The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-16
COLUMBIA.
Saturday Morning. September 1e, 1865.
Eso,... III. A. tyfse.

Saturday Morning, September 16, 1865.
Eso,=. III. A. wise.
/ The reader will find IL curious but charac-
teristic letter from Hen. Henry A Wise in
our columns to-day. 1t will be read with
interest, not only as characteristic of the
! writer, but that his case is probably that Of
thousands more The General feels that he
should not SIT quietly under the impntation
of rebellion;. disclaims any treason and re-
belion, and is prepared to justify his own
and the course of his State, by due refer
ence to the universal principles Of the Ame-
rican people, us defined and set forth in the
trying times of 1776. In conceding the
fact of her conquest by the United States
Government, the South admits her weak
ness, but nothing more. She may also ad-
NIT her inlprudence in engaging in the
struggle with power 90 infinitely beyond
her own. But she does not admit her
offence against right and justice and proper
es:.Ac es...A Acss;ty ssy, -=..ee he admits her. offence
against eny power. There is not man
among us, engaged in the>war of secession.
who is prepared to yield one title of those
abstract principles, rights, privileges, fran
clnses OF guarantees, which made him sub
scribe the act of secession. We were not
able to defend and maintain the rights
which we not the less fully believe to have
been ours. Our argument is held this day
to be as valid as in 1860. We have submit
ted to force, without surrender of opinion.
Submission is the word in our case, and We
know Of none who is not resigned to this
condition of submission-none seeks to dis
turb it: but if the loyalty which is called
for means love, or anything beyond submhss
sion, it is mistake to use it In connection
with the people of the South
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
FRANCE AND ENa1AND.-The, Post holds
that the meetings Of the fleets of England
and France represents an appreciation
of international obligations the significance
of which none may dissemble. The pur-
pose Of this great naval demonstration is
pacific, not only as between the two great
countries engaged in it; but as it concerns
all other countries, With which they have
relations. England and Frsaos have found
that their interests are fundamentally the
same Their main object is to secure the
peace on which progress and prosperity
depend, and to this end they have certain
duties to perform. They may net be called
upen to protect weak powers or to restrain
the aggressive proclivities of strong powers
when their own interests are not involved
1t might be proper to establish that prin-
ciple, but it could only be established in
Europe on o more comprehensive under,
stsnding, and in America, England and
Fran ce have recognized an identity in, their
inter ests.
TIE FnENoH PROJECT FOR TELEGRAPH
TO AMERICA Aord says
"The failure of the Great Eastern has
not discouraged the shareholders of the
Transatlantic Cable Com pany, or the new
mission 20 lay down u cable between France
and the United States. NJ. Alberto Bills
trini has undertalk ken the enterprise at his
own risk. But this time the company does
not Intend to subrnerge cable for any enor-
nous diatance, as there will be intermediate
stations. The following is the track at pre-
sent contemplated: From Paris to Lisbon,
from this last place to the Canary Islands,
along the eoast>of Morocco from the Canary
Islands to Cape Verde, along the African
coast, with stations, :.f 81. Louis s(Senegal)
and ut Goree from Cape Verde toCape ST.
Rogue, ON the coast of Brazil-a distance Of
asss than one-hale .hst et the CABLE i;ltend-
ed to be laid by the Great Eastern !; from
Cape st. Rogue to Cayenne, along the
American coast, ana from Cayenne to New
Orleans by the coast; or probably by cables,
connecting the principal West India Islands.
The enterprise is more easily practicable
than that conceived in England. The only
difficulty will be to secure the preservation
OF the line on the African coast, and that
security may be obtained by means of guard
SION for one hundred years, and the French
Government viii abandon the right of max
ins any other concession duriEg that time
A sabyontion of four million of francs, paw