The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1863-03-19

no uutcV uOt buy I'D uo4ft. 10 Do called
tho fellow citizen OF Lovejoy, and Chase
and Sumner, of Lincoln, and Seward and
Butler Surely tho men who make such
. sproposition arc msd Ssssly they have
q strange conception Of peace, aud Of what
peace implies. Let rs for nsstaent sun.
pose sucI, . thing possible a sths T6cur
struction they proposa. sWhssr might be
reasonably eHpscssd oiritf Coskaw We ex.
pect peace in q gongr6-s whers d Suuel1s,1i
Seuator might soe befosS biiit dxIIs Is 81.
fellow in the Chamber the man who had
burned his dwslliug and tusued kis heir.
less wife and children out iats the blesk
snidnight, houicissf wandercrsSa Could we
expect aught but hostile meetings. asd
blood-sficdding, when the men ~fio pro
voked, initiated and honnded on this ac-
cursed war should sit side by side With
tkpse thcse 1ntkers, spns sud 6yuth hesxh.1
been murdered BY their kess,ly tools p
Massachusetts might hsnor the coAardly
Butler, who never fought battle. and
whose courage lay ID insulting heipless wo.
men (and who should more ftly represent
New, England chivalsy y with a scat in
Congress; while from New Orleans might
be sent the svenger Of Mrmford's blood.
Woulo there b peace there 7 1t may
be, that in. the North few dwellings save
those OF tho outoast poor, whose poverty
compelled them to take the price fblood.
have felt the horrors Of tifis war, and been
robbed of their pride. aud hope and glory.
They may not yet have drunk of that
dread cup which makes .he timid brave,
and stirs the heart to deeds of fearful ven.
geanee; but what home in the South is that
which has not felt the fury Of this war
A peace upon the basis ofreoonstruction
would be foul hypocrisy. For; alread '
"thc mountains which divide us are thy
dark mountains Of death, and tie streams
which flow between, like the waters o,
Egypt, have been turned into blood" The
SID CT his pcople which Ezra confessed and
for which he acknowledged their affections
and captivity to be bit Just and moder
ate punishment, was that they had Joined
IN affinity with other nations contrary &C
the Divine purpose and command. Strik
inSly like theirs has been the sin of the
South in originally forming . Union be-
tween races 30 lncongenial- The history
OF the first American Revelation should
have demonstrated the fact that separate
and independent States could unite for
their common defence without tho peces-
sity OF u formal Union. As distinct and
separate Colonies they had fought the bat.
ties which secured their independence
and with the blessings Of q gracious Proyi.
dence they might have continued to live
and prosper as Independent States in peace
without the intervention of q Federal I'm
ION. But the desire of national greatness
and the proud ambition "a common to man
led TO the formation of Goverament in
which the most antagonistic elements were
expected to coalesce into an harmoniou.
whole. The Cavilier, the Hugenot and
the Puritan, men who, in the countries
whence they came could never agree, we're
expected to become one In a great Rcpub
llc, IN which, while the independent right,
OF each respective State were 10 be secured
aud acknowledged, great central Govern.
ment was to represent their courmon inter
ests. Such an Union, as might naturally
beexpeeted, would have direct tendency
to social Guiiigamation and national c,,r,
solidation. The lapse Of years has shown
the iallacy OF the theory which hoped from
such incompatible elements to produce an
harn.cnious whole. The effort Of man WIS
directly opposed to the order of God. Ma.
ture proclaimed mary from one, man sought
to reverse it, and proclaimed to the world
" P'nr.bus nnum." The South may be
Yfiered the securities of . Constitution and
laws, St ch as it desires, but if the experi.
ence OF the last half century has taught
any lesson it is tho inadequacy of all such
-uarautees when unsupported by an iden.
tty of interest The faces of men who
composed the old Union were not more
dissimilar aud uncongeniaI than their in
terests wete incompatible and antayonistic
The Southern people have now paid the
penalty Tor not standing iaSt in the liberty
wherewith God made them free--of seek
ing help from man rather than from God,
by encouraging foreign emigration to en-
able them TO cope with the populous ma
tions OF the worid-of repeatihx the. ex
pertinent which was made on the. plains al
Shinar, but which Heaven miraculouslv
defeated by the confusion of tongues.
There they sought 10 prevent the disper.
sion Of the races, here fhey have sought 10
congiomerate into one great mass again
the d,pc's, ID oi all nations. The result OF
the first attempt is recorded in Genesis; the
result OF the last is prophetically foretold in
Revelations.
IL is not hard TO discover in the history
OF our present struggle the special interpo.
sition OF Divine Providence, 10 prevent
reconstruction Of our former Union. Thar
Union had been so fono aud de.rI,, .h.~
ished and venerated in the hearts OF our
people That when the work Of It's Disruption
began the strongest efforts of many good
and pNrotic men were directed to heal
the breach. There were many no doubt
VINO entertained the hope, even after hos
tiiitles had commenced, that the lido OF
human passion would soon subside and re
9 conc cil,.t'on and re-adfustment Night be
brought about And if lie North, after
4 A frat hoffla 81 M~u.~~