The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-14
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Moaday. Morning, August Il. 1855.

The rabid portions OF the Northern
or; properly, the Abolition press ale
exercising themselves very painfully
in regard to "a certain speech of Go
veraor Perry, msde to his friends
and neighbors in Greenville. prior
to his appointment as Provisional
4: Governor. The papers thus blatant
are, in fact, very anxious to keep
the Southerl States out of the Go
vernnient, out Of Congress, out Of
power and place, though not out of
the Union. They seek to monopolize
the power in Congress, that they may,
without impeachment, appropriate the
;spoils. To keep the South as a sa-
trapy, or O. collection of satrapies; to
absor'- their profits, and tax theM. to
the uttermost, as conquered provinces,
is then object. The insane. portions
of this press, laboringat negrophilism
per- Sc, aim at giving suffrage to the
negro, assuming that they will possess
the exclusive power of directing his
vote. Such are the objects of the
creatures who make outcry about the
speech of Gov. Perry. What was the
character of this speech? We made
our comments upon it at the period Of
its disqualification. It was mild,
temperate and sensible publication,
which, while it aimed to re-establish
public confidence in the Union, de-
clsred the proper individual sympa-
thies Of the speaker for the South and
his own section. And all this was not
only eminently proper and becoming,
but 1t was necessary, to secure SYM
pathetic hearing on the part of his
audience. His own individual record,
as Unionist, was, perhaps, the most
unexceptionable of any man in Caro-
lima He had opposed, with pen and
ink, and plea and argument, every
effort at secession from 1882 to 1860.
And it was with deep regret that he
beheld the final consummation of the
act. But, when the deed was done,
no alternative remained to him but to
support his State To this, according
to all our teachings, from the era of
'76, his allegiance vas due. There
was but one Government. The Go
vernment de fucto was not to be ques-'
toned, nor WAS he, nor any man in
the South, prepared to doubt that, by
the organic laws of the American Con-
federacy, it was also Government
ae 5are4. Our maxim was-and such
was the faith Of the whole American
people, including Mr.. lincoln him
self, down to the present day of new
ights-that all Government derived
its legality from the consent of the
governed. In the case of South Ca
rolina, this conviction was unanimous;
and Gov. Perry, though doubling and
denying the necessity or the policy of
secession, was yet prepared to submit
to the decision of his entire people.
Such was his case. And when the
same power commanded his son to the
field, every sentiment of the mind,
every feeling of the heart, confirmed
the opinion which made it duty to
render himself to his country, regard
less of his own peculiar opinions
touching necessity and policy. Like
considerations compelled him, as a
good. citizen, TO accept office, when
called upon, under the Government of
the Confederate States. Such is the
case of Gov. Perry; aNd any magnani-
NOUS enemy will recognize, in his
speech, the utterances of 81 true man,
sorrowing for much. but faithful