The Tri-Weekly Journal, 1865-05-31

dieted, but, -will leave the question o( negro suffrage at the discretion of the Legislature^ Tim Provisional Governor will then, ttnJer this new Constitution, oall for the election of a. regular Governor and ether State officers and members of Congress, and with thoRo.elections tlie State will he fully re-established for business as a loyal member of the Union, after the model of Tennessee, as reinstated under Pres. Lincoln's .Military Governor? Andrew Johnsor. # 4 "With regard^to the planting th a Macks m a country to therpselver, we should not wonder il the experiment initiated by Gen. Shermanin regard to fhe I'rco colony, nt Hilton-Head were to settle the question. That experiment contemplates the removal of the white supervisors, middlemen and hucksters, so that the blacks may'manage their owii affairs for themselves,"and put the profits of theft' ftiboftin their own pockets, and be a seif-sdstaining black commodity, under the cbnmion protection 01 gcueral Government. Very .likely, in the course of tiinc-, all that rich and extensive lowloinl pfliinfrv frfttii t]>f> Tvm*r!invn linii r\f S.'iiit.li ,

^ policy m the transtcr on the blacks ot the, Soutii from slavery to liberty. First, on tlie emancipation question there can be no mistaking bis position.^ He holds that "man eanoot bold property in man," and hciv minds the colored race that "lje was tbe first man who stood- hp fc in a'slave community and announced the fact i that the slaves of Tennessee had as much right ' " to be free as those who claimed thcnl as their property." This is equivalent to an official declaration that Pres. .Johnson," in his policy of . reconstruction,*wi'U start from this initial land* , mark j that throughout the rebellious. States, ' by the rebellion and the events of the war, slavery is abolished. ^ Next comes th^uestion of the treatment of the blacks in their transition state from the impediments of bondage to the practical 'enjoyment of the advantage of freedom. Upon this subject Prfcs. Johnson says : "There-Is a difference in the^responsibility which persons rosin j ding in the slave States had to tuke.from tho.-e Vrtfld A Alii nf tllOltt tlmi uii ??.tM L.AM.. J

K-xesjiortliil. and if unable lo scttlo at the Ume we will not think tii'p li'ps of him. The Diocesan Council of the l'rotcsisiht Episcopal Church in South; Carolina.ywliieh convened in this place on Wednesday the "oth insl.. failed to proceed to regular business from the win? of at quorum of Laity. (jnly/iwo-'Parislites were represented by .Lay. .Delegates, fourteen Clergymen only wore present, (out'uf setfenty-four.) The two days, Muring which ' these members remained together, rye re not, however, wholly !<;.st. A fraternal hnd co-operative spirit was promoted; meetings were held at which, under the. leadership of the Bishop, vital question? ^connected with the duties of the Clergy in these novel ami perploxiug'Umes woro earnestly and practically 'discussed On Thursdajr morning suitable resolutions were passedtela tiro to Ib'e much lamented lo^sc/Mr^J. K. Sa fta/ ; late President of the'Bank of Clmrlurfton, and fpr many

Mucn wont win oe rcqmrca to gewtms system of freedom intp a good, practical shape, as the President evidently comprehends from his suggestion to thes^ visiting colored clergymen that, in commencing their task of inform, they Bhould proceed to correct that "open anil notorious system "of Concubinage" which, under slavery, has contributed so much to the degsedation of the four millions of the slave race cf the Southern States. . ' Pres. Johnson promises to do all in his power to secure their .protection and ameliorate their condition, and he "trusted in God that the time may come when all the colored people would be gathered together in one couutrv best adapted to' their condition, if it- should appear they could .not got along together with * < .the whites.'" Now* from "these.vie-,v.; and. suggestion s, we have n v.r"v refill Imnuhie . / policy in regmd to V * i-.;'". iv.;e ? ? two l?Yr *? .r.

vTilVi Itoiviv WU.O ui | .bUUb JO VH 13 t YUly I easy for men' who liv<;d beyond their borders | to get np sympathy and taljf about the condition of colored persons; when tbey knew noth-. fng about it;" that tlierc were men'in the South, occupying the position of masters,- who had done much to aipcliorate.tbe condition' of the colored men, and who felt & deep interest > in their welfare, and that the experience and knowledge of such men must be respected in ^ . this important work of clothing the slare in the garments of freedom. Pres. Johnson admonishes himr that he must not expect to "fall back on the Government for the support, and live in idleness arfd debaqebefyj" that "freedom eympty meana?liberty to work and to cDjoy tho product of a man's own toil;" and that he means this "in its .most e#ctisive sense."? - r . t ill 1_ * -J.. ' - ,