The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-06
COLUMBIA.
Friday Morning, April 6, 1865.
Trusting and Aiding the South.

Trusting and Aiding the South.
The Nashville Union condenses
from Hunts Merchants Magazine, tbs
oldest and most influential mercantile
magazine in the United States, a
capital article on the rehabilition of
of the South. The article in question
assumes the position that the great
issue now before the country is the
single idea-"Shall we, or shall we
not, trust the South?" In the solu-
ton of this question, the article coin
cides with President johnson, whom
the writer can trust, especially as he
is supported in his opinions by lead
ing military men. But, aside from
the views of the President and others,
this ably conducted magazine believes
that every consideration of national
interest and of national pride re-
quires generous policy. It rejects
the idea, land very properly, too,)
that it is necessary to have security
against repetition of the contro-
versy, or that any attempt will be
made to revive secession, and the
continuance of laws oppressive to
the race the war has emancipated.
'The Soutn,'' it says, 'sstaked their
all on the issue of the war. They
lost, and now the heresies which
give rise to it no power on earth
could vitalize. The constitutional
amendment has also denationalized
slavery, and the people and the States
are showing, through their Legisla-
lures, and through private contracts
with the freedmen, the good faith
with which they accept the situation"
The frank avowal of President
johnson that &C the people must be
trusted with their Government" the
writer is persuaded, must be accepted
In the same spirit in which it was
made. We extract the two following
paragraphs from the article:
It is not by the holding of the
conquered party to extravagant and
humiliatinq conditions that the Union
is to be established anew, that civil
Law is to be maintained in the South
ern Commonwealths, and their pros
perity restored to its former condition.
Enough that the majesty of the ma
ton has been asserted, and the pro-
Ablem of secession has been deter
ned by the arbitrament of war,
the social system of the South,
Ah many regarded as the original
: of the mischief, has been
<drned. The time for peace has
4 he, and the duty of the hour is
oration. The basis of this restora-
must be mutual confidence, as
President has so clearly indicated.
6e Southern States must invite this
P5y assuming political attitude be-
fore the nation; the North by cor
dial acceptance of their assurances.
"The most important considera-
tions of public interest demand this.
When the war began, every one felt
GS1at the breaking up of the Union
yeuid involve NE general disintegra-
ton of society, and endanger our
national existence. The same feeling,
rightly applied, must lead to the uni
Ayersal conviction that territorial de-
pendence and military subjection of
the Southern States, expose us to simi-
lar peril. We cannot safely permit a
colonial system to grow up among us,
tending, as it does, to concentrate
poYer in the hands of the Executive,
and to enlarge it even to the dimen-
sions of imperialism. This was the
real issue upon which our fathers
fought in the Revolution; and it is
tangibly expressed in their watch
word, the reason why John Hamp
den refused to pay ship-money-"N
taxation without Representation.
Till our Southern States are permit
ted to have their Senators and Rep
rresentatives in Congress, they are
but colonies of their sister Common
wealths, and can have no Joint inte-
rest in our great national system"
The article then refers to the
foreign relations of the country, and
quotes the following language of
President Johnson on this subject:
"The moment it can be announced
that the Union Of the7States is again
complete, that we have resumed our
career of prosperity and greatness,