The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-14

which, two: hundred years ago, alIots.
ted the earth to the saints, and claimed,
to be the saints, now assume that the.
Union was made for themselves. Gov:
Perry place@ the Contribution before
the Union, according to the teachings
and practice of the days of 1776. He
'ooked upon the Constitution rs the
bond and safeguard for all the Statcs's
and simply submits to necessity
when he yields to the supremacy of
the Union at the very moment when
he beholds the subversion of the Con-
stitutton. He frankly yields submis-
sion; and when srch man, SO con-
sistent in his whole record of life,
does this, he is far better to be relied
upon for his good faith in the fulfilD
ment of all his pledges, in the main
tenance of his obligations, than those
sleek creatures of @ capricious time,
who are prepared to make any pledges,
to be enthusiastic in all manner of
professions, regardless OF. right or
principle, reason or justice. He is no
/. Vicar of Bray, to sing pens to the
ascendant power, without any heed to
the justice of his rule. His case and
argument must necessarily, though in
qualified degree, represent those of
his people generally 1t is idle to
deny the fact that the great body of
the people of South Carolina were out
and out secessionists; for any con
siderable party, or any numbers of
men, holding their faith to the Union,
when the State seeded in 1860, Che
assertion Is an abs11rdity as well as u
falsehood. There We're but few, very
few, voices of opposition, and his was
one Of them-one of the most earnest
and truthful-but it was voice deliver
ed in the wilderness. 1t had few echoes,
and was not listened to. There are,
many who are now very eloquent in
declaihing their consistent faith and
great sacrifices, and these havc gene
rally found their reward in degree
with the loudness of their declarations.
We freely declare that not one OF these
noisy declaimers was ever heard in
opposition. They gave neither plea
nofprotest, when the State was about
to Withdraw from the confederacy.
They accepted the event with charm
ing resignation, which did not reject
the profits of the new condition of
things. We freely declare that they
made no Sacrifices, whether of faith OF
fortune. For a cunning people, the
Northern people have shown them
selves exceedingly simple in so readily
yielding credence to the assurances Of
these persons. They have been gulled
egregiously. Gov. Perry wes not of
this class. Nobody here had any
doubts of his position. He was point
ed at as notoriously one of the few
bot0 .tS'c Union men of the country,
which could not easily have numbered
q dozen men besides in the same cate
CORY. That he should feel with his
people-that he should suffer humili-
alton from seeing his State driven
back by the scourge and sword into
the Union, ruined, impoverished, with
ona-half OF her noblest sons pcrishing
Ill the field III vain-is not at all incon-
sistent with his Unionisln. He shoull
weep over these sorrows, over the
shame of his peoples subjugation, and
yet feel that the Union is an inevita-
bic destiny, to which wisdom counsels
a patient submission. He accords this
submission for his people-counscls it
demands it-and viii keep his faith,
though measrrably enforced; and he
may be trusted. No man can more
safely be trusted than one who frankly
declares his griefs at his country's con-
ditlon makes no copcealment of his
regrets at the character of the events
which coerce it-yet offers himself as
an instrument to repair all breaches,
where possible, and to reconcile his
people to a submission which, though
full OF modification, is yet essential to
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