The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-18

Thursday Morning, May le, 1865.
The Du.y aud the Doom.


,1uerors keeping Up any longer the shows
am exercises of war i'll our country. On
the part Of the. people Of this State and Of
every Southern State this sidect the Mis-.
ssssipri, all struggle has ceased. There
are no embodied parties anywhere making
the slightest show Of resistance Our
arms have been thrown do VIZ. We have
neither arms nor munitions Of war. No
banner Of the Conf-deracy now fouts The
sky. No commander calls upon troops
either ior fight cr fight. The soldiers, in
scatter groups, foot sore, weary, iu rags,
and without means or money, arc vending
their weary ways home ward, to homes in
ashes. doubtful Of their future bread, ard
'certanly without heart or hope in any
rrolongation of war or renewal of strug
gle. In this condition of things-a condi-
zion which is patent to all eyes, and can
te Questioned by pone-the distribution
of armed Earrsons among tie people
throughout the country. and from the sea-
board to the mountains. seems 70 be wholly
without use, pretext or necessity. and may
possibly lead to mischief The country, in
the first place, is in no condition to feed
!ts own people, and we know W TOO we'll the
characteristics Of all soldiers, quartered
among conquered people. to suppose
that they will forbear to lay hands upon
all they eau find, without considering the
difference between the Haeu.n ct teun,-lhe
nine and tbine. A rude soldier-an ar
'cogant, overbearng captain or lieutenant
may goad, by his prosecutions. the most
quiet people into phrenzy. and lead to acts
o! desperation which will then be con-
ttrued in:o acts of war and rebellion, and
bring punishment on the heads of the in
oocent and unoffending. We need hardly
call upon our people to submit patiently
retire TO their several homes-succumb
10 fortune against which they have been
unable to cdntend, and seek to achieve the
'euds Of life in thesobscurities of private
and purely domestic condition. They wish
only the privilege TO do this Let them
work at their own grounds. if allowed to
60 so-content toarear>cabbages and pcta.
toes, aud tcrbear all considerations of
politics. nor ask sagain what is done or
doing IN Congress; nor care 70 know who
Is in power. or who shall win the present
rlaudlts Of Demus. Let the farmer sub.
stItute the potato making for the presi-
oent'makIng interest," and the craftsman
attend to his work bench. "Ne sutor ultra
'crep'da"," will prove a saving rule for
those who have veinly str;ven to save
themselves by quitting the last, the saw,
The anvil and the hoe. Briefly. let them
humble themselves to etate which the
will of God seems to have decreed as ft
ting their deserts. In this humility, they
may probably deserve more gracious
countenance in future from that Great
Dispenser of Judgment who rules the
world now. however invisible and inscrut.
able, even as he did six thousand Years
ago. -
1t will be hardly possible for people
TO remain at peace, or be allowed to do
So with armed and probably insolent
garrisons quartered among them. Even if
the provocations of power, dressed in
brief authority, do not goad them to des-
perat'on, they will perpetualIy tend to
raise discomfort; to induce feverish rest
lessness-a perpetual anxiety-a neglect
OF all regular habits of industry, and a
sense OF Surveillance aud annoyance, which,
IN the end, must drive them into exile. So
wholly unaccustomed have the American
people been to this sort of restraint and
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