The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-09-25

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our national debt, here is n Continued rx-
by means OF the proposed amonl- |
meHt, which will not be ratified 'Ihc;r |
exclusion cannot be permanent This pc,,- !
pie will not suffer it to be lasting. and thov
Will return at last without those conditions. |
but still less inclined to patriotism and |
good faith. They arc Americans. and they
have at least the weakness common to tue |
nation and to them, as it would he to us. |
exclusion from the Union and from com
plc:e seif-Eovernmcnt is disnrSanization
politically and socially. The freedmen
among them and the rest of the nation
must suffer by everything which dcnoral-
ICES their condition, and be benefited by
evcryi thing which clevates it. True, we do
not believe the people OF the South will
violate the good faith which they have
pledged 10 us. In tho National Union Con-
vcntion at Philadelphia, more than 300
Southern delegates, holding influential
positions at home, claiming to represent,
and, as We believe, actually representing
constituencies who can make good their
promise, cordially co-operatcd with the
North i'll pledging that Convention and the
people that the public debt of the United
States should forever remain sacred: that
the insurrectionary debt should not be
paid, and that the nights of the freedmen
should be protected. We believe that the
men who made these elections will keep
them; but especially as soldiers, who know
the character OF their late opponents, we
believe that the soldiers of the South men
who have endured so bravely and con-
stantly the triuls and prva,oEs Of four
years OF WARFARE, despite the error OF
their cause, men of personal honor and
self-respect, AMI THAT they will never per-
INIT the communities in which they dwell
to violntc promises given i'll the most
solemn forms. We hold then, that no rca-
son has been given to justify an adherence
tc the course which has been proposed bv
Congress, or for further continuance Of
the present unhappy condition of the couli-
try. 1t the same class of men who have
established this policy shall be returned to
the next Congress. that condition will grow
worse for two years longer. Who can esti-
mate the evils which vii! meantime have
fallen upon ull races in those communities
as well az ourselves? It s our duty to
remember that the Government is not the
embodiment of perfect theories but il a
practical business, and deals with the wise
and unwlsc, the we'll and i'll disposed, as Il
mingled mass of that civilization which il
a growth and not the result o! force. We
believe that nationality. with its distribu-
ton of powers between the central and
local governments, is the chief instrumen-
tality and is the best blessing ot political
aud civil life for all races and communities
in this land and that our first ,iutv t. all
Is to see that It - a. promptly a. possible
rc-csta bll~hcu. BY means of i; We Shall
accomplish not only peace and safety but
justice to the nation and the freedmen
Upon all of these sacred rights We shall
insist. A. soldiers. we are still devoted to
the same cause and the same principles
for which We fought the cause of union.
freedom. justice and law. We foreso none
OF those IN demanding nuion now We
speak as soldiers, because VIZ b-licyc that
an appeal from as to- the. bravr mcn who
met Us IN battle, to unite with IFS in giving
peace t" our common country. IL fulfilling
pledges which have been made, and qua
raMtceins t" the freedmen the rights which
honor and humanity EN- join, Will not be
made i'll vain. We SHALL ask and expect
that they. h%c ourselves will unite in
maintaining the laws. preserving the peace.
vindicatinS good will. and in uphnldiny
the honor and integrity of our common
heve that, notwithstanding all provnca-
tons and disappotntmcnts they will be
patient and orderly, lava abiding and law
"beying cltlZrns, respecting and permit
ting ditlerencrs "t opinion hr who:lsucver
entertained ana hy whomSucver cnuu-
rlated. We want = Union not merely in
name, but 4 Union III fact: Ect onion
mercy OF geographical lines: but Union
OF hearts. Such n Union fought to
maintain such CnIon We wish To tniov
l'v 1t alone can our nation ACCOMPLISH its
trUc mission and fulfill its truc destiny.
>" believing, We anXiously and earnestly
appeal to Non. our former comrades in
arms, to assist III the great work o: paciii-
rati"n We appca! to You. not as Demo
crats, not as Republicans, but as patriots
and national Union men. Whatever others
may say. YOU know that those who stood
shoulder to shoulder with YOU through th,
fo'lr years OF terrible war are trulv iova!.
l"u, ut lca-:, will never question ii. .fr
hdcltv to, and their affection for. .hc
tNlon and the Constitution Whatever DIFF
frrtnccs ot opinion may exist, now that
the war is over and tia. the insurrcctio:i
Is qurllrd, between those who together
offered tiI-lr lives ;tS Il constant and Wiling
sacrifice, that the life of the nation might
be saved. Let no ordinations or rcrrimi-
nations mar or disturb that Mutual esteem
which should be ever cherished bv those
who have shared common dangers in con-
tending :or Il common cause. We were
brothers during the dark day. of the re
brlll"n- let us remain friends during the
brighter days of peace; and AZ we carried
utsolatlon INTO the South when she vas
hostile and defiant, let us unite in tender
lnS I" her n"t ONLY Ust but generous
treatment now that she is subdued and
dl>arn!cd. If We but do this-if We bu;
c'!ncc the msEnanimty of spirit awnvs
p"htic from the victor to the conquered
the honor and pride of the Southern sol
dicrs will respond tina. our beloved
Cm"a shall be stronger, better, iirmcr
than ever before Nav the God of our
fathers, who by Ills blessings enabled
them, throug!la seven years war, to estab-
hsh Union, and We, their children and
sons, 70 vinCicate it in the late terrible
struggle, grant His aid and assista,lce III
our efforts to establish and pcrpetuate it,
IHE ArPR&HENDED CONFLICT OF