair Trented Discourteously—He in Obliged to Retire After Dectaring the Negroes in the South ¢ be Distoyal—Noise, Misses, Tumult and Con- fasion—But Nebody Hurt, &e. Hanrrorp, Conn., March 26, 1867. The second democratic rally in this city came off at ANyn Hall last evening, as per announcement. As the meeting was a rather curious one, and somewhat turbu- lent and at times insulting to the principal speaker, a brief review of the proceedings may not be uninieresting. Ex-Mayor W. J. Hamersiey presided, with a long cata- logue of Vice Presidents and ‘ecretaries, most of whom, through native modesty perhaps, failed to make their appearance on the stage. A band of music was in attend- ance. The dress circle, parquet, lobbies, aisies, &c., were crowded with spectators to the number of three thousand or more, and everything augured a happy and enthusiastic gathering of the young ard old democracy of Hartford. General Frank P. Blair, of Missouri; was introduced and received with @ tumult of applause, A gentleman on the stage proposed ‘‘ three cheers for the Blair family that bas been assailed by radicalism for the last six years,” The cheers were given, and General Blair proceeded to address the audience, which had become quite orderly and attentive. It was rather difficult to catch the opening words of the speaker, but the parport of them were that he had visited tho work- ‘shopa of New England and bad realized why it was that ‘the people of this section bad many years ago rejected the institution of human slavery. It was because they had enslaved all the elements and resources of nature, and had no need of slave labor, They had imprisoned the clements of nature, each and all of them, and mado them do their bidding. There is not a river in New England that is not stopped in ite career, bound up and enchained and made to do the bidding of your people. ‘Water, air, fire, frest are made to do your labor. What need had Connecticut, then, or any State in New Eng- tand, to have slaves or to make bondmon of any raco of people when you could make bondmen of your rivers, bondmen more serviceable than whole races of people. He began now to appreciate how this extraordinary mal representation in com- Tanhava von totes ce which, no matter On fide tt ‘was cast, dispensed law to the whole country, from whom the whole oe have hare] sty ond whe ee x) governed coun The. speaker was wo of tho i the — constitution \ States: “en enabled the New England give rein to raised Al superiority over the a little disturbance vome their inventive genius, ir wo vnagheg ey a ongay dl in mal raged aah eh audience ~ seed indi. vidual for the moment subsided, and the General was | vey hoy to portray the advaniages of a written constita- Won ike ours, wade Jor ue by yur fathorm but which has been utterly evaded and that they ar’ the gress, when anothe cries all over the house The General hereupon ob- stood he wants to distur out. As @ nuisance for distu: be abated.” (Applause) To question was whether \ Union. Our vietories_amou: bring forth a restored Union was among those who had early ¢ put hitn out!’ As soon as it is under- nt ranks aud fought for the Union, fhe rebeilion was put down, and he claimed that no State was uow out of the Union He then tow up the question of negro suffrage and Congrossional a tion thereon, assoming the grommd that although the people of Connecticut had refused by six tbousana ma- to perusit ucgro suffrage in this State, that the Congoes of South Carolina could, ander the fourteenth Constitational amendment, force negro upon the lared that the government of the constitu. ad that in its place was # gov- | discretion, and an appeal to the provisions of the constitution in Congress at this time was met by some ribald jest He continued to speak of the constitution, when he was interrupted by loud stamping, bissing, and mingled with cries of “Doo- little 1? “Doolitte!? General Btair—I do not desire to retain the audience if they wish to hear Mr. Doolittle or any other gentle- man. When the tarbulenc@ subsided the speaker at- tempted to continue naking allusion to the action of Comgress in enfranchising the black peop!e of the South, ud disfrauchising the whice, when he was again inter- rupted by noises more violent and obstinate, ‘The chair man loudly called “order, order,” and quict was again ially restored, neral Hisir, reauming—It is not true that the mass of the people of the South are or were disloyal. Nor is it true that the mass of the negroes are the valy Joyal people South, (Here thore was another outburst of Yells stamping and hissing, with resumed cries for “Doolittle, ”’) The Chairman begged the andience to listen patiently to the argument of bis gallant friend, who, he said, docs 1 in declamation. ‘The Chair also stated that Mr. ly was not able to leave Washington to attend the meeting, but Mr, Pillsbury, of Maine, was here to ad dress them after General Blair concinded. The General proceeded, ma more energetic strain, to show how the Union men of the South were wreated by the government during the agitation of sece-sionism and disupion, in being kept without arms to defend them- selves with, while their opponents were supplied with arms by the government. He declared that if the gov- n of Buchavan, of whose Cabinet Governor Toucey, of this city, was athe time a mem- ber—Rwr.) had armed Union men, instead of rebels, the Union men would have put down the rebellion without calling upon the North fora man. The only wonder was that the Union men stood ont so long as they did. While referri 10 certain Southern Union men, h ked who was the "Saher, Alexander H. Stephens, inside of Fort Warren, or the man (Stauton) who put nim there? He alluded to the course of Greeley, who had ady)-ed that the South should be allowed to go out; to sewa Pledge to surrender Forts Sumter and Pick days, when the rebels had possession of ail the others, and to the action of other Northera men in power who had encouraged the rebellion at the outset, to show under What obstaclos the Union men of the ~outh labored. Be then touched upon the negro question ‘as the negroes in the South were loyal to anything, said, they were loyal to their affections—to their old Masters, (Murmurs of disapprobation.) He deci that the negroes did not give aid or comfort to our gov- ernment, and he pronounced it a falsehood for avy one to fay they did. “A Vor Confound the nagurs. Let ‘em go. Talk about somethivg else. (Laughter, noise and confusion,» General Buaix—But, my friend, you can’t talk abou anything else. (Renewed tumult, interrupted with cries for “Pillsbury,” “Pullabary,”” “Sit down down,”” hisses, &c.) The ,speaker endeavored to say something further about the “alsloyaity of the Southern negroes, but he could not make himself heard above the dip. He then withdrew toa seat, Mr. Pussnucy, of Maine, was intro duced, and spoke for above an hour, ‘There is no doubt the tumult was helped alone by the radicals, if it were not instigated by them. But it should be remembered that the “nagur’ ig delicate ground for a Southerner to trepch upon even bere im Connecticut, where the poopie only last year decided not to extend the elective franchise to the colored people. Gencral Blair will probably deliver his speech { parts of the State before the campaign is ended, where be will not be subjected to interruptions like those last: night in Harword. Republican Opinion ef the Woolly Herse ‘andidate. [From the Nation, March 28.) elsewhere a defence of Mr, P. T. Barnum, We print ‘not because there is anything particularly new in anything favorable to him weich we did not acknowl in the article we wrote about bim a few weeks ago, but pecause it is an excellent illustration of the fiabhy cos- dition into which the judgment of a large number of ve le has failen on all matters, tothe Met ft soc tnd wualifeations of public men. All that "J. B,” says on Mr. Barnum’s behalf—and we do not dowbt its aceuracy—simply shows that Mr. Barnum is, outside of bis museum, a very good citizen, But then as it is by the museum be bas made hie money and his repute- tion, we deciine, in the {nterest of public morality, to admit that the museum has nothing do with his qualifications for a seat the national Legislature. The country swarme with gentlemen who would very gladly have the pub- Ie overlook the way in which they make their money, and fix its attention only on the way in which they spend {t; but we hope the public will never enter into any such arrangement. The one gives a very much bet- ter insight to u man’s character than the possibly give, and the way in which Mr. Barnom has become rich has been scandalous and injurious to public me taco even rod had not ype small sims from’ gultible poopie on false pretences, bis the a. Barnum treats from exienuating estimation, infaitel @o . It the other Barnw his wo morality thet the repub! there. fore ite doings have ine fluence, we should not have thi comment. wae agi : the republicans of New greater di: op the uso of meney at elections wo feel bound to say that the noblest and most pathetic on that subject wp vensuaniver Wasaron asses spaces last 8 of that “old public * Bocharaa. “it the time ever comes when ‘‘noble ” will be accepted as substitutes for “noble lives’ “J. B.’* may rely upon tt we shall see our en- riched by a body of doctrine compared to which, either in bulk or unctuonsness, the teachings of ali the writers on ethics from Zoroaster down to Dr. Alden would be worth mention. f Barnum’s Party. {From the Round Table.) We recommend Mr. Bergh to let Barnum and his religiously alone for the future. for although he may willing to risk the defilement of pitch for a generous (and, indeed, he Ce) oe nore ae rene me so) he is no match in or iPhe were the garve is handy worth the candle, Barmem wod hie Boa constit:te # team which is not matched oither for rapacity or unwholesome Bavor; whether they are a blessing or 8 curse to the: snort of jon of ffrages of the shop will insure such a result, we advocate their imme- diate enfranchisement, The learned otter ‘anol Mr. Barnom’s bapey fomity would ‘So cous ote for him if nobody else or, lorem Mabet at succkehing aitesioun, which woeld secare 6 pleastay ig variety, and, ‘so far a8 we can see, involve DO Bagreat incoagraity. ’ CANADA. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The Excitement Abating in Montreal— Parade et Volanteers—Preparations—The Minie- tersThe Weather, &c. Mowramat, C. E., March 22, 1867. ‘Thero has been since my last nothing worth reporting; not even a rumor to contradict, Our hearts have been giaddened and our fears of a Fenian invasion quieted by the parade of three companies of volunteer cavalry and a battery of artillery on the Champ de Mars. They pér- formed the usual evolations, entangled themselves with each other's sabres and blinded each other with their horses’ tail, with, as the loyal penny-a-liner “utmost precision.” On the 19th of April a view of all the volunteers and regulars in Montreal wil) anticipates a 9 i l i tie i i il ii i a i li i il; if 3 es 58 22 3? | a