The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-11-25
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Secretary stanton.

Secretary stanton.
Mr.. Stanton has few friends in these
Southern States-here he is regarded
as man of most violent passions,
which have become embittered by
? four years of civil war against the
people and against the individuals of
these States-his removal from the
Cabinet would be source of great
pleasure throughout the South. Such
removal would be accepted as a good
Will offering to these people, as an
earnest that peace and harmony, good
feeling and kindness were really
desired on the part of the North, and
that to obtain these great objects,
even the claims of Mr.. Stanton. were
not permitted to intervene between
the Union and the patriotism of the
South.
Even while sharing with the peo-
pie of the South the bitterness of
feeling toward the Secretary of War,
we must bear testimony to his firm
ness, perhaps stubb orness, to his un-
tagging industry, and to his devoted
sentiment OF UnionIsm. An earnest
enemy IS more admirable than q
vaclllatlng and unstable man. Mr..
Stanton, during the war, never failed
III any thing that could con tribute to
the success Of his cause. When defeat
overlook his arms, when the public
spirit waned under repeated military
disaster, and all seemed lost for his
cause, neither his resolution nor his
courage failed him. One commander
after another was dismissed, as one
army after another Was destroyed.
Mcclellan made way for Pope, who,
more unfortunate than his predeces-
sor, paid the same penalty. Again
Mcclellan was superseded by Burn
side, and then Hooker, and then
Meade, and then Grant But amid
all the disasters that caused these
frequent changes, the Secretary re-
mained firm and immovable-d
termined and unyielding in defeat, he
was seldom tired by victory; but in
defeat his resolution never to give
up the cause was often made apparent.
To no one man in the United States
more than to Mr.. Stanton can the
success of the United States army be
attributed Stanton in Washington,
cooperating with exhaustion in the
South, oyerthrew the Confederacy.
Neither Lincoln, nor Grant, nor
Sherman, contributed more to sue
cess than Stanton.
His implacable and unrelentinS
hatred of the people lof these States,
his want of confidence in the honesty
Of their oatis, his violent and vindic-
tive animosity toward everything
Southern, nov stand in the way of
peace and harmony, and his retire
ment would be the means OF cement
ing the Union. Those great qualities
which he exhibited during the war in
the administration of the Depart
ment are no longer needed they are
actual impediments in the way of
quiet and restoration. He could not
be otherwise than bitter and unfor-
giving, because his nature is harsh,
severe, and unrelenting. He may
excite admiration, but he can never
enjoy popularity either North OF
South. Men like him are never
popular; they are useful, and, in
times Of emergency, are made use Of,
but they are never beloved. He has
Justly won the admiration of the
North, but he now stands in the way
of the complete restoration of the
country; his services can be dispensed
with without danger to peace. We
are glad to learn that his seat in the
Cabinet depends on chances.
III the violence of conflict, motive.
are often misunderstood and mis-
represented; the means taken to obtai1
an end are often necessarily harsh
and sometimes illegal and unconsti
tutional, but if the end be worth th'
sacrifices rennired for its attainment