The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-19

the State, and Richland District, o1
which she is also the capital, should
properly lead in the matter. and inau-
gurate for all the districts proper
precedent, in which the general apa-
thy, now prevailing over all. shall be
disturbed and neutralized 10y fresh
curren$ Of mental electricity, from
which we may hope pniication in tie
end.
We are assuming that we are to live
IN this country, anAl that ol,r children
are still to possess it. With those who
decide otherwise, we have nothing to
do Or say. But with I'LL othcrs-with
all those who either cannot or will nos
leave the country, and propose to cast
their fortunes IL it for good or evil;
then ollr Argument and entrcaty should
prevail against the apathy Xhich shows
them Indifferent to the Ssft of Go
vcrnment under which they ar" to
exist. There arc no longer State
rights. The States are mere corpora
tions. The authority Of the United
States Government is paramount.
There is no other sovereignty; and all
that remains for us is to accommodate
ourselves to the new condition of
things. or quit the country. It is
useless to lalneut the past t--the wreck
Of favorite political ideas, OF the loss
Of fortune. The one we cannot re-
store; the latter we may repair. With
all those who design or desire TO do
so, it IS the obvious duty to take such
active part III the work OF rc-org.;ni-
zation as will save us from the blum
dcrlngs of inbccility or the trcu her
les OF malice. We mrst cnl2avor to
make the Constitution of Sout! Caro-
lima as t1,'ra5le as it may rc made
under the circumstances Of the ease.
We have spoken OF those who arc
mcditating their departure from the
country. On this subject, it might be
to refer all such to the OK
ccllcnt letter Of Wade Hampton re-
Gently published in this Journal. But
something may be added to this letter.
Whittier do our discontcntrd friends
propose to go? Where is the refugee
10 the Mexican States? That region
will be one of anarchy ior t;lc next
sixty years; Which is. the limit we as-
sign for the duration of any existing
American organization But they
talk OF Cuba and Brazil, having t;.n
notion tEIt> as s?;sye States. they Will
ENJOY th4selfes IN "a atmosphere
which m".iv certainly ::rpcals to thcir
sympatilits' 'h;.. any o;her.. But is it
not apparent t!,at the same fate which
has pursued them hr-c, as nropriotors
OF slaves, Will dog jhe.r steps wher-
ever they go, ii in Il slave countrv??
The same strife, struggle, wlr-mls-
sacre, pei'ilaps-1ndcr the outside
pressure OF all the great nations OF the
world, will pursue them to CUBA and
Brazil. The dosgsscl pride Of the
Spaniard will bc forced to succumb
under it; The feeble empire of Brazil
VII bow to the decree which has freed
the Afric;lfis in o;lr more powerful
States Oh the South. The f,naticism
of the age, having subsidized or 81
lcnced al other parties, now supported
by the physical force; of the great
European States, and no longer
checlied-nay, sanctioned by the :,c-
tive support OF the United States
VIII c,nanclpate the African from
labor III all countrics-not from slave
ry, but labor. And there will be no
rest, no peace, suffered to those coun-
tries, no matter how remote, no mat
ter under what dynasty, where the
African IS still coerccd to obey the
elementary law of God ;lpd civiliza-
ton: Our people can find refuge
neither in Mexico, nor in Cuba, lror
n.Brazil. Ireland and Australia are
more eligible places of retreat, and it
IS not unreasonable to believe that
grants OF lands, in both these regions,
may be had for Southern colonists
from the Government of Great Bli-
taln.' Let us hug to our souls none of
these dcil'slons. Let us, for Heavens
sake and mans peace, have no life
continued struggle about the status of
the negro. Let our sons be taught to
work out their own dclivcrancc indie
and without rryor,1 to auy