The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-22

; The. scourge that whips US for dccaying
virtue,
And chastcns to reform U.s."
Conquered by ourselves-by our own
incapacities as well as vces--wc pass
under the operation of natural law, and
our destiny is shaped by our weaknesses,
instead of being shaped by our wills If
incapable of rule, by ourselves we require
foreign master. God put his favorite
people into foreign bonds for four hundred
years, and did not then release them.
until they could evolve. from their own
masses such great leaders as Moses ana
Aaron. In degree as we submit to the
disrensation of the Deity-subn.t with.
out nrurmur. and strive t, place ourselves
right in his courts once more, onr burdens
will be ligEtc.ied and our Gelivsrancc
wrought out. But let US have no vain
am; vecvish strivings after q lost coni
ton. Let all our dreams of State sovc.
rclSnty give place to that power which
We have SO long combatcl in vain. Con
so!idation triumphs. It is no longer Union
it is fusion, consolidation--thc utter
SubmcrSing of the individual beneath the
mass; no longer, rs Shakespeare phrases it,
"The unity and married calm of States
not their wed.uc!l, but their wediuy-t!le
links are no longer perceptible in the
rigid bar, solid as iron, ilexible as fate
which we have not had the power to
break, and which is now a weight above
our heads, which cur shoulders, however
we rplift them, would struggle idly to
shake OF. What, then, have we to do
with politics, and vain baLblc in the mar
kct place, and hearkening to various ora
tors, with their "windy susprations of
forced breath" tearing passions to ta':ers,
un'.er the pretencc of freedom and opi.
Mon; when, in fact, tacy are only seeking
for place, position, ttiice, power Let Tie
dead bury their dead. Let us to our
work in the fields and in the shops Let
those rrate of politics who will, and let
US eschcw them-sa;i>t fed to rear grateful
homes in peace; to school submissive chill
dren TO industry, nio1cstv, intelligence aud
virtue. And, regarding our States as mu.
nicipalities only, not as sovcreigntics, a,-
dress ourselves only to those domestic
coMsiderations-the legislative or the home
precnct--which shall develop together the
qualities equally in The soul and i. the soil.
Our Governor will probably al,.rcss him
self duly TO the powers tha, be, ask irg
that TIN. status of the States he defined,
AID that lie he couAsclled as to what duties
are expected at !:is hands He will simply
10 required to obey the laws, and those
he :aust learn. This knowledge procured,
oar submission made, our pcna lties i'm
posed and subulited to. it will be for us
then, each to address himself to his indi.
viirlal duties. taking heed to find out his
proper vocation. The bes: and first secret
OF the young beginner is 10 ascertain what
he is good for, anu to DO H. As whole,
We should see that we send good and able
ne" into our councils and Legislatures
men capable Of knowing what are the
proper virtues in the territory and the
people, and so le.is!"tins as TO afford
every stimulus to their Development Our
first great lack is population. To procure
this. We have need greatly to diversity The
objects of popular employment and indus
try All the Industrial arts should be
encouraged We should INTRODUCES every
form of manufacture, every agent OF ma
c''lnery: encourage the mechanic and
machinist, the engineer and The artisan,
the artist and the teacher Ourschoos and
colleges need thorough retorn--a thousand
reforms; aid the standards of education
should be greatly raised, especially in the
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