The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-06-28
TERMS-LN dDHANCE.
The South and North.

AO" '' ~ "'o oS'"S H0S"'SoSty PtOS'
pitated upon the country by concei,ed
would be leaders, endangering the
return of wholesome state Of aff.irs
by the manipulation OF Zine phrases"
with which to catch the ears of the
thoughtless. We commend the follow
ing extract from the Times, Repub-
llcan journal, to attention:
We expect the Southern States,
now that the war is over, to become
Instantly as quiet, as prosperous, as
loyal, and as thoroughly anti-slavery
in sentiment, AS Massachusetts or New
York, and every incident that proves
this not as yet to be the case carries
alarm to the public heart.
This is unreasonable and absurd.
Such tornado as has swept the South
leaves in its track q desolaton which
years cannot remove. Society is up,
rooted, and must be- ra;se' again from
,Ne seed. The whole structure of
Southern industry has been over
thrown, and it can be rebuilt but
slowly. Mems minds have been d.
vertea from sthe ordinary channels OF
active thought, and it will be slow
task to bring them back. -Four mil
lion slaves. who formerly did, by com
pulsion, all the work Of the South, are
now free, and will work or not, as they
and their olj masters can agree. Their
~relative posilione are not favora le to
rapid compacts, and years may elapse
before this tremendous practical pro
blem is fully solved. We must he
prepared for long and luxurious
struggle, fnr many defeats and dis
couragements; and if, at the end OF
twenty years, we find the relations OF
the two races in. the Southern States
all we could desire, we shall hav. done
snors than any other nation ever did
in a century.
We are LOO exacting, also. in regard
to the political action Of the Southern
people. We expect them, now that
the war is over and they are beaten,
to become, at once, not only loyal citi
zens, obeying all the laws and sustain
ing fully the National authority. but
thorough going Abolu nists and ad
vocates Of negro suffrage. Anything
short of this we consider halt wa,
loyalty, and think they have no, been
whipped quite enough yet. We de
nounce them as still Sece>sionisis at
heart, and call for their exclusion from
the rights OF citizenship.
This is unreasonable and nnwise
We have really nothing to do witt.
their hearts. We have no right to
exact the complete change OF senti
meut and feeling which we demand.
We have right to insist that they
shall obey the law, that they shall &C
knowledge aud respect the National
authority and conduct themselves as
peaceful. law abiding citizens. If they
do this, we can demand nothing more.
Nor is it reasonable to expect that tho
mass Of the Southern people can or
will become sudde1 ~ dev"tees Of doc
trlnes and sentiments which they have
hitherto abhorAd, and against which
they have staked their fortunes and
their lives. Men do not thus instantly
change their whole natures OH compul
sion. And any ostentatlouS preten
sions Of such change would be hypo
critical. A radical change in the SEN
timent Of the Southern people concern.
ing slavery and the purpose and
temper OF the National authority cap
only be wrought by time, by wise
laws wisely administered, AND by their