The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-04
COLUMBIA.
Friday Morning, August 4, 1855.

Provisional Governors appointed by
President Johnson have ali placed
themselves in communication with the
people of their several States, and
have made known to them the course
Of policy they intend to pursue. They
have explained to tliem the wishes of
tie President. and counselled them
kindly but firmly as to thcir G.,tics..
These Governors have encountered no
opposition on the part of the people
over whom they rule. We are yet
to hear of the first inst'.l,ce (slys the
Richmond 1ImeS} OF complaint by
these high officials OF slllienness or
cantunnacy among theirpeoplr. Every
where throughout the whole South a
sincere disposition is manifested to d.
Ill th;ss the constituted authorities of
the country desire them to do. The
Governors and the people have come
TO understand one a1lothor, and if left
alone by 'meddlcrs and bvsy bodies,
they will very soon asts nisll the
country with Il most gratifying dis
play OF Southern loyalty and obe'li
cncc. This is not the iss OF miracles,
and rational mel. could not expect the
Southern people to pass through
radical change of character and senti-
mcnt in IN hour, . dav,-or a-fhonth.
Such n change might we'll be viewed
as s1lsp;ciou; and hypocritical. But
three months have not passed over
them without leaving traces of its
healing and restoring influence.
The Southern crops have been
watched with solicitu'le hy the whole
country. In the last thrcc months
an! under the fructifxinS influence OF
sun and shower, the wheat grew and
WAS gathered; the corn, now fresh,
green and luxnriant. promises Il houn-
tifulfvjeld The cotton, t7" rice al.d
the susar, where they have been
cultivated, give promise of the same
exuberance But there is one crop that
has been watched with f,r .rrcater
solicit,llc. and !Ilat is OF fur more i'm
portance than wheat or corn, than
rice, sugar or cotton, by tho bless
inn.6 God, and under The henignant
and liberal policy pursued by Presi
dent Johnson. that great crop cultivat-
ed now throughout tie whole South,
promises a mighty yield that crop
is the restored loyalty and devotion OF
the Southern people to the Govern
ment Of the United States. Let the
blessed and genial influences OF sun
and shower be continued yet for a
season, and Il harvest Will Pc gathered
that will as mTch crafty all true pa
triots us it Will astonish, shame. and
confound chose pestilent Intermediates
and busy-bodses who are Instantly
misintcrpreting and misreprescnting
all that the Southern people say or DO,
and who are necessarily clamoring FOR
the adoption of stern and harsh
measures, as the only measures that
can bring the South back to reason.
In no quarter Of the country in
which elections have been held do We
hear Of disorder or. of the manifcsta-
ton Of dislo7alty, sullenncs or"3will-
ing acquicsccnce. The people have
with one accord determined to let by
cones be by-gones, and if we may nsc
tho language Of the NMionM A't}ligcu-
GER, ''to conform to the amnesty oath
III spirit as well as letter. There is
unhappily Il most malignant dis po-
sition on the part of the old radical
enemies Of the South to nip this