The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-30


let the South be Heard,
IN order u secure ,;"lcr Upon the
best and most lcrn..liriit basis and
hasten the complies. Restoration OF The
machiuer. OF civil govcril,ncn through
out the Southern States, it is a matter
OF no small Importance to ;he a,lthori-
ties ut Washington. that the true SEN
tlnient OF tic Southern people should
be definitely made known ITS regards
the situation IN whI,.l. tncv arc plic q
by the unsuccessful results, of their
revolutionary struggle. and the reia-
tons which they sustain. or desire 10
sustain, 10 llc Il, 'l,,,aI Government.
And 1t IS. perhaps. OF no loss i!npur-
tance to tn" public tranquility and lie
GREAT w>"''. o.: mat: :..!:.i rct,.!l>;iiation.
That tn pe"p.n q. ii."lNuit,! ai4,, ,@-"-t
should be p1l; n l.'@S,:.s,;i y. OF i.ctS
lnsteat; %! l'lii;lu''S. - r. i!ic rral posi-
ton al!d P'!rnO - OF ,nci' sS"i!a,c.-n
ncighborS, and fairly understand tho
tone and ttin;,n:' nt the :Snnti i4"ru mind.
At prcS"l!: t;f"r,. Ii u disastrous -
,lorance on t.!: >1:h!ec anon: the
people Il: .al'.:t'- Az: ~ ~: Nr.,n,H ii
tiAr e.'"A'~r ~: 'iic part o1 those who
assume to feel the greatest interest in
Southern Regeneration, and seek to
control and shape il. as this wan; nf
knowledge and consequent lack oE real
sympathy may chance to suggest
Nor is the Government itself 50
thoroughly posted upon 7:lc matter
that it needs no further cnliG;ltenlucut
to assist and prolautc is deliberations.
The President has m,;ch els. to ln,:u
than Int. hc gat! t!icrnu from the Gcir-
CATIONS tlat have waited l!p", him rs
representative SnilthcrnrrS. 1naiiv OF
whom arc s~l.-cunsti,u:ou commuters.
with individual object to accomplish.
unauthorized to speak even ior :!,rir
friends and n":,s!,i,or>. still lr~, to
reflect the pubic sentiment o. ANY
considerable constituency.
And far less lnny Tie #nthor.:i,:s or
people derry" from the correspondence
Of the pnhl;c press information than is
of value or reliability \!ur!l Of il IS
positively fals.'-mrch OF !; ,inDrl-
ishcd by fancy on pTrit;,ii,;,-;:!i ui it.
with scarcely ml exception. III? lght
with mischir: AMI evil.
1t is hy this sort OF literature that
the public mind is kept in lcr:a,ns,
and the passions OF tne l,>or., fed.
with what, III many cases. seems !.
pcrtinacitv almost ini rm;L.
Isolated instances "f tiisaiiiac:ion.
brutality OF cruelty to NEGROES. are
sought out or invented with Il truly
Satanic industry, and reiterated III rllc
ears of the people and the alrliniStya-
! ton as evidence OF the refractory, sal
len. rebcilious, or still reasonable
temper Of the Southern States
! 1t seems to be u studied purpose
with these conSpiratnrs against re
union llpcn the basis OF the Constitu-
ton, to vi!iify the South as har!,aric.
lrrcclaimably depl:.vcd, an'i fit naly
| Tor Suhlugation. on more especially the
SPOTS that follow IN the tram OF sub
| jugatinn.
In these sources, the radical orpo-
nents ol constitutional restoration are
constantly iind.ny new arguments ivi'
forcing tleir doglnas upon the ;.tten-
ton Of the people and the Govern
1nent, and the Govcrnmcnt itself is
unavoldably misled to y greater on icS.s
extent by the same perniciou> systcln
OF misrepresentation tii..t L:.o iCtt the
Southern people completely vt toe
mercy of their foes, as it werc, aud
) virtually helpless.