, 1865-06-05
SOUTH CassULlNa CONQUERED.
Remarkable Article from a
Columbia Newspaper.
An Argument in Favor of lin.
conditional Submission.

From the Columbia {s- c. rhaeaIx, May ISL
Tbefe Il 10 4ood pfctcIt for On: conq1erors
keeping up nny lonGeE the shnws uud e1ercisss OF
4az IN our cuuotrJ. On the p4It Ut TIE people
Of ,hts state, sn1 Of every soa'hGru STATE this
aldo Of the Mtatissipp. nj Struggle h4s ceased.
There are no emboded pa.t.es any where making
been t61own dawn: We hare neither atms nor
on,ecersey, low lou's the .:.tkr. No CON.
OF fight. The soId,css in scattered groups foot
tote, weary In rags, and without means Of money.
are Nendlnx the,r wsaiy ~a5s honeRard. 70
ard cer1aibIY without he'1t Or hope 10 my PRO-
ltngat1on OF war OF renewal Of struggle. In thts
conc lion of thlnes-n condition Of things which
e nonsNths ah distributor Of armed cai1lsons among
the peorle throughout tnc country. aud troM the
t.atoard 10 the monntaiue, seems 70 s'e wholly
by lead 10 mfechict. The country, Id tha frat
place, IL fn 10 condi,1nn 10 fed lss oWu people,
and We know too we'll the chsraetcrlst:cd OF all
soldiers GuAEtered aiming conquered peupte to
suppose that they VII f1rneat to lay h4uds upon
all they can find. Withuut considering th= dlf=r
ence between the n,tu'n'tt ttHa-tha mine aud
thine. A rude aoidteF-an sfrokant, OrcSbearlnE
captain Or lieutenant-ma1 go.d, By hts petsreu-
and viii lead hea a' Sc :on.rasa Of tic
scta Of war and tetclllon. and bring punishment
On The heads Of the Innocent Ind unoatudtng. We
need hardly cali upon onr peop 4 to tubtntt pa-
t,e1t5-retiTe tu lhelf feyelM homss-ucclMb
10 furtune asaluft which they have been una7le
TO contend and Geek to ocnere the ends Of !iie IN
the obscnsiues pf private and purely domestic
ctndlupn. lhty wish onIY tho priElTckc to 10
This Lei ;them FoIk 1t thelr own grounds II al+
lowed 10 do 80, content to rear clboogcs and po:
tatoei and fofhear al consideration: OF politics.
uin tho present p1audtt. OF Demns. Lcttnc farm.
er Institute the pu at.-msktpg for the President
WotE ,,'of Senen. "1s sutor uitra ertplIam," viii
prove eavlpg rule for th0ee who hare va1nly
ttriven to save Themselves BY quitting the 'ast.
hur,ble the1use,ves 10 a rate which the Will Of
terts. In this humility they nay prooab 7 de-
u n
the world row, however Invisible and lnscsutasle,
even 40 be did dix thousand seara ago.
II viii be hardly noss' IIe &c ioF people 70 remain
aud probably insolcnt eas1.soas quarteted among
fhcra. Even If the prosoc itions o! power,
dressed IN bs,sf DO MT r9ad fsg u them to
u1ecrptent, to induce ie1er1sh Iestleesnees. =
perpetual auxIesy-a neglect Of all regular hal-
it. oi iacuatzy. aud ssnse o. surset:an and
into Fx1le. So wholly uraccasttmed have the
Amerlcap d ople t,een to this eoEt OF tea'raInt
nno surveillance. that It Will pro!e naendurao1c,
tket rt bose and quiet, that sense o. security,
which Is denied them In their ancient homea.
In the Abefp prG Of 4ll en0W5 Ql VIII aQQ OF all
The maferlas for the ftruexle; IN tho spsetacie
everywhere of = people submitting 70 . fo1tuoe
upon them By thets necessities. tn the Atata Of q
county torn, 1svsRed,, bleeding and cestitatc,
what IL nerdtd orse al Ia resi-, quiet. tune for
fecupers,Iou, and the concentration Of their en-
e.e1es npon the dsi'y dut'rs Of domestic life. II
may be mat this recuperauon is the very taIpg
which cur cenquero1s Won.d de9!. |. may bs
| AZ d thst hard poacy will decree that In o'd-E
10 prevent fatnIe aisaffse.'oa We sea!l be kept
der 4 sort OF Egyptian bondage. It may
| be th3t the dlpnidcs Of State ere 10 he thrown
axsy, ND, reduced to territorial condition, We
are to be euyetne' BY .sstrap. sent from
abroad. To this, too, We shall, perhaps, he com.
ntrf to feEtxn ourselves; but, ii ali erente. the
soonsr We srs ssnsht what our tnsufe stains 's to
be lhe lc,,es. We ahal hen the soccer oe able
to ,S KIT h en- r. Eo hs
n, q neither te shall abandon it torcrer-pselet
irE ete.pe to fssisn 1G,e t sDd 1sson 1s.he.
fCIs ptdcr nttan' stnea Of equa' lusecurit,
and tlame. Our eonquetoss c.ntos deny u tht